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Grade 4 Spelling Worksheet - Building Confidence
Circle the word that fits the sentence.
Grandma is very ____ to me.
The ____ of the bag was ten pounds.
I have ____ brother.
I ____ like some water, please.
We ____ our bikes to the park.
There are ____ eggs in the box.
I got a ____ pair of shoes.
Mom used ____ to bake bread.
Homophones sound alike but have different spellings and meanings, so spelling must come from context matters in fourth grade because spelling work now connects word meaning, word parts, and editing accuracy. Fourth graders may choose the word by sound and miss whether the sentence needs a place word, a possessive word, a contraction, or an action word. This worksheet keeps the focus on one spelling pattern at a time, and every wrong choice is a mistake a real speller might make, so children cannot get credit by ruling out silly answers. Students complete sentences with the right homophone, match spellings to meanings, pick the correctly spelled sentence, and find the homophone used by mistake; harder levels add its and it's, whose and who's, principal and principle, and other Grade 4 sets.
Support versions use more familiar words and fewer choices. Standard versions add harder words, and challenge versions add longer words and the cases where the pattern does not apply. Ask your child to say the word, mark the meaningful part or spelling change, and then check whether the written form still matches the meaning. That process is slower than guessing, but it builds spelling habits that transfer to real writing.
Common Core standard: L.4.1.G
They're means they are, so 'My cousins called to say they're coming for dinner' is correct.
Choosing a homophone because it sounds right without checking what the word means.
Replace the word with its meaning and reread the sentence.
Choosing a homophone because it sounds right without checking what the word means.
Replace the word with its meaning and reread the sentence.
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Similar: Spelling Word Practice
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