Pi Leo Academy · Year 4 English

Grammar and sentences

20 questions and practical tasks · Victorian Curriculum English Version 2.0 · Level 4 · VC2E4LA08

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Question 1

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Yesterday, we ____ a nest in the old tree.

found
finding
will find
find

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Question 2

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Choose the present-tense verb for this routine: Every morning, the bus ____ outside the gate.

stopped
stops
stopping
will stopped

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Question 3

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Tomorrow, the class ____ the new exhibition.

has visited
will visit
visiting
visited

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Question 4

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Which verb keeps this recount in the past: We opened the box and ____ a note inside?

discover
discovering
will discover
discovered

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Question 5

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Which sentence keeps the tense consistent?

Zara picked a leaf and places it in her book.
Zara picked a leaf and placed it in her book.
Zara will pick a leaf and placed it in her book.
Zara picks a leaf and placed it in her book.

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Question 6

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Choose the correct past-tense verb: Last night, we ____ a strange noise.

heard
hear
heared
hearing

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Question 7

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Choose the correct past-tense verb: The dog ____ across the oval yesterday.

ran
running
runs
run

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Question 8

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Choose the correct past-tense verb: Last week, I ____ my lunch at home.

leaved
left
leaving
leave

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Question 9

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Choose the correct past-tense verb: During yesterday's lesson, we ____ about reptiles.

written
write
wrote
writing

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Question 10

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Choose the correct past-tense verb: Yesterday, the wind ____ the kite into a tree.

blew
blow
blowing
blown

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Question 11

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Which sentence describes an action happening right now?

The students will paint the backdrop tomorrow.
The students had painted the backdrop before lunch.
The students painted the backdrop yesterday.
The students are painting the backdrop.

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Question 12

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Which sentence describes an action that was in progress when something interrupted it?

I was reading when the phone rang.
I read after the phone rang.
I will read when the phone rings.
I read because the phone had stopped ringing.

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Question 13

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Which sentence describes a future action?

We will plant the seedlings next week.
We are planting the seedlings now.
We planted the seedlings last week.
We had planted the seedlings before the rain.

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Question 14

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Choose the verb that agrees and keeps the present tense: The kittens ____ under the chair.

will sleep
sleep
sleeps
slept

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Question 15

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Choose the verb that agrees and keeps the present tense: Each player ____ a water bottle.

carry
carries
carried
carrying

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Question 16

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Choose the verb that keeps the account in the past: I was hungry because I ____ breakfast.

am missing
had missed
will miss
miss

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Question 17

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Which correction keeps both actions in the past: The bell rang and the children rush outside?

Change rush to will rush.
Change rang to rings.
Change rush to rushed.
Change rang to ringing.

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Question 18

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Which correction keeps this explanation in the present: Water freezes when the temperature dropped below its freezing point?

Change dropped to will dropped.
Change freezes to freezing.
Change dropped to drops.
Change freezes to froze.

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Question 19

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Which sentence uses a change of tense to show two different times clearly?

Yesterday I walk to school, but tomorrow I rode.
Yesterday I will walk to school, but tomorrow I rode.
Yesterday I walked to school, but tomorrow I will ride.
Yesterday I walking to school, but tomorrow I ride.

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Question 20

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Which verb completes the sentence correctly: We have ____ all the seeds?

planted
planting
plants
plant

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