English Grammar Notes For Grade 5
English Grammar Notes For Grade 5
1. Parts of Speech
Nouns
Examples:
Verbs
Examples:
Adjectives
Examples:
Adverbs
Examples:
Pronouns
Examples:
Prepositions
Definition: A preposition is a word that shows the relationship between a noun (or pronoun)
and other words in a sentence.
Examples:
Conjunctions
Examples:
Interjections
Examples:
2. Tenses
Present Tense
Present Perfect: Describes an action that happened at an unspecified time before now.
o Examples: She has finished her homework. They have seen that movie.
Past Tense
Simple Past: Describes an action that happened at a specific time in the past.
o Examples: She walked to school yesterday. They played soccer last week.
Past Continuous: Describes an action that was happening at a specific time in the past.
o Examples: She was walking to school when it started to rain. They were playing
soccer when the bell rang.
Past Perfect: Describes an action that was completed before another action in the past.
o Examples: She had finished her homework before dinner. They had left by the time
we arrived.
Future Tense
o Examples: She will walk to school tomorrow. They will play soccer next week.
Future Continuous: Describes an action that will be happening at a specific time in the
future.
o Examples: She will be walking to school at 8 AM. They will be playing soccer at 3
PM.
Future Perfect: Describes an action that will be completed before another action in the
future.
o Examples: She will have finished her homework by 7 PM. They will have left by the
time we arrive.
3. Sentence Structure
Simple Sentences
Compound Sentences
Examples: She laughed, and the dog barked. I wanted to go, but I was too tired.
Complex Sentences
Definition: A complex sentence contains one independent clause and at least one dependent
clause.
Examples: Although it was raining, we went for a walk. She smiled because she was happy.
4. Punctuation
Periods (.)
Commas (,)
Apostrophes (')
o Examples: She said, "I am tired." The book was titled "The Great Adventure."
Semicolons (;)
Usage: To link closely related independent clauses or to separate items in a list when the
items themselves contain commas.
o Examples: She likes coffee; he prefers tea. We visited Paris, France; Rome, Italy; and
Berlin, Germany.
Colons (:)
o Examples: Here are the rules: be kind, be respectful, and be punctual. He said: "Be
careful."
Parentheses ( )
5. Subject-Verb Agreement
Rules:
o Examples:
6. Pronouns
Types of Pronouns:
Personal Pronouns: I, you, he, she, it, we, they
o Example: He is my friend.
Adjectives
Adverbs
Comparison of Adjectives:
Comparison of Adverbs:
8. Conjunctions
Coordinating Conjunctions
Subordinating Conjunctions
Definition: Join a dependent clause to an independent clause.
9. Homophones
Definition: Words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings.
Examples:
o there (in that place) / their (possessive form of they) / they're (contraction of they
are)
o paw (animal's foot) / pore (small opening in the skin) / pour (to cause liquid to flow)
o sea (large body of saltwater) / see (to perceive with the eyes)
Constructing Sentences
With a pronoun:
With a conjunction:
With a preposition:
With an interjection:
o Wow! That was amazing.
With a homophone: