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