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 15 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
the thames froze twenty-four times before 1814.
2.capitals
brunel built the great western at seven feet.
3.capitals
i did not close the mill said mr whately
4.capitals
jenner tested his idea in 1796. it worked.
5.capitals
the east india company held the monopoly.
6.apostrophe
Brunels gauge was wider and steadier.
7.capitals
orpheus played to the king. the king wept.
LessonPrint · W.5.5 · Set 15 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Edit the Conventions
Set 15. Prints on its own sheet.
1.The Thames froze twenty-four times before 1814.
2.Brunel built the Great Western at seven feet.
3."I did not close the mill," said Mr Whately.
4.Jenner tested his idea in 1796. It worked.
5.The East India Company held the monopoly.
6.Brunel's gauge was wider and steadier.
7.Orpheus played to the king. The king wept.
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to W.5.5 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.