Year 5 Grammar worksheets
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Modal verbs
Modal verbs are used to express something that is not definite. Imagine you are in charge of a picnic area. Write a notice explaining how you would like people to behave when using
the area, and why. Use as many modal verbs as you can!
the area, and why. Use as many modal verbs as you can!
Write full sentences
Convert basic notes about a fun day at the Natural History Museum into full sentences and paragraphs.
Using relative clauses
Relative clauses are used to add information to a sentence. They usually start with when, who, that, which or whose. In this teacher-created worksheet for primary school children, you will need to cut out the relative clauses in the table and work out where they should go in the sentences.
Full stops, commas and capital letters practice
Help your child understand where and when to use commas and full stops by filling them into the text on this worksheet. Don't forget to add capital letters at the start of new sentences!
Perfect Punctuation Workbook
Full stops, commas, semi colons, apostrophes… Whatever aspect of punctuation your child is grappling with, we’ve come up with a bumper pack of 60 activities to help them practise, as well as a parent's refresher guide to each punctuation mark and how it's used.
Seaside similes poem
A worksheet to encourage children to generate similes and then organise them into a poem.
Using unstressed vowel words
Your child needs to read the incomplete sentences and then choose a word from the list at the bottom to complete it. Each word in the list contains an unstressed vowel.
Using question marks, commas and exclamation marks
Worksheet prompting your child to write three sentences with a question mark, three with an exclamation mark and three with a comma.
Unstressed vowel words
Words with unstressed vowels and their definitions have been jumbled up. Children need to cut them up and then match the right ones together.
Suffixes
This worksheet includes words with suffixes which have been divided into two halves. Children need to cut these cards up and then arrange them back into whole words.
Spot the unstressed vowel words
A passage of text containing words that have unstressed vowels. Children need to read through and underline any of these words they can find.
Punctuation practice
A list of sentences with no punctuation, which children need to re-write inserting the correct punctuation.
Punctuating correctly
Sentences to cut up and then sort into two piles: 'correctly punctuated' and 'incorrectly punctuated'.
Punctuating a paragraph
Children are asked to read an unpunctuated passage and rewrite it with the correct punctuation.
Spelling patterns: The prefix con-
Words with the prefix con- and their definitions have been muddled up. Encourage your child to read them and then draw lines matching them up.
Spelling patterns: numerical prefixes
Cards for children to cut out and re-arrange so that they have made various words with numerical prefixes.
Illustrating a text
Children need to read a paragraph of text and then use the imagery in it to guide them to draw a picture of what is described.
Forming words with prefixes
Sentences with gaps that need to be filled by words with prefixes. Children are encouraged to think about which prefixes have been used to form the words.
Expanding vocabulary
This worksheet encourages your child to extend their vocabulary by looking at three different adjectives and then thinking about three alternative words that could be used for each.
Building words with prefixes
A list of words with various prefixes. Children are encouraged to find out the definition of these words using a dictionary or from their own knowledge.
Using figurative language: similes and metaphors
A passage of text containing similes and metaphors. Children need to read the definition of each and then highlight each in different colours.
Using figurative language: hyperbole and personification
A passage of text containing hyperbole and personification. Children need to read the definition of each and then highlight each in different colours.
Figurative language review
This challenging worksheet includes a description of hyperbole, metaphor, simile and personification. It then includes a piece of text containing all four types of figurative language for children to consider and highlight.