Punctuation and Spelling Test for Grade 4 ELA

📚 Quick Study Guide

• 🔍 Punctuation: Punctuation marks are like road signs for reading! They tell us when to pause, stop, or get excited.
• 📝 Capitalization: Always start a sentence with a capital letter. Proper nouns (names, places) also get capital letters.
• ✏️ Spelling: Spelling correctly helps us understand each other better when we write. Use resources like dictionaries to help!
• 🛑 Periods: Use a period (.) at the end of a statement.
• ❓ Question Marks: Use a question mark (?) at the end of a question.
• ❗ Exclamation Points: Use an exclamation point (!) to show strong feeling.
• ✍️ Commas: Use commas (,) to separate items in a list or to add a pause in a sentence.

✏️ Practice Quiz

1. Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
   1. A. The dog ran fast.
   2. B. The dog ran fast?
   3. C. The dog ran fast!
   4. D. The dog ran fast,
2. Choose the correctly spelled word to complete this sentence: I like to ______ books.
   1. A. reed
   2. B. read
   3. C. rede
   4. D. red
3. Which of these sentences needs a comma?
   1. A. I like apples bananas and oranges.
   2. B. I like apples, bananas, and oranges.
   3. C. I like apples bananas, and oranges.
   4. D. I like apples, bananas and oranges.
4. Which sentence uses the correct capitalization?
   1. A. my friend lives in london.
   2. B. My friend lives in london.
   3. C. my friend lives in London.
   4. D. My friend lives in London.
5. Which sentence is an exclamation?
   1. A. What a great day it is?
   2. B. What a great day it is.
   3. C. What a great day it is!
   4. D. What a great day it is
6. Which sentence is a question?
   1. A. Are you going to the park.
   2. B. Are you going to the park?
   3. C. Are you going to the park!
   4. D. Are you going to the park
7. Choose the correctly spelled word to complete this sentence: The ______ is shining brightly.
   1. A. sun
   2. B. son
   3. C. sone
   4. D. sune