Connected Ideas: English Grammar Worksheet on Conjunctions for Class 5

This Grade 5 worksheet helps students strengthen their understanding of **Conjunctions** — words that link ideas, phrases, or clauses smoothly. Learners explore both simple and correlative conjunctions such as and, but, because, although, either…or, neither…nor, and not only…but also through engaging activities. The exercises progress from guided practice to independent writing, building confident and fluent sentence formation.  

Why Conjunctions Matter in Grammar?

Conjunctions help students:  
1. Combine short sentences into meaningful, complex ones.  
2. Express relationships like reason, contrast, and condition clearly.  
3. Improve writing flow, logic, and readability.  
4. Communicate ideas smoothly in essays and daily writing.  

What’s Inside This Worksheet?

This worksheet includes five interactive and scaffolded grammar exercises:  

✏️ Exercise 1 – Fill in the Blanks  
Students fill in the blanks using suitable conjunctions from a word bank.  
Example: We stayed home because it was raining.  

🧠 Exercise 2 – True or False  
Students identify whether each sentence correctly uses conjunctions.  
Example: You can have either tea or coffee after lunch → True  

📘 Exercise 3 – Multiple Choice Questions  
Students choose the correct conjunctions to complete sentences.  
Example: Riya sings ______ dances on stage → both…and  

📝 Exercise 4 – Sentence Rewriting  
Students correct sentences by replacing the wrong conjunctions with the correct ones.  
Example: You can take and the blue pen and the red one → You can take either the blue pen or the red one.  

🖊️ Exercise 5 – Paragraph Writing  
Students write a short paragraph on how conjunctions join ideas in sentences.  

✅ Answer Key (For Parents & Educators)  

Exercise 1  
1. either…or 2. both…and 3. because 4. unless 5. although 6. until 7. if 8. so 9. not only…but also 10. neither…nor  

Exercise 2  
1. True 2. True 3. False 4. True 5. True 6. True 7. False 8. True 9. True 10. True  

Exercise 3  
1. b) because 2. a) not only…but also 3. c) because 4. a) both…and 5. b) if 6. a) either…or 7. b) until 8. c) because 9. a) both…and 10. b) if  

Exercise 4 (Sample Rewrites)  
1. You can take either the blue pen or the red one.  
2. She is not only clever but also hardworking.  
3. I stayed at home because it was raining heavily.  
4. Both my brother and my sister like to dance.  
5. You can’t play outside unless you finish your homework.  
6. Riya sings or Meera dances in every school event.  
7. Although he was tired, he still finished his work.  
8. You will pass the test if you try your best.  
9. Wait at the gate until the bus arrives.  
10. I have known her since she was a baby.  

Help your child connect ideas clearly and confidently with this fun, structured conjunctions worksheet — the key to fluent and expressive writing.

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