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Exact Words at the Corner Bakery

Grade 4 word choice practice: swap vague words for exact verbs, adjectives and phrases while helping at a busy corner bakery.

Grade 4ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toL.4.3.a

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  • Single worksheet
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  • 1 Common Core standard
  • Printable answer key
  • 12 questions
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Details

Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 4
Subject
ELA
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students tell vague words from exact words in short sentences.
  • Students choose precise verbs and adjectives that fit the clues in a sentence.
  • Students choose exact phrases and rewrite a vague sentence with precise words.

How to use

Read the first section aloud and talk about why exact words help a reader picture the idea. Students then finish the sheet alone and share their rewritten sign with a partner.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.4.3.a

Choose words and phrases to convey ideas precisely.

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Exact Words at the Corner Bakery

Choose words and phrases that say exactly what you mean.

Vague or exact?

A vague word, like thing or nice, does not tell readers much. An exact word helps readers picture what happened.

1.
Sort each word from the Corner Bakery. Is it a vague word or an exact word?
flakythingsizzlenicewhiskstuff
Vague wordExact word
2.
Lena wrote, "The pie smelled nice, and it had a golden, flaky crust." Underline the one vague word she should replace with an exact word.

piesmellednicegoldenflaky

3.
Kai wants to tell readers that the bakery was full of customers at noon. Which sentence says this most exactly?
  • A. At noon, the bakery had a lot of stuff going on.
  • B. At noon, the bakery was kind of busy and sort of loud.
  • C. At noon, shoppers packed the bakery from the door to the counter.
  • D. At noon, the bakery was a place where people were.

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