Fourth Grade Word Study

Which word means the opposite of approve?

• reapprove

• exapprove

• disapprove

• conapprove

Which word means something that does not make sense?

• nonsense

• presense

• dissense

• persense

Which word means you are not sure of something?

• discertain

• excertain

• recertain

• uncertain

Which word means to consider something more than once?

• misconsider

• reconsider

• unconsider

• postconsider

In which sentence is the capitalized word a verb.

• The UNWRAPPED presents on the floor.

• That really isn’t a HAUNTED house o the corner.

• ROASTED food really smell delicious.

• The teacher COMMUNICATED with the students by email.

In which sentence is the capitalized word a noun?

• Math gave her brother a DISAPPROVING look.

• COMPETING in the Olympics was a dream come true.

• A THUNDERING roar came from the crowd in the stand.

• The sound of the DRIPPING faucet was bothersome.

Which homophone pair best completes the sentences?

The school’s _________________knew the names of all the students.

Bad traffic was the______________ reason we were late.

• compliment/complement

• principal/principle

• serial/cereal

• stationary/stationery

Which sentence has a different use of the word MINUTE.

• The bus will be here in a minute or so.

• A light will go on a minute before the food is cooked.

• A minute insect crawled on the flower

• The dog barked the minute we got home.

Which word fits best in this sentence?

The bus was _________filled with people.

• completed

• completely

• completing

• completer

Which word fits best in this sentence?

It was hard to walk in the ____________ sand.

• soggness

• soggily

• sogging

• soggy