A.M.JAIN SCHOOL
MEENAMBAKKAM, CHENNAI 600 114
ENGLISH GRAMMAR WORKSHEET
CLASS – V
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I. Fill in the blanks with proper nouns:
1. Wednesday comes between ______and
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2. ______is the Prime Minister of India.
3. Jesus Christ’s birthday is celebrated as ______.
4. ______is the capital of Maharashtra.
5. River ______flows through Delhi.
6. ______is the seventh month of the year.
II. Rewrite the sentences by changing the nouns from plural to singular
forms. Make other necessary changes also.
1. The shelves have many books on them.
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2. The monkeys are on the roofs.
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3. The women want to borrow two pairs of scissors.
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4. My brothers bought many loaves of bread.
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5. The children took many water bottles to the picnic.
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III. Match the collective nouns with the common nouns:
1. band a. apartments
2. packet b. books
3. brood c. ships
4. pack d. sheep
5. bar e. actors
6. troupe f. wolves
7. collection g. musicians
8. block h. chocolate
9. fleet i. biscuits
10. flock j. Chickens
IV. Rewrite the sentences using pronouns in place of the underlined words:
1. Don’t touch the iron. The iron is hot.
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2. Ranjini is sleeping. Ranjini is wearing a night suit. The night suit is pink.
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3. Suresh has not arrived yet. Suresh is always late. I must talk to Suresh
today.
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4. Shalini went to a garden. There Shalinimet her friend. Shalini and her
friend had a great time in the garden.
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V. Fill in the blanks with the correct words from the pairs given in brackets:
1. Since Mr.Malhotra stays by the side of the ______, he can
______it all day. (see / sea)
2. The thief opened the ______almirah to ______the
jewellery. (steal / steel)
3. The ______came all the way to the edge of the forest looking
for its ______friend, the rabbit. (deer / dear)
4. ______school will end in one ______. (hour / our)
5. ‘ ______your name in the top ______hand corner
of the sheet,’ said the teacher. (right / write)
VI. Complete the following passage using the simple present tense of the
verbs given in the brackets:
Even today, there ______(be) some people living in very
simple houses. The African Zulu tribes, for example, ______(live)
in thatched huts. The hill tribes in Thailand ______(dwell) in
houses made of wood. In dry places where there ______(be) few
trees, we can ______(find) houses often built of mud. A mud wall
______(become) stronger when it ______(be)
baked in the sun.
VII. Fill in the blanks with the opposites of the underlined adjectives in the
following sentences choosing from the box:
[tame clean wide blunt interesting]
1. The stony path by the riverside is narrow. Take the other path that is
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2. The monkey on the wall is not wild. It is ______.
3. I find sitting idle boring and reading ______.
4. In the hostel, some girls keep their room untidy while some keep them
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5. My knife is sharp but yours is ______.
VIII. Complete the table:
POSITIVE COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE
1. beautiful ______
2. noisy ______
3. ______more colourful ______
4. ______most useful
5. hot ______
6. ______richer ______
IX. Identify the sentences:
1. Please allow me to participate in the function.
2. She has won the spelling quiz.
3. How big the house is!
4. Have you applied for the talent test?
5. I will not come to school tomorrow.
X. Circle the subject and underline the predicate in the following sentences:
1. Delhi is hot in the month of June.
2. The cat spilt all the milk on the floor.
3. The boy with short hair is my brother.
4. My friends and I went on a picnic last Sunday.
5. That plant with small blue flowers is called periwinkle.
XI. Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions:
1. The train ______Mumbai went ______three tunnels.
2. Preeti distributed sweets ______her friends.
3. Paul likes to play ______his friends.
4. The cat jumped ______the bushes.
5. The thief hid ______a wall to avoid the police.
6. He sat ______the floor and played with marbles.
XII. Complete the sentences using suitable conjunctions:
1. Sanjiv likes to watch movies ______his sister likes to read
books.
2. Sonali washed her face ______she went to bed.
3. My father has given up smoking ______the doctor advised him
to do so.
4. We must leave now, ______we will miss the train.
5. Rajiv was standing outside ______it was raining.
6. I gave her a cold drink ______she was feeling very hot.
XIII. Write AV for active voice and PV for passive voice:
1. The door is opened by the boy.
2. She plucks the leaves.
3. Children love ice-creams.
4. Ram wrote this story.
5. I am helped by her.