Fix It Right: Editing and Omission Skills for Class 8  

This grammar worksheet helps Class 8 students develop precision in writing by identifying and correcting errors in sentence structure, grammar, spelling, and punctuation. It includes both editing (error correction) and omission (missing word) activities to enhance clarity and accuracy in written English.

Why Editing and Omission Matter in Class 8?  

This worksheet helps students:  
1. Spot errors in real-world sentence constructions.  
2. Correct grammar, spelling, and verb tense issues independently.  
3. Build confidence in proofreading and sentence rewriting.

What’s Inside This Worksheet?  

This worksheet includes five practice-rich activities:

📝 Exercise 1 – Editing Errors  
Students correct grammar, spelling, or tense errors in 8 everyday sentences. Example: “My sister cryed.” → “cried”

✍️ Exercise 2 – Omission (Missing Determiners)  
Students identify the missing word (like *a, an, the*) and fill the blank appropriately.

🔠 Exercise 3 – Punctuation Correction  
Students rewrite unpunctuated sentences using capital letters, commas, apostrophes, and quotation marks correctly.

🧠 Exercise 4 – Line-by-Line Editing  
Students identify and correct one error per line in a paragraph involving tense, article usage, and subject-verb agreement.

📖 Exercise 5 – Paragraph Rewrite  
Students rewrite an entire paragraph with multiple grammatical, spelling, and verb form errors corrected.

✅ Answer Key (For Parents & Educators)

Exercise 1 – Editing  
1. decide → decided  
2. packes → packed  
3. was looked → looked  
4. start → started  
5. doesn’t → didn’t  
6. whet → wet  
7. cryed → cried  
8. falled → fell

Exercise 2 – Omitted Words (Determiners)  
1. a  
2. the  
3. any  
4. an  
5. The  
6. some  
7. the  
8. The

Exercise 3 – Punctuation Rewrite  
1. When I looked outside, the sky was dark and it was raining.  
2. She said, “I will be late. Don’t wait for me.”  
3. My sister’s book, the one with the blue cover, is missing.  
4. He bought pens, pencils, erasers, and notebooks.  
5. I can’t believe it’s already November.  
6. “No!” he shouted. “I will not quit.”

Exercise 4 – Editing Paragraph  
1. see → saw  
2. greet → greeted  
3. since → for  
4. he → him  
5. few → some  
6. follows → follow  
7. was a many → were many  
8. a right → the right  
9. thanks → thanked  
10. adviced → advised

Exercise 5 – Paragraph Rewrite (Sample Version)  
Yesterday, I woke up late and rushed to the bus stop without eating my breakfast. I forgot my bag at home, so I couldn’t do my classwork. When I reached school, my friend told me that the teacher had already checked the homework. I felt very bad because I had spent a lot of time preparing it. During lunch, we were talking about the upcoming trip and everyone was very excited. After school, I went home and explained everything to my mother, who scolded me but also made me a sandwich.

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