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Dobson Copy of Dr. Grammar Diagnostic: 8th Grade Common Mistakes
Dobson Copy of Dr. Grammar Diagnostic: 8th Grade Common Mistakes
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An #English #ELA #Grammar review of common mistakes made by #8thgrade writers.
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Mrs. Sherry and Mrs. Gregorio joined in, and each one did his best.
HER instead of HIS
in; and
no mistake
omit the comma
2
Mrs. Sherry began to right a word problem about how much each teacher owed for the party.
BEGUN instead of BEGAN
Word problem
WRITE instead of RIGHT
no mistake
3
"Mrs. Wurth why don't you make yourself useful and chop some wood?" ordered Mrs. Tomlin.
Mrs. Wurth,
no mistake
add a comma after USEFUL
change the question mark to a period
4
Their hoping the year continues like this; we should all have fun!
hopeing
this, we
They're
no mistake
5
Mrs. Dobson brought her famous apple pie cupcakes she made them herself.
Famous (capitalized)
no mistake
cupcakes. She
brung
6
Miss Cat, a recovering pyromaniac, demanded a bonfire.
Pyromaniac (captialized)
BOND FIRE
remover comma after PYROMANIAC
no mistake
7
Dr. Hoell come over and offered to pay for everything!
OFFERS instead of OFFERED
no mistakes
over, and
CAME instead of COME
8
"Its a good thing I'm in my costume, or you'd be in trouble," Mrs. Bell retorted.
no mistake
change I'M to I AM
It's
change the comma after trouble to a period
9
Are team could have parties, movies, and other good times.
party's
time's
OUR instead of ARE
no mistake
10
NKMS teacher's are having a great year so far.
no mistake
teachers'
teachers
Our instead of ARE
11
Mr. Williams sees them arguing and gave them a warning.
add a comma after MR. WILLIAMS
no mistake
add a comma after ARGUING
change SEES to SAW
12
Suddenly, Mr. Hastings and Mr. Cibulka showed up, dressed like Phineas and ferb.
"Phineas and Ferb"
no mistake
Ferb (capitalized)
phineas (lowercase)
13
Dr. Ford's costume was betsy ross.
no mistake
Betsy Ross
Clarks'
Costume (capitalized)
14
"I'm on the edge of glory!" Mrs. Bell sang. Jumping and singing.
sang, jumping
sang; jumping
no mistake
glory"!
15
Trying to distract everyone. Mr. Hohenstein and Mr. Williams began to do the limbo.
begun
no mistake
everyone,
every one
16
Mrs. Dowell, she dressed like a biker.
omit the word SHE and the comma
no mistake
dresses
Biker (capitalized)
17
One student yelled, "I might have nightmares now."
Take out the comma after yelled.
Take out the quotes.
no mistake
Change the period to an exclamation point.
18
Her and Mrs. Bell gathered twigs, dried leaves, and scrap paper.
twig's
SHE instead of HER
dryed
no mistake
19
Mrs. Sherry reluctantly set down Betsy Ross and she suddenly turned to face Mr. Hack.
SAT instead of SET
remove AND
Betsy Ross, and
no mistake
20
Mrs. Bell hugged her saying, "Their not fighting over their anymore."
"their not fighting over there anymore."
"They're not fighting over there anymore."
no mistake
"There not fighting over there any more."
21
One of her favorite historical people.
WON instead of ONE
no mistake
HISTORICLE instead of HISTORICAL
fragment --needs revision
22
Ms. Title made amazing costumes for Mr. B and she.
costume's
HERSELF instead of SHE
Amazing
no mistake
23
Mr. Hack ran away, announcing, "I'll tell the principle!"
no mistake
Principal
Take out the exclamation point
Principel
24
Whose ready for the 8th grade field trip?
no mistake
change the punctuation
8th grade field trip
Who's
25
The teacher's dance moves were something to see.
no mistake
Teachers (capitalized)
teachers'
teachers
26
"I love that song!" shrieked Mrs. Sherry then she picked up Mrs. Clark like a WWE wrestler.
no mistake
Clark,
Sherry,
Sherry. Then
27
The crowd that had gathered to watch the teacher's dance moves began to get restless.
teachers
no mistake
teachers'
Crowd
28
Someone hollered, "you should be giving dancing lessons!"
shouldn't
You
lesson's
no mistake
29
Miss Cat was crying. Because Mrs. Sherry might have hurt Mrs. Clark.
no mistake
crying because
Miss Cat,
crying,
30
Ms. Martin wore a mad scientist costume. Which was pretty disturbing.
no mistake
costume, which
Mad Scientist
disturbing!
31
Mrs. Owens made dozens of flag-shaped sugar cookies. Which were instantly gobbled.
cookies, which
cookie's
no mistake
dozen's
32
Spinning around like a merry-go-round, Mrs. Clark shouted that "she might get sick."
no mistake
remove quotation marks
"She
merr-go-round.
33
Hearing the music, a crowd had gathered around people started to cheer and clap.
around; people
no mistake
starting
omit the comma
34
NKMS teachers might have a costume party, they did last year at the city park.
no mistake
party. They
teacher's
eachother
35
Mrs. Eddings' costume was lady Gaga.
IS instead of WAS
no mistake
Lady
Mrs. Bells'
36
The students should be proud of themselves.
student's
themselve's
no mistake
theirselves
37
The students in the crowd was most disturbed at the teachers' dancing.
no mistake
WERE instead of WAS
student's
teacher's
