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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

The three girls tent blew away in the night.

2.apostrophe

All the players boots were muddy.

3.capitals

orpheus played to the king. the king wept.

4.apostrophe

Last weeks storm brought down a tree.

5.apostrophe

Both dogs tails were wagging.

6.apostrophe

The mens race started at noon.

7.apostrophe

The two brothers bedroom was very small.

8.apostrophe

We borrowed my uncles boat for the day.

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Answer key — Capitals and Possessives

Set 25. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.The three girls' tent blew away in the night.
  2. 2.All the players' boots were muddy.
  3. 3.Orpheus played to the king. The king wept.
  4. 4.Last week's storm brought down a tree.
  5. 5.Both dogs' tails were wagging.
  6. 6.The men's race started at noon.
  7. 7.The two brothers' bedroom was very small.
  8. 8.We borrowed my uncle's boat for the day.

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