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Grade 4 Literary and Informational Text Practice Test

Build Grade 4 English Language Arts skills with five 10-question practice tests on literary and informational text, main ideas, inferences, text evidence, and author purpose.

Literary and Informational Text Practice Tests

These Grade 4 English Language Arts practice tests build reading comprehension with short literary and informational passages. Students identify main ideas, summarize events, make inferences, use text evidence, recognize text features, and determine an author’s purpose.

Skills covered

  • Distinguishing literary and informational text
  • Finding main ideas and supporting details
  • Making inferences from text evidence
  • Identifying character traits, setting, and plot
  • Summarizing literary and informational passages
  • Recognizing author purpose and informational text features

How to use these practice tests

Read the whole passage before answering. For literary text, consider the characters, setting, problem, events, and lesson. For informational text, look for the topic, main idea, facts, sequence, cause and effect, and text features. Choose the answer supported most directly by the passage.

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Grade 4 Literary and Informational Text Practice Tests

A 10-question Grade 4 English Language Arts practice test on literary and informational text, main ideas, inferences, text evidence, and author purpose.

Read each passage closely, identify the strongest text evidence, and choose the answer that best matches the passage.

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1. QuestionMultiple choice

Read: "The town park had become littered with cans and wrappers. On Saturday, neighbors worked together to clean it. By sunset, children could safely play on the grass again." What is the main problem?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is The park is covered with litter.

  1. Read the passage: Look for the stated details and what they suggest about the text.
  2. Use text evidence: The first sentence identifies litter in the park as the problem.
  3. Choose the best answer: The correct choice is The park is covered with litter.

The first sentence identifies litter in the park as the problem.

2. QuestionMultiple choice

Read: "Because the class placed a cover over the seed tray, the soil stayed moist. The seedlings grew strong roots." What was the effect of covering the tray?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is The soil stayed moist.

  1. Read the passage: Look for the stated details and what they suggest about the text.
  2. Use text evidence: The word Because introduces the reason, and the passage names moist soil as the result.
  3. Choose the best answer: The correct choice is The soil stayed moist.

The word Because introduces the reason, and the passage names moist soil as the result.

3. QuestionMultiple choice

Read: "The museum displayed a huge fossil. Its curved ribs and long tail helped scientists identify it as an ancient sea reptile." What helped scientists identify the fossil?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is Its curved ribs and long tail.

  1. Read the passage: Look for the stated details and what they suggest about the text.
  2. Use text evidence: The passage directly names the fossil features used for identification.
  3. Choose the best answer: The correct choice is Its curved ribs and long tail.

The passage directly names the fossil features used for identification.

4. QuestionMultiple choice

Read: "At first, the path was smooth. Near the hill, rocks covered the ground, so the hikers slowed down." Why did the hikers slow down?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is Rocks covered the path.

  1. Read the passage: Look for the stated details and what they suggest about the text.
  2. Use text evidence: The rocky ground made walking more difficult, so the hikers slowed down.
  3. Choose the best answer: The correct choice is Rocks covered the path.

The rocky ground made walking more difficult, so the hikers slowed down.

5. QuestionMultiple choice

Read: "A group of students designed a device to collect rainwater for the school garden. They tested it, changed the container, and tested it again." What is the best summary?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is Students improve a rainwater device through testing.

  1. Read the passage: Look for the stated details and what they suggest about the text.
  2. Use text evidence: The passage focuses on designing, testing, and improving a rainwater collection device.
  3. Choose the best answer: The correct choice is Students improve a rainwater device through testing.

The passage focuses on designing, testing, and improving a rainwater collection device.

6. QuestionMultiple choice

Read: "The word fragile means easily broken. The scientist carried the fragile shell with both hands." Which meaning of fragile fits the sentence?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Easily broken.

  1. Read the passage: Look for the stated details and what they suggest about the text.
  2. Use text evidence: The definition and careful carrying show that fragile means easily broken.
  3. Choose the best answer: The correct choice is Easily broken.

The definition and careful carrying show that fragile means easily broken.

7. QuestionMultiple choice

Read: "The old clock no longer chimed. After Mateo cleaned its gears, the clock began to chime again." What caused the clock to chime again?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: C

The correct answer is Mateo cleaned its gears.

  1. Read the passage: Look for the stated details and what they suggest about the text.
  2. Use text evidence: Cleaning the gears happened before the clock worked again.
  3. Choose the best answer: The correct choice is Mateo cleaned its gears.

Cleaning the gears happened before the clock worked again.

8. QuestionMultiple choice

Read: "The science fair opened at noon. Families visited each table, asked questions, and watched demonstrations." What is the author mainly showing?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: D

The correct answer is How visitors participated in the science fair.

  1. Read the passage: Look for the stated details and what they suggest about the text.
  2. Use text evidence: The passage describes families asking questions and watching demonstrations.
  3. Choose the best answer: The correct choice is How visitors participated in the science fair.

The passage describes families asking questions and watching demonstrations.

9. QuestionMultiple choice

Read: "A robin carried grass to a low branch. Soon, the branch held a small nest with three blue eggs." What can the reader infer?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: A

The correct answer is The robin was building a nest.

  1. Read the passage: Look for the stated details and what they suggest about the text.
  2. Use text evidence: Carrying grass and forming a nest with eggs indicate nest building.
  3. Choose the best answer: The correct choice is The robin was building a nest.

Carrying grass and forming a nest with eggs indicate nest building.

10. QuestionMultiple choice

Read: "The instructions say to measure the flour, stir in the oats, and then bake the mixture for twenty minutes." What should happen second?

Please select an answer first.

Correct answer: B

The correct answer is Stir in the oats.

  1. Read the passage: Look for the stated details and what they suggest about the text.
  2. Use text evidence: The sequence words and order place stirring after measuring and before baking.
  3. Choose the best answer: The correct choice is Stir in the oats.

The sequence words and order place stirring after measuring and before baking.

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Frequently asked questions about Grade 4 Literary and Informational Text

What is literary text?

Literary text tells a story or presents imaginative writing through characters, setting, plot, dialogue, or poetic language.

What is informational text?

Informational text explains a real topic using facts, details, definitions, examples, headings, diagrams, or steps.

How many questions are on this page?

The page includes five mini tests with 10 questions each, for 50 Grade 4 Literary and Informational Text questions in total.