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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 childrens coats hung by the door.

2.apostrophe

All the players boots were muddy.

3.capitals

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

4.capitals

the east india company held the monopoly.

5.apostrophe

The mens race started at noon.

6.capitals

orpheus played to the king. the king wept.

7.apostrophe

The geeses honking woke the farm.

8.apostrophe

We borrowed my uncles boat for the day.

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Answer key — Capitals and Possessives

Set 9. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.The children's coats hung by the door.
  2. 2.All the players' boots were muddy.
  3. 3.The last frost fair on the Thames was held in 1814.
  4. 4.The East India Company held the monopoly.
  5. 5.The men's race started at noon.
  6. 6.Orpheus played to the king. The king wept.
  7. 7.The geese's honking woke the farm.
  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.