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Precise Words, Clear Sentences is a free printable Grade 4 English worksheet on choosing words and punctuation for effect, aligned to Common Core standard W.4.4. 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 Words, Clear Sentences

W.4.4

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1.Why might a writer use a very short sentence after several long ones?
  • A.Because they ran out of ideas
  • B.To save paper
  • C.To make it land harder
2.Which belongs in dialogue between friends?
  • A.You are exhibiting excessive concern.
  • B.You're making a fuss.
  • C.Your concern is disproportionate.
3.What does a colon usually signal?
  • A.That an explanation or a list follows
  • B.The end of a paragraph
  • C.A change of speaker
4.Which verb is most precise for how Icarus moved upward?
  • A.went
  • B.climbed
  • C.did
5.When should you choose the shorter word?
  • A.Only in speech
  • B.Never
  • C.When it says the same thing as clearly
6.Why does a report avoid "I"?
  • A.Because "I" is misspelled easily
  • B.Because reports must be long
  • C.Because it presents the events rather than one person's experience
7.Why choose "expel" rather than "push out" in a science text?
  • A.It is longer
  • B.It sounds friendlier
  • C.It is the precise term readers of that subject expect
8.Which belongs in a formal report?
  • A.Most people, like, moved stuff.
  • B.Loads of them had sorted it.
  • C.Eleven of fourteen households had prepared.

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Answer key — Precise Words, Clear Sentences

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  1. 1.To make it land harder
  2. 2.You're making a fuss.
  3. 3.That an explanation or a list follows
  4. 4.climbed
  5. 5.When it says the same thing as clearly
  6. 6.Because it presents the events rather than one person's experience
  7. 7.It is the precise term readers of that subject expect
  8. 8.Eleven of fourteen households had prepared.

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to W.4.4 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.