A class trip to a science museum is the story students complete on this 4th grade grammar sheet. They fill ten blanks with relative pronouns and relative adverbs from a word bank, and two words in the bank are extras (what and how). The story moves from the dinosaur hall to a glowing green gem in the geology exhibit. Two short sentences with whose and where finish the three pages. The work targets L.4.1.a, and the answer key shows the full passage.
L.4.1.a
“Use relative pronouns (who, whose, whom, which, that) and relative adverbs (where, when, why).”
The ten museum blanks use who, whose, whom, which, that, where, when, and why, and the Your Turn sentences ask for whose and where.
Students complete the story with words such as when, where, who, which, that, whose, and whom. The blanks include "the exact day ___ our class finally visited" and "The busy scientist, to ___ we asked many excited questions."
Students write one sentence with the relative pronoun whose and one with the relative adverb where.
Model first
Do the first paragraph together. Students often choose where for "the exact day ___," so point out that the blank refers to a time, not a place.
Challenge work
Only whom fits the blank after "to." Most 4th graders have never chosen it on purpose, so keep this sheet for students who already handle who and which.
Before a field trip
Try this the week before a museum visit. Afterward, students write their own trip story with three relative pronouns underlined.
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