Spelling Grade 4 — Answer Key
Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. Please bring your backpack to the bus stop.
Your shows possession, a Grade 4 homophone often confused with you're.
2. I think you're going to love this movie.
You're is a contraction for you are, key in Grade 4 homophone study.
3. The cat licked its paws after dinner.
Its shows possession in Grade 4 grammar, never written with an apostrophe.
4. Look, it's raining outside again.
It's is a contraction for it is, a frequent Grade 4 homophone mix-up.
5. We sat at the wooden table to eat lunch.
Table follows the common -le ending pattern Grade 4 students must spell.
6. We saw monkeys swing in the jungle.
Jungle shows the -le ending, a Grade 4 spelling pattern after a consonant.
7. There are eleven players on the soccer field.
Eleven is a tricky Grade 4 number word with double letters often missed.
8. A dozen eggs equals twelve eggs in a carton.
Twelve is a Grade 4 number word students must spell from memory.
9. I want to go to the park with my friends.
To is a Grade 4 homophone, different from too and two in meaning.
Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1. Match each item to its correct answer.
you're
→ you are short form
you are short form
its
→ belongs to it
belongs to it
their
→ belongs to them
belongs to them
twelve
→ number after eleven
number after eleven
Matching builds Grade 4 understanding of homophones and number word spelling.