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Fresh Paint on Main Street: Exact Words with a Sign Painter

Follow a sign painter and her helper as students choose precise action verbs, feeling words and state-of-being words for each sentence.

Grade 4ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toL.4.6

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  • 1 Common Core standard
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  • 11 questions
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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 choose verbs that signal precise actions.
  • Students use precise words for emotions and states of being.

How to use

Read the short introduction together and talk about what a sign painter does. Students then choose the most exact word for each sentence and rewrite one plain sentence at the end.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.4.6

Use general academic and subject-specific words and phrases accurately, including words that signal precise actions, emotions, or states of being.

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Fresh Paint on Main Street: Exact Words with a Sign Painter

Pick words that show exactly what people do and feel.

Precise action words

Ms. Ruiz paints signs for shops in her town. Her helper, Jun, is learning the job. Choose the word that tells most exactly what happens.

1.
Which word best completes the sentence?
Before she paints, Ms. Ruiz ____ the rough wooden board until it feels smooth.
  • A. touches
  • B. carries
  • C. sands
  • D. moves
2.
Which word best completes the sentence?
She ____ the letters lightly in pencil so she can erase any mistakes.
  • A. sketches
  • B. splashes
  • C. scrubs
  • D. pours
3.
Which word best completes the sentence?
With a thin brush, she carefully ____ each letter with a neat gold border.
  • A. dumps
  • B. smears
  • C. sprinkles
  • D. outlines
4.
Underline the verb that shows exactly what Ms. Ruiz did with the paint.

Ms.Ruizgentlydabbedgoldpaintontoeachletter.

5.
Which sentence uses the most precise words to tell what Jun did?
  • A. Jun did some work on the old sign today.
  • B. Jun went over and looked at the old sign.
  • C. Jun scraped the loose paint off the old sign.
  • D. Jun was busy with the old sign for a while.

Feelings and states of being

Choose the word that tells most exactly how someone feels or how something is.

6.
Write the word from the word bank that describes each sign best. One word is not used.
Word bank: glossy · hungry · peeling · faded

The old flower shop sign was  , with paint coming off in curly strips.
After many summers in the hot sun, the bright red letters had   to a soft pink.
The new sign looked   and shiny after the clear coat dried.

7.
Mr. Haddad gasped and clapped his hands when he saw the new sign for his shop. Which word best names how he felt?
  • A. puzzled
  • B. thrilled
  • C. gloomy
  • D. sleepy
8.
Match each feeling word to the moment it describes best.
  1. frustrated
  2. jittery
  3. curious
  4. proud
  1. A. A girl stops and asks how the gold paint is made.
  2. B. Ms. Ruiz steps back and smiles at the sign she finished.
  3. C. The brush keeps dripping, and Jun has to start over again.
  4. D. Jun's hands shake as he paints his first letter in front of a crowd.
9.
The paint on the old sign was brittle, so it cracked when Jun pressed it. What does brittle mean?
  • A. soft and sticky
  • B. wet and shiny
  • C. thick and heavy
  • D. hard and easy to break

Actions or feelings?

Sort the words, then write your own precise sentence.

10.
Does each word name a precise action or a feeling? Sort the words.
scrapesrelievedjitteryoutlinesfrustratedvarnishes
Precise actionFeeling
11.
Rewrite this sentence with more precise words: "The sign looked nice."

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