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NAME _____________________________________________

DATE ____________

Coined W ords

astronaut

suburb

hatchback

jazz

laptop

skyscraper

nylon

takeout

monorail

infomercial

WHEN SOMETHING NEW IS INVENTED, IT NEEDS A NAME.

A MADE-UP NAME IS C ALLED A COINED WORD.

An astronaut is the pilot of a spacecraft.

A skyscraper is
A community outside a large city is a suburb.
a very tall building.
A car with a hatch in the back is a hatchback.
Jazz is music with strong rhythm and an accented beat that falls in unusual places.
A laptop is a small portable computer. / Nylon is a material made from chemicals.
Prepared food that you take home to eat is called takeout.
A monorail is a train that runs on a single track.
An infomercial is a TV program that gives information and also sells a product.

A. Write the correct vocabulary word for each picture.

1.

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4.

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2.

3.

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5.

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6.

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B. Read each group of words. Write the vocabulary word that best goes
with each group.
1. homes, cars, schools ___________

2. trumpet, piano, saxophone __________

3. pizza, sushi, hamburger _________

4. jewelry, clothes, housewares ________

240 Vocabulary Words 4th Grade Kids Need to Know Linda Ward Beech, Published by Scholastic Teaching Resources