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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

All the players boots were muddy.

2.capitals

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

3.apostrophe

Last weeks storm brought down a tree.

4.apostrophe

Both dogs tails were wagging.

5.apostrophe

The womens team won the cup.

6.apostrophe

We borrowed my uncles boat for the day.

7.apostrophe

The two brothers bedroom was very small.

8.capitals

the east india company held the monopoly.

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Answer key — Capitals and Possessives

Set 17. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.All the players' boots were muddy.
  2. 2.The last frost fair on the Thames was held in 1814.
  3. 3.Last week's storm brought down a tree.
  4. 4.Both dogs' tails were wagging.
  5. 5.The women's team won the cup.
  6. 6.We borrowed my uncle's boat for the day.
  7. 7.The two brothers' bedroom was very small.
  8. 8.The East India Company held the monopoly.

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