Pi Leo Academy · Year 4 English

Spelling and word knowledge

20 questions and practical tasks · Victorian Curriculum English Version 2.0 · Level 4 · VC2E4LY05

Questions with a separate answer key and review guidance.

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Question 1

homophones in context · support

Choose the word for the gap: ____ waiting outside the classroom.

Their
There
They're
Theirs

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Question 2

homophones in context · support

Choose the word for the gap: The twins put ____ bags under the bench.

their
they're
theirs
there

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Question 3

homophones in context · support

Choose the word for the gap: Please leave the parcel over ____.

their
theirs
there
they're

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Question 4

homophones in context · support

Choose the word for the gap: ____ lunch is in the blue box.

You're
Yours
You
Your

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Question 5

homophones in context · support

Choose the word for the gap: ____ welcome to join our game.

You
Yours
You're
Your

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Question 6

homophones in context · support

Choose the word for the gap: We need ____ more chairs for the table.

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Question 7

homophones in context · support

Choose the word for the gap: This bag is ____ heavy for me to lift.

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Question 8

homophones in context · support

Choose the word for the gap: We walked ____ the library after school.

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Question 9

homophones in context · support

Choose the word for the gap: The puppy wagged ____ tail.

it's
itself
its
it

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Question 10

homophones in context · support

Choose the word for the gap: ____ time to pack away the paint.

Itself
It
Its
It's

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Question 11

homophones in context · core

Choose the word for the gap: I can ____ music coming from the hall.

hare
hair
here
hear

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Question 12

homophones in context · core

Choose the word for the gap: Put your drawing ____ so everyone can see it.

hare
hair
hear
here

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Question 13

homophones in context · core

Choose the word for the gap: I would like one ____ of cake.

peas
peace
pease
piece

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Question 14

homophones in context · core

Choose the word for the gap: The group hoped for ____ between the arguing teams.

peace
piece
peas
pease

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Question 15

homophones in context · core

Choose the word for the gap: The dog has muddy ____ after its walk.

paws
pores
pause
pours

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Question 16

homophones in context · core

Choose the word for the gap: Please ____ the video while I find my notes.

pours
paws
pause
pores

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Question 17

homophones in context · support

Choose the word for the gap: Our team ____ the final match.

won
when
went
one

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Question 18

homophones in context · support

Choose the word for the gap: Only ____ ticket was left at the desk.

own
won
one
once

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Question 19

homophones in context · support

Choose the word for the gap: The boat's ____ caught the wind.

soil
sail
sale
seal

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Question 20

homophones in context · support

Choose the word for the gap: There is a book ____ at the school on Saturday.

seal
sale
soil
sail

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Answers and review guidance

Open responses, handwriting and spoken tasks need adult review. The models are examples; different responses may meet the criteria.

Question 1

Answer: They're

They're means they are, which fits before waiting. Their shows ownership; there often names a place.

Question 2

Answer: their

Their comes before the noun bags to show that the bags belong to the twins.

Question 3

Answer: there

There points to a place. The sentence is giving the location for the parcel.

Question 4

Answer: Your

Your goes before lunch to show whose lunch it is. You're would mean you are.

Question 5

Answer: You're

You're expands to you are, so the sentence reads You are welcome to join our game.

Question 6

Answer: two

Two is the number 2. Too means also or excessively, and to has other jobs in a sentence.

Question 7

Answer: too

Too means more than is suitable. The bag is excessively heavy for the speaker.

Question 8

Answer: to

To shows the destination of the walk. No number or meaning of excess is needed.

Question 9

Answer: its

Its shows that the tail belongs to the puppy. It's means it is or it has.

Question 10

Answer: It's

It's means it is here. Expanding the contraction gives It is time to pack away the paint.

Question 11

Answer: hear

Hear means notice sound with your ears. Here refers to a place.

Question 12

Answer: here

Here gives a location for the drawing. Hear is about sound.

Question 13

Answer: piece

Piece means a part of something. Peace means a state without fighting or disturbance.

Question 14

Answer: peace

Peace means an end to conflict. A piece would be a part of an object.

Question 15

Answer: paws

Paws are an animal's feet. Pause means a short stop.

Question 16

Answer: pause

Pause means stop briefly. Paws names an animal's feet and cannot describe this action.

Question 17

Answer: won

Won is the past tense of win. One is the number 1.

Question 18

Answer: one

One gives the number of tickets left. Won describes winning, not a quantity.

Question 19

Answer: sail

A sail is the cloth that catches the wind on a boat. A sale involves selling things.

Question 20

Answer: sale

Sale means an event where things are sold. Sail belongs to the vocabulary of boats.