Bright Words & Wise Sayings: Idioms and Proverbs for Grade 5 

This Grade 5 worksheet introduces students to the basics of Idioms and Proverbs through engaging, meaning-focused grammar practice. Designed for upper primary learners, it helps children understand how idioms add colour to language while proverbs share life lessons and values. Through a mix of identification, multiple choice, rewriting, fill in the blanks, and creative paragraph writing, students learn to recognise, interpret, and confidently use common idioms and proverbs in context. 

Why Idioms & Proverbs Matter in Grammar? 

Idioms and proverbs play an important role in building expressive and meaningful language skills for Grade 5 learners because: 
1. They help students understand figurative language beyond literal meanings. 
2. They improve reading comprehension and interpretation skills. 
3. They enrich spoken and written expression, making language more engaging. 
4. They introduce cultural wisdom, values, and everyday communication patterns. 

What’s Inside This Worksheet? 

This worksheet includes five thoughtfully designed exercises to strengthen understanding of idioms and proverbs: 

✏️ Exercise 1 – Underline the Idioms & Circle the Proverbs 
Students read sentences and identify idioms by underlining them and proverbs by circling them. Example: “Riya was *over the moon* after winning the prize.” 

🧠 Exercise 2 – Multiple Choice Questions 
Students choose the correct sentence based on rules such as correct idiom usage, identifying proverbs about honesty, patience, joy, or hard work. 

✍️ Exercise 3 – Sentence Rewriting 
Learners identify the idiom or proverb in a sentence and then use it correctly to make a new sentence of their own, encouraging deeper understanding. 

📝 Exercise 4 – Fill in the Blanks (Passage-Based) 
Students complete a short passage by filling in suitable idioms and proverbs, applying them meaningfully within a real-life scenario. 

📖 Exercise 5 – Paragraph Writing 
Students write a short paragraph on “A Rainy Day” using idioms and phrases, boosting creativity along with grammar application. 

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Exercise 1 – Underline the Idioms & Circle the Proverbs 
1. over the moon – Idiom 
2. as tired as a dog – Idiom 
3. as quiet as a mouse – Idiom 
4. keep an eye on – Idiom 
5. practice makes perfect – Proverb 
6. honesty is the best policy – Proverb 
7. lend a helping hand – Idiom 
8. crying over spilt milk – Proverb 
9. do not judge a book by its cover – Proverb 
10. slow and steady wins the race – Proverb 

Exercise 2 – Multiple Choice Questions 
1. b) Riya kicked the bucket meaning she died. 
2. a) Honesty is the best policy. 
3. b) Raj was on cloud nine today. 
4. a) Too many cooks spoil the broth. 
5. a) Meera was on cloud nine. 
6. a) Look before you leap. 
7. a) Down in the dumps today. 
8. a) The early bird gets the worm. 
9. c) Burn the midnight oil. 
10. b) Rome was not built in a day. 

Exercise 3 – Sentence Rewriting 
1–10. Answers may vary. 

Exercise 4 – Fill in the Blanks (Sample Answers) 
hit the sack, over the moon, because, practice makes perfect, cry over spilt milk, keep an eye out, stay calm, jump for joy, make a noise, burn the midnight oil 

Exercise 5 – Paragraph Writing 
Answers may vary.

Help your child build expressive language and understand figurative meanings with this fun Idioms & Proverbs worksheet for Grade 5. 
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