Review simple, compound, and complex sentences with your students to help them succeed as they begin writing reports and essays.

For additional practice, have students complete this exercise that will give them mastery over compound and hyphenated words.

Test your students with these exercises that have them identify simple, compound, and complex sentences. Helpful hints give your students all the information they need to work through the problems on their own.

Have your fifth graders challenge themselves with these exercises that ask them to identify independent and dependent clauses while reviewing different sentence structures.

Give students practice with all of the parts that make up complete sentences in this exercise.

Make your fifth grader a master of sentence fragments with these exercises that have them identify incomplete sentences and improve their writing.

Take your fifth graders' story telling abilities to the next level with these exercises that have them put their knowledge of transition words to the test.

Have your students practice their sentence combining skills with these exercises that give them visuals and helpful hints.

Commas serve so many uses in our written language, and learning their vast possibilities helps fifth graders in their essay writing and beyond. Punctuating direct addresses can be tricky, but your fifth grader can get the help they need with these exercises.

Have your fifth grader use sentence details and clues to determine the best transition word to link two sentences.

Improve your students' phrasing with these exercises that teach them how to identify and fix awkward run-on sentences.

Help your fifth graders embellish their written work with these exercises that give them practice using adjectives to add detail to their sentences.

Have your fifth grader learn when a clause is an interrupter with this fun and interactive activity that tests them on their knowledge of clauses rather than that of punctuation.

By fifth grade, students are starting to use all of the parts of speech in their writing. Make sure they do so correctly with these exercises that solidify the place of these words in sentences.