What parts of speech do 4th graders learn?

Fourth graders work with nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns and prepositions. Prepositions are the new one on this sheet. Conjunctions and interjections come in on the grade 5 sheet. The grade 4 sentences are 9 to 14 words long, and the word to label can sit anywhere in the sentence.

What is a preposition?

A preposition is a word that connects a noun to the rest of the sentence, often by showing place or time. Near, into, over, from and with are prepositions. Each one starts a short phrase that ends in a noun or pronoun, like near the barn or into the pool.

Why is curly an adjective and not an adverb?

Because it describes a noun. In "a curly tail," curly tells what kind of tail. The -ly ending is only a hint. Adverbs tell how, when or where an action happens, and plenty of them, like upstairs and soon, have no -ly at all.

4th grade parts of speech

4th grade parts of speech worksheets

Parts of speech are the jobs words do in a sentence. On this grade 4 sheet, your child reads a sentence, looks at one word from it, and writes whether that word is a noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun or preposition. The answer depends on what the word does in that sentence, not on how it is spelled.

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The kind of sentences you'll fix

Write the part of speech of the word after each sentence. Choose from the words in parentheses.

In the second half, our goalie stopped every shot from the other team. Goalie: (adverb / noun / verb).
Fixed: In the second half, our goalie stopped every shot from the other team. Goalie: noun.
Nadia whisked the eggs while her dad chopped the carrots. Whisked: (adverb / noun / verb).
These crunchy apples came from the orchard down the road. Crunchy: (adjective / noun / preposition).

Every print pulls a new set of sentences at this level, so a make-up test or a second sibling gets a different mix.

What's on a 4th grade sheet

4th grade sheets draw from 60 sentences, 8 to a page. None of these sentences are on 3rd grade sheets.

A few of the sentences:

Somebody left a wet pair of boots by the back door.
Please help yourselves to the fruit in the bowl by the door.
A sleepy turtle rested beside the pond on a sunny rock.

Fix it. Write the part of speech of the word after each sentence. Choose from the words in parentheses. 8 sentences to fix per page.
Choose the word. Circle the letter of the part of speech of the word after each sentence. 10 questions per page.

Every version prints on US Letter or A4, with its answer key on the last page.

How to teach this

The new part of speech at grade 4 is the preposition, a word like near, into or over. It starts a short phrase that ends in a noun or pronoun, like near the barn or into the pool. If your child is stuck, have them find what the word goes with. A word that describes a noun is an adjective, even with an -ly ending. A word that tells how, when or where about a verb is an adverb, even without one, like upstairs or soon. The pronouns go past the personal ones to indefinite pronouns like no one and reflexive ones like ourselves.

Watch for: A word's ending is a hint, not a rule. Lovely ends in -ly and is an adjective. Now has no -ly and is an adverb. The same word can do different jobs. Rest is a noun in 'take a rest' and a verb in 'rest your legs.'

Common questions about 4th grade parts of speech

What parts of speech do 4th graders learn?: Fourth graders work with nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns and prepositions. Prepositions are the new one on this sheet. Conjunctions and interjections come in on the grade 5 sheet. The grade 4 sentences are 9 to 14 words long, and the word to label can sit anywhere in the sentence.
What is a preposition?: A preposition is a word that connects a noun to the rest of the sentence, often by showing place or time. Near, into, over, from and with are prepositions. Each one starts a short phrase that ends in a noun or pronoun, like near the barn or into the pool.
Why is curly an adjective and not an adverb?: Because it describes a noun. In "a curly tail," curly tells what kind of tail. The -ly ending is only a hint. Adverbs tell how, when or where an action happens, and plenty of them, like upstairs and soon, have no -ly at all.

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