Verb Tense and Interjections is a free printable Grade 5 English worksheet on keeping tense consistent, and using an interjection, 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, 18 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 13 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 18 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.
Verb Tense and Interjections
L.5.1
NameDate
Finish each sentence.
1.You want to ask for the reasoning. Say: "What ___ that conclusion?"
2.By 1900 most of the network ___ carried nothing for years.
Choose: had · has · have
3.You want to summarise a speaker's claim. Say: "Your main ___ is that coverage matters more than availability."
4.The piano went to a school ___ none of them could play.
Choose: since · unless · although
LessonPrint · L.5.1 · Set 13 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Verb Tense and Interjections
Set 13. Prints on its own sheet.
1.supports
2.had
3.claim
4.since
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to L.5.1 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.