Primary 4 · English · Vocabulary & Word Meaning
Vocabulary & Word Meaning questions for Primary 4 English
12 questions to work through online, 4 of them written out the way the paper asks. Answer and you get the working straight away, then a score at the end. No sign-up, and you can retake it as often as you like.
- Shades of meaning
- Prefixes
- Collocations
- Idioms
- Synonyms in context
- Word parts
- Verbs of movement
- Writing the word
- Writing the opposite
Answers and explanations for all 12 questions
Every answer with the reasoning behind it. Worth reading after you have tried the set — or on its own, if you are a parent marking it.
The crowd fell ______ as the results were about to be read out.
Answer: silent
Fell silent is the set phrase for a crowd going completely quiet in an instant.
What does "misplaced" mean in this sentence? Rahim misplaced his ez-link card somewhere between the canteen and the hall.
Answer: put it somewhere and could not find it again
The prefix mis- means wrongly, so misplaced means put in the wrong place and then lost.
Mrs Iyer asked us to ______ attention to the diagram on the board.
Answer: pay
Attention goes with pay: pay attention to the diagram.
Jun Hao and his sister rarely agree, so planning the party together was like ______ .
Answer: walking on eggshells
Walking on eggshells means being careful with every word so as not to set someone off, which is what planning with someone you disagree with feels like.
Which word means the same as "reluctant" in this sentence? Dinesh was reluctant to hand back the ball when recess ended.
Answer: unwilling
Reluctant means not wanting to do something, which is what unwilling means.
The path up Bukit Timah Hill was ______ , so we stopped twice on the way.
Answer: steep
A steep path climbs sharply, which is why it makes you stop for a rest.
What does "unbearable" mean in this sentence? By noon the heat in the hall was unbearable.
Answer: too much to put up with
To bear something is to put up with it, un- reverses that and -able means can be, so unbearable is too much to put up with.
The kitten ______ under the sofa the moment the doorbell rang.
Answer: darted
To dart is to move suddenly and very fast, which is how a startled kitten moves.
Write one word for the blank. The letter had no stamp on it, so the postman ______ it to our neighbour by mistake.
Answer: delivered
A postman delivered the letter — brought it to a door — and the sentence is in the past.
Write the opposite of the marked word. The instructions were so [clear] that nobody had to ask twice.
Answer: confusing
Instructions that nobody can follow are confusing, which is the opposite of clear in this sentence.
Write one word for the blank. A person who cannot stop talking about how good they are is being ______ .
Answer: boastful
Someone who keeps telling everyone how good they are is being boastful.
Write one word for the blank. The twins look so alike that even their teachers ______ one for the other.
Answer: mistake
To mistake one person for another is to take one as being the other.