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Capitals and Possessives is a free printable Grade 5 English worksheet on capitalizing proper nouns, and the possessive apostrophe after one owner or many, aligned to Common Core standard L.5.2. 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 students 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

the east india company held the monopoly.

2.apostrophe

The geeses honking woke the farm.

3.apostrophe

All the players boots were muddy.

4.apostrophe

The mens race started at noon.

5.apostrophe

The womens team won the cup.

6.capitals

the last frost fair on the thames was held in 1814.

7.apostrophe

We borrowed my uncles boat for the day.

8.apostrophe

The mices nest was under the floor.

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Answer key — Capitals and Possessives

Set 11. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.The East India Company held the monopoly.
  2. 2.The geese's honking woke the farm.
  3. 3.All the players' boots were muddy.
  4. 4.The men's race started at noon.
  5. 5.The women's team won the cup.
  6. 6.The last frost fair on the Thames was held in 1814.
  7. 7.We borrowed my uncle's boat for the day.
  8. 8.The mice's nest was under the floor.

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