Grade 5 English worksheets
Grade 5 English worksheets on LessonPrint cover phonics & fluency, reading stories, reading information, writing, speaking & listening and grammar & vocabulary. There are 125 free printable sheets across 43 Common Core standards, each with its own answer key and 25 versions so every student in the class gets a different paper. They are aimed at ages 10-11, print straight from the browser, and need no account.
125 worksheets43 standards43 with a lesson plan25 versions each
Reading: Foundational Skills
6 worksheetsRF.5.3Use all you know about roots and affixes to read any unfamiliar word.
40-minute lesson plan for this standard
- Any Unfamiliar Word — using roots and affixes to read a word you have never met
- Split the Word — breaking a long word into the parts that carry its meaning
- Words That Change Their Sound — linking a word to its derived form when a sound shifts
- Which Word Is Related? — spotting the true relative of a word among look-alikes
RF.5.4Read Grade 5 text fluently and expressively, self-correcting where needed.
40-minute lesson plan for this standard
- Read Closely and Quote — reading a Grade 5 text well enough to quote it accurately
- Self-Correct in a Dense Text — using context to self-correct a misread look-alike word
Reading: Literature
22 worksheetsRL.5.1Quote the text exactly when explaining what it says and what it implies.
40-minute lesson plan for this standard
- Quote Accurately — matching each statement to the exact quotation that proves it
- Explicit and Inferred — separating what is stated from what is implied
RL.5.2Find the theme through how characters respond, then summarize.
40-minute lesson plan for this standard
- Theme from a Response to Challenge — finding the theme in how a character meets difficulty
- Summarize a Literary Text — ordering a story's key events into a summary
RL.5.3Compare two characters or settings using specific details.
40-minute lesson plan for this standard
- Compare Two Characters — comparing two characters by sorting what each one does
- Compare Two Settings or Events — comparing settings and events within a text
RL.5.4Work out what words mean here, including metaphors and similes.
40-minute lesson plan for this standard
- Figurative Language in a Text — explaining a metaphor or simile as it is used here
- Meaning in Context — pinning a word's meaning to this text
- Sound Devices in Poetry — naming the alliteration, onomatopoeia or internal rhyme in a line
RL.5.5Explain how the chapters or stanzas fit together into a whole.
40-minute lesson plan for this standard
- How the Stanzas Fit Together — matching each part of a poem to the job it does in the whole
- Where the Last Part Changes It — explaining how an ending reframes what came before
- Rhyme Scheme — working out a stanza's rhyme scheme from its end words
RL.5.6Show how the narrator's viewpoint shapes the way events are told.
40-minute lesson plan for this standard
- How Viewpoint Shapes the Telling — sorting sentences by the point of view of the narrator telling them
- Two Narrators, One Event — comparing what two narrators of one event describe
- Third Person: Limited or All-Knowing? — telling which kind of third-person narrator is speaking
- Kinds of Narrator — what each point of view lets a narrator know and tell
RL.5.7Analyze what the visuals add to a graphic novel or multimedia text.
40-minute lesson plan for this standard
- Visual and Multimedia Elements — analyzing what a visual contributes to meaning or tone
- Choosing the Representative Image — choosing the image or sound that carries a text's meaning or tone
RL.5.9Compare two stories in one genre on how they treat a theme.
40-minute lesson plan for this standard
- Two Texts in One Genre — comparing how two texts of a kind treat a theme
- Same Theme, Different Handling — comparing what two short texts each do with a shared theme
RL.5.10Read and understand harder Grade 4-5 literature on your own.
40-minute lesson plan for this standard
- Reading a Grade 5 Text — reading a whole Grade 5 text and answering across it
- Reading Poetry at Grade 5 — reading lines of poetry closely enough to say what they mean
Reading: Informational Text
23 worksheetsRI.5.1Quote an information text exactly to support what you say about it.
40-minute lesson plan for this standard
- Quote from an Information Text — quoting accurately to support a point
- Infer from the Evidence — choosing the conclusion a quoted piece of evidence supports
RI.5.2Find two or more main ideas, show their support, and summarize.
40-minute lesson plan for this standard
- Two or More Main Ideas — matching each main idea to the detail that supports it
- Summarize an Argued Text — summarizing a text that makes several claims
RI.5.3Explain how two people, events or ideas in the text affect each other.
40-minute lesson plan for this standard
- Relationships Between Ideas — explaining how two ideas or events interact
- Follow a Technical Sequence — reconstructing a scientific or historical chain
RI.5.4Work out academic and subject vocabulary from this text.
40-minute lesson plan for this standard
- Domain-Specific Vocabulary — working out a technical word from the text
- Academic Words in Context — choosing what an academic word means here
RI.5.5Compare the structures two texts use to organize the same material.
40-minute lesson plan for this standard
- Comparing Two Structures — identifying how two texts are organized differently
- How This Text Is Built — describing the structure a particular text uses
RI.5.6Compare several accounts of one event and the viewpoints behind them.
40-minute lesson plan for this standard
- Multiple Accounts — analyzing accounts that differ by position, not accuracy
- What Each Account Represents — identifying the point of view each account carries
- Primary or Secondary Source? — telling a source made at the time from one written later
RI.5.7Find an answer fast by drawing on several sources at once.
40-minute lesson plan for this standard
- Find the Answer Quickly — locating an answer across an information text
- Which Feature Would Help? — choosing the print or digital feature that answers a question fastest
RI.5.8Match each reason and piece of evidence to the point it supports.
40-minute lesson plan for this standard
- Which Reasons Support Which Point — matching each point to the reason or evidence behind it
- Weighing the Evidence — judging how well a claim is supported
- Spot the Exaggeration — finding the statement that overstates the evidence
- Spot the Contradiction — finding the two statements that cannot both be true
RI.5.9Combine several texts on one topic into knowledgeable writing.
40-minute lesson plan for this standard
- Integrate Several Texts — using two texts together to write about a subject
- What Each Text Contributes — identifying what a second text adds to the first
RI.5.10Read and understand harder Grade 4-5 information texts on your own.
40-minute lesson plan for this standard
- Reading a Grade 5 Fact Text — reading a whole argued text and answering across it
- Following a Weighed Argument — ordering the moves of an argument from claim to conclusion
Writing
26 worksheetsW.5.1Write a logically ordered opinion piece with reasons, evidence and a conclusion.
40-minute lesson plan for this standard
- Logically Ordered Reasons — ordering an argument so each reason builds
- Support with Evidence — backing each reason with something checkable
W.5.2Write to explain, with structure, evidence, precise words and a conclusion.
40-minute lesson plan for this standard
- Structure an Explanation — organizing an explanation with definitions and evidence
- Explain a Sequence That Matters — explaining a process whose order cannot change
W.5.3Write a story that manages pacing, dialogue, description and a resolution.
40-minute lesson plan for this standard
- Pacing and Dialogue — managing pace, dialogue and description in a narrative
- A Resolution That Lands — ending a narrative so the ending changes the reading
W.5.4Shape a piece so its organization fits its task, purpose and reader.
40-minute lesson plan for this standard
- Task, Purpose and Audience — matching organization to what a piece must do
- Expand and Combine Sentences — building sentences that show how ideas relate
- Formal or Friendly Letter — writing one purpose as a formal letter and as a friendly one
W.5.5Plan, revise, edit, rewrite, or start again with a new approach.
40-minute lesson plan for this standard
- Try a New Approach — rewriting rather than only revising
- Edit the Conventions — correcting the possessives and quotation capitals in a draft
W.5.6Type two pages in one sitting and publish and collaborate online.
40-minute lesson plan for this standard
- Publish for a Real Reader — preparing a typed piece somebody else will act on
- Write It Two Ways — producing the same content in two registers
W.5.7Run a research project that draws on several sources.
40-minute lesson plan for this standard
- Research with Several Sources — building knowledge from more than one source
- Investigate Different Aspects — researching more than one aspect of one topic
W.5.8Summarize and paraphrase from sources, and list them.
40-minute lesson plan for this standard
- Summarize and Paraphrase — recording a source in your own words
- List Your Sources — recording where each piece of evidence came from
- Put the Sources in Order — ordering a list of sources alphabetically by author
- Is the Entry Complete? — spotting what a source entry is missing
- In Your Own Words — choosing the note that paraphrases without copying or changing the meaning
- Which Fact Answers the Question? — choosing the fact that is relevant to a stated research question
W.5.9Use evidence from a text to support your analysis of it.
40-minute lesson plan for this standard
- Evidence from Literature — quoting a literary text to support an analysis
- Evidence from Information Texts — quoting an information text to support a claim
W.5.10Write regularly across subjects, at both short and long timescales.
40-minute lesson plan for this standard
- Write in One Sitting — sustaining a piece to a short deadline
- Write Across a Week — planning research, drafting, revising and editing as stages
- Poems with Sound and Shape — a poem using sound devices, figurative language and line breaks
Speaking & Listening
12 worksheetsSL.5.1Prepare, follow discussion roles, and draw conclusions from what others say.
40-minute lesson plan for this standard
- Prepared, Building, Concluding — the moves that make a discussion reach a conclusion
- Draw Conclusions from Others — using what others said to reach your own conclusion
SL.5.2Summarize a text or presentation you heard or watched.
40-minute lesson plan for this standard
- Summarize What You Heard — summarizing a text or presentation accurately
- Information in Other Forms — summarizing information given in charts, maps and recordings
SL.5.3Summarize a speaker's claims and say what supports each one.
40-minute lesson plan for this standard
- A Speaker's Claims and Support — summarizing claims and explaining what supports each
- Question the Support — asking whether evidence actually supports the claim
SL.5.4Give a logically sequenced talk supported by facts and details.
40-minute lesson plan for this standard
- Sequence Ideas Logically — presenting an opinion in a logical order
- Report on a Topic — reporting with facts and details that support the theme
SL.5.5Use graphics and sound in a presentation where they strengthen the idea.
40-minute lesson plan for this standard
- Multimedia in a Presentation — sorting multimedia choices by whether they develop the main idea
- Reading a Poem Aloud — reading poetry well enough to record it
SL.5.6Adapt how you speak to the context, using formal English when it fits.
40-minute lesson plan for this standard
- Adapt Speech to the Context — choosing the register a task and situation call for
- Formal English When It Fits — producing formal English for a presentation
Language
36 worksheetsL.5.1Use conjunctions, prepositions, interjections and verb tenses correctly.
40-minute lesson plan for this standard
- Conjunctions and Prepositions — choosing the joining or placing word a sentence needs
- Verb Tense and Interjections — keeping tense consistent, and using an interjection
- Neither, Nor, Either, Or — completing a correlative conjunction pair in a sentence
- Pairs That Work Together — spotting both...and, either...or and not only...but also used correctly
- Although, Unless, Whenever — building a complex sentence with a subordinating conjunction
- Conjunction, Preposition or Interjection? — sorting words into conjunctions, prepositions and interjections
- Spot the Interjection — finding the interjection and the feeling it shows
- Someone, Nobody, Everything — choosing the indefinite pronoun a sentence needs
- Everyone Has, Both Have — making the verb agree with an indefinite pronoun
- Had Gone, Has Written — perfect tenses with irregular past participles
- Usually, Almost, Hardly — adverbs of frequency and intensity in longer sentences
L.5.2Use commas in series and after introductory elements, and spell grade-level words.
40-minute lesson plan for this standard
- Commas in Series and After Introductions — the comma that separates and the comma that opens
- Capitals and Possessives — capitalizing proper nouns, and the possessive apostrophe after one owner or many
- Affect or Effect? — choosing between commonly confused words such as affect and effect, than and then
- Capitals for Acronyms and Group Names — using capital letters for acronyms and the names of groups and companies
- Quotation Marks or Italics? — which kind of title takes which mark
- Speech Tags Before, After and Between — punctuating a quotation whose speech tag comes first, last or in the middle
- Inside or Outside the Quotation Marks? — where each punctuation mark goes around a quotation in US style
- What the Abbreviation Means — what an abbreviation stands for, and when US style writes it with a period
- Which Kind of Title? — sorting works by how their titles are marked
- -able or -ible? — choosing the suffix spelling, -able or -ible
- -ance or -ence? — choosing the noun ending, -ance or -ence
L.5.3Expand and combine sentences for meaning, and compare varieties of English.
40-minute lesson plan for this standard
- Expand, Combine and Reduce — reshaping sentences for meaning and interest
- Varieties of English — recognizing dialect and register differences
L.5.4Use context, roots and reference works to pin down a word's meaning.
40-minute lesson plan for this standard
- Roots and Reference Works — combining roots, context and a dictionary
- Context First — using the surrounding sentences before the dictionary
- -logy, -ist, -ism and -phobia — what a Greek suffix adds to a word
- Dictionary and Thesaurus — reading an entry for part of speech, pronunciation and alternatives
L.5.5Interpret figurative language, idioms, proverbs and shades of meaning.
40-minute lesson plan for this standard
- Figurative Language and Idiom — interpreting similes, metaphors and idioms in context
- Antonyms and Nuance — placing a word against its opposite
- A Word That Means the Same — choosing the synonym a thesaurus would offer
- Make the Analogy Work — completing a synonym or antonym analogy
- Adages and Proverbs — what a well-known saying really means
- Match the Saying to Its Meaning — joining an idiom or adage to what it means
L.5.6Use academic vocabulary and logical connectives accurately.
40-minute lesson plan for this standard
- Logical Connectives — however, moreover, nevertheless and the rest
- Academic Vocabulary — matching academic words to their meanings
Grade 5 English worksheets — questions teachers ask
What English topics do the Grade 5 worksheets cover?
Reading: Foundational Skills, Reading: Literature, Reading: Informational Text, Writing, Speaking & Listening and Language — the Common Core domains taught in Grade 5. That is 125 worksheets across 43 standards, grouped on this page by the standard each one practices rather than by topic name, so a sheet can be matched to the code you are teaching to.
How many free Grade 5 English worksheets are there?
125, each one practicing a distinct sub-skill rather than repeating a sibling under another title. Every sheet is published in 25 versions, so Grade 5 has 3125 printable papers in total, all free and all with an answer key.
What age are Grade 5 English worksheets for?
Grade 5 is typically ages 10-11 in the United States. The sheets are grouped by Common Core standard rather than by age, so a student working above or below their grade level can be given the sheet that matches the standard they are on.
Do the Grade 5 worksheets include answer keys?
Every one. The key is generated from the same problems as the questions and prints on its own sheet of paper, after them, so it does not go out with the class. That holds for all 25 versions of every Grade 5 sheet, not only the first.
How do I give each student a different Grade 5 worksheet?
Open any sheet and pick a set number from 1 to 25, or download set 1's class PDF, which contains all 25 versions in one file. The problems are fixed to each address, so the key you photocopied on Monday still matches on Friday.
Are the Grade 5 worksheets really free?
Yes. Every Grade 5 worksheet, answer key and PDF here is free to print and photocopy for your class. There is no account, no email capture before a download, and no sheet that turns out to need a subscription at the last step.
Are there Grade 5 lesson plans as well as worksheets?
43 of the 43 Grade 5 standards on this page have a full lesson plan written — timed section by section, with the exact wording where it matters, the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Each one is linked beside its standard above.