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Grade 5 Grammar Exam

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📝 Part 1: Eight Parts of Speech

1. Circle the NOUN in this sentence:

The kangaroo jumped over the fence quickly.

kangaroo

jumped

quickly

over

2. Circle the VERB in this sentence:

The children played cricket in the park.

children

played

cricket

park

3. Circle the ADJECTIVE in this sentence:

The beautiful butterfly landed on the flower.

butterfly

beautiful

landed

flower

4. Circle the ADVERB in this sentence:

The dog ran quickly to catch the ball.

dog

ran

quickly

ball

5. Circle the PRONOUN in this sentence:

She loves to read books about adventure.

She

loves

books

adventure

6. Circle the PREPOSITION in this sentence:

The cat sat under the table.

cat

sat

under

table

7. Circle the CONJUNCTION in this sentence:

I like apples and oranges.

like

apples

and

oranges

8. Circle the INTERJECTION in this sentence:

Wow! That was an amazing goal!

Wow!

That

amazing

goal

🐨 Part 2: Nouns and Pronouns

9. Replace the underlined noun with the correct pronoun:

Sarah went to the shops. _______ bought some milk.

He

She

It

They

10. Which word is a PROPER NOUN?

city

Melbourne

building

street

11. Which word is a COMMON NOUN?

Australia

Sydney

teacher

Christmas

12. Choose the correct pronoun:

The boys played football. _______ were very tired afterwards.

He

She

They

It

13. Which is a COLLECTIVE NOUN?

dog

pack

running

quickly

⏰ Part 3: Past, Present, Future Tenses

14. What tense is this sentence?

"I walked to school yesterday."

Past

Present

Future

15. What tense is this sentence?

"She will visit her grandmother tomorrow."

Past

Present

Future

16. What tense is this sentence?

"The children are playing in the garden."

Past

Present

Future

17. Change this sentence to PAST tense:

"I eat breakfast every morning."

18. Change this sentence to FUTURE tense:

"We play cricket on Saturday."

19. Change this sentence to PRESENT tense:

"They watched a movie last night."

20. Circle the correct past tense verb:

Yesterday, I _______ my homework.

do

did

will do

doing

🔗 Part 4: Prepositions

21. Circle the preposition:

The book is on the table.

book

is

on

table

22. Choose the correct preposition:

The bird flew _______ the tree.

over

and

quickly

beautiful

23. Circle the preposition:

We walked through the park.

We

walked

through

park

24. Choose the correct preposition:

The cat hid _______ the bed.

under

but

softly

orange

25. Fill in the blank with a preposition:

The students sat _______ their desks.

🤝 Part 5: Conjunctions and Interjections

26. Circle the conjunction:

I like pizza and pasta.

like

pizza

and

pasta

27. Choose the correct conjunction:

I wanted to go outside, _______ it was raining.

but

under

quickly

happy

28. Circle the interjection:

Ouch! That hurt my finger.

Ouch!

That

hurt

finger

29. Choose the correct conjunction:

Do you want tea _______ coffee?

or

in

loudly

green

30. Which is an interjection?

Hello!

running

table

and

👥 Part 6: Subject and Verb Practice

31. Circle the SUBJECT in this sentence:

The dog barked loudly at the postman.

The dog

barked

loudly

postman

32. Circle the VERB in this sentence:

My sister dances beautifully.

My

sister

dances

beautifully

33. Choose the correct verb to match the subject:

The birds _______ in the sky.

flies

fly

flying

flew

34. Choose the correct verb to match the subject:

She _______ her teeth every morning.

brush

brushes

brushing

brushed

35. What is the subject of this sentence?

"The tall trees swayed in the wind."

36. What is the verb in this sentence?

"The children laughed at the funny joke."

🐾 Part 7: Animal Adverbs

37. How does a cheetah run?

slowly

quickly

loudly

quietly

38. How does a mouse move?

loudly

quietly

slowly

heavily

39. How does an elephant walk?

lightly

quietly

heavily

quickly

40. Complete the sentence with an adverb:

The owl hooted _______ in the night.

softly

bright

owl

night

41. How does a snake move?
42. Write an adverb to describe how a kangaroo jumps:

💬 Part 8: Adverbs in Dialogue

43. Circle the adverb in this dialogue:

"Please speak quietly in the library," said the librarian.

Please

speak

quietly

library

44. Choose the correct adverb for the dialogue:

"Run _______ or we'll be late!" shouted Mum.

quickly

slow

running

late

45. Circle the adverb in this dialogue:

"I carefully painted the picture," said Emma.

I

carefully

painted

picture

46. Add an adverb to complete the dialogue:

"Please sing _______ so everyone can hear you," said the teacher.

47. Write a dialogue using the adverb "politely":

🔗 Part 9: Compound Sentences

48. Which is a compound sentence?

I like ice cream.

I like ice cream, and my sister likes cake.

The big dog.

Running quickly.

49. Join these sentences with "but":

I wanted to play outside. It was raining.

50. Join these sentences with "and":

Sarah loves reading. She visits the library every week.

51. Circle the conjunction in this compound sentence:

I finished my homework, so I can watch TV.

finished

homework

so

watch

52. Complete this compound sentence:

The weather was sunny, _______ we went to the beach.

so

under

quickly

beautiful

📈 Part 10: Expanding Sentences

53. Expand this sentence by adding an adjective:

The dog ran.

54. Expand this sentence by adding an adverb:

The children played.

55. Expand this sentence by adding where it happened:

The bird sang.

56. Expand this sentence by adding when it happened:

We ate dinner.

57. Make this sentence more interesting by adding details:

The cat slept.

58. Expand this sentence with adjectives and adverbs:

The car stopped.

📚 Part 11: More Parts of Speech Practice

59. Check all the NOUNS in this sentence:

The teacher gave the students their books.

teacher

gave

students

books

60. Check all the VERBS in this sentence:

She ran quickly and jumped over the fence.

ran

quickly

jumped

fence

61. Check all the ADJECTIVES in this sentence:

The small, brown puppy played with the red ball.

small

brown

puppy

red

62. Sort these words into the correct categories:
1. quickly
2. happy
3. running
4. book
A. Noun
B. Verb
C. Adjective
D. Adverb
63. Write one example of each part of speech:

Noun: _______________

Verb: _______________

Adjective: _______________

Adverb: _______________

🔄 Part 12: More Tense Practice

64. Change to past tense:

"The birds sing in the trees."

65. Change to future tense:

"I walk to school every day."

66. Change to present tense:

"We will visit the zoo tomorrow."

67. Fill in the correct form of the verb "to be":

Yesterday, I _______ at the park.

am

is

was

will be

68. Fill in the correct form of the verb "to have":

Tomorrow, she _______ a birthday party.

has

had

will have

having

🎯 Part 13: Advanced Grammar

69. Which sentence has correct punctuation?

"Hello how are you"

"Hello, how are you?"

Hello, how are you

"hello, how are you?"

70. Choose the sentence with correct capitalisation:

we went to sydney last week.

We went to sydney last week.

We went to Sydney last week.

we went to Sydney last week.

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