SSSM EDUCATIONAL ACADEMY
Class 5 – English Grammar Worksheet
Educator: Purva Narang
PART A – PREPOSITIONS
RULES:
- Prepositions show the relation of a noun/pronoun with another word.
- Types:
• Place/Position: in, on, under, near, between, behind, over
• Time: at, on, in, since, for, during, by, till/until
• Direction/Movement: into, onto, across, towards, through
EXAMPLES:
- The cat is under the chair.
- We will meet at 7 p.m.
- She walked across the bridge.
Exercises:
Q1. Fill in the blanks with correct prepositions:
1. 1. The flowers are ___ the vase.
2. 2. The boy is standing ___ the door.
3. 3. The train arrived ___ time.
4. 4. She jumped ___ the pool.
5. 5. The kite is flying ___ the clouds.
6. 6. I kept the keys ___ the drawer.
7. 7. The children are playing ___ the park.
8. 8. There is a bridge ___ the river.
9. 9. We have been waiting ___ two hours.
10. 10. He divided the sweets ___ his cousins.
Q2. Multiple Choice:
11. 1. We sat (in/at/on) the bench.
12. 2. She hid the book (on/under/at) the pillow.
13. 3. He has been living here (since/for/from) 2019.
14. 4. The sun rises (at/in/on) the east.
15. 5. My house is (between/among/in) two tall buildings.
Q3. Correct the sentences:
16. 1. The birds flew in the sky.
17. 2. He is senior than me.
18. 3. The cat jumped in the wall.
19. 4. We discussed about the problem.
PART B – ARTICLES
RULES:
- A: before consonant sounds (a boy, a pen, a university).
- An: before vowel sounds (an apple, an hour, an honest man).
- The: before something specific, unique, or well-known (the moon, the Himalayas, the
Bible).
EXAMPLES:
- She ate an orange.
- We saw a parrot on the tree.
- The Taj Mahal is in Agra.
Exercises:
Q4. Fill in the blanks with a, an, or the:
20. 1. I saw ___ elephant near the river.
21. 2. She bought ___ one-rupee note.
22. 3. We visited ___ Great Wall of China.
23. 4. He is ___ honest boy.
24. 5. This is ___ best day of my life.
25. 6. The teacher gave me ___ apple.
26. 7. My father went to ___ hospital to see his friend.
27. 8. There is ___ university in the town.
28. 9. Have you read ___ Bible?
29. 10. This is ___ only chance you will get.
Q5. Correct the mistakes:
30. 1. He is a engineer.
31. 2. I saw an tiger in the forest.
32. 3. We went to a Himalayas.
33. 4. Please pass me the salt. (correct/incorrect?)
34. 5. The Mount Everest is the tallest mountain.
Q6. Choose the correct answer:
35. 1. She wants to be (a/an) astronaut.
36. 2. The man is playing (a/the) guitar.
37. 3. My mother gave me (a/an) useful idea.
38. 4. We saw (a/the) moon at night.
39. 5. He is (a/an) European traveler.
PART C – PRONOUNS
RULES:
- Personal: I, you, he, she, it, we, they
- Possessive: mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs
- Demonstrative: this, that, these, those
- Reflexive: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, themselves
- Interrogative: who, whom, which, whose
EXAMPLES:
- She is reading a book.
- This pen is mine.
- They enjoyed themselves at the party.
Exercises:
Q7. Replace nouns with pronouns:
40. 1. Riya is singing.
41. 2. My brother and I went to the park.
42. 3. The dog barked loudly.
Q8. Fill in the blanks with pronouns:
43. 1. This is my bag. That is ___. (your/yours)
44. 2. ___ is raining heavily. (It/This)
45. 3. He loves chocolates, but I don’t like ___. (they/them)
46. 4. These shoes are ___. (their/theirs)
47. 5. Who is knocking at the door? It is ___. (I/me)
48. 6. My friends enjoyed ___ at the fair. (themselves/theirselves)
49. 7. Do you know ___ is calling? (who/whom)
50. 8. ___ is my best friend. (He/Him)
Q9. Identify the pronoun type:
51. 1. She is reading a story.
52. 2. That is my book.
53. 3. Who is sitting there?
54. 4. The children enjoyed themselves.
55. 5. This is ours.
Q10. Correct the mistakes:
56. 1. Me am going to the market.
57. 2. This is yours book.
58. 3. Myself will do the homework.
59. 4. He is taller than I.
60. 5. These is my friends.
PART D – MIXED PRACTICE
Q11. Identify the underlined word (Preposition/Article/Pronoun):
1. He sat under the tree.
2. This is an orange.
3. They are very happy.
4. We walked across the bridge.
5. The book is mine.
Q12. Fill-ups (Mixed):
1. Please give this book to ___. (I/me)
2. The boy is sitting ___ the bench. (in/on)
3. This is ___ apple from my garden. (a/an/the)
4. I saw ___ eagle flying high. (a/an/the)
5. She divided the sweets ___ her three friends. (between/among)
Q13. Rearrangement:
1. pen / my / is / table / the / on.
2. is / she / honest / an / girl.
3. with / went / to / him / park / we / the.
Q14. Application-based:
- Write 5 sentences using prepositions of place.
- Write 5 sentences using articles.
- Write 5 sentences using different pronouns.
