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 23 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.The children ___ ringing the bell since last spring.
Choose: have been · has been · was
2.You want to summarise a speaker's claim. Say: "Your main ___ is that coverage matters more than availability."
3.Orpheus climbed ___ a whole day.
Choose: for · since · during
4.___! I did not expect that ending.
Choose: Wow · Because · Until
LessonPrint · L.5.1 · Set 23 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Verb Tense and Interjections
Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.
1.have been
2.claim
3.for
4.Wow
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to L.5.1 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.