Grade 8 Sentence Repair Worksheet
This worksheet helps 8th-grade students practice identifying and correcting common sentence errors such as run-ons, fragments, and comma splices.
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Grade 8 Sentence Repair
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Read each section carefully and follow the instructions to correct the sentences. Pay close attention to identifying and fixing run-on sentences, sentence fragments, and comma splices.
Directions: Read each group of words. If it is a sentence fragment, rewrite it as a complete sentence. If it is already a complete sentence, write 'Correct'.
1. Running quickly down the street to catch the bus.
2. Because the weather was so cold, we stayed inside.
3. The old house, with its creaking floors and dusty windows.
Directions: Rewrite each run-on sentence correctly. You may use a period, semicolon, or a comma with a coordinating conjunction.
1. The dog barked loudly the cat hissed back.
2. I love to read books they take me to different worlds.
Directions: Each sentence below contains a comma splice. Rewrite each sentence correctly using one of the methods discussed in class (e.g., period, semicolon, subordinating conjunction, coordinating conjunction).
1. The concert was amazing, the band played all my favorite songs.
2. She studied diligently, she wanted to ace the exam.
Directions: Identify the type of error in each sentence.
1. Although he tried his best.
Run-on sentence
Sentence fragment
Comma splice
No error
2. The sun set, the stars came out.
Run-on sentence
Sentence fragment
Comma splice
No error
Directions: Rewrite the following paragraph, correcting all sentence fragments, run-on sentences, and comma splices. Make sure your rewritten paragraph flows smoothly and is grammatically correct.
The old house stood on a hill overlooking the town. Its windows were broken, the paint peeled from the walls. A spooky place everyone avoided it. Kids dared each other to go near, they never actually did. The wind whistled through the empty rooms, a mournful sound.