4th Grade English Midterm

Determine the best ending to this compound sentence.

Either I will wake up in the morning feeling fine, _____.

• so I will be too sick to get out of bed

• or I will be too sick to get out of bed

• yet I will be too sick to get out of bed

Is the word rare used as a cause or effect?

Some stamps are rare because only a few have been issued.

• effect

• cause

Is the word interesting used as a cause or effect?

People collect stamps because stamps are interesting.

• cause

• effect

Choose the linking word that best completes this sentence.

I forgot the cookies were in the oven, _____ the cookies burned.

• because

• like

• but

• so

Which linking word completes the sentence?

Becca passed her driving test, _______ she can drive to the concert.

• finally

• because

• yet

• so

Which linking word completes the sentence?

The couple didn't plan for rain, and _____, all the chairs at the ceremony were wet.

• obviously

• as a result

• in conclusion

Choose the figure of speech in the sentence.

Trevor hasn't been here in a million years.

• in a million years

• been here in a million years

• million years

• Trevor hasn't been here

What is the figure of speech in the following sentence?

The boy escaped the accident by the skin of his teeth.

• by the skin of his teeth

• escaped the accident

• escaped the accident by the skin

• the boy escaped

What sentence does not describe a paragraph?

• Each paragraph has a topic.

• A paragraph begins further in from the margin.

• A well-written paragraph has many main ideas.

The sentence which best describes a paragraph is _____.

• a paragraph has people talking

• a paragraph has multiple main ideas

• a paragraph has three or four sentences

• a paragraph has one main idea