Grade 4 English Home Language tests and exam questions
Grade 4 English Home Language exam practice tests
Pick a topic below and start straight away. Every test is free, follows CAPS, and shows an explanation with every answer.
Reading, comprehension and vocabulary
Paper 1 · 2 topicsLanguage structures and conventions
Paper 2 · 4 topicsMixed test
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About Grade 4 English
Grade 4 is the year reading stops being about decoding words and starts being about understanding. Some answers sit in the passage; others a child has to work out from the clues around them.
On the language side the year covers word classes (noun, verb, adjective, adverb), the three tenses, irregular plurals where the word itself changes, and the apostrophe for ownership.
Frequently asked questions
My child can read the words but misses the questions.
That is the difference between decoding and comprehension. Read a short passage together and ask what it suggests, not only what it says. Every reading question here has a passage above it for exactly that practice.
Where does the apostrophe go?
One owner: before the s (the boy's bag). More than one owner already ending in s: after the s (the boys' bags). It is asked most years.
Which plurals should my child learn?
The irregular ones, because there is no rule to fall back on: child becomes children, mouse becomes mice, leaf becomes leaves, sheep stays sheep.
Are these the same questions as in our PDF papers?
No. These are separate, original questions and passages covering the same CAPS content.