4th Grade Common Core English Language Arts 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Some words are remarkably similar, and this exercise will build students’ confidence in finding the difference between them.

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

Our world is measured in relative phrases, and prepositions allow your student to describe nouns in a way that utilizes the knowledge of another.

From common phrases to place names, this exercise will show students how to abbreviate with ease.

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

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

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

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.

Rather than stay confined to a handful of adjectives, students who complete this exercise will have a host of descriptors to choose from.

Help your fourth graders identify transition words with these exercises that test their factual knowledge of the subject and put their skills to use in writing.

Give students a helping hand with this exercise that explains and gives examples of helping verbs.

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.