4th Grade · Grammar & Vocabulary
Using a Dictionary Entry
Free printable 4th Grade grammar & vocabulary worksheet: Using a Dictionary Entry. It practices reference skills (Common Core L.4.4c). For ages 9-10. Download the PDF, print it, or fill it in online.
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- 4th Grade
- Subject
- Grammar & Vocabulary
- Skill
- Reference skills
- Ages
- 9–10
- Standard
- L.4.4c
- Format
- A4 PDF · print or fill in online
About this worksheet
“Using a Dictionary Entry” is sheet 22 of 27 in our free 4th Grade Grammar & Vocabulary Worksheets collection, written for children aged 9–10. It focuses on reference skills.
In the set it comes after “Homographs” and before “Commas: Lists and Introductory Words”. Working through them in that order, one sheet a day, builds the skill a step at a time.
What this worksheet practices
L.4.4c · Common Core English Language Arts · Grade 4
Language · Vocabulary acquisition and use
Children work on working out what unknown words mean from context clues, prefixes, suffixes and root words.
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.
