4th grade vocabulary

Question 1

Read the question. Which verb shows that Kai was upset and crying? Kai ___, "I miss my old school."

• A. laughed
• B. joked
• C. cheered
• D. sobbed

Question 2

Use the word parts. What does "microscope" mean?

• A. a tool for seeing very small things
• B. a very small phone
• C. a tool for seeing far-away stars
• D. a machine that measures heat

Question 3

What does this metaphor mean? He has a heart of gold.

• A. He is ill.
• B. He is strong.
• C. He is very kind.
• D. He is very rich.

Question 4

Use the sentence to work out the meaning. Their trip across the country by bike was a real odyssey. What does "odyssey" mean?

• A. a long journey full of adventures
• B. a race
• C. a holiday at home
• D. a short walk

Question 5

Which kind of figurative language is this? The lake was like a mirror.

• A. simile
• B. metaphor
• C. personification

Question 6

Which prefix completes the word? ___clockwise (against the clock's direction, UK)

• A. sub
• B. inter
• C. anti
• D. auto

Question 7

Use the clues in the sentence. Our teacher was elated, or extremely happy, when the class won the award. What does "elated" mean?

• A. extremely happy
• B. very tired
• C. a bit worried
• D. rather bored

Question 8

Read the sentence and choose how the word is said. "The shop is close to my house." Does "close" rhyme with "nose" or "dose"?

• A. nose
• B. dose

Question 9

What does "superstore" mean?

• A. a shop that runs itself
• B. a very large shop
• C. a shop between towns
• D. a shop under the ground

Question 10

What does this idiom or saying mean? "Break a leg!"

• A. Be careful!
• B. Hurry up!
• C. Good luck!
• D. Go to hospital.

Question 11

Which prefix makes a real word from "legal", meaning "not" or "wrongly"?

• A. illegal
• B. dislegal
• C. inlegal
• D. unlegal

Question 12

Use the sentence to decide. A tear rolled down her cheek. What does "tear" mean here?

• A. a small cut
• B. a rip in paper
• C. a drop of water from the eye
• D. a fast run

Question 13

Read the question. Which word comes from Arachne, a weaver who was turned into a spider in a Greek myth?

• A. cereal
• B. echo
• C. atlas
• D. arachnid

Question 14

Choose the verb that fits the meaning best. On Sunday we ___ along the beach, enjoying the sunshine.

• A. stomped
• B. crawled
• C. sprinted
• D. strolled

Question 15

Read the question. Which word has a part that means "far"?

• A. biology
• B. structure
• C. television
• D. aquatic

Question 16

Which word or phrase is a SYNONYM of "enormous"?

• A. gigantic
• B. narrow
• C. tiny
• D. light