Year 5 Example Grammar Materials

1 Circle one determiner in each sentence below. 4 Tick one box in each row to show whether the underlined modal verbs
show certainty or possibility.

There was an insect climbing up the window. shows shows
certainty possibility
You could put these photographs on the wall. 1 mark

We might go to the shops this weekend.

I will read my book after dinner.

2 Tick the sentence that contains an adverbial.
Daisy must remember her pencil case.
Tick one.
You could go to the shop before school.
Purple, red and yellow are my favourite colours. 1 mark

These trees are covered with large, silvery leaves.

5 Insert one missing piece of punctuation in the sentence below.

On Tuesday, Ethan made a delicious banana cake.

Kelly bought a pencil, some pens and a ruler. The large park in the middle of the town (called Logberry
1 mark

Gardens has a play area and picnic tables. 1 mark

3 Add one prefix to each word in bold to complete the sentence.

6 Circle three words that can be used as relative pronouns.

I had judged the amount of ice cream to put in
the cone.
their she mine

George nearly forgot to turn the book he borrowed.

his which it

Please tidy your bedroom – it’s a grace! 1 mark

that ours who 1 mark

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