Four missions make up this 5th grade grammar review. Students label verbs as "Past Perfect," "Present Perfect," or "Future Perfect," fill in correlative conjunction pairs, add commas, and combine short sentences. A detective theme runs through it, from a pocket watch time machine to a case of missing diamonds. The sheet covers L.5.1.b, L.5.1.e, L.5.2.c, and L.5.3.a, and the answer page covers every mission.
L.5.1.b
“Form and use the perfect (e.g., I had walked; I have walked; I will have walked) verb tenses.”
Mission 1 asks students to identify the tense of four verb phrases built on have, has, had, and will have.
L.5.1.e
“Use correlative conjunctions (e.g., either/or, neither/nor).”
Mission 2's three fill-in sentences, with a word bank of four pairs.
L.5.2.c
“Use a comma to set off the words yes and no (e.g., Yes, thank you), to set off a tag question from the rest of the sentence (e.g., It's true, isn't it?), and to indicate direct address (e.g., Is that you, Steve?).”
Mission 3, where students add commas after "Yes," after the name Detective Smith, and before the tag question "isn't it."
L.5.3.a
“Expand, combine, and reduce sentences for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style.”
Mission 4 combines three sentences about the dog and the cat into one.
Students name the tense in four sentences, such as "By next summer, we will have traveled to all fifty states." A note explains that these tenses use the helping verbs have, has, or had.
A word bank lists either/or, neither/nor, both/and, and not only/but also. Students fill three sentences, including "We can ___ order pizza ___ make spaghetti for dinner."
A rule review covers yes and no, introductory words, tag questions, and direct address. Students rewrite three sentences, such as "Detective Smith did you find the missing diamonds?"
Three short sentences about a barking dog, a sneaky cat, and a tall oak tree become one sentence.
One mission a day
Use one mission as a warm-up each day for a week. Each takes about ten minutes, and Mission 4 makes a good Friday finish.
Answer check
Item 3 in Mission 2 accepts both not only/but also and both/and, so allow either. In Mission 1 the four sentences all print as number 1, so number them 1 to 4 before you go over answers.
Agreement moment
Item 1 in Mission 2 pairs neither/nor with the verb "want." The verb should agree with "my sister," so this is a good place to teach "wants."
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