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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.

Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards benchmark: 4.2.1.3 · relative pronouns, verb forms and agreement

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 Minnesota

In the Minnesota K-12 Academic 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: Minnesota Department of Education (MDE)

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 sentence is a command?

    • Close the door.
    • Do you close the door?
    • She closes the door.

  2. Question 2

    Which sentence is a command?

    • He washes his hands.
    • Did you wash your hands?
    • Please wash your hands.

  3. Question 3

    Which word completes the sentence? The boy ___ bike was stolen called the police.

    • who
    • that
    • whose

  4. Question 4

    Which pair is correct? ___ coat is on the hook and ___ boots are by the door.

    • My, your
    • Me, you
    • I, you

  5. Question 5

    Which word completes the sentence? The students packed ___ lunches.

    • they're
    • their
    • there

  6. Question 6

    Which word completes the sentence? Look at ___ bird over there. (one far away)

    • these
    • this
    • that

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