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Grade 5 Sentence Skills

Read each question carefully. Choose the best answer or write a complete response. Check that your sentences begin with capital letters and end with the correct punctuation.

Complete Sentences and Fragments

Identify complete thoughts, repair fragments, and use punctuation that matches the sentence.

1.Which choices are complete sentences? Select all that apply.

A bright kite sailed over the playground.
After the last bell rang.
Our neighbors planted tomatoes in their garden.
Walking carefully across the icy sidewalk.

2.Complete this fragment by adding words that make it a complete sentence: “The shiny silver bicycle…”

3.Choose the correctly written question.

Where did Hannah put her library book?
Where did Hannah put her library book.
where did Hannah put her library book?
Where did Hannah put her library book!

4.Rewrite this fragment as a complete sentence: “Although the team practiced every afternoon”

5.Write one complete sentence about an animal you find interesting. Include a subject and a verb, and end with the correct punctuation.

Combining Sentences

Use connecting words to show how ideas relate. Make sure each combined sentence is clear and correctly punctuated.

6.Combine these sentences using and, but, or because: “Lena packed a snack. She was going on a long hike.”

7.Which connecting word best shows a contrast? “Elijah wanted to ride his scooter, ___ the pavement was wet.”

and
but
because
so

8.Combine these ideas into one sentence using because: “The classroom was quiet. The students were taking a test.”

9.Combine these three sentences into one sentence using connecting words: “The rain stopped. The clouds moved away. A rainbow appeared.”

10.Match each connecting word to the relationship it usually shows.

and
but
because
so

shows a contrast
shows a result
gives a reason
adds a related idea

Sentence Types and Variety

Recognize statements, questions, and exclamations. Then practice building sentences with different structures.

11.Match each sentence to its type.

The museum opens at ten o’clock.
Have you seen the new exhibit?
What an enormous dinosaur skeleton!
Please put your art supplies away.

question
statement
command
exclamation

12.Write three sentences about a picnic: one statement, one question, and one exclamation.

13.Write a complex sentence about getting ready for school. Start a dependent clause with when, if, or although.

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