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Grade 5 English Language Arts

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Skills in this pack

Words that mean the same
Punctuation and capital letters
The present perfect
Shades of meaning
Suffixes and word building
Keeping the tense consistent
Tense in stories and in reports
Simple, compound and complex — in both directions
Reading for clues
Writing a short paragraph

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Grade 5 English Language Arts · 1 of 10

Words that mean the same

Match a word to another word with a similar meaning.

1.Which word means the same as 'difficult'?
- a) simple
- b) light
- c) hard
- d) easy
2.Which word means the same as 'begin'?
- a) stop
- b) start
- c) end
- d) wait
3.Pair up the words that mean the same.
- big
- happy
- fast
- cold
- large
- chilly
- glad
- quick
4.Which word means the same as 'brave'?
- a) fearful
- b) timid
- c) bold
- d) weak
5.Pair up the words that mean the same.
- jump
- look
- silent
- neat
- quiet
- gaze
- tidy
- leap
6.Which word means the same as 'tired'?
- a) hungry
- b) angry
- c) clever
- d) sleepy
7.Which word means the same as 'beautiful'?
- a) lovely
- b) dull
- c) ugly
- d) plain
8.Pair up the words that mean the same.
- small
- shout
- scared
- clever
- afraid
- yell
- tiny
- smart

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Grade 5 English Language Arts · 2 of 10

Punctuation and capital letters

Punctuate a sentence with capital letters, end marks, commas and quotation marks.

1.Which sentence sets out the speech correctly?
- a) I am ready, said Meera.
- b) "I am ready," Said Meera.
- c) "I am ready" said Meera.
- d) "I am ready," said Meera.
2.Which sentence puts the comma in the right place before the speech?
- a) Amit, said "I will come later."
- b) Amit said "I will come later,"
- c) Amit said "I will come later".
- d) Amit said, "I will come later."
3.Match each mark to the job it does.
- Period
- Question mark
- Exclamation mark
- Comma
- Apostrophe
- Quotation marks
- shows a missing letter or belonging
- ends a statement
- enclose the exact words somebody said
- separates parts of a sentence
- ends a question
- shows a strong feeling
4.Sort each line by the mark it needs at the end.
Groups: Period · Question mark
- Why is the gate locked
- How old is your brother
- We finished our homework
- Who left this note
- Please sit down
- The sun set behind the hill
5.Which sentence uses its comma correctly?
- a) Before, we left we locked the door.
- b) Before we, left we locked the door.
- c) Before we left we, locked the door.
- d) Before we left, we locked the door.
6.Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
- a) Where is my bag
- b) where is my bag?
- c) where is my bag
- d) Where is my bag?
7.Which line needs a question mark?
- a) The bell rang loudly
- b) Close the door quietly
- c) What time does the bell ring
- d) I like mangoes
8.Sort each word by whether it needs a capital letter wherever it appears in a sentence.
Groups: Needs a capital letter · Does not need a capital letter
- monday
- india
- teacher
- table
- december
- pencil

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Grade 5 English Language Arts · 3 of 10

The present perfect

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

1.I have ____ that film twice.
- a) seen
- b) seeing
- c) saw
- d) see
2.Meera ____ finished her homework.
- a) has
- b) haves
- c) have
- d) having
3.Which sentence is in the present perfect?
- a) She is washing the dishes.
- b) She washed the dishes.
- c) She washes the dishes.
- d) She has washed the dishes.
4.Match each verb to its past participle — the form that follows have or has.
- eat
- write
- see
- do
- take
- give
- done
- eaten
- written
- seen
- taken
- given
5.Sort each sentence by its tense.
Groups: Present perfect · Simple past
- We visited the museum last year.
- They painted the wall in May.
- He lost his pen on Monday.
- They have painted the wall.
- He has lost his pen.
- We have visited the museum.
6.Two words, please. Use the present perfect of "write": I ____ three letters this week.
7.Two words, please. Use the present perfect of "break": Somebody ____ the window.
8.Put the parts in order to make one correct sentence.
- never
- such a big kite.
- We
- have
- seen

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Grade 5 English Language Arts · 4 of 10

Shades of meaning

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

1.All of these describe the same thing. Sort them by how they make the person sound.
Groups: A kind way to say it · An unkind way to say it
- slim
- careful with money
- big-headed
- skinny
- stingy
- confident
2.One word, please. Which shows more feeling — "liked" or "loved"?
3.One word, please. Which shows more surprise — "surprised" or "astonished"?
4.Match each ordinary word to the stronger word that means the same thing.
- hungry
- tired
- cold
- happy
- angry
- wet
- soaked
- freezing
- starving
- furious
- exhausted
- delighted
5.Which word shows the most fear?
- a) nervous
- b) uneasy
- c) worried
- d) terrified
6.Which word shows the least happiness?
- a) pleased
- b) thrilled
- c) overjoyed
- d) delighted
7.The soup was so ____ that it burned her tongue.
- a) cool
- b) warm
- c) hot
- d) mild
8.Sort each verb by what it is a way of doing.
Groups: A way of walking · A way of looking
- wander
- march
- peep
- stare
- glance
- stroll

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Grade 5 English Language Arts · 5 of 10

Suffixes and word building

Build a new word by adding a suffix, and get the spelling right when the base word changes.

1.Add -ed to "stop". Which spelling is right?
- a) stopeed
- b) stoped
- c) stoppd
- d) stopped
2.Add the ending -ing to "run" and write the new word.
3.Add the ending -ness to "happy" and write the new word.
4.Which beginning turns "happy" into its opposite?
- a) re-
- b) pre-
- c) un-
- d) mis-
5.Match each base word to the word built from it.
- teach
- kind
- enjoy
- care
- use
- quick
- kindness
- enjoyment
- teacher
- quickly
- useless
- careful
6.Put these steps in order to add -ed to the word "carry".
- So change the y into i, which leaves "carri".
- Check the letter just before that y: it is r, a consonant.
- Look at the last letter of "carry": it is y.
- Now add -ed on the end to make "carried".
7.Sort each sum by what happens to the base word before the ending is added.
Groups: Add it straight on · Change the y to i first
- happy + ness
- beauty + ful
- care + less
- cry + ed
- play + ful
- help + ful
8.Add the ending -er to "write" and write the word for the person who does it.

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Grade 5 English Language Arts · 6 of 10

Keeping the tense consistent

Spot the verb that breaks the tense of a passage, and correct it.

1.Sort each verb by its tense.
Groups: Past tense · Present tense
- saw
- went
- brings
- brought
- goes
- sees
2.Correct the odd verb: "He picks up the bat, walks to the crease and hit the first ball for four." Write the corrected verb.
3.Which verb breaks the tense? "Ravi opened the gate, walked up the path and knocks on the door."
- a) knocks
- b) none — the tense is consistent
- c) walked
- d) opened
4.Which verb breaks the tense? "The magician waved his wand, said a strange word and a rabbit appears in the hat."
- a) said
- b) waved
- c) appears
- d) none — the tense is consistent
5.Correct the odd verb: "We reached the hall, took our seats and waits for the play to begin." Write the corrected verb.
6.A story is being told in the past tense. Which sentence fits into it?
- a) He is opening the door slowly.
- b) He opened the door slowly.
- c) He opens the door slowly.
- d) He will open the door slowly.
7.Match each verb to its simple past form.
- walk
- begin
- choose
- teach
- keep
- freeze
- taught
- walked
- chose
- froze
- began
- kept
8.Rewrite in the past tense: "She writes a letter." Write the whole sentence.

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Grade 5 English Language Arts · 7 of 10

Tense in stories and in reports

Choose the tense a piece of writing needs — the past for a story or a report, the present for instructions and general facts, and the past perfect for what happened earlier still.

1.A radio commentator is describing a match as it happens. Which sentence fits?
- a) Sharma passes the ball to Khan.
- b) Sharma had passed the ball to Khan.
- c) Sharma passed the ball to Khan.
- d) Sharma will pass the ball to Khan.
2.Match each kind of writing to the tense it usually uses.
- A folk tale
- A recipe
- Describing what is happening around you at this moment
- A statement of a scientific fact
- An account of what happened before the story began
- Simple past
- Past perfect
- Present continuous
- Present imperative
- Present simple
3.Which sentence states a general fact rather than a single event that happened once?
- a) The ice in the bucket melted by noon.
- b) Ice melts in the sun.
- c) The ice was melting when we arrived.
- d) The ice had melted before we arrived.
4.Rewrite this as a story would tell it, in the past tense: "She opens the letter." Write the whole sentence.
5.Write one word: A story about events that are over and done with is normally written in the ____ tense.
6.Sort each sentence by whether it belongs in a story about last summer or in a guide to looking after a puppy.
Groups: The story · The guide
- We reached the river just before sunset.
- A puppy sleeps for most of the day.
- Feed the puppy twice a day.
- The boat rocked and everybody laughed.
- Nobody had thought to bring an umbrella.
- Keep a bowl of clean water within its reach.
7.Put the steps of turning a page of notes into a finished story in the right order.
- First, decide which tense the whole piece needs — a story takes the past.
- Last, read the piece back and check that no verb has slipped into the present.
- Next, put every main event into the simple past.
- Then use the past perfect for anything that had happened earlier still.
8.Which sentence describes how something works, rather than something that happened once?
- a) The pump had stopped working by then.
- b) The pump pushes air down the tube and into the tire.
- c) The pump was repaired on Tuesday.
- d) The pump filled the tank in ten minutes.

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Grade 5 English Language Arts · 8 of 10

Simple, compound and complex — in both directions

Rewrite a sentence as simple, compound or complex without changing what it means.

1.Sort each sentence by its kind.
Groups: Simple · Compound · Complex
- When the bell rang, the class stood up.
- Because she ran fast, she won the race.
- The bell rang and the class stood up.
- She won the race easily.
- The bell rang loudly.
- She ran fast, so she won the race.
2.Which of these sentences is complex?
- a) The rain stopped; the sun came out.
- b) The rain stopped before the sun came out.
- c) The rain stopped and the sun came out.
- d) The rain stopped, and then the sun came out.
3.Join into one complex sentence beginning with "When", and write the whole sentence: The bell rang. The children ran out.
4.Change to a simple sentence: "Because he was tired, he went to bed early."
- a) He was tired and he went to bed early.
- b) He was tired, so he went to bed early.
- c) When he was tired, he went to bed early.
- d) Being tired, he went to bed early.
5.Complete the compound sentence with one word: The sky was clear, ____ the wind was bitterly cold.
6.Sort each joining word by the kind of sentence it builds.
Groups: Builds a compound sentence · Builds a complex sentence
- because
- so
- but
- and
- unless
- although
7.Rewrite as one simple sentence beginning with "After", and write the whole sentence: He finished his homework. Then he went out.
8."He is so weak that he cannot walk." Which simple sentence means the same?
- a) He is as weak as he walks.
- b) He is weak, so he walks.
- c) He is weak, but he can walk.
- d) He is too weak to walk.

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Grade 5 English Language Arts · 9 of 10

Reading for clues

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

1.Passage: "Rain fell all morning. Anna came into the hall carrying her shoes, and left wet footprints across the floor." Sort each statement.
Groups: Stated in the passage · Worked out from the passage
- It rained all morning.
- Anna had been walking barefoot.
- Anna was carrying her shoes.
- Anna had been outside in the rain.
2.Read: "The classroom door stood open, the fan was still turning, and a half-finished drawing lay on Nila's desk. Her bag was gone." What has most likely happened?
- a) Nila did not come to school at all.
- b) Nila has been at her desk all afternoon.
- c) Nila has left in a hurry.
- d) Nila has finished her drawing.
3.One word, please. Read: "Grandmother keeps her spectacles in a red tin box on the top shelf." What color is the box?
4.Read: "The path was so narrow that they had to walk in single file." What does "narrow" mean here?
- a) Not wide
- b) Very dark
- c) Full of stones
- d) Very long
5.Match each detail to what it tells you.
- The lights were off and the door was locked.
- He was carrying a bat and wearing pads.
- Her umbrella was dripping in the corner.
- The plates were empty and the chairs pushed back.
- She had come in from the rain.
- The meal was over.
- The shop was shut.
- He was going to play cricket.
6.Read: "The train to the hills leaves at six in the morning and takes four hours." How many hours does the journey take?
7.Read: "Nila's bag was heavy with library books. She had borrowed six, although the rule allowed only four." How many books was she allowed to borrow?
- a) Two
- b) Four
- c) Six
- d) Ten
8.Read: "First the sky darkened. Then the wind rose, and the door banged shut. Only after that did the rain start." Put the events in the order they happened.
- The rain started.
- The wind rose.
- The sky darkened.
- The door banged shut.

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Grade 5 English Language Arts · 10 of 10

Writing a short paragraph

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

1.Put these sentences in order to make one short paragraph.
- The monkeys came next, and they stole each other's food.
- We came home tired and full of stories.
- Our class went to the zoo last month.
- First we saw the elephants being washed.
- At the very end we were allowed to feed the ducks.
2.One word, please. Which joining word would you put in front of the last point in a list — the one that brings it to an end?
3.Where does a paragraph usually tell the reader what it is about?
- a) Nowhere — the reader guesses
- b) In the middle
- c) In its last sentence
- d) In its first sentence
4.Sort each sentence by the job it does in a paragraph about bicycles.
Groups: Opens the paragraph · Gives a reason or a detail · Closes the paragraph
- It can be parked almost anywhere.
- So it is no wonder that so many people ride one.
- It costs nothing at all to run.
- A bicycle is the best way to get about a small town.
5.Which sentence would open a paragraph about why the monsoon matters?
- a) My school is near the bus stop.
- b) It rained on Tuesday afternoon.
- c) I have a yellow umbrella.
- d) The rains change life for everybody here.
6.You are writing a paragraph about your school library. Sort each sentence by whether it belongs in it.
Groups: Belongs · Does not belong
- I lost my water bottle on Tuesday.
- We may borrow two books at a time.
- The library has a whole shelf of story books.
- My uncle drives a blue car.
- It is the quietest room in the school.
- The match was canceled because of rain.
7.Put these sentences in order to make one short paragraph.
- Planting a seed is easy if you take it slowly.
- Finally, wait a week and watch for the first green shoot.
- Next, press one seed into the middle of it.
- First, fill a small pot with soft soil.
- Then water the pot and stand it in the light.
8.Match each joining word to the job it does in a paragraph.
- first
- next
- finally
- because
- but
- turns to something different
- adds the point that comes after
- gives a reason
- starts the list of points
- brings the list to an end

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Answer keys — Grade 5 English Language Arts

In the same order as the worksheets.