English Grammar Quiz for Class 4

Grammar for Class 4 — the rules, and why each answer follows them.

  • Ages 9–10
  • 12 questions
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All Class 4 English Grammar questions

  1. Which word is the adjective? "The tall building fell."

    1. The
    2. tall
    3. building
    4. fell

  2. Complete the comparison: tall, taller, ___

    1. tallest
    2. most tall
    3. tallers
    4. more tall

  3. Which sentence is correct?

    1. He is taller than me.
    2. He is tallest than me.
    3. He is more tall than me.
    4. He is the taller of all.

  4. Which adjective describes how many?

    1. blue
    2. seven
    3. heavy
    4. soft

  5. What is the comparative form of "good"?

    1. gooder
    2. better
    3. best
    4. more good

  6. Which word in this sentence is NOT an adjective? "The small red kite flew."

    1. small
    2. red
    3. kite
    4. none of them

  7. Which sentence is in the future tense?

    1. She reads a book.
    2. She read a book.
    3. She will read a book.
    4. She is reading a book.

  8. Change to past tense: "They play cricket."

    1. They plays cricket.
    2. They played cricket.
    3. They playing cricket.
    4. They will play cricket.

  9. Which tense is "I am writing a letter"?

    1. Simple past
    2. Present continuous
    3. Simple future
    4. Past continuous

  10. What is the past tense of "teach"?

    1. teached
    2. taught
    3. teaches
    4. teaching

  11. Choose the correct sentence.

    1. Yesterday I go to the market.
    2. Yesterday I went to the market.
    3. Yesterday I will go to the market.
    4. Yesterday I going to the market.

  12. Which word signals the future tense?

    1. was
    2. will
    3. had
    4. were

Answers

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  1. tall"Tall" describes the building, so it is the adjective.
  2. tallestShort adjectives add -est for the highest degree: tall, taller, tallest.
  3. He is taller than me.Comparing two people uses -er: taller than.
  4. seven"Seven" tells you the number, so it is an adjective of quantity.
  5. better"Good" is irregular: good, better, best.
  6. kite"Kite" is the thing being described, so it is a noun.
  7. She will read a book."Will" shows that the action has not happened yet.
  8. They played cricket.Regular verbs add -ed for the past: play becomes played.
  9. Present continuous"Am writing" shows something happening right now, which is present continuous.
  10. taught"Teach" becomes "taught", an irregular past form.
  11. Yesterday I went to the market."Yesterday" means the past, so the verb must be "went".
  12. will"Will" points to something that has not happened yet.

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