Grade 4 English Language Arts
Sound-alike words and the ones people mix up, prepositions, prefixes and suffixes, verbs still going on or just finished, modals like can, must and should, commas in lists and with clauses, punctuating speech, similes and metaphors, when to sound formal, and reading a story in order.
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- HomophonesLesson
Choose the right word when two words sound the same.
- Prepositions of time and placeLesson
Choose the preposition that fits a time or a position.
- Prefixes and suffixesLesson
Build a new word by adding a prefix or a suffix, and say what the new word means.
- Continuous and perfect tensesLesson
Recognize and form the present continuous, past continuous and present perfect.
- Alphabetical orderLesson
Put words in dictionary order, using the second letter when the first letters are the same.
- Commas in a listLesson
Use commas to separate the things in a list, and to mark off the person you are speaking to.
- In, on and at for timeLesson
Choose in, on or at to say when something happens.
- Is doing and was doingLesson
Say what is happening now and what was happening earlier using am, is, are, was and were with an -ing verb.
- Pronoun formsLesson
Replace a noun with the right pronoun, and choose between forms such as I and me.
- Modal verbsLesson
Choose the modal verb that carries the right meaning — ability, permission, obligation, advice or possibility.
- Punctuating direct speechLesson
Punctuate a sentence that reports somebody's exact words, with the marks in the right places.
- Simile, metaphor and personificationLesson
Tell a simile, a metaphor and personification apart, and explain what each one means.
- Modals of obligation and probabilityLesson
Say how strong an obligation is with must, have to, should and ought to, and say how sure you are with must, might and cannot.
- Commas with clausesLesson
Put the comma where a clause needs one — after a clause that comes first, around an extra piece of information, and between two main clauses joined by a joining word.
- Words that are easy to confuseLesson
Choose correctly between words that sound alike or look alike — accept and except, affect and effect, advice and advise, its and it's, lose and loose.
- Formal and informal registerLesson
Choose formal or informal wording to suit who you are writing to.