Grade 5

English Booklet
part 2 /Conventions & Writing
Phonics

Table of Contents
Section Topics Book Pages
Simple Sentences 40
Conventions

Independent and Dependent Clauses 78

Unit 1 Compound and Complex Sentences 118

Common, Proper, and Collective Nouns 148
Regular and Irregular Plural Nouns 184
Subject-Verb Agreement 246
Unit 2
Principal Parts of regular Verbs 284

Personal Narrative
Writing
Writing Poetry (limericks)

Mr. Ahmed Ibrahim 1 Vice Principle: Mr. Adel Helmy

 Simple Sentences
Four Kinds of Sentences and Interjections
Each kind of sentence begins with a capital letter and has a special end
mark.
A declarative sentence makes a statement. It ends with a period.
A kayak is a small, enclosed boat for one or two people.
An interrogative sentence asks a question. It ends with a question
mark.
Have you paddled a boat by yourself?
An imperative sentence gives a command or makes a request. It ends
with a period. The subject (you) does not appear, but it is understood.
Put on this life jacket.
An exclamatory sentence shows strong feeling. It ends with an
exclamation mark.
We have to find them! They are in great danger!
An interjection is a word or a group of words that expresses strong
feeling. It is not a complete sentence. An interjection is usually followed
by an exclamation mark.
Oh no! Brrr! Wow! Hooray!

Directions Write D if the sentence is declarative. Write IN if the sentence is interrogative. Write IM
if the sentence is imperative. Write E if the sentence is exclamatory.
1. Have the searchers found Mrs. DiAngelo?

2. It is far too cold for kayaking today.

3. Pinch the nose shut and breathe into the victim’s mouth.

4. Brady could not feel Ben’s pulse.

5. Keep it up, Brady! Don’t stop!

6. Brady had most likely saved Ben’s life.

Directions Add the correct end punctuation mark to each sentence. Then on the line write whether
the sentence is declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory.
7. A person who gets too cold has what is known as hypothermia

8. Why did Tilly begin to bark

9. Take this rescue class to be prepared

10. Hooray! We’ve got a pulse

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Independent and Dependent Clauses

A related group of words with a subject and a predicate is called a clause. A clause that makes
sense by itself is an independent clause. A clause that does not make sense by itself is a
dependent clause. A complex sentence contains an independent and a dependent clause.
Independent Clause They came to the island in canoes.

  
Dependent Clause even though it was a long trip
If the dependent clause comes first, set it off with a comma: Until they were attacked, Native
Americans lived on the island. If the independent clause is first, no comma is needed: Native
Americans lived on the island until they were attacked.

Directions Write I if the underlined group of words is an independent clause. Write D if it is a

dependent clause.

1. If you live on an island, you become independent.

2. Natives made their own clothes because they could not buy them.

3. Since there were no stores, they hunted for food.

4. A seal provided meat while people used its hide for clothes.

5. A hunting party paddled boats out to sea so that they could catch fish.

6. Women gathered berries and roots before winter came.

7. Because they needed containers for the food, they made baskets out of grasses.

Directions Underline the dependent clause in each sentence.

8. Because they cooked with fire, the natives kept live coals.

9. After food was prepared, they covered the embers with ashes.

10. While they slept through the night, the coals stayed warm.

11. The coals smoldered until morning came.

12. When the cook blew on the coals, they glowed brightly.

13. She fed wood to the coals so that the fire would catch again.

14. If her husband had caught fish that morning, they would eat well for breakfast.

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 Compound and Complex Sentences
A simple sentence expresses a complete thought. It has a subject and a predicate.
Satchel Paige was a great athlete.
A compound sentence contains two simple sentences joined by a comma and a conjunction
such as and, but, or or.
Fans waited many hours to see him, but Satch never let them down.
A complex sentence contains an independent clause, which can stand alone, and a dependent
clause, which cannot stand alone. The clauses are joined with a word such as if, when, because,
until, before, after, or since. In the following sentence, the independent clause is underlined
once; the dependent clause is underlined twice.
When the second baseman caught the ball, the Tigers made a double play.

• To make good compound sentences, join simple sentences that are related with a conjunction.

• Replace the end punctuation of the first sentence with a comma. Replace the capital letter at the
beginning of the second sentence with a lowercase letter, unless the word is a proper noun or I.

• In a complex sentence, if the dependent clause comes first, set it off with a comma.

Directions Write simple if the sentence is a simple sentence. Write compound if it is a compound
sentence. Write complex if it is a complex sentence.
1. Many Americans love the game of baseball.

2. When spring rolls around, they wait for the first games.

3. The bleachers of ballparks fill, and fans cheer their favorite teams.

4. If the weather is cold and rainy, they don’t mind.

5. These fans live for the crack of the bat.

6. Since the baseball season is long, they will return to the bleachers many times.

7. A professional team plays more than a hundred games.

8. Uncle Randy is a Cardinals fan, but Aunt Jan likes the Cubs.

9. Some families are divided because they root for different teams.

10. The World Series is the grand prize of baseball.

11. The National League champion faces the American League champion.

12. They play a series of games until a winner is declared.

13. There can be as many as seven games, or there can be as few as four.

14. When one team wins four games, it wins the World Series.
15. The fans of that team celebrate for days.

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Language and Conventions
Common, Proper, and Collective Nouns
• A noun names a person, place, or thing. Nouns can be found in the subjects
of sentences, in predicates, or in both the subject and the predicate.
• A common noun names a general person, place, thing, or idea. It is usually
not capitalized.
• A proper noun names a specific person, place, or organization. It usually
begins with a capital letter.
• A collective noun names a group of people, places, or things.

Read the sentence. Identify the types of nouns underlined in

the sentence.
1. Forests are home to many different animal species.

2. The Rio Grande National Forest in Colorado is known for its valleys, river, and


variety of plant life.

3. The plants are a food source for the herds of deer, elk, and antelope that


roam the land.

For each item, replace the underlined noun with the noun type in
parentheses. Choose from the following: the continent, Dr. Wilson, Green Tree
Forest, class.

1. The biology teacher took her students (collective)



on a tour through the forest (proper) .

2. For twenty years, the biology teacher (proper)


traveled throughout North America (common) studying

the causes of tree diseases in the United States and Canada.

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 Regular and Irregular Plural Nouns
Plural nouns name more than one person, place, or thing.
• Add -s to form the plural of most nouns.
picture/pictures wing/wings pattern/patterns

  
  
• Add -es to nouns ending in ch, sh, x, z, s, and ss.
bunch/bunches wish/wishes box/boxes class/classes

  
  
  
• If a noun ends in a vowel and y, add -s.
day/days boy/boys
  
• If a noun ends in a consonant and y, change y to i and add -es.
city/cities lady/ladies
  
• Some nouns have irregular plural forms. They change spelling.
man/men mouse/mice goose/geese foot/feet child/children
  
  
  
  
• For most nouns that end in f or fe, change f to v and add -es.
leaf/leaves knife/knives calf/calves
  
  
• Some nouns have the same singular and plural forms.
sheep deer moose headquarters series
  
  
  
  
Directions Write the plural form of each noun. Use a dictionary if you need help.

1. wave 6. box
2. adult 7. child
3. wish 8. half
4. Sunday 9. foot
5. beach 10. car
Directions Write the plural forms of the underlined singular nouns.

11. My cousin and brother sat on the rock by the sea.

12. They ate strawberry and peach while they counted wild goose.

13. Man and woman sunbathed on towel and chair in the hot sun.

14. Picnicker munched sandwich and cut cake with knife.

15. In the distance, sheep, cow, and horse grazed in tall grass.

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 Subject-Verb Agreement
The subject and verb in a sentence must agree, or work together. A singular subject needs a
singular verb. A plural subject needs a plural verb.
Use the following rules for verbs that tell about the present time.
• If the subject is a singular noun or he, she, or it, add -s or -es to most verbs.
A horse runs. A dog chases the horse. It barks loudly.
• If the subject is a plural noun or I, you, we, or they, do not add -s or -es to the verb.
Horses run. Dogs chase the horse. They bark loudly.
• For the verb be, use am and is to agree with singular subjects and are to agree with plural

subjects.
I am afraid. Paul is fearless. The armies are here. We are surprised.
• A collective noun names a group, such as family, team, and class. A collective noun is

singular if it refers to a group acting as one: The class is going on a field trip. A collective
noun is plural if it refers to members of the group acting individually: The class are debating
about which place to visit.

Directions Underline the subject of each sentence. Circle the verb in ( ) that agrees with the subject.

1. U.S. history (is, are) an interesting subject.

2. Our class (is, are) studying the American colonies.

3. Toby (ask, asks) to report on transportation in the colonies.

4. Williamsburg (is, are) a colonial community.

5. Actors (play, plays) the part of colonists.

6. A blacksmith (pound, pounds) metal at a forge.

7. He (make, makes) tools of all kinds.

8. Teams of horses (pull, pulls) wagons on dirt roads.

9. Women (cook, cooks) food on the hearth.

10. Winnie (hurry, hurries) up the stairs to the loft.

11. Husks of corn (serve, serves) as mattresses in these beds.

12. A colonial child (has, have) only a few toys.

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 Principal Parts of Regular Verbs
A verb’s tenses are made from four basic forms. These forms are called the
verb’s principal parts.
Present Present Participle Past Past Participle
stop (am, is, are) stopping stopped (has, have, had) stopped
ask (am, is, are) asking asked (has, have, had) asked
A regular verb forms its past and past participle by adding -ed or -d to the
present form.

• The present and the past forms can be used by themselves as verbs.
• The present participle and the past participle are always used with a helping verb.
• Form present perfect tense by using have with a past participle (have asked).
• Form past perfect tense by using had with a past participle (had stopped).
Directions Write present, present participle, past, or past participle to identify the principal part of
the underlined verb.
1. Genius sometimes slows productivity.

2. Leonardo da Vinci possessed great genius.

3. Yolanda borrowed a biography of Leonardo.

4. It describes his many unfinished projects.

5. Leonardo invented many machines.

6. Only the drawings have survived.

7. His inventions are functioning perfectly well today.

8. A few of his magnificent paintings have lasted.

9. The Mona Lisa is attracting more crowds now than ever.

Directions Underline the verb in each sentence. Write present, present perfect, past, or past perfect
to identify the tense of the verb.
10. Leonardo used his left hand to write and draw.

11. Biographers have suggested the significance of this.

12. Print something with your left hand.

13. Drawing with his left hand had forced a different

perspective on things.

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 Writing
A) Personal Narrative
Choose just one of the following topics to write about:
1- A favorite trip 2- A teacher who inspired you
3- A happy day to remember 4- Childhood memories
5- A summer vacation 6- Your first school day
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B) Writing Poetry (limericks)
Write a limerick following these instructions:
1-There are 5 lines in a limerick.
2- line 1, 2, and 5 end with the same rhyme.
3- Line 3 and 4 rhyme with each other.
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