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Precise Verbs and Emotions is a free printable Grade 4 English worksheet on using words that name an action or feeling exactly, aligned to Common Core standard L.4.6. 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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Precise Verbs and Emotions

L.4.6

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Answer key — Precise Verbs and Emotions

Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.unwillingly
  2. 2.steady
  3. 3.supply
  4. 4.deduce
  5. 5.desert
  6. 6.separate
  7. 7.striking
  8. 8.precise

Questions about Precise Verbs and Emotions

What does the Precise Verbs and Emotions worksheet cover?

It practises using words that name an action or feeling exactly — 8 questions for Grade 4, all on Common Core L.4.6: Use precise verbs and topic vocabulary accurately in your own writing. The instruction to pupils is “Tick the right answer”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.

Which Common Core standard does Precise Verbs and Emotions practise?

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.6 — L.4.6, in the Language domain for Grade 4. The published standard reads: “Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal precise actions, emotions, or states of being (e.g., quizzed, whined, stammered) and that are basic to a particular topic (e.g., wildlife, conservation, and endangered when discussing animal preservation).” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.

What age or grade is this worksheet for?

Precise Verbs and Emotions is written for Grade 4, typically ages 9-10. It is one of the sheets on L.4.6, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.

Does Precise Verbs and Emotions come with an answer key?

Yes. All 8 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.

How many different versions of Precise Verbs and Emotions can I print?

25 — one per pupil, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.

Is Precise Verbs and Emotions free to print and photocopy?

Yes. Precise Verbs and Emotions, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.

Is there a lesson plan to teach L.4.6?

Yes — “Academic Vocabulary in Your Own Writing” is a 40-minute Grade 4 plan for L.4.6, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Precise Verbs and Emotions is the practice that follows it.

More practice for L.4.6

Use precise verbs and topic vocabulary accurately in your own writing.

Teaching this next? Academic Vocabulary in Your Own Writing is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to L.4.6 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.