Free Year 5 English Worksheets for Teachers

A curriculum-aligned Year 5 worksheet covering reading comprehension. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS2 Reading - comprehension), covering objectives such as: predicting what might happen from details stated and implied. Fully editable on Chalkie.ai. Sign up free to customise.

A classic fiction extract with comprehension questions that demand inference backed by evidence from the text. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS2 Reading - comprehension), covering objectives such as: drawing inferences such as inferring characters' feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions. Created with Chalkie.ai and fully customisable for your class.

Children map the main ideas of a non-fiction text onto a mind map, adding the key details that support them. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS2 Reading - comprehension), covering objectives such as: summarising the main ideas drawn from more than one paragraph. Made on Chalkie.ai. Edit, download, and print for free.

Quick retrieval questions check pupils can find, record and present information from a non-fiction text. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS2 Reading - comprehension), covering objectives such as: retrieve, record and present information from non-fiction. Customise this worksheet on Chalkie.ai in minutes.

Pupils compare characters from two different stories using a Venn diagram. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS2 Reading - comprehension), covering objectives such as: making comparisons within and across books. Free to download, edit and print on Chalkie.ai.

Vocabulary practice on the figurative language poets use and the effect it has on the reader. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS2 Reading - comprehension), covering objectives such as: discuss and evaluate how authors use language, including figurative language, considering the impact on the reader. Created with Chalkie.ai and free to customise.

Build confidence in writing with this printable Year 5 resource. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS2 Writing - composition), covering objectives such as: using a wide range of devices to build cohesion within and across paragraphs. Built with Chalkie.ai. Free to edit, print, and share.

Plan a suspense story frame by frame with this storyboard planner for Year 5 writers. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS2 Writing - composition), covering objectives such as: in narratives, describing settings, characters and atmosphere. Free to download, edit and print on Chalkie.ai.

Structured paragraph work on linking ideas smoothly within and across paragraphs. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS2 Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation), covering objectives such as: learning the grammar for years 5 and 6 in English Appendix 2. Customise this worksheet on Chalkie.ai in minutes.

A creative writing task on building atmosphere and weaving dialogue into narrative. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS2 Writing - composition), covering objectives such as: in narratives, describing settings, characters and atmosphere and integrating dialogue to convey character. Made on Chalkie.ai and fully editable for your class.

Sentence frames scaffold a persuasive letter, guiding pupils towards the right register and form. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS2 Writing - composition), covering objectives such as: identifying the audience for and purpose of the writing, selecting the appropriate form. Created with Chalkie.ai and free to customise.

Shrink the passage: a homework task where pupils condense a text into a precis without losing the key ideas. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS2 Reading - comprehension), covering objectives such as: summarising the main ideas drawn from more than one paragraph, identifying key details that support the main ideas. Edit, download and print for free on Chalkie.ai.

This editable Year 5 worksheet focuses on spelling. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS2 Writing - transcription), covering objectives such as: use a thesaurus. Try Chalkie.ai free to create your own version.

Unscramble ei and ie words in this anagram activity testing the i-before-e rule and its exceptions. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS2 Writing - transcription), covering objectives such as: use knowledge of morphology and etymology in spelling. Made on Chalkie.ai. Edit, download, and print for free.

Practice or practise? Pupils match homophone pairs to the sentences that need them. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS2 Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation), covering objectives such as: learning the grammar for years 5 and 6 in English Appendix 2. Created with Chalkie.ai and free to customise.

A word search full of words with silent letters for pupils to track down. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS2 Writing - transcription), covering objectives such as: spell some words with 'silent' letters, for example knight, psalm, solemn. Customise this worksheet on Chalkie.ai in minutes.

Focused handwriting and spelling practice on the statutory Year 5 and 6 word list. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS2 Writing - transcription), covering objectives such as: use knowledge of morphology and etymology in spelling and understand that some spellings need to be learnt specifically. Edit, download and print for free on Chalkie.ai.

Is it -able or -ible? This crossword makes pupils commit to a spelling for every clue. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS2 Writing - transcription), covering objectives such as: use further prefixes and suffixes and understand the guidance for adding them. Free to download, edit and print on Chalkie.ai.

Support Year 5 learners with this printable grammar and punctuation worksheet. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS2 Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation), covering objectives such as: using commas to clarify meaning or avoid ambiguity in writing. Customise this worksheet on Chalkie.ai in minutes.

Sentence frames help pupils build relative clauses beginning with who, which, where, when, whose and that. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS2 Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation), covering objectives such as: using relative clauses beginning with who, which, where, when, whose, that or with an implied relative pronoun. Made on Chalkie.ai and fully editable for your class.

Check pupils can mark parenthesis with brackets, dashes or commas in this quick quiz. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS2 Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation), covering objectives such as: using brackets, dashes or commas to indicate parenthesis. Customise this worksheet on Chalkie.ai in minutes.

Fill each gap with might, should, will or must in this cloze worksheet on degrees of possibility. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS2 Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation), covering objectives such as: using modal verbs or adverbs to indicate degrees of possibility. Created with Chalkie.ai and free to customise.

An end-of-topic test covering relative clauses, modal verbs, parenthesis and commas for clarity. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS2 Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation), covering objectives such as: learning the grammar for years 5 and 6 in English Appendix 2. Edit, download and print for free on Chalkie.ai.

A lesson starter on commas that change meaning, showing how one small mark removes ambiguity. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS2 Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation), covering objectives such as: using commas to clarify meaning or avoid ambiguity in writing. Free to download, edit and print on Chalkie.ai.