Skip to content
LessonPrint

Which Kind of Title? is a free printable Grade 5 English worksheet on sorting works by how their titles are marked, aligned to Common Core standard L.5.2. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

Set 6 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.

Next set

One paper per student

12345678910111213141516171819202122232425

Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.

Which Kind of Title?

L.5.2

NameDate

Sort each one into the right column.

1.Sort each one: Italics or underline or Quotation marks?

Sort: Young Explorer (a magazine), Planet Earth (a TV series), The Night Before the Race (a chapter), Stories from the Hills (a book of stories), How Bees Talk (a magazine article), Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (a song)

Italics or underlineQuotation marks
2.Sort each one: Italics or underline or Quotation marks?

Sort: Happy Birthday to You (a song), A Walk in Spring (a short story), The Eagle (a poem), The Wizard of Oz (a movie), The Morning Post (a newspaper), The Town Gazette (a newspaper)

Italics or underlineQuotation marks
3.Sort each one: Italics or underline or Quotation marks?

Sort: A Book of Sea Poems (a collection of poems), The River Is Rising (a news story in a newspaper), The Snow Queen (a ballet), The Lost Key (one episode of a TV series), The Tell-Tale Heart (a short story), Peter Pan (a play)

Italics or underlineQuotation marks

LessonPrint · L.5.2 · Set 6 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Which Kind of Title?

Set 6. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.1. How Bees Talk (a magazine article) — Quotation marks 2. Planet Earth (a TV series) — Italics or underline 3. Stories from the Hills (a book of stories) — Italics or underline 4. The Night Before the Race (a chapter) — Quotation marks 5. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star (a song) — Quotation marks 6. Young Explorer (a magazine) — Italics or underline
  2. 2.1. A Walk in Spring (a short story) — Quotation marks 2. Happy Birthday to You (a song) — Quotation marks 3. The Eagle (a poem) — Quotation marks 4. The Morning Post (a newspaper) — Italics or underline 5. The Town Gazette (a newspaper) — Italics or underline 6. The Wizard of Oz (a movie) — Italics or underline
  3. 3.1. A Book of Sea Poems (a collection of poems) — Italics or underline 2. Peter Pan (a play) — Italics or underline 3. The Lost Key (one episode of a TV series) — Quotation marks 4. The River Is Rising (a news story in a newspaper) — Quotation marks 5. The Snow Queen (a ballet) — Italics or underline 6. The Tell-Tale Heart (a short story) — Quotation marks

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to L.5.2 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.