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Choose Words Precisely is a free printable Grade 4 English worksheet on preferring the exact word to the general one, aligned to Common Core standard L.4.3. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Choose Words Precisely

L.4.3

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1.Which belongs in dialogue between friends?
  • A.You are exhibiting excessive concern.
  • B.Your concern is disproportionate.
  • C.You're making a fuss.
2.Why might a writer use a very short sentence after several long ones?
  • A.To save paper
  • B.To make it land harder
  • C.Because they ran out of ideas
3.Why does the structure of a text matter to a reader?
  • A.It decides the font
  • B.It makes the text shorter
  • C.It tells you how the ideas relate, not just what they are
4.Which sentence conveys most in fewest words?
  • A.Then something bad happened to Icarus.
  • B.He went down towards the sea below him.
  • C.The sky let go of him.
5.Which verb is most precise for how Icarus moved upward?
  • A.went
  • B.climbed
  • C.did
6.Which words signal cause and effect?
  • A.because, so, therefore
  • B.first, next, finally
  • C.unlike, whereas
7.Which belongs in a formal report?
  • A.Eleven of fourteen households had prepared.
  • B.Most people, like, moved stuff.
  • C.Loads of them had sorted it.
8.A text can change structure partway through. True or false?
  • A.False, only textbooks do that
  • B.True — a chronological text can end with a comparison
  • C.False, one text has one structure

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Answer key — Choose Words Precisely

Set 21. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.You're making a fuss.
  2. 2.To make it land harder
  3. 3.It tells you how the ideas relate, not just what they are
  4. 4.The sky let go of him.
  5. 5.climbed
  6. 6.because, so, therefore
  7. 7.Eleven of fourteen households had prepared.
  8. 8.True — a chronological text can end with a comparison

More practice for L.4.3

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to L.4.3 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.