4th Grade · Grammar & Vocabulary
Choosing Precise Words
Free printable 4th Grade grammar & vocabulary worksheet: Choosing Precise Words. It practices word choice (Common Core L.4.3a). For ages 9-10. Download the PDF, print it, or fill it in online.
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- 4th Grade
- Subject
- Grammar & Vocabulary
- Skill
- Word choice
- Ages
- 9–10
- Standard
- L.4.3a
- Format
- A4 PDF · print or fill in online
About this worksheet
“Choosing Precise Words” is sheet 15 of 27 in our free 4th Grade Grammar & Vocabulary Worksheets collection, written for children aged 9–10. It focuses on word choice, one of two sheets in the set on that skill.
In the set it comes after “Synonyms and Antonyms” and before “Coordinating Conjunctions: FANBOYS”. Working through them in that order, one sheet a day, builds the skill a step at a time.
What this worksheet practices
L.4.3a · Common Core English Language Arts · Grade 4
Language · Knowledge of language
Children work on choosing words and sentence styles for effect when writing or speaking.
More word choice worksheets
The other 4th Grade Grammar & Vocabulary sheets on word choice, in the order they are meant to be done.
How to use this worksheet
- 1
Read each sentence aloud before choosing an answer. Many grammar errors are easier to hear than to see.
- 2
Use the idioms sheet as a conversation starter: ask where your child has heard each saying.
- 3
After the precise words sheet, look for weak verbs like “went” and “said” in your child’s own writing.
