Vocabulary - Grade 4 English Worksheet 3 - Free Printable

Download this free printable Vocabulary worksheet for Grade 4 English. Perfect for practice, homework, and classroom use.

Grade 4 English practice

This printable Vocabulary worksheet is part of the free WizKidsHub Grade 4 English collection. Print it at home or in the classroom for extra practice.

What this worksheet teaches

• Tell literal from figurative language in everyday idioms.
• Sort words by shades of meaning, from warm to hot to scalding.
• Use a dictionary entry properly, reading the part of speech and the example sentence, not just the first definition.
• Work out an unfamiliar word's meaning from the surrounding sentence before reaching for a dictionary.

How to use this worksheet

Before your child looks a word up, ask them to guess from the sentence and say why. The guess is the skill being tested in Grade 4 assessments; the dictionary just confirms it.

Sample questions from this worksheet

1. Synonym of *angry*:
2. Antonym of *early*:

Frequently asked questions

Do idioms matter for assessments?

Yes - comprehension questions frequently hinge on figurative phrases, and children who read them literally lose marks despite understanding the passage.

Should my child memorise word lists?

Lists without context fade quickly. Words met in reading and then used in a sentence of their own are retained far better, which is how this sheet is structured.

My child uses long words wrongly. Is that bad?

It is a normal and encouraging stage - they are reaching. Discussing the shade of meaning, not banning the word, is what turns ambition into accuracy.