Grammar Picnic
Daily grammar practice
Grade 4 daily grammar
36 weeks · 22 sentences a week
Monday to Thursday, four sentences: two Fix it sentences (capital letters, end marks, commas in a series, commas in compound sentences), then two on the week's topic. Friday, six: the week reviewed. The weeks run through Grade 4’s topics in Common Core order, with the earlier grades’ topics spread through the year for review.
This week · Week 9
Order of adjectives
- Week 1Relative clausesJoin the two sentences with "that". The first one goes inside the second. The man plants the tree. The tree is tall.
- Week 2Agreement in longer sentencesLook at the verb. Fix the sentence, or write OK if it is right. The snail are slow, but the rabbit is fast.
- Week 3Progressive tensesSay it as happening right now. The knight rides the horse safely.
- Week 4Pronouns: he, she, it, theyWrite the sentence again. Use he, she, it or they for the children. The children are thirsty.
- Week 5Helping verbsChoose the right form of the verb. The zebras have ____ grass.
- Week 6Describing wordsChoose the describing word that makes sense. The ____ man will wear the gloves.
- Week 7Can, may, mustChoose the word for "is able to". The dog ____ swim well in the pond.
- Week 8AdverbsChoose the word that tells how. The goat drinks water ____.
- Week 9Order of adjectivesChoose the right order. The ____ worm will crawl.
- Week 10Irregular pluralsChoose the right word. Did the ____ hurt themselves at eight?
- Week 11Prepositional phrasesDoes the marked phrase tell where or when? The player will swing the bat on Tuesday.
- Week 12Irregular past tenseLook at the past tense verb. Fix the sentence, or write OK if it is right. The girls taked Grandma's cookies.
- Week 13Fragments and run-onsFix the run-on with "but". The bear is big, the cub is little.
- Week 14Past, present, futureSay it about yesterday. The friend cheers.
- Week 15His, her, its, theirLook at the pronouns. Fix the sentence, or write OK if it is right. Will the keepers carry their buckets?
- Week 16Subject-verb agreement and Two subjects joined by andChoose the right word. The trees ____ tall.
- Week 17Quotation marksFix the sentence, or write OK if it is right. The girls said, We pack a suitcase.
- Week 18Nouns and verbsFind all the nouns in the sentence. The tadpoles swim in the pond.
- Week 19Relative clausesLook at the relative pronoun. Fix the sentence, or write OK if it is right. The children which fly kites are happy.
- Week 20Subjects and objectsAre the marked words the subject or the object? The boys open the frosty windows.
- Week 21Progressive tensesFix the sentence, or write OK if it is right. The farmers will be give hay to the horses at noon.
- Week 22Comparatives and superlatives and as ... asWrite the describing word in the right form. The cow is ____ (old) than the calf.
- Week 23Helping verbsChoose the right form of the verb. We do not ____ the boy's turtles.
- Week 24And, but, so, becauseChoose the joining word. The teddy was soft ____ the girl hugged it.
- Week 25Can, may, mustChoose the word for "is able to". Jack ____ carry the box easily.
- Week 26When, before, after, if, althoughChoose the joining word. ____ the women buy the pictures, the artist will paint them.
- Week 27Order of adjectivesChoose the right order. The child will ride a ____ horse.
- Week 28Simple, compound, complexFind the dependent clause. Dad thinks that the goat is young.
- Week 29Needed words and extra words and What comes after the verbFind the extra words. The sentence still works without them. Grandpa will fish patiently in the river.
- Week 30Possessives with 'sWrite the word in ( ) to show who owns it. The girls ride the ____ (boy) bikes.
- Week 31Fragments and run-onsComplete sentence, fragment, or run-on? The big dogs chased the cat, it climbed the tree.
- Week 32Reflexive pronounsFix the sentence, or write OK if it is right. Will the girl wash himself?
- Week 33His, her, its, theirLook at the pronouns. Fix the sentence, or write OK if it is right. Did the fish swim in it's tank?
- Week 34Active and passive and Same meaningStart with the one doing the action. The cupcakes are baked by Grandma.
- Week 35Quotation marksFix the sentence, or write OK if it is right. Ben asked, "did the chick eat seeds?"
- Week 36Do, does, didFix the sentence, or write OK if it is right. Who did the knight rescued?
Every day’s first two sentences come from Capital letters, End marks, Commas in a series and Commas in compound sentences.