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Word Order Mistakes
In this word order activity, 2nd graders rearrange the sentences to make the word order make sense. Students rearrange 20 sentences and write 3 of their own.
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Wrong Verb Mistakes
For this verb choice worksheet, learners read 20 sentences and analyze the incorrect verb in each. Students change the verb to make sense in each sentence.
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Parenthesis
For this parenthesis worksheet, students choose the correct sentence out of 2 sentences that has the parenthesis in the correct spots. Students complete 8 problems.
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Wrong Word Mistakes 2
For this correcting wrong grammar usage in sentences worksheet, 3rd graders read each sentence and change one word to correct the grammatical error. Students write 20 short answers.
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Comma Splices
Ah, the comma splice; somehow it works its way into middle and high schoolers' writing quite often. To start, this worksheet defines comma splice and focuses on the four ways to correct them. For practice, pupils correct the comma...
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Grammar Mistakes Quiz
In this proofreading skills instructional activity, students examine 20 sentences and rewrite each of them correctly. Students also write 4 original sentences.
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ESL: Grammar Mistakes #2
In this ESL grammar mistakes worksheet, students add missing words to correctly complete sentences. Students then write original sentences.
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Simple Mistakes in English
In this mistakes in English worksheet, students correct mistakes in a set of 16 sentences and tell why they are incorrect. An answers and explanations key is included.
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Malapropisms
What's the difference between an allegory and an alligator? Fifth graders work with malapropisms to determine the meanings of words that sound alike. Five sentences challenge them to find the malapropism and change it to the correct...
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Oxford Compiles Top 10 Irritating Phrases
Explore well-known expressions that are frequently used. Middle schoolers read an article with the author's opinion of the most annoying phrases. Afterward, they complete numerous activities that check their reading comprehension. Some...
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Mechanics Mania
As part of test prep, or a way to cement writing skills, this presentation would be superb. Students often have trouble with capitalization rules and commas. Coverage of mechanics uses well-thought-out examples.
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Time Words/Tenses Review
For homework, give your class this review sheet. This practice opportunity contains 42 sentences, and your learner must edit the sentences by correcting their mistakes. Most of the mistakes are directly related to verb tense. Great...
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ESL Error Correction- Verb "To Be"
In this ESL error correction worksheet, students read 14 sentences that contain a form of the verb "to be." Students indicate which sentences are correct and which have mistakes. Students correct all the errors in the sentences.
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Fragments
In these sentence correction worksheets, students read the short passages in each example and then determine which part is a fragment. Students circle the fragment.
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Write the Sentence Correctly-- Use of Its and It's
In this language arts worksheet, students demonstrate proofreading skills by correcting the mistakes in 15 sentences. All sentences contain the homonym its or it's. Students learn that the contraction form has the apostrophe.
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Grammar Worksheet
For this interactive sentence structure worksheet, students make a sentence by re-ordering the words and punctuation. Students add the words to the sentence by clicking on them and dragging them to the sentence. All of the words and...
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Faulty Parallelism
Practice using parallel structure. Learners correct faulty parallelism in an extensive list of sentences. The faults in each sentence are sometimes subtle, so scholars will need solid background knowledge on parallel structure to catch...
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Edit Sentences
In this sentences editing activity, students mark sentences as either being grammatically correct or incorrect, then underline mistakes in sentences. A website reference is given for additional resources.
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Beginning Sentence Correction
In this beginning sentence correction worksheet, students determine mistakes and fix them. In this short answer worksheet, students write six answers.
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Beginning Paragraph Correction #6
For this beginning paragraph correction worksheet, students determine corrections for underlined mistakes in sentences. Students choose corrections from eight multiple choice answers.
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School-Home Links: Finding Mistakes While Reading
In this correcting mistakes worksheet, students learn to read closely and correct errors in the text. Students find the spelling mistakes in the sentences and correct the word by writing it on the line. Students must then read the...
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Sentence Ordering Exercise 3: Tarzan of the Apes
In this sentence ordering worksheet, students put words and punctuation in the correct order to form a sentence.
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Sentence Ordering Exercise 6: Tarzan of the Apes
In this sentence ordering instructional activity, students identify the words in the example and make a sentence by clicking on the words to add them. Students use punctuation too.
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Sentence Ordering Exercise 5: Tarzan of the Apes
In this sentence ordering worksheet, students make a sentence by putting words and punctuation in the proper order.