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Grade 4 Spelling Word Lists - Free Practice

356 spelling words across 20 lists

About Grade 4 Spelling Lists

Grade 4 spelling lists include prefixes, suffixes, Greek and Latin roots, and challenging vocabulary for fourth graders (ages 9-10). These lists help students understand word structure and meaning while building academic vocabulary across subjects.

Fry Sight Words List 17 (Words 401–425)

25 words · Fry High-Frequency Words

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  1. check
  2. circle
  3. contain
  4. course
  5. ago
  6. bread
  7. bring
  8. ball
  9. common
  10. behind
  11. boat
  12. box
  13. brought
  14. class
  15. correct
  16. dark
  17. base
  18. clear
  19. built
  20. among
  21. cannot
  22. became
  23. building
  24. carefully
  25. able

Fry Sight Words List 18 (Words 426–450)

25 words · Fry High-Frequency Words

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  1. finally
  2. fact
  3. equation
  4. hot
  5. green
  6. game
  7. full
  8. English
  9. explain
  10. done
  11. force
  12. half
  13. heavy
  14. gave
  15. dry
  16. inches
  17. decided
  18. front
  19. heat
  20. fly
  21. filled
  22. feel
  23. fine
  24. deep
  25. government

Fry Sight Words List 19 (Words 451–475)

25 words · Fry High-Frequency Words

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  1. round
  2. object
  3. island
  4. include
  5. person
  6. machine
  7. inside
  8. quickly
  9. material
  10. less
  11. power
  12. nothing
  13. road
  14. noun
  15. oh
  16. plane
  17. pair
  18. note
  19. ran
  20. rest
  21. known
  22. ocean
  23. language
  24. minutes
  25. produce

Fry Sight Words List 20 (Words 476–500)

25 words · Fry High-Frequency Words

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  1. ten
  2. shape
  3. stay
  4. system
  5. verb
  6. wheels
  7. understand
  8. stood
  9. shown
  10. special
  11. wait
  12. scientists
  13. week
  14. six
  15. surface
  16. though
  17. yet
  18. yes
  19. size
  20. rule
  21. warm
  22. stars
  23. thousands
  24. street
  25. strong

Silent Letter Words (kn-, wr-, etc.)

10 words · Common silent-letter words

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  1. comb
  2. write
  3. knife
  4. knock
  5. knee
  6. ghost
  7. wreck
  8. hour
  9. wrong
  10. lamb

Common Greek Roots (with examples)

10 words · Frequently used Greek roots{index=64}

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  1. photo (light)
  2. bio (life)
  3. geo (earth)
  4. auto (self)
  5. micro (small)
  6. phon (sound)
  7. cycle (circle)
  8. tele (far)
  9. meter (measure)
  10. graph (write)

IE/EI Spelling Rule Words

10 words · "I before E" pattern words

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  1. receive
  2. ceiling
  3. field
  4. weight
  5. chief
  6. thief
  7. believe
  8. weigh
  9. piece
  10. neighbor

-tion and -sion Words

10 words · Common -tion/-sion noun forms

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  1. division
  2. nation
  3. action
  4. caution
  5. vision
  6. collision
  7. decision
  8. motion
  9. station
  10. television

-able and -ible Words

10 words · Common adjectives with -able/-ible

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  1. horrible
  2. comfortable
  3. flexible
  4. readable
  5. breakable
  6. enjoyable
  7. agreeable
  8. visible
  9. terrible
  10. possible

Additional Prefixes (mis-, non-, pre-, sub-)

10 words · Grade 4 Vocabulary – additional prefixes

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  1. preview
  2. nonstop
  3. subway
  4. submerge
  5. preschool
  6. nonsense
  7. subject
  8. misplace
  9. mislead
  10. subtitle

Literary Terms (Story Elements)

10 words · Basic literary terms

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  1. dialogue
  2. chapter
  3. resolution
  4. plot
  5. summary
  6. narrator
  7. character
  8. setting
  9. theme
  10. conflict

Figurative Language & Literary Devices

10 words · Common figurative language terms

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  1. metaphor
  2. idiom
  3. foreshadowing
  4. irony
  5. flashback
  6. hyperbole
  7. simile
  8. alliteration
  9. symbolism
  10. personification

U.S. States (A–M)

25 words · 50 States of the USA

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  1. Alabama
  2. Georgia
  3. Kansas
  4. Delaware
  5. Indiana
  6. Idaho
  7. Louisiana
  8. Missouri
  9. Connecticut
  10. Illinois
  11. Arizona
  12. Minnesota
  13. Maryland
  14. Iowa
  15. Mississippi
  16. California
  17. Kentucky
  18. Arkansas
  19. Alaska
  20. Florida
  21. Maine
  22. Michigan
  23. Colorado
  24. Hawaii
  25. Massachusetts

U.S. States (N–W)

25 words · 50 States of the USA

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  1. New York
  2. New Jersey
  3. Rhode Island
  4. South Dakota
  5. Oregon
  6. West Virginia
  7. North Carolina
  8. Texas
  9. Nevada
  10. New Hampshire
  11. North Dakota
  12. New Mexico
  13. Montana
  14. Oklahoma
  15. Pennsylvania
  16. Nebraska
  17. Tennessee
  18. Utah
  19. Virginia
  20. Vermont
  21. Washington
  22. Wisconsin
  23. South Carolina
  24. Wyoming
  25. Ohio

Continents and Oceans

12 words · World geography

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  1. Africa
  2. North America
  3. Atlantic Ocean
  4. Arctic Ocean
  5. Southern Ocean
  6. Asia
  7. South America
  8. Antarctica
  9. Indian Ocean
  10. Pacific Ocean
  11. Europe
  12. Australia

Transition Words

10 words · Grade 4 Writing – common transitional words

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  1. for example
  2. in conclusion
  3. on the other hand
  4. meanwhile
  5. therefore
  6. finally
  7. then
  8. however
  9. next
  10. first

Commonly Confused Words

11 words · Frequently confused word pairs

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  1. effect
  2. two
  3. too
  4. than
  5. to
  6. accept
  7. affect
  8. then
  9. who's
  10. whose
  11. except

4th Grade Academic Vocabulary (Tier 2)

72 words · GreatSchools Curriculum

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  1. compare
  2. develop
  3. recommend
  4. defend
  5. difference
  6. example
  7. demonstrate
  8. increasing
  9. frequent
  10. usually
  11. essential
  12. infer
  13. detail
  14. separate
  15. typical
  16. furious
  17. avoid
  18. disappointed
  19. estimate
  20. cause
  21. critical
  22. surround
  23. insert
  24. support
  25. passage
  26. automatically
  27. prefer
  28. purpose
  29. fortunate
  30. approached
  31. concluding
  32. organized
  33. entirety
  34. temporary
  35. contrast
  36. flexible
  37. convince
  38. exclaimed
  39. distribute
  40. eliminate
  41. except
  42. persuade
  43. predict
  44. simplify
  45. border
  46. result
  47. summarize
  48. recognize
  49. threatens
  50. rarely
  51. observe
  52. obvious
  53. previous
  54. describe
  55. minimum
  56. decrease
  57. scarce
  58. select
  59. inform
  60. argued
  61. evidence
  62. prediction
  63. effective
  64. tradition
  65. represent
  66. maximum
  67. circular
  68. calculate
  69. reason
  70. adaptation
  71. accomplish
  72. confirm

4th Grade Math Vocabulary (Common Core)

15 words · Granite School District – 4th Grade Math{index=72}...

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  1. angle
  2. improper fraction
  3. factor
  4. multiple
  5. decimal
  6. perimeter
  7. area
  8. mixed number
  9. parallel
  10. numerator
  11. perpendicular
  12. rhombus
  13. obtuse
  14. denominator
  15. acute

4th Grade Science Vocabulary

10 words · Academic science terms

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  1. electricity
  2. precipitation
  3. water cycle
  4. evaporation
  5. sediment
  6. condensation
  7. weathering
  8. erosion
  9. insulator
  10. battery

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Word SearchHidden words in a letter grid
Spelling TestNumbered blank lines
FlashcardsCut-out study cards
Scrambled WordsUnscramble the letters
ABC OrderAlphabetical sorting
Fill in the BlankComplete the sentences
HandwritingTrace and write
LCWCLook, cover, write, check
MatchingMatch words to definitions
BingoClassroom bingo cards
CrosswordCrossword puzzle
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