Revising Sentences Worksheet
A Grade 4 ELA worksheet focusing on revising sentences for clarity, conciseness, and impact.
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Revising Sentences
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Read each question carefully and follow the instructions to revise the sentences.
Rewrite the following sentences to make them clearer and easier to understand. Add or change words as needed.
1. The dog ran fast. It was happy.
Revised: The .
2. She went to the store. She bought some apples.
Revised: .
3. My friend likes to play. He likes games.
Revised: My .
Choose the best word to replace the underlined word in each sentence to make it more interesting.
1. The bird sang a <U>nice</U> song.
good
beautiful
okay
fine
Combine the following short sentences into one longer, more descriptive sentence.
1. The cat was black. It sat on the mat. It watched a mouse.
2. The boy played soccer. He scored a goal. He was very happy.
Read each sentence. Decide if it contains redundant (repeated) words or phrases. Mark True if it does, False if it doesn't.
1. The small tiny kitten purred.
True
False
Read the paragraph below. Rewrite it on the lines provided, making improvements to sentence clarity, word choice, and by combining sentences where appropriate.
My dog is named Buster. He is a good dog. He likes to play fetch. He runs fast when he plays fetch. I like my dog very much. He is a fun dog.