Language Arts Study Guide-5th Grade
Overview
1. Understanding Use of Language Conventions
a. noun, pronoun, adjective, verb, preposition, conjunction, interjection, adverb.
2. Use context to identify meaning of word
3. Answer literal and inferential questions.
4. Determine theme and characterization
5. Identify proper sentences.
6. Reading and comprehension questions.
7. Match parts of speech with their definitions.
8. Writing a paragraph
a. supporting details, last, sequential order, conclusion, main idea, proper sentences.
9. Prefixes, Suffixes, Roots
10. Read paragraph and choose best answer.
11. Vocabulary
12. Spelling
13. Summarizing and paraphrasing
14. Write your own paragraph
Vocabulary: exhausted, authority, expert, enrich, excuse, vow, dignity, prejudice, mentor, treasure, inspire, accompanist, diligence, correspondence, ridicule, potential, merit, accuse, plunged, ravine, pleasure, condolences, revolution, mocking, commotion, wisdom, control tower, lineup, ace, plodded, entrusted, determined, glanced, bountiful.
Links to help you study
http://www.ezschool.com/Grade5ESheets.html
http://a4esl.org/
http://www.superteacherworksheets.com/5th-comprehension.html
http://bg016.k12.sd.us/reading.htm#Theme%202%20Team%20Work
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills-5th-langbuilders.htm
Circle the best answer:
1. Are you busy? Yes, ___.
I am.
We are.
2. Do you live in New York? No, ___.
I don't
we don't.
Choose the best answer:
How often do you play tennis?
a. On Tuesday.
b. For two hours.
c.Almost every day.
d. With John.
Where do you usually eat lunch?
a. Sandwich.
b. With Jane.
c. At 12:00.
d. In the cafeteria.
How many hours a day do you watch TV?
a. About two hours.
b. In my living room.
c. I watch the news.
d.On Tuesday.
Reading Comprehension:
Spit keeps our mouths moist and softens our food when we chew. Without spit in our mouths, we would have a hard time talking. We would find it even harder to swallow. But for some animals, spit works better after it has left the mouth. Some animals are experts at surviving because they are expert spitters.
Llamas are animals often found in petting zoos and farms. These animals seem to like their personal space. A llama that feels threatened or annoyed will spit slimy gobs at you to get you to leave it alone. Sometimes llamas even spit on each other to steal food! This trick usually works, because llama spit includes food from the llama’s stomach, and it can be quite smelly. When a llama spits on another animal, the animal usually loses its appetite and walks away, leaving its food behind.
The archer fish is a very skilled spitter. This fish is like a submarine with a loaded weapon. It takes aim and spits jets of water at insects and other small creatures to knock them into the water. Then it gulps them down quickly. To create such a forceful stream of water, an archer fish closes its gills, and uses its tongue to form a tube in its mouth. Then the fish sticks its snout out of the water and aims. Aim! Launch! Lunch!
Spitting cobras are also known for their expert aim. These snakes spray poisonous venom from their fangs to protect themselves. Scientists believe that these snakes actually aim for the eyes! When the cobra’s venom gets into the eyes of an animal, the venom causes terrible pain, and even blindness. This gives the snake plenty of time to get away.
Spitting is considered to be rude behavior in people. But for some animals, spitting can be a smart way to get lunch –or a clever way to avoid becoming lunch!
List the three ways spit helps humans.
______
Which animal creates a forceful stream of water to capture insects?
a. humans b. archer fish c. spitting cobras d. llamas
Name two reasons a llama might choose to spit.
______
How does a spitting cobra use its spit to protect itself?
______
What is the author's purpose for writing this passage?
a. to tell funny stories about animals c. to express opinions about animals
b. to teach the reader how animals survive d. to show how animals are different
Find the adjective or predicate adjective in each sentence and circle it:
1. The horse has lost its rider.
2. Marshes always look scummy.
3. Sharon felt confident.
Choose the best answer:
Which group of words is a sentence?
Nervous actors in their positions backstage.
The excited audience grows silent.
When the auditorium lights go out.
A burst of music from the orchestra.
Which kind of sentence is this? Please pass me the tuna salad.
declarative
interrogative
imperative
exclamatory
Which sentence has a line between the complete subject and the complete predicate?
The rain was / heavy in the city.
Raindrops bounced / off of cars
Streams / of water poured from umbrellas.
Pigeons and sparrows / took shelter.
What is the simple subject of this sentence? Three lucky families will win a vacation in Florida.
families
Three lucky families
vacation
vacation in Florida
What is the simple subject of this sentence? The lid of the trash barrel keeps out squirrels.
squirrels
lid
lid of the trash barrel
trash barrel
Nouns:
Which list contains all the nouns in this sentence? The audience gasps with amazement at the daring stunts of the acrobat.
audience, gasps, daring, acrobat
audience, gasps, amazement, daring
audience, amazement, stunts, acrobat
gasps, amazement, daring, stunts
Verbs:
Which word in bold type is the direct object of the verb? Choose the sentence.
My dog Tippy has a big appetite.
He gobbles meals in three gulps.
Then he pesters us for table scraps.
This habit annoys my parents.
Which word in bold type is a helping verb? Choose the sentence.
Mika has a part in a class skit.
She is playing a bumbling detective.
Her lines are very funny.
She will get a lot of laughs.
Capitalization and Punctuation:
Which sentence is written correctly?
I just heard a riddle listen to this.
Why didn't the pigs respect the hens.
The hens were all chickens?
What a corny riddle that is!
In which sentence are all proper nouns or proper adjectives written correctly?
A special event will take place on the last saturday in October.
Storytellers will gather in the Emery Library on Second Street.
Some will tell African, Asian, and south American stories.
Alexa Burns will tell the ancient greek story of King Midas.
In which sentence are commas used correctly?
Clay is a convenient, fascinating, and creative, material.
You can mold, and sculpt it into almost any form.
Hardened clay can be painted, glazed, and kept forever.
You can learn about clay from books, through the Internet or, in art classes.
Pronouns:
Which pronouns can correctly replace the underlined words? Uncle Abu sent Hasana and her brother a postcard from Nigeria.
Him . . . him
He . . . he
He . . . him
Him . . . he
Which pronouns can correctly replace the words in blue type? The best dentist for those children is Dr. Mary Chin.
them . . . she
they . . . her
them . . . her
they . . . she