Ages 9 to 10 · three terms of 12 weeks
Year 5 SPaG worksheets
Extend sentences with relative clauses, modal verbs and parenthesis, use the perfect tenses, and meet the harder endings. 16 blocks and 35 topics. Worksheets are being written in teaching order.
Blocks marked “coming soon” are being written. Each term mixes grammar, punctuation and spelling; open “Topics” under a term to see what each block covers.
Autumn term
The Year 5 grammar: relative clauses, modal verbs, parenthesis and ambiguity, with the verb prefixes.
GrammarRelative clausesWeeks 1 to 3Coming soon
GrammarModal verbs and adverbs of possibilityWeeks 4 to 6Coming soon
PunctuationBrackets, dashes and commas for extra informationWeeks 7 to 9Coming soon
PunctuationCommas to avoid ambiguityWeeks 10 to 10Coming soon
SpellingVerb prefixes: dis, mis, de, re, overWeeks 11 to 12Coming soon
Topics in Autumn term
- Relative clauses (grammar): Relative pronouns: who, which, whose, where, Relative clauses Leads to the Year 6 test, where this is: about 1.2 of the 50 marks in Paper 1 each year.
- Modal verbs and adverbs of possibility (grammar): can, could, may, might, should, will, must, perhaps, surely, certainly Leads to the Year 6 test, where this is: about 3.1 of the 50 marks in Paper 1 each year.
- Brackets, dashes and commas for extra information (punctuation): Brackets, Dashes, Commas for parenthesis Leads to the Year 6 test, where this is: about 2.5 of the 50 marks in Paper 1 each year.
- Commas to avoid ambiguity (punctuation): Commas that change meaning, Commas after subordinate clauses Leads to the Year 6 test, where this is: about 1.2 of the 50 marks in Paper 1 each year.
- Verb prefixes: dis, mis, de, re, over (spelling): 'dis' and 'mis', 'de', 're' and 'over' Leads to the Year 6 test, where this is: about 1.3 of the 50 marks in Paper 1 and about 1.8 of the 20 spelling words each year.
Spring term
The perfect tenses, cohesion and verb suffixes, and the -ant/-ent and -ance/-ence endings.
GrammarTenses and the perfectWeeks 1 to 3Coming soon
GrammarLinking ideas and cohesionWeeks 4 to 5Coming soon
SpellingSuffixes that make verbs: -ate, -ise, -ify, -enWeeks 6 to 7Coming soon
SpellingEndings: -ant, -ent, -ance, -enceWeeks 8 to 10Coming soon
PunctuationSpeech and apostrophesWeeks 11 to 12Coming soon
Topics in Spring term
- Tenses and the perfect (grammar): Present perfect, Past perfect, Staying in the same tense Leads to the Year 6 test, where this is: about 3.3 of the 50 marks in Paper 1 each year.
- Linking ideas and cohesion (grammar): Adverbials of time, place and number, Linking paragraphs Leads to the Year 6 test, where this is: about 3.7 of the 50 marks in Paper 1 each year.
- Suffixes that make verbs: -ate, -ise, -ify, -en (spelling): 'ate' and 'ise', 'ify' and 'en' Leads to the Year 6 test, where this is: about 1.1 of the 50 marks in Paper 1 and about 2.4 of the 20 spelling words each year.
- Endings: -ant, -ent, -ance, -ence (spelling): 'ant' and 'ent', 'ance' and 'ence', 'ancy' and 'ency' Leads to the Year 6 test, where this is: about 1.6 of the 20 spelling words each year.
- Speech and apostrophes (punctuation): Punctuating speech, Apostrophes for possession and missing letters Leads to the Year 6 test, where this is: about 3.0 of the 50 marks in Paper 1 each year.
Summer term
The hardest endings (-able/-ible, -cious/-tious, -cial/-tial), ei after c, ough and silent letters, then formal writing.
SpellingEndings: -able, -ible, -ably, -iblyWeeks 1 to 2Coming soon
SpellingEndings: -cious, -tious, -cial, -tialWeeks 3 to 4Coming soon
Spellingei after c, ough and silent lettersWeeks 5 to 7Coming soon
GrammarStandard English and formal writingWeeks 8 to 9Coming soon
GrammarWord familiesWeeks 10 to 10Coming soon
RevisionRevision: Year 5Weeks 11 to 12Coming soon
Topics in Summer term
- Endings: -able, -ible, -ably, -ibly (spelling): 'able' and 'ible', 'ably' and 'ibly' Leads to the Year 6 test, where this is: about 1.1 of the 20 spelling words each year.
- Endings: -cious, -tious, -cial, -tial (spelling): 'cious' and 'tious', 'cial' and 'tial' Leads to the Year 6 test, where this is: about 1.2 of the 20 spelling words each year.
- ei after c, ough and silent letters (spelling): receive, ceiling, Words with 'ough', Silent letters Leads to the Year 6 test, where this is: about 3.4 of the 20 spelling words each year.
- Standard English and formal writing (grammar): Formal and informal words, Standard English Leads to the Year 6 test, where this is: about 2.2 of the 50 marks in Paper 1 each year.
- Word families (grammar): Prefixes, suffixes and word families Leads to the Year 6 test, where this is: about 0.7 of the 50 marks in Paper 1 each year.
- Revision: Year 5 (revision): Grammar and punctuation, Spelling