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 12 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.capitals
orpheus played to the king. the king wept.
2.apostrophe
Brunels gauge was wider and steadier.
3.capitals
jenner tested his idea in 1796. it worked.
4.apostrophe
Pandoras jar held every trouble.
5.apostrophe
The bells age meant nothing to the children.
6.capitals
the thames froze twenty-four times before 1814.
7.apostrophe
The countrys textile industry lost four fifths of its jobs.
LessonPrint · W.5.5 · Set 12 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Edit the Conventions
Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.
1.Orpheus played to the king. The king wept.
2.Brunel's gauge was wider and steadier.
3.Jenner tested his idea in 1796. It worked.
4.Pandora's jar held every trouble.
5.The bell's age meant nothing to the children.
6.The Thames froze twenty-four times before 1814.
7.The country's textile industry lost four fifths of its jobs.
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to W.5.5 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.