Three short grammar tasks sit on this three-page Year 5 practice sheet. Pupils add punctuation for parenthesis, rewrite 'It rains tomorrow' with two different modal verbs, and complete sentences with relative clauses. Each task opens with a short definition, such as the list of relative pronouns. The work comes from the England National Curriculum vocabulary, grammar and punctuation objectives. There is no answer key.
Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation
“Using modal verbs or adverbs to indicate degrees of possibility”
The rewrite task asks for two versions of 'It rains tomorrow' with different degrees of possibility.
Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation
“Using relative clauses beginning with who, which, where, when, whose, that or with an implied (i.e. omitted) relative pronoun”
The last section has pupils write clauses about the stray dog and the lost pen.
Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation
“Using brackets, dashes or commas to indicate parenthesis”
Parenthesis Power has pupils mark off the extra information about the old house and Uncle Bob.
Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation
“Use and understand the grammatical terminology in English Appendix 2 accurately and appropriately in discussing their writing and reading.”
Each section defines its term, such as parenthesis and relative pronoun, so pupils can use the words to explain their answers.
Pupils add brackets, dashes or commas to two sentences, including 'My favourite uncle Uncle Bob is coming to visit us this weekend'.
Pupils rewrite 'It rains tomorrow' twice, using modals like might or will to change how likely the rain is.
Pupils add a relative clause to sentences about a stray dog and a brand new pen.
Grammar starter
Use one section a day as a starter across three lessons.
Pre-test check
Set it before the end-of-topic test to find the gaps worth reteaching.
Talk task
Ask pairs to compare their two modal versions and rank them from least to most likely.
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