Conjunctions and Prepositions is a free printable Grade 5 English worksheet on choosing the joining or placing word a sentence needs, aligned to Common Core standard L.5.1. It prints 4 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 21 of them with different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

Set 9 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.

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Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 21 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two pupils have the same paper in front of them.

Conjunctions and Prepositions

L.5.1

NameDate

Finish each sentence.

1.The children ___ ringing the bell since last spring.

Choose: have been · has been · was

2.By 1900 most of the network ___ carried nothing for years.

Choose: had · has · have

3.The bell hung in the barn ___ eighty years.

Choose: for · since · during

4.She turned the work down ___ she trusted the mill.

Choose: because · although · unless

LessonPrint · L.5.1 · Set 9 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Conjunctions and Prepositions

Set 9. Prints on its own sheet.

1.have been
2.had
3.for
4.because

More practice for L.5.1

Use conjunctions, prepositions, interjections and verb tenses correctly.

Teaching this next? Perfect Tenses and Tense Shifts is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to L.5.1 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.