English Grammar Basics Quiz for Grades 4–6: Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives and Punctuation
A ready-to-play grammar quiz for grades 4–6: parts of speech, proper nouns, irregular plurals and past tenses, subject-verb agreement, homophones and punctuation. Perfect for a quick ELA review or warm-up.
- Grades 4–6
- 12 questions
- About 6 min
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Questions
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- 1Single choice
Which word is a noun in this sentence? "The happy dog ran quickly."
- happy
- quickly
- dog
- ran
- 2Single choice
Which word is an adjective in this sentence? "My tall sister sings loudly."
- sister
- tall
- sings
- loudly
- 3Single choice
Which of these words is a proper noun?
- city
- river
- teacher
- Chicago
- 4True / False
An adverb can describe a verb by telling how, when or where something happens.
- True
- False
- 5Single choice
Choose the correct verb: "My brother ___ soccer every Saturday."
- plays
- play
- playing
- are playing
- 6Multiple choiceMore than one correct answer
Which of these words are verbs?
- laughed
- beautiful
- wrote
- slowly
- kitten
- 7Single choice
What is the past tense of "go"?
- goed
- went
- gone
- going
- 8True / False
"Their", "there" and "they're" sound alike and mean the same thing.
- True
- False
- 9Single choice
Which sentence is written correctly?
- Where is my backpack?
- where is my backpack?
- Where is my backpack.
- where is my backpack
- 10Type answer
Type the plural of "mouse" (the animal).
Written answer:
- 11Single choice
Which word is a pronoun in this sentence? "Maria gave the book to him."
- Maria
- gave
- book
- him
- 12Single choice
Choose the correct word: "The cat licked ___ paw."
- it's
- its'
- its
- it is