5th Grade Dictation Sentences

100 dictation sentences covering the full 5th grade spelling year, organized by week and phonics pattern. Every week launches a free audio dictation test: the sentence is read aloud, then the target word on its own — students write what they hear and get graded instantly. A printable version with blank lines is one click away.

10 weekly lists100 sentencesAudio tests included

Week 1: Greek Roots: tele, photo, graph

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  1. 1.Can you use telephone in a sentence?
  2. 2.Can you use television in a sentence?
  3. 3.Can you use telegraph in a sentence?
  4. 4.Our teacher wrote photograph on the board.
  5. 5.What a photography day it is!
  6. 6.This looks so biography to me.
  7. 7.Our teacher wrote autograph on the board.
  8. 8.What a geography day it is!
  9. 9.Our teacher wrote paragraph on the board.
  10. 10.The next word is graphic.

Week 2: Latin Roots: port, dict, struct

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  1. 1.Can you use transport in a sentence?
  2. 2.The next word is import.
  3. 3.The next word is export.
  4. 4.This looks so portable to me.
  5. 5.What a dictionary day it is!
  6. 6.Our teacher wrote predict on the board.
  7. 7.Our teacher wrote verdict on the board.
  8. 8.Our teacher wrote construct on the board.
  9. 9.Our teacher wrote instruct on the board.
  10. 10.Can you use structure in a sentence?

Week 3: Suffixes: -ology, -ist

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  1. 1.What a biology day it is!
  2. 2.This looks so geology to me.
  3. 3.This looks so zoology to me.
  4. 4.The technology puppy played outside.
  5. 5.This looks so psychology to me.
  6. 6.Look! Can you see the scientist?
  7. 7.Draw an artist on your paper.
  8. 8.I read about a novelist in a book.
  9. 9.I read about a biologist in a book.
  10. 10.Draw a dentist on your paper.

Week 4: -ous, -ious Endings

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  1. 1.The famous puppy played outside.
  2. 2.This looks so nervous to me.
  3. 3.This looks so dangerous to me.
  4. 4.What a generous day it is!
  5. 5.The curious puppy played outside.
  6. 6.What a serious day it is!
  7. 7.This looks so obvious to me.
  8. 8.What a previous day it is!
  9. 9.What a various day it is!
  10. 10.The enormous puppy played outside.

Week 5: Silent & Tricky Letters

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  1. 1.Look! Can you see the island?
  2. 2.Can you use answer in a sentence?
  3. 3.The next word is sword.
  4. 4.We will climb together after school.
  5. 5.The next word is wrench.
  6. 6.The next word is muscle.
  7. 7.Our teacher wrote scenario on the board.
  8. 8.Our teacher wrote pneumonia on the board.
  9. 9.Our teacher wrote rhyme on the board.
  10. 10.Our teacher wrote queue on the board.

Week 6: Homophones Advanced

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  1. 1.The next word is accept.
  2. 2.The next word is except.
  3. 3.The next word is affect.
  4. 4.The next word is effect.
  5. 5.Can you use capital in a sentence?
  6. 6.Can you use capitol in a sentence?
  7. 7.We learned about a complement in school today.
  8. 8.I read about a compliment in a book.
  9. 9.Can you use council in a sentence?
  10. 10.Can you use counsel in a sentence?

Week 7: Math Vocabulary

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  1. 1.Draw a fraction on your paper.
  2. 2.Our teacher wrote decimal on the board.
  3. 3.Our teacher wrote percent on the board.
  4. 4.Our teacher wrote equivalent on the board.
  5. 5.Our teacher wrote denominator on the board.
  6. 6.Our teacher wrote numerator on the board.
  7. 7.Our teacher wrote quotient on the board.
  8. 8.Our teacher wrote product on the board.
  9. 9.Can you use dividend in a sentence?
  10. 10.Can you use estimate in a sentence?

Week 8: Science Vocabulary

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  1. 1.The next word is photosynthesis.
  2. 2.Can you use chlorophyll in a sentence?
  3. 3.Our teacher wrote organism on the board.
  4. 4.Can you use cell in a sentence?
  5. 5.The next word is tissue.
  6. 6.Our teacher wrote organ on the board.
  7. 7.Can you use system in a sentence?
  8. 8.Draw an environment on your paper.
  9. 9.Look! Can you see the population?
  10. 10.This looks so community to me.

Week 9: Frequently Misspelled

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  1. 1.Can you use accommodate in a sentence?
  2. 2.Our teacher wrote achieve on the board.
  3. 3.Our teacher wrote aggressive on the board.
  4. 4.Draw an argument on your paper.
  5. 5.Our teacher wrote believe on the board.
  6. 6.This looks so category to me.
  7. 7.The next word is committee.
  8. 8.Our teacher wrote conscience on the board.
  9. 9.This looks so conscious to me.
  10. 10.The next word is embarrass.

Week 10: Challenge Words

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  1. 1.The conscientious puppy played outside.
  2. 2.The next word is occurrence.
  3. 3.The next word is perseverance.
  4. 4.Our teacher wrote questionnaire on the board.
  5. 5.Can you use rhythm in a sentence?
  6. 6.Can you use supersede in a sentence?
  7. 7.Our teacher wrote threshold on the board.
  8. 8.Our teacher wrote twelfth on the board.
  9. 9.Can you use vacuum in a sentence?
  10. 10.The next word is weird.

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