Spelling Grade 4 — Answer Key
Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. Look over there by the big oak tree.
There points to a location, a key Grade 4 homophone for spelling success.
2. The students packed their lunches for the trip.
Their shows possession, a Grade 4 homophone often confused with there.
3. I think they're ready to start the game.
They're is a contraction for they are, central to Grade 4 spelling.
4. I have two dollars in my piggy bank.
Two is the number Grade 4 homophone, often mixed with to and too.
5. I ate too many cookies before dinner.
Too means also or excessive, an important Grade 4 homophone to master.
6. We walked to the library after school.
To shows direction, a Grade 4 homophone different from two and too.
7. The dog scratched a tiny hole in the wall.
Hole is a Grade 4 homophone often spelled wrong as whole by mistake.
8. I am twenty years older than my brother.
Twenty is a Grade 4 number word with a tricky e students must spell.
9. We crossed a wooden bridge over the stream.
Bridge has a -dge ending, a Grade 4 spelling pattern after short vowels.
Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1. Match each item to its correct answer.
there
→ points to a place
points to a place
their
→ belongs to them
belongs to them
they're
→ they are short form
they are short form
twenty
→ number after nineteen
number after nineteen
Matching helps Grade 4 students lock in tricky homophone and number spellings.