Fourth grade English Language Arts Practice
Fourth grade ELA develops analytical reading, structured writing, research skills, and advanced vocabulary.
25 skills · 616 questions · No signup required to try
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Fourth grade English Language Arts topics covered
Reading: Literature
- Refer to details and examples when explaining a text
- Determine a theme and summarize the text
- Describe a character, setting, or event using specific details from the text
- Determine meaning of words and phrases including figurative language
Reading: Informational text
- Refer to details and examples when explaining what a text says
- Determine the main idea and explain how details support it
- Explain events, concepts, and ideas in historical, scientific, or technical text
- Determine meaning of general academic and domain-specific words
Writing
- Write opinion pieces, introducing the topic and providing supporting reasons
- Write informative texts grouping related information and including illustrations
- Write narratives with real or imagined experiences using descriptive details
- Produce clear and coherent writing appropriate to task and purpose
Language
- Use relative pronouns and relative adverbs
- Form and use progressive verb tenses
- Use modal auxiliaries appropriately
- Order adjectives within sentences according to conventional patterns
Frequently asked questions
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