Edit the Conventions is a free printable Grade 5 English worksheet on correcting the possessives and quotation capitals in a draft, aligned to Common Core standard W.5.5. It prints 7 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 11 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.
Edit the Conventions
W.5.5
NameDate
Rewrite each sentence correctly.
1.apostrophe
Brunels gauge was wider and steadier.
2.capitals
jenner tested his idea in 1796. it worked.
3.capitals
i did not close the mill said mr whately
4.capitals
orpheus played to the king. the king wept.
5.apostrophe
The bells age meant nothing to the children.
6.capitals
the thames froze twenty-four times before 1814.
7.capitals
we knew by the thread said ivy sallow
LessonPrint · W.5.5 · Set 11 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Edit the Conventions
Set 11. Prints on its own sheet.
1.Brunel's gauge was wider and steadier.
2.Jenner tested his idea in 1796. It worked.
3."I did not close the mill," said Mr Whately.
4.Orpheus played to the king. The king wept.
5.The bell's age meant nothing to the children.
6.The Thames froze twenty-four times before 1814.
7."We knew by the thread," said Ivy Sallow.
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to W.5.5 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.