Grammar: Grades 5–6

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Nouns and PronounsCommon Nouns ..................................4Proper Nouns .......................................5Concrete and Abstract Nouns ........6Singular and Plural Nouns ...............7Plural Nouns .........................................8Possessive Nouns ..............................10Subject and Object Pronouns ......11Possessive Pronouns ........................12Reflexive Pronouns ..........................13Indefinite Pronouns .........................14Interrogative and

Demonstrative Pronouns ............15

VerbsAction Verbs .......................................16Linking Verbs ......................................17Helping Verbs and

Verb Phrases ....................................18Present, Past, and

Future Tense Action Verbs ..........19Past Tense Verbs ............................... 22Review Present, Past, and

Future Tense Verbs ....................... 23Infinitives .............................................24Present and Past Participles ......... 25Past Participle of

Irregular Verbs .................................26Present Perfect, Past Perfect, and

Future Perfect Verbs .................... 28Present Perfect Tense ..................... 29Verb Tense Review .......................... 30Present Progressive and

Past Progressive Tenses ...............31

AdjectivesAdjectives ............................................32Demonstrative Adjectives .............33

Limiting and Descriptive Adjectives ................. 34

Comparative and Superlative Adjectives ..................35

Predicate Adjectives ........................37Articles ................................................. 38Appositives ........................................ 40

AdverbsAdverbs ................................................41Time Adverbs .....................................42Place Adverbs .....................................43Manner Adverbs............................... 44Comparative and

Superlative Adverbs ......................45

PunctuationCapitalization .....................................47Commas .............................................. 50Hyphens and Dashes .......................52Quotation Marks ...............................53Single Quotation Marks ................. 54Apostrophes .......................................55Semicolons ......................................... 56Colons ...................................................57

Sentences Parts of a Sentence.......................... 58Simple Subjects .................................59Simple Predicates ............................ 60Simple Subjects and Predicates ....61Complete Subjects

and Predicates .................................62Compound Subjects ........................63Compound Predicates ................... 64Compound Subjects

and Predicates .................................65Subject-Verb Agreement .............. 66Prepositions ........................................69

Prepositional Phrases ......................70Direct Objects ................................... 73Indirect Objects .................................75Clauses ................................................. 77Relative Clauses .................................78Independent and

Dependent Clauses .......................79Sentence Building with Clauses ....80Conjunctions ......................................81Coordinating Conjunctions ...........82Correlative Conjunctions .............. 83Subordinating Conjunctions ....... 84Building Sentences ......................... 85Expanding Sentences..................... 86Types of Sentences ...........................87Run-On Sentences .......................... 89Sentence Fragments ....................... 90Active and Passive Voice ................91

Word StudyDouble Negatives .............................92Doesn’t and Don’t .............................93Who and Whom ................................ 94Lie/Lay and May/Can ........................95That and Which ................................. 96Synonyms and Antonyms ..............97Homophones and Homographs ... 98Synonyms, Antonyms, Homophones,

and Homographs .......................... 99Idioms ................................................ 100

WritingBusiness Letters .............................. 101Writing Dialogue ............................ 103

Answer Key..................................... 104

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Name Nouns and Pronouns

Common Nouns

A common noun is a word that names a person, place, or thing. Examples: girl (person), kitchen (place), window (thing)

Write each common noun under the correct heading.

teacher pharmacy lawyer cabinet studio thermometer cone lobby soldier park daisy partner university satellite salesperson picture infant mainland

People Places Things

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Proper Nouns

A proper noun is a word that names a specific person, place, or thing. The first letter of a proper noun is capitalized.

Examples: Susan (specific person), Canada (specific place), Little House on the Prairie (specific thing)

Circle the common nouns and underline the proper nouns in each sentence.

1. The roof on the old barn is peeling.

2. A row of ants marched across the picnic blanket.

3. My mom loves to visit Myrtle Beach in South Carolina.

4. Walter put on his boots before going outside.

5. Do alligators live in swamps?

6. Jack wants to visit Paris, France.

7. Samantha checked out three books from the library.

8. Tom likes to eat at a restaurant called Good Eating.

9. Is Juan going to the store with Jamil?

10. The dance will take place in the school gym.

11. The computer in the library works best.

12. My cousin Jackie lives in Toronto, Canada.

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Concrete and Abstract Nouns

A concrete noun identifies something that can be seen, heard, smelled, touched, or tasted.

Examples: popcorn, theater, music

An abstract noun is a word that names an idea or quality that cannot be physically interacted with.

Examples: memory, kindness, love

Write C for each concrete noun and A for each abstract noun.

1. joy

2. bravery

3. hair

4. imagination

5. peach

6. freedom

7. shout

8. guitar

Decide if the noun pride is a concrete noun or an abstract noun. Explain your decision.