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Capitals and Possessives is a free printable Grade 5 English worksheet on punctuating quotations and proper nouns, aligned to Common Core standard L.5.2. It prints 6 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 24 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.

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Capitals and Possessives

L.5.2

NameDate

Rewrite each sentence correctly.

1.capitals

orpheus played to the king. the king wept.

2.commas

Tea came through a monopoly coffee through the coffee house.

3.capitals

we knew by the thread said ivy sallow

4.capitals

jenner tested his idea in 1796. it worked.

5.capitals

the thames froze twenty-four times before 1814.

6.commas

Sleep consolidates memory clears waste and varies with age.

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Answer key — Capitals and Possessives

Set 10. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Orpheus played to the king. The king wept.
  2. 2.Tea came through a monopoly, coffee through the coffee house.
  3. 3."We knew by the thread," said Ivy Sallow.
  4. 4.Jenner tested his idea in 1796. It worked.
  5. 5.The Thames froze twenty-four times before 1814.
  6. 6.Sleep consolidates memory, clears waste and varies with age.

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to L.5.2 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.