4th Grade Dictation Sentences

100 dictation sentences covering the full 4th grade spelling year, organized by week and phonics pattern. Every week launches a free audio dictation test: the sentence is read aloud, then the target word on its own — students write what they hear and get graded instantly. A printable version with blank lines is one click away.

10 weekly lists100 sentencesAudio tests included

Week 1: -tion & -sion

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  1. 1.Draw a nation on your paper.
  2. 2.We learned about an action in school today.
  3. 3.Tell me something about the motion.
  4. 4.Look! Can you see the station?
  5. 5.Tell me something about the vacation.
  6. 6.The next word is vision.
  7. 7.Our teacher wrote decision on the board.
  8. 8.The next word is mission.
  9. 9.Can you use session in a sentence?
  10. 10.The next word is discussion.

Week 2: -ture & -sure

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  1. 1.The next word is nature.
  2. 2.The next word is future.
  3. 3.Our teacher wrote picture on the board.
  4. 4.Our teacher wrote feature on the board.
  5. 5.The next word is culture.
  6. 6.The next word is measure.
  7. 7.The next word is treasure.
  8. 8.The next word is pleasure.
  9. 9.Our teacher wrote pressure on the board.
  10. 10.The next word is closure.

Week 3: Prefixes: pre-, mis-

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  1. 1.Our teacher wrote preview on the board.
  2. 2.Our teacher wrote predict on the board.
  3. 3.Our teacher wrote prepare on the board.
  4. 4.Our teacher wrote prevent on the board.
  5. 5.The next word is misplace.
  6. 6.The next word is mistake.
  7. 7.The next word is misuse.
  8. 8.Our teacher wrote misread on the board.
  9. 9.Our teacher wrote mislead on the board.
  10. 10.Our teacher wrote misbehave on the board.

Week 4: Suffixes: -able, -ible

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  1. 1.The enjoyable puppy played outside.
  2. 2.The comfortable puppy played outside.
  3. 3.What a valuable day it is!
  4. 4.The remarkable puppy played outside.
  5. 5.The visible puppy played outside.
  6. 6.This looks so terrible to me.
  7. 7.This looks so possible to me.
  8. 8.What a horrible day it is!
  9. 9.The incredible puppy played outside.
  10. 10.This looks so responsible to me.

Week 5: Homophones & Confusers

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  1. 1.Our teacher wrote principal on the board.
  2. 2.Can you use principle in a sentence?
  3. 3.The next word is desert.
  4. 4.The next word is dessert.
  5. 5.Our teacher wrote piece on the board.
  6. 6.Our teacher wrote peace on the board.
  7. 7.Our teacher wrote whole on the board.
  8. 8.Our teacher wrote hole on the board.
  9. 9.The next word is board.
  10. 10.Yesterday we bored at the park.

Week 6: ai/ay, ei/eigh

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  1. 1.The next word is straight.
  2. 2.The spider has eight legs.
  3. 3.Can you use neighbor in a sentence?
  4. 4.Our teacher wrote weigh on the board.
  5. 5.The next word is sleigh.
  6. 6.Our teacher wrote freight on the board.
  7. 7.What a gray day it is!
  8. 8.This looks so display to me.
  9. 9.What a delay day it is!
  10. 10.The next word is contain.

Week 7: Science Vocabulary

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  1. 1.Our teacher wrote ecosystem on the board.
  2. 2.Can you use habitat in a sentence?
  3. 3.Our teacher wrote organism on the board.
  4. 4.The energy puppy played outside.
  5. 5.Our teacher wrote matter on the board.
  6. 6.Can you use molecule in a sentence?
  7. 7.The gravity puppy played outside.
  8. 8.Tell me something about the friction.
  9. 9.The next word is erosion.
  10. 10.Draw an environment on your paper.

Week 8: Social Studies Vocabulary

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  1. 1.Draw a government on your paper.
  2. 2.The next word is citizen.
  3. 3.This looks so community to me.
  4. 4.The next word is region.
  5. 5.This looks so boundary to me.
  6. 6.Can you use immigrant in a sentence?
  7. 7.Tell me something about the tradition.
  8. 8.This looks so economy to me.
  9. 9.Can you use capital in a sentence?
  10. 10.Tell me something about the declaration.

Week 9: Tricky Spellings

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  1. 1.What a definitely day it is!
  2. 2.Can you use separate in a sentence?
  3. 3.What a necessary day it is!
  4. 4.This looks so occasionally to me.
  5. 5.The particularly puppy played outside.
  6. 6.The next word is surprise.
  7. 7.The next word is restaurant.
  8. 8.What a library day it is!
  9. 9.This looks so February to me.
  10. 10.Can you use different in a sentence?

Week 10: Multi-Syllable Challenge

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  1. 1.The next word is independence.
  2. 2.I read about a communication in a book.
  3. 3.We learned about an organization in school today.
  4. 4.Tell me something about the determination.
  5. 5.Draw a celebration on your paper.
  6. 6.I read about an imagination in a book.
  7. 7.Tell me something about the information.
  8. 8.I read about a combination in a book.
  9. 9.I read about a combination in a book.
  10. 10.We learned about an explanation in school today.

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