Practice Test 5 - 4th Grade Writing
20 questions. Answer them in any order, then submit to see your score and every explanation.
- Read Marcus's explanation about healthy habits. What is weak about his transitions? Marcus wrote: "Eating breakfast gives you energy, drinking water helps you focus, exercise makes your heart strong, and sleep helps you grow."
- Which sentence uses correct capitalization for a day of the week and a month?
- After reading "Stage Fright," Chen writes about character motivation; does he use text evidence?
- Read the beginning of the story: "I stepped off the bus and followed the other kids toward Pine Ridge Camp, clutching my duffel bag. The cabins lined the gravel path, and a bell rang near the dining hall. A counselor named Sofia smiled like she knew everyone already, and my bunkmate Chen waved from the doorway." How does the writer introduce the characters?
- Read the passage. Maya learns about a desert fox and its adaptation for heat. The fox has large ears that release heat, like tiny fans. Unlike animals in cooler places, it also rests during the day instead of the night. What is the meaning of adaptation as it is used in the passage?
- Based on the sentence: The whale was so enormous that three school buses could have parked end to end beside it. What does enormous mean?
- Tommy wrote: 'Lions are fierce. Tigers are fierce. Both animals live in different places.' Which revision creates the most effective compound sentence while maintaining the original meaning?
- What is the problem with his source list for penguin research?
- When Keisha presents her science project to the class, which sentence is most appropriate?
- Complete the sentence: Tomorrow at noon, we ___ (play) basketball.
- Read Carlos's conclusion for an opinion about homework limits. What makes it weak?
- Read Chen's opinion piece. Does Chen use varied linking words to connect reasons?
- Read Emma's Earth science explanation about Earth's movement. Which version uses more precise, domain-specific vocabulary? Version 1: "Earth spins and goes around the sun." Version 2: "Earth rotates on its axis and revolves in an orbit around the Sun."
- Fix the punctuation in this compound sentence: Sofia studied hard_so she felt ready.
- Chen wrote about penguin adaptations. What should he add to wrap up the explanation?
- In this part of the story, Maya and Chen are trying to finish their poster before the bell rings: Maya pressed the wrinkled poster paper flat with her palms and glanced at the clock. "We only have five minutes," she said. Chen held up the glue bottle and squeezed, but only a thin string came out. "It's almost empty," he said, turning it upside down. Maya grabbed a roll of tape from the supply bin and slid it across the table. "Tape the corners first—then we can add the title," she said, tapping the paper where it kept curling. How does the writer use dialogue and description to develop this event?
- Sofia wrote her autobiography for a project. What does the root auto mean?
- Complete the sentence with a direction prepositional phrase: "Jamal ran ___."
- Which sentence is punctuated correctly as a compound sentence with so?
- At the end of Amir's essay on classroom pets, what is the problem?