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.
Set 19 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 24 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two pupils have the same paper in front of them.
Capitals and Possessives
L.5.2
NameDate
Rewrite each sentence correctly.
1.capitals
jenner tested his idea in 1796. it worked.
2.capitals
orpheus played to the king. the king wept.
3.capitals
we knew by the thread said ivy sallow
4.capitals
brunel built the great western at seven feet.
5.commas
Tea came through a monopoly coffee through the coffee house.
6.commas
Although the gauge was better Brunel lost.
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Answer key — Capitals and Possessives
Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.
1.Jenner tested his idea in 1796. It worked.
2.Orpheus played to the king. The king wept.
3."We knew by the thread," said Ivy Sallow.
4.Brunel built the Great Western at seven feet.
5.Tea came through a monopoly, coffee through the coffee house.
6.Although the gauge was better, Brunel lost.
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to L.5.2 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.