Grammar Spiral Review

4th Grade ELAGrammar and Language4 pages

About this worksheet

Four short sections on this 4th grade grammar sheet each take one or two conventions at a time. A three-eyed monster sets up adjective order and modals, a table tests to, too, and two along with there and they're, and a punctuation section fixes a line of speech and a run-on. The last section asks for a progressive verb and a prepositional phrase about a dog chasing a red frisbee. Across four pages, one item touches each part of L.4.1, from L.4.1.a to L.4.1.g, plus L.4.2.a to L.4.2.c. The fourth page gives an answer for every item.

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Curriculum objectives covered

L.4.1.a

โ€œUse relative pronouns (who, whose, whom, which, that) and relative adverbs (where, when, why).โ€

"The book (who / which / where) I read was great" asks students to choose the right relative pronoun.

L.4.1.b

โ€œForm and use the progressive (e.g., I was walking; I am walking; I will be walking) verb tenses.โ€

The dog picture asks for a sentence such as "The dog is chasing a red frisbee."

L.4.1.c

โ€œUse modal auxiliaries (e.g., can, may, must) to convey various conditions.โ€

The monster sentence needs can, may, or must to fill the blank.

L.4.1.d

โ€œOrder adjectives within sentences according to conventional patterns (e.g., a small red bag rather than a red small bag).โ€

Students reorder "green / scary / huge," using the hint that opinion and size come before color.

L.4.1.e

โ€œForm and use prepositional phrases.โ€

The last question asks for a sentence about where the dog is playing, with the prepositional phrase circled.

L.4.1.f

โ€œProduce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting inappropriate fragments and run-ons.*โ€

"I wanted to go outside it was raining" is a run-on that students turn into a compound sentence.

L.4.1.g

โ€œCorrectly use frequently confused words (e.g., to, too, two; there, their).*โ€

Two table items test to, too, and two, and there, their, and they're.

L.4.2.a

โ€œUse correct capitalization.โ€

"the teacher said please open your books" needs a capital T and a capital P.

L.4.2.b

โ€œUse commas and quotation marks to mark direct speech and quotations from a text.โ€

The same sentence needs a comma and quotation marks around "Please open your books."

L.4.2.c

โ€œUse a comma before a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence.โ€

The run-on fix asks for a comma before but.

What's inside this worksheet

Marvelous Monsters (Adjectives and Modals)

Students put "green / scary / huge" in the right order before "monster," then add can, may, or must to "The monster ___ juggle three apples at the same time."

Tricky Words and Pronouns

Three circle-the-word sentences: "We went (to / too / two) the park," "The book (who / which / where) I read was great," and "(Their / There / They're) going to the store."

Punctuation Station

Students add capitals, a comma, and quotation marks to "the teacher said please open your books," then fix "I wanted to go outside it was raining" with a comma and but.

Picture Perfect Grammar

Looking at a dog with a red frisbee in a park, students write one sentence with a progressive verb and one with a prepositional phrase, which they circle.

How teachers use it

Spiral review

Each section takes about five minutes, so you can give one section a day across a week of morning work.

Pre-assessment

Give the full sheet at the start of a grammar unit and note which section each student misses. Each skill has only one item, so treat a miss as a flag to check, not a final score.

Substitute plans

Short instructions and pictures carry the last section, so students can work through it without much help.

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