In grade 5, students build on areas started in grade 3 and 4, including:
- Past, present and future tenses, and the introduction of progressive tenses (also called the continuous tenses);
- Possessive, relative and indefinite pronouns, and using pronouns to express different points of view;
- The ordering of adjectives in sentences, the use of adverb phrases, and the use of prepositional phrases as adjectives and adverbs;
- Prepositions, interjections and conjunctions;
- Improving sentence structures, including sentence fragments, run-on sentences and comma splices;
- Punctuation covering the use of commas, semi-colons and colons, as well as introductory words and phrases, direct address, question tags and titles.
Where to find the grade 5 grammar worksheets
You will find the grade 5 grammar worksheets in the grammar section of our worksheets pages:
Grade 5 grammar worksheets
The grade 5 grammar worksheets follow the Language curriculum. Let’s take a look at each section:
Grade 5 verbs worksheets
Grade 5 students continue the work on past, present and future tenses, the progressive tenses they started in grade 4. Students also work on improving and correcting verb tenses.
Grade 5 pronouns worksheets
In grade 5, students move on from the simple relative pronouns learned in grade 4 to work on possessive, relative and indefinite pronouns. They also cover pronouns expressed in the first person, second person and third person.
Grade 5 adjectives and adverbs worksheets
In addition to covering the order of adjectives and adverb phrases, grade 5 students also learn comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs, as well as using hyperbole.
Grade 5 other parts of speech
In our other parts of speech section we have placed the worksheets covering prepositions, interjections and conjunctions. These worksheets play a big part in the grade 5 grammar curriculum. They can be tough to learn, so we recommend spending some time on these worksheets.
Grade 5 sentences
In the sentences worksheets for grade 5 students, the curriculum covers avoiding common errors, such as sentence fragments, run-on sentences and comma splices. The grade 5 curriculum also works on sentence structure, such as simple, compound and complex sentences, direct and indirect objects. This all builds up to writing paragraphs.
Grade 5 punctuation worksheets
Finally, the punctuation section is large. A lot of focus goes into punctuation in grade 5. We have created worksheets to cover all punctuation practice for grade 5 students.
With the completion of our grade 5 grammar worksheets, we have now completed the full grade 1 to grade 5 grammar worksheets section. We hope you find them of use for your kids.
