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 16 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 east india company held the monopoly.
2.apostrophe
The mills machinery dated from before the war.
3.capitals
we knew by the thread said ivy sallow
4.capitals
brunel built the great western at seven feet.
5.capitals
orpheus played to the king. the king wept.
6.capitals
the thames froze twenty-four times before 1814.
7.capitals
jenner tested his idea in 1796. it worked.
LessonPrint · W.5.5 · Set 16 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Edit the Conventions
Set 16. Prints on its own sheet.
1.The East India Company held the monopoly.
2.The mill's machinery dated from before the war.
3."We knew by the thread," said Ivy Sallow.
4.Brunel built the Great Western at seven feet.
5.Orpheus played to the king. The king wept.
6.The Thames froze twenty-four times before 1814.
7.Jenner tested his idea in 1796. It worked.
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to W.5.5 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.