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 8 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
we knew by the thread said ivy sallow
2.apostrophe
The mills machinery dated from before the war.
3.capitals
brunel built the great western at seven feet.
4.apostrophe
The bells age meant nothing to the children.
5.capitals
the thames froze twenty-four times before 1814.
6.capitals
i did not close the mill said mr whately
7.apostrophe
Brunels gauge was wider and steadier.
LessonPrint · W.5.5 · Set 8 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Edit the Conventions
Set 8. Prints on its own sheet.
1."We knew by the thread," said Ivy Sallow.
2.The mill's machinery dated from before the war.
3.Brunel built the Great Western at seven feet.
4.The bell's age meant nothing to the children.
5.The Thames froze twenty-four times before 1814.
6."I did not close the mill," said Mr Whately.
7.Brunel's gauge was wider and steadier.
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to W.5.5 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.