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4 th grade 4 th bimester exam guide.

Exercise I : Identifying the main idea of a text.

Dolphins are mammals that live in theocean. Mammals are different than fish,reptiles or birds. As a mammal, dolphinsbreathe oxygen, even though they livein water. Because they are mammals, adolphin mother gives birth to a live baby,unlike reptiles and birds who lay eggs. Adolphin mother also feeds her baby milklike other mammals.

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Exercise II : Contractions.Write the contraction for each pair of words:

Word + Not CONTRACTION

is not ________________

are not ________________

was not ________________

were not ________________

have not ________________

has not ________________

had not ________________

will not ________________

Exercise III : Showing possession with “-‘s”.Instructions: change each sentence to express possession using “-‘s”Example:The lunch that belongs to Raul is on the floor.

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1.- The pencil that belongs to Tali broke.

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2.- The Voice that belongs to the teacher can be heard from far away.

____________________________________________________________________________3.- We like the shirt that belongs to the football team.

____________________________________________________________________________4.- Never change the mood that belongs to 4th grade, it’s great!

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Exercise IV : Coordinating conjunctionsConjunctions connect words, phrases or sentences. Write sentences using the conjunctions in the box. Use each conjunction only once.

and until nor or but if

because yet for so when

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Exercise V : Writing a news article – Identifying: Headline, by-line, dateline subheads and interview.Instructions: Write a news article about your experience or a friend’s experience during hurricane Odile. Make sure you include all of the parts of a news article: Headline, by-line, dateline subheads and interview.

Headline, by-line, dateline subheads and interview.

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Exercise VI: Context clues – Figuring out the meaning of unfamiliar words using contextual clues in the surrounding text.Instructions: Read the text and match each word with a similar, easier, word.The Secret GardenWhen Mary Lennox was sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle everybody said she was the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen. It was true, too. She had a little thin face and a little thin body, thin light hair and a sour expression. Her hair was yellow, and her face was yellow because she had been born in India. She had always been ill in one way or another. Her father had held a position under the English Government. He had always been busy and ill himself. Her mother had been a great beauty who cared only to go to parties and amuse herself. She had not wanted a little girl at all, and when Mary was born she handed her over to the care of an Ayah.She never remembered seeing familiarly anything but the faces of her Ayah and the other native servants. They always obeyed her and gave her her own way in everything. By the time she was six years old she was as tyrannical and selfish a little pig as ever lived.The young English governess who came to teach her to read and write disliked her so much that she gave up her place in three months. When other governesses came, they always went away in a shorter time than the first one. So if Mary had not chosen to want to know how to read books, she would never have learned her letters at all.

Meaning MatchWrite the letter of the word on the right which has almost the same meaning as the word orphrase on the left. Use the words in the text to understand the

meaning._________ 1. disagreeable-looking_________ 2. expression_________ 3. ill_________ 4. position_________ 5. amuse_________ 6. handed_________ 7. Ayah_________ 8. familiarly_________ 9. tyrannical_________ 10. governess

A. nurseB. bossyC. gaveD. entertainE. sickF. friendlyG. teacherH. uglyI. jobJ. look

Exercise VII: Mathematics: Perimeter and area.

Instructions: Solve the following problems:

1.- An equilateral triangle of side measures3.5 cm. Find the perimeter of theequilateral triangle.

2.- An equilateral hexagon of side measures 6cm. Find the perimeter of the hexagon.

3.- A rectangle of 7m width and 4 m length. Find the perimeter of the rectangle.

4.- A rectangle of 9 km length and 15km width.Find the área of the rectangle.

5.- A triangle of 9 km length and 15km width.Find the área of the triangle.

Exercise IX: Vocabulary: Homophones and past form of the verb.Write a sentence using both homophones.

1.- deer : dear

2.- ate : eight

3.- hear : here

4.- no : know

5.- buy : by

Exercise X: Rearranging in alphabetical order.Instructions: Write the alphabet and then rearrange the words into alphabetical order.

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1. Downstream2. Lumberjack3. Logjam4. Giant5. Hero6. Ox7. Sled8. Axe9. Fiddle10. Forest

11. Cabin12. Barn13. Equilateral14. Geometry15. Line segment16. Polygon17. Quadrilateral18. Nervous system19. Vital functions20. Carnivorous

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