Pi Leo Academy · Year 4 English

Grammar and sentences

10 questions and practical tasks · Victorian Curriculum English Version 2.0 · Level 4 · VC2E4LY11

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Question 1

editing for clear meaning · core

Which edit removes repeated meaning from: We returned back to the classroom?

Delete We.
Delete classroom.
Delete back.
Add again after back.

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Question 2

editing for clear meaning · core

Which edit completes the sentence: Because the lid was loose?

Add: very loose.
Add: and because the jar was full.
Add: the paint spilled.
Delete lid.

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Question 3

editing for clear meaning · extension

Which edit makes clear that the girl, rather than the dog, was wearing a hat?

The girl walked the dog with a hat.
The girl walked her dog wearing a hat.
Wearing a hat, the girl walked her dog.
The girl and dog walked wearing a hat.

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Question 4

editing for clear meaning · extension

Which sentence removes the unclear pronoun in: Ruby handed Isla her notebook?

Ruby handed her her notebook.
Ruby handed Isla Ruby's notebook.
Ruby gave it to her.
She handed Isla her notebook.

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Question 5

editing for clear meaning · core

Which edit best connects these ideas as cause and result: The battery was flat. The torch would not work?

The battery was flat before the torch was yellow.
The torch would not work because the battery was flat.
The torch would not work but the battery was full.
The battery was flat although the torch would not work.

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Question 6

editing for clear meaning · extension

Which sentence places only directly before the thing limited to one item?

I packed one jumper only yesterday.
I packed only one jumper.
I only packed one jumper.
Only I packed one jumper.

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Question 7

editing for clear meaning · core

Which edit fixes the missing verb: The children very excited about the excursion?

Add were after children.
Add quickly after children.
Delete very.
Add the before excursion.

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Question 8

editing for clear meaning · core

Which revision keeps the meaning and removes an unnecessary phrase: The tiny kitten was very small in size?

The kitten was enormous.
The very kitten was size.
The tiny kitten was very small.
The tiny kitten was very.

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Question 9

editing for clear meaning · core

Which revision makes the sequence clearest: We ate the bread before we baked it?

We ate the bread because we ate it.
We ate before it baked the bread.
Before the bread, we baked it.
We baked the bread before we ate it.

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Question 10

editing for clear meaning · core

Which edit makes this instruction a complete sentence: Carefully into the bowl?

Delete Carefully.
Add and at the end.
Add very before Carefully.
Add Pour the milk at the beginning.

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Answers and review guidance

Open responses, handwriting and spoken tasks need adult review. The models are examples; different responses may meet the criteria.

Question 1

Answer: Delete back.

Returned already means went back. Removing back makes the sentence more concise without losing its main meaning.

Question 2

Answer: Add: the paint spilled.

The paint spilled supplies the independent clause needed after the reason clause.

Question 3

Answer: Wearing a hat, the girl walked her dog.

Placing Wearing a hat directly before the girl clearly links the description to her.

Question 4

Answer: Ruby handed Isla Ruby's notebook.

Naming Ruby as the owner resolves whose notebook was handed over. The original her could refer to either girl.

Question 5

Answer: The torch would not work because the battery was flat.

Because explains that the flat battery caused the failure, preserving both original facts.

Question 6

Answer: I packed only one jumper.

Only one jumper clearly limits the number of jumpers. Moving only can change which idea is limited.

Question 7

Answer: Add were after children.

Were supplies the missing verb linking the children with the description excited.

Question 8

Answer: The tiny kitten was very small.

In size repeats what small already communicates. Removing it preserves the meaning and a complete sentence.

Question 9

Answer: We baked the bread before we ate it.

The corrected sequence puts baking before eating. The subject we remains clear for both actions.

Question 10

Answer: Add Pour the milk at the beginning.

Pour the milk supplies the action and its object. The full instruction becomes Pour the milk carefully into the bowl.