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 24 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
The mills machinery dated from before the war.
2.apostrophe
Brunels gauge was wider and steadier.
3.capitals
brunel built the great western at seven feet.
4.capitals
jenner tested his idea in 1796. it worked.
5.capitals
the thames froze twenty-four times before 1814.
6.apostrophe
Pandoras jar held every trouble.
7.apostrophe
The countrys textile industry lost four fifths of its jobs.
LessonPrint · W.5.5 · Set 24 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Edit the Conventions
Set 24. Prints on its own sheet.
1.The mill's machinery dated from before the war.
2.Brunel's gauge was wider and steadier.
3.Brunel built the Great Western at seven feet.
4.Jenner tested his idea in 1796. It worked.
5.The Thames froze twenty-four times before 1814.
6.Pandora's jar held every trouble.
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.