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Fifth Grade Spelling Worksheets
Watch every spelling wish come true with our printable fifth grade spelling worksheets, massively equipped to raise the children's spelling fortunes. Before you encourage the wannabe spelling masters to answer our exercises, you would do well by hammering home how badly they need spelling in their daily life, let alone their academic life. Whether they are looking up names in a phone book or referring to a dictionary or thesaurus, spelling is the name of the game. Our grade 5 spelling worksheets pdf are a spelling dolce vita with activities and exercises you have never seen before. Get the ball rolling with our free 5th grade spelling worksheets!
Who said spelling is unpredictable? Do you think perfect spelling is a myth? Our word lists, supplementing the worksheets to teach spelling systematically, prove spelling's simple.
There's more regularity and pattern to the way English spells its words than many think there is. This identifying the correctly spelled -ent words exercise explains how. Color the rightly spelled word in each set.
Brilliant, elegant, jubilant, pleasant, and on they go! All words that exude joy in spades! The point is the words are spelled with -ant. Complete each word four times. Remember each time the missing letters are different.
Unit E3 | -tial/-cial Family Words
Use cial/tial to spell the "shul" sound at the end of a word. Vowels are special; use -cial after a vowel and -tial after a consonant. There are exceptions though. Make tial/cial words. Check the answer you choose.
Unit E4 | ann/enn Family Words
With our grade 5 spelling worksheets around, you'll most likely have a banner year for spelling words! Don't miss this exercise on completing words with ann or enn and writing the word in the space provided.
Unit E5 | -ible/-ibly Family Words
Thanks to this spelling-practice worksheet, possibly you're going to be more spelling-responsible than any of your peers! Prove you have by making words with -ible/-ibly to the given word parts. Write the words.
Unit E6 | com-/con- Family Words
Choose com- or con- to complete each word. As always, write the word in the space given. Check the option that you choose. Yet another tool to make spelling learning and instruction a breezy experience!
It's time to play! This time you get to spell well and play well, as you spin the wheel to create as many words with -logy as there are word parts in the wheel. You should write the words formed on the following page.
We bet you enjoy your subs, wraps, and salads! Have you taken a moment to find if you can spell the word subway correctly, though? Write each word, a word that starts with sub, three times.
Unit E9 | fract/graph Family Words
Watch "graph" and "fract" toggle between the beginning and ending of words, as in graphic/fraction and refract/holograph, as you unscramble the graph/fract words and write them twice to reinforce the spelling.
The ad- family of words is a dominant, high-powered family, and go the whole gamut of ad words in this spelling-practice exercise where you look at the 24 words in the word box and arrange them in ABC order.
Often we use -cious if the root word ends in ce, as in space-spacious. Use -tious if the root word is suffixed with -tion in its noun form, as in caution-cautious. Beware of the exceptional cases as you answer.
Unit E12 | -tion/-sion/-cian Family Words
Congratulations! Your stern determination, supported by your teacher's close supervision, has finally made you a spelling magician! Add -tion/-sion/-cian to complete the word parts and write the words. Do check your answer.
Unit E13 | -cious/-tious Family Words
Often we use -cious if the root word ends in ce, as in space-spacious. Use -tious if the root word is suffixed with -tion in its noun form, as in caution-cautious. Beware of the exceptional cases as you answer.
The objective of this pdf from our fifth grade spelling worksheets is to get the child obsessed with obtaining mastery in spelling ob-words. Instruct the children to identify the correctly spelled word in each set.
Unit E15 | pre-/post- Family Words
The definitions given are as clear, precise, and simple as could be, so the spelling giants in grade 5 won't get stuck answering the crossword puzzle by finding the pre-/post- words and writing them in the grid.
Unit E16 aero-/ambi-/anti-/astro-/audi- Family Words
Zero in on each word part given; identify and choose the options, aero-, astro-, anti-, ambi-, and audi-, the word would sound complete with, and write the word.
Unit E17 | ow/ou/oi/oy Family Words
Employ our proven-to-be-effective tools to increase your spelling hoist like never before! One of the ow, ou, oi, or oy words in each set is wrongly spelled; the job is to pick the correctly spelled one and write it.
Discharge your spelling duty to perfection to discover words starting with dis- in the word search grids. Display your skills to outsmart your peers by being the first to write the words on the lines given.
Unit E19 | -ise/-ize family words
It's always a pleasant "surprise" and never "surprize"! Words like "cognize" and "oversize" always end with -ize and never with -ise. Discover each -ize or -ise word and write the word in the space provided.
Unit E20 | Prefixes and Suffixes
To form "unsuccessful", we first prefix "success" with un- before we suffix it with -ful. The word is thus hard-earned. Add the given prefixes and suffixes before and after the words to make brand-new words.
Unit E21 | Regular and Irregular Past Tenses
Choose the past tense of each regular or irregular verb. The past tenses for children to practice the spelling of in this worksheet include managed and presented, both regular, and froze and understood, both irregular.
Unit E22 | Irregular Plural Words
How many times did you write the plural form of “aircraft” as “aircrafts”? Chances are you did this nearly every time. Gain insights into spelling plurals of irregular nouns with this 5th grade spelling worksheet.
Unit E23 | Present Participle Forms
When a word has more than 1 syllable with a stressed final syllable or when a 1-syllable verb ends in consonant+vowel+consonant, double the final letter. Start forming the present participles of the verbs.
This printable from our spelling worksheets for grade 5 marks your reunion with excellent spelling practice, in the form of finding a number of 3-syllable words in the word search grid.
At their apogee, the invincible spelling champs in the 5th grade will unscramble the 4-syllable words in this practicing-spelling worksheet in a jiffy and display their spelling chops by writing the words.
Few languages offer the multifaceted spelling experience that English does! Answer this spelling 5-syllable words exercise by writing the missing vowels in each word and writing the word twice in the space.
Unit E27 | Number Prefixes and Roots
If we didn't know the prefix penta denotes the number five, we couldn't figure "pentagon" is a shape with 5 sides/angles. Unscramble the words with number prefixes/roots and use them to complete the sentences.
Homophones sound alike, but they have entirely different meanings and spellings. The clues given help decide which spelling to use each time. Complete this puzzle inspired by homophones and spelling them.
Your success in spelling is attributed to two factors: understanding the patterns and practice. Practice is, hands down, the bigger attribute. Use the clues to write the homographs and complete the puzzle.
Dispel and disprove every myth heard in the spelling arena by unscrambling compound words and spelling them correctly to complete the sentences. The better your spelling skills, the faster you'll unscramble.
Good spelling is covetous, and it will continue to be so! Whether you're American, Australian, or Japanese, you'll find spelling is an indispensable skill. Write the demonyms given in ABC order to answer this pdf.
Clip part of each large word to form a small word while retaining the meaning. Practice making clipped words in this grade 5 spelling-practice worksheet. Find the clipped words in the word search grid and write them.
Outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare, Agatha Christie is a writer extraordinaire. This spelling exercise is dedicated to spelling proper nouns. The proper nouns here include Abraham Lincoln, Ferrari, and more.
The self-same spelling rule that has kept the letters ch's mouth shut in "yacht" has caused the letter n to zip its lip in "autumn". Before you write each word on the line, figure the silent letter in it and write it above the word.
If you're committed to your spelling practice, it won't be long before you're successful! Get busy finding each double-consonant word in the word search grid. Once you find the word, by drawing a line on it.
Unit E36 | Commonly Misspelled Words
One of the 3 words in each set from this printable exercise is correctly spelled. Eliminate the two incorrectly spelled words, circle the correct word, and also write it in the blank space.
