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Edit the Conventions is a free printable Grade 4 English worksheet on correcting the quotations and possessives in a draft, aligned to Common Core standard W.4.5. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask 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.

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Edit the Conventions

W.4.5

NameDate

Rewrite each sentence correctly.

1.apostrophe

The reefs colour drained away.

2.apostrophe

Harrisons fourth clock lost five seconds.

3.capitals

nobody taught me said arachne

4.capitals

in 1880 parliament made one time legal.

5.capitals

fly in the middle he told icarus

6.capitals

rontgen worked in a darkened room in wurzburg.

7.capitals

fleming published a paper. almost nobody noticed.

8.apostrophe

Arachnes cloth showed the gods behaving badly.

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Answer key — Edit the Conventions

Set 8. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.The reef's colour drained away.
  2. 2.Harrison's fourth clock lost five seconds.
  3. 3."Nobody taught me," said Arachne.
  4. 4.In 1880 Parliament made one time legal.
  5. 5."Fly in the middle," he told Icarus.
  6. 6.Rontgen worked in a darkened room in Wurzburg.
  7. 7.Fleming published a paper. Almost nobody noticed.
  8. 8.Arachne's cloth showed the gods behaving badly.

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to W.4.5 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.