
4th Grade · Grammar & Vocabulary
Idioms, Adages and Proverbs
Free printable 4th Grade grammar & vocabulary worksheet: Idioms, Adages and Proverbs. It practices idioms (Common Core L.4.5b). For ages 9-10. Download the PDF, print it, or fill it in online.
Fill in or color online- Grade
- 4th Grade
- Subject
- Grammar & Vocabulary
- Skill
- Idioms
- Ages
- 9–10
- Standard
- L.4.5b
- Format
- A4 PDF · print or fill in online
About this worksheet
“Idioms, Adages and Proverbs” is sheet 13 of 27 in our free 4th Grade Grammar & Vocabulary Worksheets collection, written for children aged 9–10. It focuses on idioms.
In the set it comes after “Similes and Metaphors” and before “Synonyms and Antonyms”. Working through them in that order, one sheet a day, builds the skill a step at a time.
What this worksheet practices
L.4.5b · Common Core English Language Arts · Grade 4
Language · Vocabulary acquisition and use
Children work on word relationships and shades of meaning — sorting words, synonyms, antonyms and figurative language.
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.







