One Word, Many Worlds: Multiple Meaning Words for Class 4

Did you know that one single word can mean completely different things depending on how it is used? This fascinating Grade 4 worksheet on Multiple Meaning Words opens students' eyes to the richness and flexibility of the English language — helping them become sharper readers and more precise writers.

Designed for Class 4 learners, this worksheet explores ten powerful multiple meaning words: seal, bow, spring, left, match, kind, right, minute, break, and row. Each word carries more than one meaning, and students learn to identify the correct meaning based on context — a critical reading skill that supports comprehension across all subjects.

Why Multiple Meaning Words Matter in English?

Understanding multiple meaning words is one of the most important vocabulary skills for Grade 4 learners, and here is why:

1. They help students decode the correct meaning of words while reading stories, passages, and instructions.

2. They prevent common comprehension errors caused by assuming a word has only one meaning.

3. They strengthen writing skills by helping students choose the most precise word for any context.

4. They build language awareness and the ability to enjoy wordplay, humour, and nuanced text.

What's Inside This Worksheet?

This worksheet includes five engaging activities that build multiple meaning word skills step by step:

Exercise 1 – Match the Following

Students match each multiple meaning word on the left (seal, spring, bow, left, kind, match, right, break, minute, row) to one of its correct meanings on the right (stamp, coil, bend, side, type, game, correct, pause, moment, line). This activity introduces students to one specific meaning of each word in a clear and focused way.

Exercise 2 – Sort the Words

Students sort fifteen word pairs into Similar Meanings and Dissimilar Meanings columns. Pairs include left/side, spring/coil, bow/bend, match/game, kind/type, rain/snow, right/correct, break/pause, Sun/Book, row/line, sun/sky, pen/paper, table/chair, dog/cat, and seal/stamp. This activity reinforces the concept that some meanings are closely linked while others are completely unrelated.

Exercise 3 – Fill in the Blanks

Students choose the correct word from a given pair to complete ten contextual sentences — such as selecting ""seal"" when a zookeeper presses a mark onto an animal's tag, or ""spring"" for a coil inside a clock. This tests students' ability to determine meaning from sentence context.

Exercise 4 – Multiple Choice Questions

Ten multiple-choice questions present sentences in context and ask students to identify what the underlined multiple meaning word means in that specific situation. This format builds both vocabulary knowledge and reading comprehension skills simultaneously.

Exercise 5 – Sentence Rewriting

Students rewrite ten sentences by replacing the incorrectly used word with the correct multiple meaning word. For example, ""He tied his shoes with a pause on top"" is rewritten replacing ""pause"" with ""bow."" This is the most creative activity in the worksheet and challenges students to think carefully about word meaning and usage.

Answer Key (For Parents & Educators)

Exercise 1 – Match the Following
seal → stamp
spring → coil
bow → bend
left → side
kind → type
match → game
right → correct
break → pause
minute → moment
row → line

Exercise 2 – Sort the Words
Similar
left/side
spring/coil
bow/bend
match/game
kind/type
right/correct
break/pause
row/line
seal/stamp

Dissimilar
rain/snow
Sun/Book
sun/sky
pen/paper
table/chair
dog/cat

Exercise 3 – Fill in the Blanks
1. seal
2. spring
3. minute
4. left
5. kind
6. match
7. right
8. break
9. bow
10. row

Exercise 4 – Multiple Choice Questions
1. b) an animal
2. a) a season
3. c) a ribbon
4. b) a direction
5. d) caring/gentle
6. a) a contest
7. d) correct
8. c) a pause/rest
9. b) sixty seconds
10. b) a line of seats

Exercise 5 – Sentence Rewriting (Sample Correct Answers)
1. He tied his shoes with a bow on top.
2. The clock used a spring inside to keep time.
3. Turn left at the traffic light ahead.
4. She tied a bow ribbon on the present.
5. Name the kind of butterfly in your notebook.
6. They poured a spring of water from the tap. / They sealed a bottle of water from the tap.
7. You got the right answer correct.
8. Let us take a break before the next lesson.
9. Wait a minute; I need to check my bag.
10. She took her seat and sat in the front row.

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