Grade 5 Term 2: English Home Language Revision
GRADE 5
English revision exercises
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1. What is an adjective?
2. Write an adjective to describe the noun in each sentence:
a. She was wearing a dress.
b. There were children in the classroom.
c. We ate eggs for breakfast.
d. Paul has two dogs.
e. They lived in a house.
3. What is a verb? _____________________________________________
4. Circle the verbs in the sentences below:
a. I went to sleep after dinner.
b. Tom played soccer after school.
c. Mandy ate her lunch at home.
d. He caught a butterfly in the net.
e. Mom picked flowers in the garden.
5. What is an adverb?
6. Write if the underlined word is an adjective or adverb.
a. Marilyn is a quiet person. _______________
b. I answer the phone excitedly. _______________
c. The lady buys clothes from the shop regularly. _______________
d. She is a regular customer. _______________
e. My mom is sympathetic. _______________
f. She listens kindly. _______________
g. The wind was howling. _______________
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Grade 5 Term 2: English Home Language Revision
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English revision exercises
7. Form adverbs with the following words:
a. Angry _______________
b. Easy ________________
c. Quiet _______________
d. Careful _____________
e. Loud _______________
f. Patient _____________
8. Write an adverb for each sentence:
a. I answered all the questions __________________.
b. She sang _________________________________.
c. Dad laughed ______________________________.
d. He waited ______________________________.
e. The teacher treats her students ________________________.
f. She is so rude. She always acts ______________________________.
g. She works _________________________in the library.
9. Underline the adverb in each sentence and write whether it shows manner, place or time.
a. We are going on a lovely holiday next week.
b. The people in the stadium always cheer.
c. He was so hungry at the dinner table, that he ate his food greedily.
d. The girl danced well yesterday.
e. She was so excited when she got here.
f. I start exams tomorrow.
g. I put the book down there.
h. The flowers were growing beautifully.
i. I am going to the concert on Monday.
10.Rewrite these sentences into DIRECT SPEECH
a. My sister said she had a lot to do before bed time.
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b. Peter announced that the weather was not good to go fishing.
c. My teacher said that we would pass our exams if we studied hard.
11. Rewrite these sentences into INDIRECT SPEECH
a. “I will watch the film tomorrow” said Mike.
b. “Where are you going? It is very late!” yelled Ryan.
c. “I have a terrible headache from not wearing a hat” said Hayley.
12.What is a noun?
Image courtesy Phil Lephillou http://lephillou.wordpress.com/gallery-of-artwork/
List eight common nouns and 3 proper nouns that you see in the picture.
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Grade 5 Term 2: English Home Language Revision
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English revision exercises
13. Circle the common nouns and underline the proper nouns:
book
camera
umbrella
Aunty Sam
eraser
town
dog
Mr Happy
Mount Everest
bicycle
boy
Joe’s Candy
river
Atlantic Ocean
14.Write down the collective nouns for:
a. Ants __________________________________
b. Buffalo ________________________________
c. Camels ________________________________
d. Cats __________________________________
e. Hens __________________________________
f. Books _________________________________
g. Angels ________________________________
h. Soldiers _______________________________
i. Flowers _______________________________
j. Tools _________________________________
15.What is an idiom?
16. What is the meaning of each of the following Idioms:
a. A blessing in disguise
b. A chip on your shoulder
c. A piece of cake
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Grade 5 Term 2: English Home Language Revision
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English revision exercises
Grade 5 Term 2: English Home Language Revision
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English revision exercises
d. A slap on the wrist
e. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
f. Once in a blue moon
g. At the drop of a hat
h. An axe to grind
i. An arm and a leg
17.What is hyperbole?
Write down hyperbole for the following:
a. The car is old.
b. The suitcase is heavy.
c. I phoned you many times.
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d. I am so hungry.
e. Your clothes are so bright.
18. Punctuation:
Read the story and write it out using correct punctuation.
one day thomas decided he was going to visit his aunt mabel in the united
kingdom he hadn’t seen her for such a long time and she was getting very
old aunt mabel lived in salisbury in a lovely little cottage that overlooked
the meadows she had enjoyed the english summer and now as autumn
was approaching the leaves started to fall off the trees thomas lived in
africa which was far away and he was looking forward to surprising his
aunt
19.Re-write the sentences using exclamation marks and question marks:
a. “Why are you writing such a long story”
b. “It’s about time. I never thought you would make it”
c. “You are so careless. Why did you do that”
d. “the ship sailed long ago”
e. “Do you think it was the right decision”
f. “I told you we would win. Isn’t it so exciting”
20.Write an antonym for each word:
a. light ________________________________
b. angry ________________________________
c.smooth_______________________________
d. fresh ________________________________
e. massive ______________________________
f. entrance _____________________________
g. foolish _______________________________
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Grade 5 Term 2: English Home Language Revision
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Grade 5 Term 2: English Home Language Revision
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h. risky _________________________________
i. optimistic ____________________________
j. interesting ____________________________
k. identical _____________________________
l. natural _____________________________
m.silence
21.Write a synonym for each word:
a. peaceful _____________________________
b. clever _______________________________
c. mellow _____________________________
d. elegant _____________________________
e. pretty _______________________________
f. sad _________________________________
g.consume_____________________________
h.important____________________________
i. awful _______________________________
j. interesting ___________________________
k. finish _______________________________
l. choose ______________________________
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1. An adjective is a word that describes the noun in a sentence.
2. (There could be other answer options. Mark accoringly).
a. She was wearing a pretty/red/lovely dress.
b. There were naughty/noisy/many children in the classroom.
c. We ate delicious/fried/scambled/fresh eggs for breakfast.
d. Paul has two loveable/vicious/adorable dogs.
e. They lived in a tiny/huge/beautiful/dirty house.
3. Verb: A verb is a ‘doing’ word. It is the part of speech that describes an action (physical or mental) or a state of being. For example: The boy is running in the garden.
I thought about my holiday. (The word thought is a verb – it describes the mental action of think.)
It will be sunny. (The word will is a verb – it describes the state of being.)
Granny sells tomatoes. (The word sells is a verb. It describes the physical activity to sell.)
4. Circle the verbs in the sentences below:
a. I went to sleep after dinner.
b. Tom played soccer after school.
c. Mandy ate her lunch at home.
d. He caught a butterfly in the net.
e. Mom picked flowers in the garden.
5. An adverb describes the action, state or occurence of the verb.
6. a.Marilyn is a quiet person.adjective
b.I answer the phone excitedly.adverb
c. The lady buys clothes from the shop regularly.
d.She is a regular customer.adjective
e. My mom is sympathetic.adjective
f. She listens kindly.adverb
g.The wind was howling.adjective
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Grade 5 Term 2: English Home Language Revision
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Answer sheet
Grade 5 Term 2: English Home Language Revision
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Answer sheet
7. a.Angryily
b.Easily
c.Quietly
d.Carefully
e.Loudly
f.Patiently
g. Silently
8. (There could be other answer options. Mark accoringly).
a.quickly
b.beautifully
c.loudly
d.patiently
e.kindly
f.disrespectfully
g. silently
9. a.lovely-manner and (next) week - time
b.loudly-manner
c.yesterday-time
d.yesterday-time
e.here-place
f.tomorrow-time
g.there-place
h.beautifully
i.Monday-time
10.a.“I have a lot to do before bed time,” said my sister.
b.“The weather is not good to go fishing”, Peter announced.
c. “You will pass our exams if you have studied hard,” my teacher said.
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11.a.Mike said he will watch the film tomorrow.
b.Ryan asked where I was going and yelled that it was very late.
c. Hayely said she has a terrible headache from not wearing a hat.
12.A noun is a person, place, object or thing.
Common nouns: road, dog, bicycle, chimney, tree, man, woman, street light, ladder, shop, house, ball, balloons, policeman, street sign (any of these and accept other answers visible in picture).
Proper nouns: Cafe Joe, Kappacheenos, Norbers
13. book
camera
umbrella
Aunty Sam
dog
Mount Everest
eraser
Joe’s Candy
town
Mr Happy
bicycle
boy
river
Atlantic Ocean
14. a.colony/army/swarm
b.herd
c.caravan
d.clowder/cluster/ponce
e.brood
f.stack/shelf/library
g.host/chorus
h.regiment/company/army
i.bouquet/bunch
j.set/kit
15. An idiom is a phrase or statement that has a figurative meaning. The actual meaning is different from what is written.
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Grade 5 Term 2: English Home Language Revision
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16.a.We use this is something unfortunate happened or took place and it resulted in something positive unexpectedly happening.
b.Applied to a perso who feels wronged all the time – usually for no reason.
c. This means something is easy
d.A mild punishment, sometimes for a serious offense.
e. It means it is better to have what may seem a small advantage, than to have a great advantage that may amount to nothing.
f. When something happens very seldom as a blue moon is a rare
occurance.
g.Applied to something that happens very quickly and usally without warning.
h.To have a selfish reason to take issue with someone, or a strong opinion that influences your actions.
i. Applies to something that is very expensive.
17.Hyperbole is using exaggeration to make a sentence or statment more interesting. (Accept other, similar answers).
a.The car is older than the hills.
b.The suitcase weighed a tonne.
c. I phoned you a million times.
d.I am so hungry I could eat a horse.
e. Your clothes are blinding.
18. Punctuation
One day, Thomas decided he was going to visit his Aunt Mabel in the
United Kingdom. He hadn’t seen her for such a long time and she was
getting very old. Aunt Mabel lived in Salisbury, in a lovely little cottage
that overlooked the meadows. She had enjoyed the English summer and
now, as autumn was approaching, the leaves started to fall off the trees.
Thomas lived in Africa, which was far away and he was looking forward
to surprising his aunt!
19.a.“Why are you writing such a long story?”
b.“It’s about time! I never thought you would make it.”
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c. “You are so careless! Why did you do that?”
d. “The ship sailed long ago!”
e. “Do you think it was the right decision?”
f. “I told you we would win! Isn’t it so exciting?”
Grade 5 Term 2: English Home Language Revision
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Answer sheet
20.a. dark
b.happy
c.rough
d.stale
e.tiny
f.exit
g.sensible
h.safe
i.pessimistic
j.uninteresting
k.different
l.unnatural
m. noisy
21. a. relaxing
b.intelligent
c.mild
d.graceful
e.attractive
f.depressed
g.use/eat
h.urgent
i.bad
j.fascinating
k.complete
l.select
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