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 18 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
jenner tested his idea in 1796. it worked.
2.apostrophe
Pandoras jar held every trouble.
3.apostrophe
Brunels gauge was wider and steadier.
4.capitals
the east india company held the monopoly.
5.capitals
i did not close the mill said mr whately
6.apostrophe
The mills machinery dated from before the war.
7.capitals
orpheus played to the king. the king wept.
LessonPrint · W.5.5 · Set 18 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Edit the Conventions
Set 18. Prints on its own sheet.
1.Jenner tested his idea in 1796. It worked.
2.Pandora's jar held every trouble.
3.Brunel's gauge was wider and steadier.
4.The East India Company held the monopoly.
5."I did not close the mill," said Mr Whately.
6.The mill's machinery dated from before the war.
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.