5th Grade Vocabulary Worksheets
Ages 10-11 · 7 topics · 46 worksheets
Free printable 5th Grade vocabulary worksheets covering 7 topics. Aligned to Common Core standards and ready to print as PDFs for classroom use or homework. Prefer a ready-made bundle? Browse 5th Grade workbooks.
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5th grade vocabulary worksheets on ClassWeekly are free printable pages for children ages 10-11. They cover harder context clues, Greek and Latin roots, precise synonyms and connotation, figurative language, analogies, academic words for analyzing and arguing, and advanced homophones: 28 sheets in 7 topics, each with an answer key.
5th grade vocabulary asks children to reason, not just recall. Context clues are less often stated outright, synonyms differ in strength and feeling, and the words in directions (analyze, infer, evaluate) decide what a good answer looks like.
The 28 worksheets here are split into 7 topics of 4 sheets each. Context Clues and Greek and Latin Roots build the word-solving skills in CCSS L.5.4. Synonyms and Antonyms, Figurative Language and Analogies cover word relationships, connotation, idioms, adages and proverbs (L.5.5). Academic Vocabulary teaches the words of analysis and argument (L.5.6), and Homophones and Homographs works on pairs like principal and principle or affect and effect. Every page has an answer key.
Short, regular practice works best. One sheet and a few minutes of talking about the words beats a long session.
Last reviewed: April 2026