Year 5 English

Make the plural of a noun using the -s, -es, -ies and -ves rules, and know the words that follow none of them.

Tell common, proper, collective and abstract nouns apart.

Form the comparative and the superlative of an adjective, and use each one where it belongs.

Choose the preposition that shows where something is, or which way it is going.

Build the present perfect with have or has and a past participle, and tell it apart from the simple past.

Join two sentences with the right connecting word.

Choose between words that mean nearly the same thing but differ in strength or in feeling.

Join two short sentences with the conjunction that adds the right meaning — a reason, a contrast, a time or a condition.

Answer what a short passage says outright, and what it only leaves clues about.

Turn a few given points into a short paragraph that keeps to one topic and runs in a sensible order.

Name the parts of a friendly letter and set them out in the right places on the page.