4th Grade Grammar and Mechanics Exercises

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

English is a language full of exceptions to rules, and this exercise will enhance students’ understanding of irregularly spelled words.

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

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

Relative pronouns make it simple for your fourth grader to describe the subject of a sentence in a fluid and orderly way. Give them the practice they need with these exercises and helpful hints.

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

Creating compound sentences can be confusing for fourth graders to learn, but this lesson can be made easy with interactive exercises and helpful hints found here.

Help your students add detail to their writing by having them incorporate comparative and superlative adjectives. Detailed writing is important as your fourth grader continues on in school and writing assignments become more intense.

Use this exercise to give your struggling student additional practice in recognizing when to capitalize the names of people, places, and things.

Teach students how to use short stories to illustrate a point with this engaging exercise.

Help develop the fluency of your student's writing with these exercises that help them understand the importance of matching object and subject pronouns with their antecedent.

Conjunctions are important for linking two ideas in a cohesive and fluid way. Give your fourth grader the skills they need to correctly use conjunctions with these exercises.

Solidify previous lessons with these exercises that review simple, compound, and complex sentences. Students will pick the correct form of a sentence from multiple choices.

Show students why they need to give special attention to the syllable ‘y’ found at the end of many words.

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.

After this exercise, students will be able to easily use suffixes to change an adjective into a noun.

With the ability to use verbs in the future tense, students will better be able to describe their ambitions.

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

Help improve the fluidity of your students' written pieces by introducing them to possessive nouns. These exercises allow for individual practice and encourages students to think through challenges with helpful hints!

Jumpstart your students' love of introductory clauses with these exercises that not only teach them the correct format, but also show them how their writing can be enhanced!

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

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

Now that students understand the difference between a synonym and an antonym, have them solidify that knowledge with practice.

Ensure that students understand how the present tense of verbs functions before sending them on to learn other tenses.