17 free english resources for Year 5, organised by topic with answer sheets, study guides and topic tests.
English develops reading, writing, spelling and grammar together. Strong readers write better, and students who understand sentence structure read with more understanding. Our English resources separate those strands so you can target the one that needs work, while reading passages, writing prompts and grammar activities all reinforce one another.
Printable practice with an answer sheet.
Students sharpen their apostrophe use with the cases that cause the most errors: plurals that do not own anything (no apostrophe), plural…
Students learn that a complex sentence has a main clause that can stand alone and a subordinate clause that cannot, joined by a…
Students learn that a prefix is added to the start of a word to change its meaning (un-, re-, pre-, mis-, sub-, dis-) and a suffix is…
Students learn that a verb must match its subject: a singular subject takes a singular verb (the dog barks) and a plural subject takes a…
Students learn where commas go in longer sentences: after an opening subordinate clause, around extra information (such as 'my aunt, who…
Quick checks for understanding.
A quick ten-question check of the grammar covered in Year 5: subject–verb agreement, main and subordinate clauses, complex sentences,…
Clear explanations, examples and tips.
A step-by-step guide to planning and writing a persuasive text: taking a clear position, structuring an introduction, body paragraphs and…
Explains the three kinds of comprehension questions (literal, inferential and evaluative) and the strategies good readers use before,…
A passage with questions.
A news-style article about a primary school environment club cleaning up a local creek. Students locate facts and quotes, infer what…
An original narrative poem about a long-awaited storm breaking over a dry farm. Students read for the story the poem tells, then look…
An information report on Australia's longest river: its journey from the Alps to the sea, its importance to Aboriginal peoples, paddle…
A biography of pioneering Australian aviator Nancy Bird Walton, from paper planes to flying a nurse across outback New South Wales.…
Prompts with planning space and success criteria.
A NAPLAN-style narrative prompt built around a single opening or closing line. Students plan a story with a clear complication and a…
A NAPLAN-style persuasive prompt on homework. Students identify persuasive techniques, plan a contention with three supported arguments…
Word lists with practice activities.
Fifteen adjectives ending in -able or -ible, such as comfortable and possible. Your child learns the rule of thumb for choosing between…
Fifteen words containing the letter string 'ough', which can be pronounced in several different ways (though, through, thought, rough,…
Fifteen words ending in -sion or -ssion, such as television, decision and permission. Your child learns how these endings differ from…
Writing prompts include a model opening and clear success criteria rather than a single 'correct' answer, so parents and teachers can give useful feedback.
Yes. All passages are written by Success Tutoring and checked for age-appropriate vocabulary and sentence length.
Resources tagged NAPLAN practise the same text types and skills NAPLAN assesses. They are NAPLAN-style and not official test papers.