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1 Study Island Copyright 2014 Edmentum - All rights reserved. Generation Date: 04/01/2014 Generated By: Cheryl Shelton Title: Grade 4 Language 1. Inside the suitcase. What is the best way to correct the sentence fragment above? A. Inside the suitcase a shirt and a sweater. B. At the large airport inside the suitcase. C. While inside the suitcase waiting. D. Bao lost everything inside the suitcase. 2. Which of the following is the correct form of the verb? My stomach because I am hungry right now. A. growled B. is growling C. was growling D. growling 3. Which sentence has correct capitalization? A. "How are you feeling today?" derwin asked me at Lunch. B. "How are you feeling today?" Derwin asked me at lunch. C. "How are you feeling Today?" derwin asked me at Lunch. D. "how are you feeling today?" Derwin asked me at lunch.

2 4. Select the correct form of the adverb to complete the sentence below. The flashlight shone than before once Holly changed the batteries. A. brightliest B. more brightly C. brightlier D. most brightly 5. That noise is very irritating. Cut it out! In the sentence above, the phrase cut it out means to A. cut a piece of paper. B. make an annoying noise. C. be irritating. D. stop doing something. 6. The house's windows made the most unusual noise as everyone went to sleep. What is a synonym for the word unusual? A. weird B. happy C. quiet D. loud 7. Amira bought all of sisters' Christmas presents months before the actual holiday. Which pronoun is needed to complete the sentence above?

3 A. its B. their C. we D. her 8. Sylvester went through the list of guests for Flora's birthday party. He saw Gerry's name on the list, but he didn't want Gerry to attend the party. He decided he would be as sly as a fox to get Gerry's name off of the list. When he talked to Flora he said, "I think Gerry is going to be out of town, so you should probably take his name off the list." Flora smiled and looked for Gerry's name. She blotted it out with a permanent marker and gave the list back to Sylvester. The author compares Sylvester to A. a fox. B. a guest list. C. a marker. D. a party. 9. Which of the following words in the box is a modal verb? After school is done for summer, you should take some time off to enjoy the nice weather. A. take B. enjoy C. done D. should 10. Fill in the blanks with the correct verb. Once upon a time, there a fierce dragon who liked to chase the townspeople. The dragon also liked to blow his fiery breath near the people's homes to

4 scare them. One day, a man saw the dragon crying in a field outside of the town. "Dragon, why are you crying?" called the man. "Because I am lonely," said the dragon. Then the man asked the dragon if he promised to stop being mean to the townspeople. When the dragon agreed, the man invited him home for dinner. Then the dragon and the townspeople happy. A. be, are B. was, were C. is, will be D. lives, am 11. It is tough when your mother has to work. Sometimes if she has to work late, I have to prepare my own dinner. She helps, though, because she leaves me a lot of good food wrapped in plastic, and I just have to reheat it in the microwave. It tastes just as good as if she cooked it right there for me! In the paragraph above, the word reheat means A. to be one who heats. B. to remove heat. C. to heat again. D. to overheat. 12. When Mary Beth visited New York, she took a picture beside the Statue of Liberty. Which of the following is a prepositional phrase from the sentence above? A. visited New York B. the Statue of Liberty C. beside the Statue of Liberty D. took a picture 13.

5 The make drills and other tools that are used to build airplanes. Which subject correctly completes the sentence? A. factory workers B. boss C. young man D. machine 14. Which sentence is punctuated correctly? A. B. C. D. Mr. Moseby said that the class could have a party on either January, or March, 5 Mr. Moseby said that the class could have a party on either January or March 5 Mr. Moseby said that the class could have a party on either January , or March 5 Mr. Moseby said that the class could have a party on either January 24, 2010, or March 5, 15. Which adverb best completes the sentence below? The afternoons we go to the park are my favorite. A. when B. where C. why D. what 16. Steven ate the whole/hole cake. A. whole B. hole 17.

6 Queen Scarlet had dozens of on her crown. Which word would correctly fill the blank? A. rubis B. rubys C. rubies D. rubyes 18. Devin was glad to present the award to his best teacher. In this sentence, the word present means A. to be at a certain place. B. the current time. C. a gift. D. to give. 19. Select the correct word or group of words that belongs in the sentence below. Pete and Lee met the boxer in the world. A. more greatest B. greater C. greatest D. most great During the summer, Holly watched the news every night with her dad. Her favorite part of the news was the weather. She liked how the weatherman could predict the weather. The weatherman could make a good guess and tell if it was going to be hot or raining. Holly liked watching the weather to know if she needed her umbrella or her swim suit.

7 20. What does the word predict mean? A. make a guess B. watch the news C. enjoy the rain D. tell the weather