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5th Grade Common Core Grammar and Mechanics Exercises

Students will understand just where their vocabulary words come from with this root words exercise.


Root Words 

Students will be able to understand words without a dictionary after they work through this exercise teaching how to determine the meaning of words using roots, prefixes, and suffixes.


Determine Meaning Using Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes

Give students practice with all of the parts that make up complete sentences in this exercise.


Complete Sentences 

By fifth grade, students are starting to use all of the parts of speech in their writing. Make sure they do so correctly with these exercises that solidify the place of these words in sentences.

Parts of Speech 3

Replacing possessive nouns with possessive pronouns helps your students' writing sound more natural and makes for an effortless read. Give your fifth graders the practice they need with these exercises created specifically for their age group.

Possessive Nouns 3

Give a cultural lesson and expand your students’ vocabulary at the same time with this idioms exercise.


Idioms 2

Using descriptive verbs will add more color to any comment, and this exercise shows students how to incorporate them.


Descriptive Verbs 2

Students will be as confident in writing as a Pulitzer Prize winner after completing this final exercise in the similes series.


Similes 3

Students will be able to creatively apply metaphors to their discussions after they complete this exercise.


Metaphors 3

Make your fifth grader a master of sentence fragments with these exercises that have them identify incomplete sentences and improve their writing.

Complete Sentences vs. Fragments 3

Have your students practice their sentence combining skills with these exercises that give them visuals and helpful hints. 

Commas to Combine Short Sentences 2

Challenge your fifth graders with these exercises that contain incorrect verbs that need to be corrected. Hints give your students the help they need to learn while retaining the lesson. 

Subject-Verb Agreement 3

Students with a strong foundation in the present tense of verbs will be able to better understand other tenses.


Present Tense Verbs 3

Test your students with these exercises that have them identify simple, compound, and complex sentences. Helpful hints give your students all the information they need to work through the problems on their own.

Types of Sentences

Students will finally have a name to describe the “dog ate my homework” storytelling that runs rampant throughout childhood with this hyperbole exercise.


Hyperbole

Every educator eschews un-exciting educational exercises; employ this Education.com exercise for an entertaining and eventful lesson on alliteration!


Alliteration

This is one of the best exercises on comparative and superlative adjectives because it is clearer and easier to understand.


Comparative and Superlative Adjectives 3

For additional practice, have students complete this exercise that will give them mastery over compound and hyphenated words.


Compound Words 2

Teach your fifth grader how to punctuate titles of different written works in essays and reports with these exercises and hints.

Punctuating Titles

Your students will be masters of irregularly spelled words after completing this final exercise in the series.


Irregularly Spelled Words 3

Allow your students to practice individually with these exercises that test them on their knowledge of plural possessive nouns. Helpful hints encourage your students to think through problems in order to solidify the lesson.

Apostrophes in Plural Possessive Nouns 2

Students will have a blast playing with this exercise that shows how spelling onomatopoeias comes from real-life sounds.


Onomatopoeia

Commas serve so many uses in our written language, and learning their vast possibilities helps fifth graders in their essay writing and beyond. Punctuating direct addresses can be tricky, but your fifth grader can get the help they need with these exercises.

Using Commas to Indicate Direct Address

Show students how to describe an action in the recent past with this exercise on past tense verbs.


Past Tense Verbs 3

Help develop the fluency of your student's writing with these exercises that help them understand the importance of matching object and subject pronouns with their antecedent.

Pronoun Antecedent Agreement 2

In this final exercise in the series, students will become adept at applying their knowledge of prefixes to forming new words and expanding their vocabulary.


Common Prefixes 3

Take your fifth graders' story telling abilities to the next level with these exercises that have them put their knowledge of transition words to the test.

Comma After Transition Words for Passage of Time 3

Help students learn how to categorize objects with this exercise that educates them about oxymorons.


Oxymoron

Abbreviating words correctly will come naturally to your students after they work through this exercise.


Abbreviations 3

Written communication skills are essential for success in professional settings in today's world. Help your students get ahead with these exercises that challenge them to test their knowledge and provide them with helpful hints!

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5th Grade Common Core Grammar and Mechanics Exercises

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