Fix It Right: Grammar Error Correction for Class 8

This interactive worksheet strengthens Class 8 learners' grammar skills through real-world texts filled with intentional errors. From stories and speeches to letters and biographies, students practice spotting and fixing grammar slip-ups in context—just like an editor or proofreader.

Why Error Correction Matters in Grammar?

Error-based learning helps students:

1. Recognize and fix common grammar mistakes in writing.

2. Strengthen editing and proofreading habits.

3. Develop sharper sentence construction skills.

4. Apply grammar rules across formal and creative formats.

What’s Inside This Worksheet?

This worksheet includes five skill-integrated exercises:

📖 Exercise 1 – Spot the Slip-ups
Students identify 15 grammar errors in a spooky story and mark them clearly.

🗞️ Exercise 2 – Revise the Report!
Learners correct verb and subject-verb agreement errors in a school news article and rewrite the final paragraph.

✉️ Exercise 3 – Collaborative Letter Edits
A permission request letter contains 10 grammar errors. Students correct five errors individually and five more with a peer before rewriting it clearly.

📚 Exercise 4 – Group Biography Rewrite
Students edit a biography of Mahatma Gandhi with verb tense and subject-verb agreement issues, adding 15 corrections in total and rewriting it as a group.

🎤 Exercise 5 – Polish the Pitch!
Learners fix five awkward or grammatically incorrect lines in a school election speech and rewrite the speech with more clarity and correctness.

✅ Answer Key (For Parents & Educators)

Exercise 1 – Sample Errors and Fixes

1. were → was

2. blows → blew

3. whispers → whisper

4. hears → heard

5. turn → turned

6. see → saw

7. is → was

8. realise → realized

9. notice → noticed

10. look → looked

11. decide → decided

12. becomes → became

13. stay → stayed
    (+2 more similar corrections)

Exercise 2 – Sample Rewritten Paragraph
Last Monday, the local school organized a cleanliness drive as part of their annual social service programme. The event, which started at 8 AM, saw students and teachers working together to clean the public park. They picked up litter, planted trees, and painted the walls with beautiful murals. The principal said, “We believe that such activities help instill responsibility in students.” Many passersby appreciated the effort and praised the team’s hard work.

Exercise 3 – Sample Letter (Corrected Version)
...I am writing to seek your permission to organize a science fair in our school. The fair aims to promote creative thinking among students and allow them to showcase their talent. We are planning to hold the event on the 15th of August in the school auditorium. Students from Classes 6 to 10 will participate and present their innovative projects. We request your guidance and support to make this event a success...

Exercise 4 – Sample Corrections

1. becomes → became

2. believes → believed

3. was → were

4. inspire → inspired

5. celebrates → celebrate
   (+10 more similar)

Exercise 5 – Suggested Revisions

1. I believes → I believe

2. I will ensures → I will ensure

3. plans to organize → plan to organize

4. which have always be → which have always been

5. we will makes → we will make

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