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4th grade · English Language Arts · Unit 10 of 13

Grammar Gears

Who, which, have and has

What your child practices

Choosing who, which, that and whose, using have, has and had with the right verb form, telling questions from commands, and using my, your, their, this and these.

Alaska content standards learning standard: L.4.1 · relative pronouns and verb forms

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Use who for people, which for things, that for either, and whose to show who owns something.
  2. Have and has go with a past form of the verb: they have lived, she has eaten.
  3. A command tells someone to do something. A question asks.

Example: “The girl ___ won the race is my cousin.” who or which? The word points back to “the girl,” a person. Use who for people. Answer: who

Grammar Gears in Alaska

In the Alaska content standards, this is unit 10 of 13 in 4th grade English Language Arts, after Paragraph Power and before Media and Sources.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Alaska Department of Education and Early Development

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which word completes the sentence? The girl ___ drawing won the prize is my friend.

    • who
    • whose
    • which

  2. Question 2

    Which completes the sentence? Mia ___ eaten lunch already.

    • have
    • has
    • is

  3. Question 3

    Which word completes the sentence? The book ___ I borrowed is funny.

    • who
    • whom
    • that

  4. Question 4

    Which word completes the sentence? The neighbor ___ waters our plants is away.

    • whose
    • who
    • which

  5. Question 5

    Which sentence is in the present perfect tense?

    • We plant the seeds.
    • We will plant the seeds.
    • We have planted the seeds.

  6. Question 6

    Which completes the sentence? Noah ___ visited the museum twice.

    • had been
    • has
    • have

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