Passage Conjunction Completion

This worksheet helps students in Grades 5, 6, and 7 strengthen their understanding of conjunctions by completing a narrative passage using a word bank of appropriate connectors. Through close reading, contextual reasoning, and grammar application, learners decide which conjunction best expresses relationships such as contrast, cause, sequence, or condition, reinforcing how conjunctions create clarity and cohesion in extended writing.

Learning Goals

• Reading for Logical and Grammatical Connections (Grades 5-7) – Students analyze how ideas relate within a paragraph to select the best conjunction.
• Conventions of Standard English: Conjunction Application – Learners apply coordinating and subordinating conjunctions accurately in context.
• Passage-Level Comprehension – Students maintain overall meaning and flow while completing a connected text.
• Writing: Word Choice and Clarity – The extension task reinforces how changing a conjunction can subtly shift meaning.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource – Designed to align with upper-elementary and middle school ELA grammar and writing standards.
• Paragraph-Based Practice – Moves beyond sentence-level drills to authentic, extended text application.
• Word Bank Support – Encourages thoughtful decision-making while reducing unnecessary frustration.
• Flexible Grammar Thinking – Rewriting a sentence with a different conjunction deepens understanding of nuance.
• Flexible Use – Ideal for grammar lessons, reading integration, independent practice, or assessment preparation.

This passage-level conjunction worksheet supports grammar mastery, reading comprehension, and cohesive writing skills. By filling in conjunctions within a narrative, students gain confidence recognizing how connectors guide meaning and flow across sentences. Whether used in a classroom or homeschool language arts setting, this printable provides meaningful, no-prep practice that strengthens both grammatical precision and overall writing clarity.

This worksheet is part of our conjunction worksheets collection.