This Grade 4 page covers problem-and-solution text structure with a brief look at description, aligned to CCSS RI.4.5. Multiple-choice questions ask students to spot signal words and structures, while fill-in items practice key terms like problem, solution, addressed, and fix. The tasks build Grade 4 readiness for analyzing organized informational texts. This Grade 4 worksheet supports classroom and homework practice.
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Text Structure
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. Which Grade 4 signal word is most often found in a problem-and-solution passage?
A) problem
B) first
C) similarly
D) because
2. A Grade 4 passage says, 'The town fixed the leaky pipes.' Which text structure element is this?
A) problem
B) cause
C) solution
D) sequence
3. Which Grade 4 signal word usually introduces the solution in a problem-and-solution passage?
A) before
B) solved
C) however
D) both
4. Description text structure in Grade 4 mainly tells the reader ___.
A) the order of events
B) details about a topic
C) two sides of an idea
D) a problem and its fix
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. In a Grade 4 problem-and-solution passage, the trouble that needs fixing is called the problem.
2. The way the trouble is fixed in a Grade 4 passage is called the solution.
3. When a Grade 4 author lists facts and details about a single topic, the text structure is called description.
4. A Grade 4 sentence that says 'The class addressed the lunch waste issue' uses the signal word addressed to introduce a fix.
5. When Grade 4 readers see the word fix in a passage, they should expect a solution.
Text Structure
★ Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. Which Grade 4 signal word is most often found in a problem-and-solution passage?
A) problem
B) first
C) similarly
D) because
2. A Grade 4 passage says, 'The town fixed the leaky pipes.' Which text structure element is this?
A) problem
B) cause
C) solution
D) sequence
3. Which Grade 4 signal word usually introduces the solution in a problem-and-solution passage?
A) before
B) solved
C) however
D) both
4. Description text structure in Grade 4 mainly tells the reader ___.
A) the order of events
B) details about a topic
C) two sides of an idea
D) a problem and its fix
★ Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1) In a Grade 4 problem-and-solution passage, the trouble that needs fixing is called the problem.
2) The way the trouble is fixed in a Grade 4 passage is called the solution.
3) When a Grade 4 author lists facts and details about a single topic, the text structure is called description.
4) A Grade 4 sentence that says 'The class addressed the lunch waste issue' uses the signal word addressed to introduce a fix.
5) When Grade 4 readers see the word fix in a passage, they should expect a solution.
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