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Avoiding Run-On Sentences (II)
Polish the writing skills of your emerging writers by eliminating run-on sentences in their work. Discuss the ways to correct run-ons before releasing your class to work on this 20-sentence worksheet independently. An answer sheet is...
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Correcting Run-On Sentences
Although this practice opportunity is poorly organized, it does provide a chance for your upper elementary schoolers to identify complete sentences, run-on sentences, and sentence fragments. This worksheet also focuses on ways to correct...
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Run-On Sentences
Have you seen run-on sentences in your learners' writing lately? If you're looking to address this issue, you might use this run-on sentence handout as a reference sheet. This handout lists examples of run-on sentences as well as...
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Revising Comma Splices, Fragments, and Run-on Sentences
In this grammar instructional activity, students correct comma splices, fragments and run-on mistakes in twenty-five sentences to help make each one grammatically correct.
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Repairing Run-On Sentences
In this run-on sentences worksheet, learners complete a ten question multiple choice on-line interactive exercise. Students read a sentence and indicate the correct way to write it without it being a run-on sentence.
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Sentence Structure: Avoiding Choppy, Run-on, and Stringy Sentences
Use this as a reference sheet for peer- or self-editing, or as a guide when teaching sentence structure. Defines and gives examples of choppy, run-on, and stringy sentences, and provides corrected versions of each. Check revised examples...
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Third Grade Editing Sentences Worksheet
In this writing and grammar worksheet, 3rd graders rewrite each of 10 sentences while making the necessary corrections in editing. They edit run on sentences, capitalize the word I, and correct tenses.
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Peer Editing Worksheets
What kind of writing did your class just complete? Narrative writing? Process writing? Compare and contrast writing? Print this packet; there are 10 different peer-editing worksheets included here for a variety of writing. Teach your...
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Comma Splices and Fused Sentences
In these sentence correction worksheets, students read the sentences and determine if they contain comma splices or fused sentences.
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Peer Editing Checklist
A handout to guide peer editors, this checklist delineates common problems with paragraph structure and specific proofreading items to check. It also provides encouragement about the collaborative part of the writing process. Formats...
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Ratiocination
Writers use the four steps outlined here to edit their own or a peer’s paper. Using different colors of highlighters, editors note “to be” verbs, examine the length of sentences, box the first word in every sentence, and mark instances...
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Editing Sentences
In this editing sentences worksheets, students cut out sets of cards that contain punctuation and capitalization mistakes and rewrite the sentences correctly. Students write twenty sentences on four cards.
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Vocabulary Practice: Complete the Sentence
In this vocabulary practice instructional activity, students read ten sentences and analyze the word in italics. Students find a word in the word box that has a similar meaning as the italicized word.
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Error Correction/Editing Worksheets
In this ESL spelling worksheet, students will focus on error correction and editing. Students will read a short passage correcting any spelling mistakes or omissions from the article.
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Advanced Sentence Completion: 15
In this sentence completion worksheet, students complete multiple choice questions where they fill in the blanks to sentences with one word. Students complete 10 sentences.
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Animals A to Z: Flamingo
In this editing sentences worksheet, students read and edit six sentences about flamingos to find ten errors in capitalization, punctuation, spelling and/or grammar. Students correct each error.
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Eliminating Wordiness: Exercise 2
In this writing exercise, students are given five pairs of sentences and are asked to combine each set to make one concise sentence.
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Comma Exercise 2
In this comma exercise worksheet, students are given ten sentences to proofread and edit inserting commas where appropriate.
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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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New York State Testing Program English Language Arts Book 2--Grade 7 (2005)
In this New York State Testing Program English Language Arts worksheet, 7th graders listen to an article and answer reading comprehension questions. Students then write an essay response and identify grammatical mistakes in paragraphs.
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Error Correction? Editing Worksheets
In this ESL spelling activity, students will focus on error correction and editing. Students will read a short passage correcting any spelling mistakes or omissions from the article.
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Practice Test: Grammar
In this language arts worksheet, learners find grammatical errors in 20 sentences. Students find the error and write each sentences correctly. No line is provided to write on.
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Comparisons
For this comparisons worksheet, students practice comparing things and working with dialogue. Students have eight sets of dialogue where they choose a word or phrase which best fits the sentence.
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Bulleted Lists: punctuating items in vertical lists
What is easier to read: a bulleted list or a block of text? Look at different examples with your class and then go over the style guidelines for vertical lists.