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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.apostrophe

Both dogs tails were wagging.

2.apostrophe

The peoples votes were counted by noon.

3.apostrophe

We borrowed my uncles boat for the day.

4.apostrophe

The womens team won the cup.

5.apostrophe

The geeses honking woke the farm.

6.capitals

the east india company held the monopoly.

7.capitals

jenner tested his idea in 1796. it worked.

8.apostrophe

The three girls tent blew away in the night.

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Answer key — Capitals and Possessives

Set 16. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Both dogs' tails were wagging.
  2. 2.The people's votes were counted by noon.
  3. 3.We borrowed my uncle's boat for the day.
  4. 4.The women's team won the cup.
  5. 5.The geese's honking woke the farm.
  6. 6.The East India Company held the monopoly.
  7. 7.Jenner tested his idea in 1796. It worked.
  8. 8.The three girls' tent blew away in the night.

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