Read the stories carefully, and answer the questions that follow.

Write only the letter of your answer.

A crow was thirsty. It went around looking for water. At last it saw a pitcher with a little
water in it. The crow tried to drink the water but its bill could not reach the water. The crow saw some
pebbles. It picked a pebble at a time and dropped it in the pitcher. Soon the water reached up near the
mouth of the pitcher. The crow drank the water. The crow was very happy. It was not thirsty anymore.
_____20. Why did the crow look for water?
a. It was very tired. c. It was feeling warm.
b. It was very thirsty. d. It was not feeling good.
_____21. Why could it not drink the water in the pitcher at first?
a. The pitcher has very dirty water in it.
b. The bill of the crow was very long.
c. The pitcher has very little water.
d. The pitcher has no water.
_____22. Who was thirsty?
a. crow b. pitcher c. dog d. cat
_____23. What did the crow see?
a. rock b. pitcher c. flower d. house
_____24. Why did the crow drop pebbles into the pitcher?
a. To make the water rise near the surface.
b. To make the pitcher full.
c. To tip the pitcher so that the water would not flow.
d. To make the pitcher look beautiful.

B. The Fifth Van

Ram’s father, Sam has five vans. Ram cleans the five vans everyday. He cleans until nine
o’ clock in the morning. One, two, three, four, Ram counted the vans. “Father! Fifth van is missing!” Ram
shouted. “No, Ram. Fifth van is in the yard.” Father replied. Father got the fifth van. One, two, three,
four, five, Ram happily counted the five vans. Now he has five vans in the carport.
_____25. Who owns the vans?
a. Ram b. Sam c. Pam d. Tam
_____26. What does Ram do everyday?
a. Cleans the vans c. paints the vans
b. plays the vans d. drives the vans
_____27. “Fifth van is missing?” is what element of a story?
a. setting b. character c. problem d. solution
_____28. “Ram” is the main ___ of the story.
a. setting b. character c. problem d. action
_____29. What is the first event of the story?
a. Ram happily counted the five vans.
b. Ram cleans the five vans everyday.
c. Ram’s father Sam has five vans.
d. Ram shouted, “fifth van is missing!”
_____30. What is the last event in the story?
a. Ram happily counted the five vans.
b. Father got the fifth van.
c. Ram shouted the fifth van is missing.
d. Ram cleans the five vans everyday.

Marites was watching her favorite cartoon show. Mother called her from
the kitchen. Her mother told her to turn off the gas stove when the rice was
cooked. Marites has such a good time watching that she forgot what her
mother told her. The rice was burned. That evening the family ate late.

____ 37. Marites was asked to turn off the gas stove.
____ 38. Marites enjoyed watching cartoon shows.
____ 39. Marites forgot what her Mother said.
____ 40. Marites’ family ate dinner late.
11.Where should comma/s be placed in this sentence to mean that you are talking about Jester?
a.Jester,the boy in blue T-shirt,is a naughty boy.
b. Jester the boy in blue T-shirt,is a naughty boy.
c. Jester the boy, in blue T-shirt is a naughty boy.
d. Jester,the boy, in blue T-shirt,is a naughty boy.

21.Which of the following will best answer the question?Do you study your lesson everyday?
a.Yes,I don’t c.No,I did
b.Yes,I do d.No,I didn’t

22.Which of the tag questions will best complete the statement? They are the grade four teachers,
?
a.are they? c.aren’t they?
b.don’t they? d.weren’t they?
23.Are you a grade four pupil?
a.Yes,I don’t c.Yes,I am
b.Yes,I do d.Yes,I’m not

Put punctuation marks

1. I had a crazy day at school ______
2. When are we going to the museum ______
3. You need to complete your homework on time daily ______
4. Please take out the trash when you get home ______
5. My favorite team won the game ______
6. What did you want to eat for lunch ______
7. It is so exciting to see you______
8. Why do we have to go home so early ______
9. How do we get to the amusement park ______
Find the nouns and circle the persons in red, the places in blue and the things in black.
1. The actor won an award for his movie about Chicago.
2. The dog went swimming in the ocean.
3. Ice cream and cookies are the best dessert.
4. The pine trees in the forest are taller than most houses.
5. Stan wants to take a trip to the mountains.
6. I always wash my face before going to bed.
7. Zach collects model cars and boats.
8. My brother took a bus to the zoo to see the bears.
9. Grandpa lives in an igloo in Alaska.
10. The team does not practice volleyball in the summer.
11. Jenny rowed the boat across the pond to the clubhouse.
12. Parrots like to talk to people and eat crackers.

Instructions: Add commas where they belong in each sentence.

1. The world’s first artificial satellite Sputnick was launched on October 4 1957.
2. The play “Hamilton” first appeared on Broadway on February 17 2015.
3. The Empire State Building is located at 20 West 34th Street New York.
4. My mother was born on August 21 1980 in Beijing China.
5. 56. Artist Frida Kahlo was born on July 6 1907.
 6. The class went on a field trip to the Bishop Museum in Honolulu Hawaii.
7. 9. My favorite ice cream shop is located at 4525 SE Woodstock Blvd Portland Oregon.
8. The American artist Kehinde Wiley grew up in Los Angeles California.
9. After school Sarah Jennifer and Susan need to walk home.
10. I was born on July 30 1995.
11. Once he gets to the baseball game John is going to relax.
12. After going to work he will go to the market.
13. Yes I got a good grade on my test.
14. First off you are doing very well in school.

What kind of sentences is the following? Put correct punctuation marks. DS, INS, IMS, ES
___-Did you know that Sally Ride was the first U.S. woman in space
___She made two trips on the Space Shuttle Challenger
___Read about Sally Ride on the NASA web site
___Astronauts are amazing

1. Which type of sentence must end with a question mark?

interrogative imperative exclamative
2. A sentence that's used to give someone an order or a command is an _______ sentence.
interrogative imperative exclamative
3. The function of a declarative sentence is to _______ someone about something.
ask tell surprise
4. What does an exclamative sentence usually end with?
a full-stop or period a question mark an exclamation mark
5. "Sit down and be quiet!" What type of sentence is this?
exclamative imperative interrogative
6. Which of these sentence types often begins with the subject?
declarative imperative exclamative
7. Which is an exclamative sentence?
He's so cute!
Isn't he cute?
How cute he is!
8. The FORM of a declarative sentence is
to make a statement
subject-verb
a period or full-stop
9. Which of these sentences is in imperative form?
Have fun, won't you?
Did you have fun?
It'll be fun!
10. Which is a declarative sentence?
Ouch!
Stop hurting me!
That hurts!