Primary 6 Vocabulary Practice Answers
This answer page belongs to the original 1 August 2017 vocabulary exercise. The answer set is preserved below exactly as the learning core of the resource.
- confide
- engage
- drop out
- drop off
- revolution
- prestigious
- interfere
- hire
- honourable
- shamefully
What This Exercise Is Really Testing
This is not simply a synonym exercise. The student has to choose the word that best fits the sentence in meaning, grammar and context.
Several options may look possible at first. The stronger answer is the one that survives all three checks: does the word mean the right thing, does it fit the sentence structure, and does it sound natural in the situation?
How Parents Can Use the Answers
Do not stop at right or wrong. Ask the child to explain why the chosen word fits and why one tempting alternative does not.
That turns marking into a vocabulary judgement exercise rather than a memory test.
A Better Correction Routine
- Identify the clue in the sentence.
- State the intended meaning in simple words.
- Compare two plausible options.
- Check grammar and collocation.
- Rewrite the full sentence with the final choice.
Transfer Test
After correction, ask the student to use each difficult word in a new sentence with a different context. If the word only works in the original worksheet, the learning is not yet secure.
Why This Matters for Primary 6 English
Vocabulary becomes useful when a student can select precisely under pressure. The important skill is not merely knowing more words, but knowing which word belongs in this sentence and why.
Original Resource Note
This page is retained as part of eduKate’s 2017 Primary 6 vocabulary archive. The original answer set remains intact while the guidance has been modernised to make the resource more useful for parents, teachers and students revisiting it today.