Grade 3 Vocabulary: Match the Meaning
Match each meaning to the right grade 3 word.
Grade 3 Vocabulary: Match the Meaning
Name:Date:Score:
Write the word from the word bank that matches each meaning. Word bank: abandon · ability · absorb · accurate · assist · conclude · consider · crucial
- 1Which word means “to think about carefully”?
- 2Which word means “the power to do something”?
- 3Which word means “correct”?
- 4Which word means “very important”?
- 5Which word means “to leave behind”?
- 6Which word means “to help”?
- 7Which word means “to decide after thinking”?
- 8Which word means “to soak up”?
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Grade 3 Vocabulary: Match the Meaning
Name:Date:Score:
Write the word from the word bank that matches each meaning. Word bank: adapt · ancestor · assist · benefit · capable · cautious · community · crucial
- 1Which word means “people living in the same place”?
- 2Which word means “to change to fit”?
- 3Which word means “something good gained”?
- 4Which word means “able to do things well”?
- 5Which word means “very important”?
- 6Which word means “a family member from long ago”?
- 7Which word means “careful to avoid danger”?
- 8Which word means “to help”?
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Grade 3 Vocabulary: Match the Meaning
Name:Date:Score:
Write the word from the word bank that matches each meaning. Word bank: abandon · ability · anxious · community · decline · demand · distant · efficient
- 1Which word means “to ask for firmly”?
- 2Which word means “to become less”?
- 3Which word means “working well without waste”?
- 4Which word means “people living in the same place”?
- 5Which word means “worried”?
- 6Which word means “far away”?
- 7Which word means “the power to do something”?
- 8Which word means “to leave behind”?
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Answer key — Sheet A (8 answers)
- 1. consider
- 2. ability
- 3. accurate
- 4. crucial
- 5. abandon
- 6. assist
- 7. conclude
- 8. absorb
Answer key — Sheet B (8 answers)
- 1. community
- 2. adapt
- 3. benefit
- 4. capable
- 5. crucial
- 6. ancestor
- 7. cautious
- 8. assist
Answer key — Sheet C (8 answers)
- 1. demand
- 2. decline
- 3. efficient
- 4. community
- 5. anxious
- 6. distant
- 7. ability
- 8. abandon
About this skill
Moving from word to meaning and from meaning to word builds secure understanding.
How to teach it
- Use each new word in a sentence out loud.
- Revisit words over several days — spaced practice beats cramming.
- Link new words to ones the child already knows.
Mistakes to watch for
- Memorising definitions without using the word in a sentence.
