Year 5 Grammar Terminology: Spot It in the Sentence
Apply the statutory Year 5 grammar terminology (modal verb, relative pronoun, relative clause and more) to short constructed sentences, with an answer key.
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Year 5 Grammar Terminology: Spot It in the Sentence
Use the Year 5 grammar terminology from the National Curriculum (English Appendix 2) to answer each question. Write your answer on the line.
- 1.Find the modal verb: You should wear a helmet.
- 2.Find the modal verb: It might snow tonight.
- 3.Find the relative pronoun: The boy who won the race smiled.
- 4.Find the relative pronoun: The house, which was empty, creaked.
- 5.Which words form the relative clause? The dog that dug the hole looked guilty.
- 6.Which words are the parenthesis? My uncle (a keen gardener) grew a giant marrow.
- 7.Which punctuation marks the parenthesis? My uncle (a keen gardener) grew a giant marrow.
- 8.Find the adverb that shows possibility: Perhaps the train is late.
- 9.Which word links this sentence to the one before? We packed the tent. Then we loaded the car.
- 10.Which sentence is ambiguous: 'The chicken is ready to eat.' or 'The soup is too hot to drink.'?
- 11.Add a comma so you are talking to Sam: Let's cook Sam. Which word does the comma follow?
- 12.Find the modal verb: Visitors must sign in at the office.
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These references support the historical wording and answer key on this worksheet.
- DfE, English Appendix 2: Vocabulary, grammar and punctuation (statutory) — The per-year 'terminology for pupils' is reproduced verbatim from the DfE appendix under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Crown copyright). Definitions and practice sentences are ChalkBee's own.