4th and 5th Grade English Language Arts Exercises

Students will understand just where their vocabulary words come from with this root words exercise.

Expertly split syllables with this phonics activity! A strong understanding of syllabication patterns can improve students’ ability to break apart and decode unfamiliar words. 

Students will be able to understand words without a dictionary after they work through this exercise teaching how to determine the meaning of words using roots, prefixes, and suffixes.

This exercise provides ground rules for forming plurals, as well as common irregular words students should learn.

Have your fourth grader test their knowledge of subjects and predicates with these exercises that ask them to identify whether a sentence is a fragment, and what is missing.

Connecting sentences and ideas is key in essay and report writing, and these exercises will help your fourth grader get ahead of the curve.

Students will hone their ability to identify differences between homophones with this final exercise in the series.

Give students practice with all of the parts that make up complete sentences in this exercise.

Allow your fourth graders to identify all parts of prepositional phrases with these exercises that have them visualize steps and provide helpful hints.

This exercise will help students expand their vocabulary by learning how to read multi syllable words.

It will be much easier for students to learn how to spell after completing this exercise that gives them familiarity with common suffixes.

With the basics established, students will enjoy making use of the knowledge of common prefixes shared in this exercise.

Give your fourth grader the knowledge they need to succeed in writing with these exercises that test them on their knowledge of parts of speech and how they fit into sentences.

Prepare your Fifth Grader for middle school and beyond with this capitalization exercise that reinforces what they already know and teaches them new skills.

Your students will be all smiles when learning how to compare objects with this similes exercise.

This exercise will show students the difference between some of the most common homophones and homographs.

Use this exercise to show students how suffixes can be used to change adjectives and adverbs.

This exercise will teach students how to use common suffixes to change a verb’s tense.

This exercise will teach students learn how to pronounce the unique sounds of words containing double syllables.

This exercise is the difference between the proverbial "teaching your students to fish" and simply giving them the answers.

Teach your students everything they need to know about proper nouns to succeed in their future writing careers with this exercise that gives them additional practice while providing helpful hints!

Give a cultural lesson and expand your students’ vocabulary at the same time with this idioms exercise.

This example-filled exercise will help students develop a fuller understanding of context from clues embedded in texts.

This Education.com exercise makes it clear to students how to break down compound and hyphenated words correctly.

Written communication skills are essential for success in professional settings in today's world. Help your students get ahead with these exercises that challenge them to test their knowledge and provide them with helpful hints!

Have your students practice their sentence combining skills with these exercises that give them visuals and helpful hints.

Introduce students to the world of idioms with this exercise that shares some of the most common expressions in the English language.

Don't make things tense in your classroom when learning the difference between present and past tense verbs. These exercises allow your students to practice matching subjects and verbs independently.

Students who complete this exercise will have no problem spelling tricky multi-syllable words.

Expand on your punctuation mark lessons with these exercises that allow your students to see apostrophes in action by creating plural possessive nouns.