Year 5 Grammar Aexercises: Answers

Year 5 Grammar AExercises: Answers

Exercise 1.1 A Pronouns*

1. When I can think of nothing else to do I just walk around the streets. If I see my friend’s house, I will see if she is about. If she is not too busy, she will walk with me. We will walk together through the streets. We will take many lefts and many rights. We don’t care where they take us. We walk the road not minding if it goes up or down. We will walk till the sun starts to get low and then we turn around. By the time darkness falls, I am back at home.

2. Yesterday I walked through a park so big, I felt like I was in the countryside. It even had a farm in it. I walked past a field with lots of cows. They all looked at me. One of them said, “Mooooo!” Even though you know cows say Moooo, it is still quite scary when they actually say it. The other thing you should know about cows is that they make the milk whichwe drink. I chose a nice healthy looking cow and tried to milk her. I was just looking around for where the milk came out when a lady came out of a barn and started running towards me, waving a pitchfork. I ran away so fast I lost a shoe.

3. To whom does this shoe belong? I bet it belongs to the person who was sneaking around in my field and trying to milk my cows! That milk is mine! “Moooooo!” Ok Mrs Cow, that milk is ours. Did you see where that nasty milk thief ran to, Mrs Cow? Oh she can’t tell me! Unfortunately she can only say “Moooooo.” Cows make milk, which is great, but they are not so much help when you are trying to solve a crime. There are no famous detectives who are cows. They are just not that great at collecting evidence. Oh well, come on Mrs Cow, we should go in the barn and do some milking. That nasty boy didn’t actually harm us, did he?

4. One day I was walking down the street going whichever way I wanted and turning down side-streets whenever I felt like it, a thing I like to do sometimes. Around three o’clock I came across a bridge that I had never seen before. Standing in the middle of it was an old man. He was playing a clarinet, which has always been my favourite instrument. I have always liked the sound they make, but this one was ridiculously irresistible. I found myself walking toward him. As you set foot on the bridge you could see that lots of other people were walking towards him too. We all stood around him, swaying gently to the music. All of us together were like a bunch of hypnotised zombies. “This music is OURS!” he cried and he threw his clarinet into the air!

*Sometimes words like ‘his’ are possessive pronouns, e.g. the book was his. Sometimes they are, strictly, possessive determiners, i.e. possessive pronouns acting as adjectives, e.g. It was his book. It is not necessary to make this distinction with children.

NB. it’s = it is, so the pronoun is its (no apostrophe as no missing letter)

Exercise 1.2 A Pronouns

Pronoun / Personal pronoun / Possessive pronoun / Relative pronoun
them /
that /
his /
you /
ours /
mine /
where /
me /
yours /
who /
she /
which /

Exercise 1.3 A Pronouns

Sentence / Personal pronouns / Possessive* pronouns / Relative pronouns
Did you see who trashed the canteen? / you / who
They have turned the big fridge, which was full of stuff, upside down – pretty impressive! / they / which
Can you see that a person’s lunch has ended up smeared on the ceiling? Hang on, that is mine! / you / mine
The person who did this has left their footprint in the mashed potato. / their / who
Crumbs! It is a much bigger footprint than any of ours. / it / ours
It is even bigger than Mr Bogley’s feet, and we all know he has the biggest feet in the school, which has over 200 pupils. / it
we
he / which
Hello Anessa, stay with us please. We’re feeling a bit scared that the thing that trashed the canteen is still hanging around. / us
we / that
Is that hockey stick yours? Oh, it is hers. I see. Well, please keep it close to you. / I
It
you / yours
hers
Can you hear a thumping noise? Surely it is only monsters or dinosaurs who could make such a sound. / you
it / who
A giant baby! Its fists must be the size of pianos! Just look at it crushing our climbing frame! / it / Its
our
I don’t think this is a baby like ours at home, who you can put to sleep with a lullaby! / I
you / ours / who
The army are here now. Leave him to the soldiers who are trained. Follow me as fast as you can! / him
me
you / who

Exercise 1.4 Pronouns

1. I am a robot the size of a planet, which was made a long time ago. [2]

Some people might call me a ‘mech’, which means giant robot. [2]

My hands are the size of nations, are yours? [2]

Luckily for you, I have no interest in destroying your planet. [3]

I saw a woman from your planet in a rocket and was careful not to crush her. [3]

Personal pronouns / Possessive pronouns* / Relative pronouns
I, me, you, I, I, her / my, yours, your, your / which, which

2. Rockets are small and they can be quite confusing. [1]

The rocket woman had run out of fuel so I gave her some of mine. [3]

She managed to link our communication systems, so that we could talk. [3]

I know how to talk human because there is a person who sends me letters. [3]

Just found out that the letters are hers! [1]

Personal pronouns / Possessive pronouns* / Relative pronouns
they, I, her, she, we, I, me / mine, our, hers / who

3. Earth, the planet that the rocket came from, is a watery little place. [1]

They recently started flying their rockets around so that is nice. [2]

I like rockets and would often go and see if any of theirs wanted to dance. [2]

But when I got close to a rocket, it would turn around and fly away. [2]

There was even one that shot its lasers at me. [3]

Personal pronouns / Possessive pronouns* / Relative pronouns
they, I, I, it, me / their, theirs, its / that, that

4. A giant mech’s life is not like yours. [1]

We giant mechs don’t make friends too easily. [1]

Mechs like us usually only meet up to have battles, wherewe fight. [3]

There is one called Blog-mechwho always tries to throw me into his black hole. [3]

I thought this galaxy was all of ours, but he says: “It is all MINE!” [4]

Personal pronouns / Possessive pronouns* / Relative pronouns
we, us, we, me, I, he, it / yours, his, ours, mine / where, who

5. There is a beautiful, blue nebula which would be great to dance in. [1]

But just look at them all, they only want to fight and do battle. [2]

So that is why you can get pretty lonely in space. [1]

But then I got my first letter from her, which came all the way from earth. [4]

It said: “What is your name? Mine is Shannon.” [3]

Personal pronouns / Possessive pronouns* / Relative pronouns
them, they, you, I, her, it / my, your, mine / which, which

6. I told Shannon, who has never met a mech before, about my life. [3]

Then Shannon told me all about hers; it sounded grand. [3]

Shannon, whose rocket is homemade, is moving into space to live with me! [2]

You know your sun? We have decided that it is ours! [5]

If you look at the blue nebula tonight you’ll see us dance, dance, dance! [3]

Personal pronouns / Possessive pronouns* / Relative pronouns
I, me, it, me, you, we, it, you, you, us / my, hers, your, ours / who, whose

Exercise 1.5 A Personal pronouns

1. Billy the Kid is a pirate. The other pirates are bullies. They like to say that he has a cowboy’s name. This makes him really sad. One day, he shouts at Gunpowder Gertie, “You shush your mouth! My name is better than the rubbish name you have!” The other pirates don’t bully him again. But the cowboys also find Billy’s name a bit confusing, because it makes them think he is a cowboy. “Where’s your Stetson hat, Kid? Would you like to borrow mine?” they ask, trying to be kind. But this only makes Billy more upset.

Pronoun / Refers to
they / the other pirates
he / Billy the Kid
him / Billy the Kid
he / Billy the Kid
you / Gunpowder Gertie
you / Gunpowder Gertie
him / Billy the Kid
it / Billy’s name
them / the cowboys
he / Billy the Kid
you / Billy the Kid
they / the cowboys

2. Captain Long Sally Silver was a cowgirl. And a mighty fine cowgirl she was too! I used to be sheriff. One dusty day, my deputy and I were walking through town when we heard a commotion in the saloon. It was one of those places with swing doors. As we got closer, a man fell through them. Old Long Sally Silver was standing there at the bar with a smoking pistol. A man had been shot down for saying that she had a Pirate’s name. “Iain’tno Pirate,” muttered Sally, turning her back on us and finishing her drink.

Pronoun / Refers to
she / Long Sally Silver
I / sheriff
I / sheriff
we / sheriff and deputy
it / saloon
we / sheriff and deputy
them / swing doors
she / Long Sally Silver
I / Long Sally Silver
us / sheriff and deputy

3. Hi, my name is Roberto! I once knew a policewoman who had the name of a badger! She was called Grumblewick the Third, which is a very popular badger’s name. Having a badger’s name didn’t bother her at all, in fact she quite liked it. You see, just before she was born, her father had fallen down a hole and got trapped. A kindly badger kept him alive by bringing tasty worm soup to eat until he was rescued three days later. The badger’s name was Grumblewick the Second, and it was because of her father’s gratitude to him that my friend received her name. Ok, that’s all I wanted to say for now, bye!

Pronoun / Refers to
I / Roberto
she / the policewoman
her / policewoman (Grumblewick the Third)
she / Grumblewick the Third
it / the name
she / Grumblewick the Third
him / her father
he / her father
him / the badger (Grumblewick the Second)
I / Roberto

4. Buzz Stargazer was a Viking. He lived with the Vikings and did all the things Vikings do. When they rowed across the wild sea, he rowed across it too. When they did battle with ancient beasts, he did battle with them too. But the other Vikings still never accepted Buzz, all because of his name. “You have the name of spaceman, Buzz,” they’d say, “It brings shame on us!” So Buzz gave up trying and rowed away on his lonesome. At night he would look up at the stars and say to them, “O stars! Let me sail up, up, up into your shining arms!”

Pronoun / Refers to
he / Buzz Stargazer
they / the Vikings
he / Buzz Stargazer
it / the sea
they / the Vikings
he / Buzz Stargazer
them / the beasts
you / Buzz Stargazer
they / the Vikings
It / The name
us / the Vikings
he / Buzz Stargazer
them / the stars
me / Buzz Stargazer

5. Dave was a badger. She absolutely loved being a badger. She was ace at digging. To her it was like swimming. Her burrow was a castle as far as she was concerned. She thought worms were the most delicious thing ever, even though they were the only thing she had ever tasted. Dear reader, you must be thinking that she will run into problems because her name is Dave. Well, itis usually a male human’s name rather than a female badger’s name – but actually Dave did not know this. Even if she had, she wouldn’t have cared! Go on Dave!

Pronoun / Refers to
she / Dave
she / Dave
her / Dave
she / Dave
she / Dave
they / worms
she / Dave
you / Dear reader
she / Dave
it / the name (Dave)
she / Dave
she / Dave

6. One day the king felt like making some new laws. He went into the court, where all the ministers were discussing serious politics. “You listen to me now!” shouted the King. “I’ve made a decision concerning cousins: from now on all of them will be called Lisa!” For a moment the ministers were stunned by the new law. Then they started to chat about it, muttering things like, “I’m a cousin myself! He can’t rename me Lisa!” and, “He’s lost his mind, something has to be done…” Eventually they said to the King, “You can’t make this silly new law without our help, and all of us agree that it is the most terrible law ever.”

Pronoun / Refers to
he / the king
you / the ministers
I / the king
them / cousins
they / the ministers
it / the new law
I / a minister
he / the King
me / a minister
he / the King
they / the ministers
you / the King
us / the ministers
it / the new law

Exercise 1.6 A Relative pronouns

1. The tapir was walking through the same bit of forest that she always walks through when she saw a strange thing on the floor. It was a hat, which was an object she had never seen before. It was pink and sparkly and the tapir wondered whose thing it could be. She asked herself questions as she sniffed at it. “What on earth is it for? Was it the monkeys who dropped it here I wonder? The owner of a pretty thing such as this is certainly no silly monkey, so to whom could such a thing belong?”

Pronoun / Refers to
that / bit of forest
which / a hat
whose / the hat
who / the monkeys
whom / the hat’s previous owner

2. Soon the tapir, who was very clever, found out that the hat, which she had found on the floor of the forest, was an object that you can wear. She was very excited because she was the kind of tapir who often wonders what it is like to wear something. She picked it up with her snout and threw it up onto her head, which was broad and stripy. This was a trick she sometimes liked to do with banana skins to make her friends laugh. She had friends who just loved to laugh.

Pronoun / Refers to
who / the tapir
which / hat
that / object
whom / the tapir
which / her head
who / friends

3. Tapirs, who are a bit like pigs, and monkeys, who live in the trees, get on really well together. This is strange because they live at different levels of the forest, which is multi-layered. If the tapirs are hungry, it is the monkeys who will help them by throwing some fruit down for them to gobble up. If the Monkeys are bored, it is the tapirs who will help them by letting them ride around on their backs.

Pronoun / Refers to
who / tapirs
who / monkeys
which / the forest
who / monkeys
who / tapirs

4. “Have you heard that there is a tapir who wears a pink thing on her head?” the monkeys were asking. “Have you ever heard of a tapir in a hat? Is she very famous?” They jumped up and down impatiently. Everyone was still excitedly asking the very same questions, which were getting sillier and sillier, when the tapir finally got to the youth club that the monkeys and tapirs like to hang around in. By that time a little crowd, whose day was becoming more sensational by the minute, had gathered to greet her as she arrived. The crowd, who were now definitely expecting a show, went crazy when the tapir walked in with a swagger.

Pronoun / Refers to
who / the tapir
whoever / this tapir
which / the questions
that / the youth club
whose / the crowd
who / the crowd

5. This was the tapir for whom they had all been waiting! The monkeys, who are notorious for making a noise, started screaming. The tapirs, who are usually much quieter than monkeys, were making an awful racket too. Everyone was copying the tapir’s funny walk and rolling about laughing. The tapir, who did not want her big moment ruined, screamed, “Hey! Quiet down! It is I who am the star of this show!” Once she had everybody’s attention, the tapir flicked her hat in the air with her snout. It twirled six times then landed on her head again. “Hit it!” she commanded the band, which consisted only of jaguars.