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Free Year 5 Grammar Worksheets

5 free grammar resources for Year 5: 4 worksheets, 1 test. Answers included.

Parts of speech, sentence structure and punctuation. In Year 5, Year 5 brings fractions with different denominators, decimals, factors and multiples, written multiplication and division, and problem solving across several steps.

Students will practise: distinguishing plurals from possessives; punctuating plural and irregular plural owners; using its and it's correctly; finding and fixing apostrophe errors; identifying main and subordinate clauses; choosing subordinating conjunctions; combining sentences into complex sentences; classifying simple, compound and complex sentences.

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Worksheets

Printable practice with an answer sheet.

  • Worksheet

    Apostrophes: Plurals, Owners and Common Mistakes

    Students sharpen their apostrophe use with the cases that cause the most errors: plurals that do not own anything (no apostrophe), plural…

    Difficulty
    Level 2 · Standard
    Time
    18 min
    Questions
    16 questions
    Answers
    Answers included
  • Worksheet

    Complex Sentences and Clauses

    Students learn that a complex sentence has a main clause that can stand alone and a subordinate clause that cannot, joined by a…

    Difficulty
    Level 2 · Standard
    Time
    20 min
    Questions
    20 questions
    Answers
    Answers included
  • Worksheet

    Subject–Verb Agreement

    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…

    Difficulty
    Level 2 · Standard
    Time
    18 min
    Questions
    19 questions
    Answers
    Answers included
  • Worksheet

    Commas for Clauses and Extra Information

    Students learn where commas go in longer sentences: after an opening subordinate clause, around extra information (such as 'my aunt, who…

    Difficulty
    Level 2 · Standard
    Time
    18 min
    Questions
    14 questions
    Answers
    Answers included

Quizzes

Quick checks for understanding.

  • Quiz

    Year 5 Grammar Quiz

    A quick ten-question check of the grammar covered in Year 5: subject–verb agreement, main and subordinate clauses, complex sentences,…

    Difficulty
    Level 2 · Standard
    Time
    10 min
    Questions
    10 questions
    Answers
    Answers included

Common questions

What do Year 5 students learn about grammar?

Parts of speech, sentence structure and punctuation. At Year 5, our resources focus on: distinguishing plurals from possessives; punctuating plural and irregular plural owners; using its and it's correctly; finding and fixing apostrophe errors.

Where should we start?

Start with the Level 1 or Level 2 worksheet, then move up a level. Finish with the topic test if there is one.

Are answers included?

Yes — every worksheet has an answer sheet. Maths answer sheets show the working; English tasks include model answers or success criteria.

How to use these resources

  1. Pair a reading comprehension with a writing prompt on a similar text type.
  2. Use the model answers and success criteria on the answer sheet to talk through what 'good' looks like.
  3. Keep spelling practice short and daily; test on Friday.
  4. Edit a piece of writing together using the grammar worksheet for the skill they're learning.

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