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Candace Osmond studied Advanced Writing & Editing Essentials at MHC. She’s been an International and USA TODAY Bestselling Author for over a decade. And she’s worked as an Editor for several mid-sized publications. Candace has a keen eye for content editing and a high degree of expertise in Fiction.

Editing your paper or books allows you to make your ideas and messages as clear as possible to your readers. It will help you get rid of typos, poor sentence structure, incorrect verb tenses, and more.

Do you want to enhance your editing skills? I love using editing sheets and recommend them to aspiring writers all the time. Check out our collection of printable sentence and paragraph editing worksheets. These worksheets are excellent for practicing common grammar rules and style guidelines.

What is an Editing Worksheet?

An editing worksheet is a paper or a collection of pre-made digital activities containing editing exercises. I’ve found a few online that works for me, but I’ve also made up some of my own over the years that are more specific to my styles.

Some editing worksheets are in the form of a paragraph essay for a real editing experience of manuscripts. Others contain numbered items that help learners acquire practice with grammar quizzes.

The goal of editing worksheets is to allow aspiring writers and editors to master the art of editing. This may include honing their punctuation skills, grammar abilities, and style skills.

With that being said, as a writer, I would still strongly recommend you hire an editor even after you’ve self-edited using these tips and worksheets.

Editing worksheets also encourage students to spot typing mistakes like repeated words, double spacing, and inconsistent formatting. Other editing aspects include sentence clarity, correct capitalization, and logical flow.

How Do You Practice Writing and Editing?

Writing then editing is a time-consuming process, but it gives you a chance to perfect your text. Here are some tips for practicing editing that I use for my own work.

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The peer review process will allow a fresh pair of eyes to review the descriptive details of your entire paragraph. They will spot errors you won’t, such as grammatical mistakes, typos, and poor argumentation.

Several people read over my work, so I get different sets of eyes and perspectives.

Practice the Basics

Practice capitalization rules, spelling guidelines, and the most basic grammar rules before learning complex editing skills. It’s a valuable skill you’ll be able to apply in all pieces of writing, whether academic writing or novel.

After you know the basics, you can write and edit proper sentences. You will be editing for capitalization, grammar, and punctuation errors. Then, you’re ready to enhance your vocabulary skills and add compelling details to your work.

Answer Paragraph and Sentence Worksheets

Self-grading grammar quizzes allow you to know what it’s like to be an actual editor. They will help you practice the steps to editing.

First, you need to read over the page several times. Then, read for grammar and punctuation. Before heading to the details, you also need to start with the big picture. Some questions to ask include:

• What is the author’s main point?
• Do the main points have supporting details?
• Is the document easy to understand?
• Are there errors in spelling, grammar, style, and punctuation?
• Does the paper follow proper formatting?

Editing Worksheets

Here are free printable worksheets you can answer with answer keys to give you some editing practice,

Sentence Editing Worksheets

Reviewing every sentence in a paragraph is essential for correctness. This editing process entails spotting spelling mistakes, punctuation errors, grammatical errors, and poor sentence structure.

Punctuation errors are common among improper use of question marks, quotation marks, commas, colons, and exclamation marks. Many people also get confused about the use of different dashes.

You might also encounter run-on sentences, comma splices, and the passive voice in sentences.

Lastly, don’t forget to capitalize proper nouns and the beginning of every sentence.

Revise and Edit Worksheets

Revising involves comprehensive sentence and paragraph rewrites. It focuses on content, organization, and structure of the entire piece of writing.

For instance, if you are revising, you must ensure you have complete sentences. Change your main ideas, add information, move paragraphs around, and more.

Editing focuses on the small details or every type of error. It checks individual sentences for incomplete or run-on sentences, incorrect punctuation marks, and improper spelling.

Other common mistakes include wrong verb tenses, capitalization issues, and homophone errors.

Paragraph Editing Worksheets

Editing goes beyond proofreading abilities , such as knowledge of writing conventions, editing marks, and proofreading skills. You also need to understand the whole writing process while adhering to a style guide and following a smooth flow.

This is how editing and proofreading differ. While proofreading focuses on basic errors in single sentences and words, editing is more about your paper’s overall structure and content.

Checking content for errors in spelling, grammar, capitalization, and punctuation is part of proofreading. But bad errors like a poor structure of an entire paragraph and illogical sequences are part of editing.

Turning informal text pieces into formal and professional ones is also part of editing.

Here’s a paragraph checklist that will help you with proofreading paragraphs:

• Overall structure.
• Structure within paragraphs.
• Writing style.

Once you know how to edit and proofread, the publishing process will be easier.

Grammar Editing Worksheets

Learning how to check grammar errors is an essential aspect of editing and proofing skills. Grammar does not include capitalization corrections and correct punctuation marks. Instead, here’s a list of mistakes to look for that are related to grammar.

• Word order.
• Connectors.
• Parts of speech.
• Tense and aspect.
• Determiners.

Another critical skill in grammar is understanding syntax. When editing, ensure you know the parts of a sentence to make the revised sentence sound better. Phrases, clauses, and sentence structure are other syntax elements essential in paragraph editing.

Punctuation Editing Worksheets

Editing and proofreading paragraphs include checking for different kinds of errors related to punctuation. The process is tedious because you have to look for missing speech marks, incorrect use of apostrophes and speech marks, and missing commas.

It would help if you also corrected mistakes regarding excess exclamation, hyphens and dashes, and semicolons and colons. Sentence fragments do not require a period in the end because they do not express a complete thought.

This printable worksheet contains simple sentence items that require correct punctuation.

Enhance Your Editing Skills Now!

Editing gives you a chance to fix your document for correctness, clarity, and coherence. It will help you remove distractions in grammar, structure, and vocabulary.

I hope these sentence and paragraph editing worksheets help you practice how to revise and edit papers. Enhance your spelling, grammar, and style guidelines with these five printable activities.

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Correcting Mistakes in Sentences

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This can be a difficult activity, but very helpful to teach students to proof their work for errors. Each of the sentences have mistakes in them. There may be spelling, punctuation, capitalization, or grammar errors. Students will rewrite each sentence so that it is correct. The activity is ideal for 6th and 7th grade but can be used where appropriate.

Essay Writing Practice

Instructions:  Read the passage in the essay writing practice correction exercise below. Choose the best version of the underlined parts of the sentences from the choices provided. You will see your score when you have finished the quiz.

1. [1] The study of the philosophy of human nature is often regarded as an investigation for the meaning of life . [2] This subject deals with four key problem areas:  human choice , human thought, human personality, and the unity of the human being. [3] A consideration of these four problem areas can include scientific also and artistic viewpoints on the nature of human lives.

The word “investigation” takes the preposition “into.”

2. [1] The study of the philosophy of human nature is often regarded as an investigation for the meaning of life . [2] This subject deals with four key problem areas:  human choice , human thought, human personality, and the unity of the human being. [3] A consideration of these four problem areas can include scientific also and artistic viewpoints on the nature of human lives.

The colon is needed before stating items in a list within a sentence like this one.

3. [1] The study of the philosophy of human nature is often regarded as an investigation for the meaning of life . [2] This subject deals with four key problem areas:  human choice , human thought, human personality, and the unity of the human being. [3] A consideration of these four problem areas can include scientific also and artistic viewpoints on the nature of human lives.

The word “nature” is singular, so the word “life” should also be singular.

4. [4] The first problem area human choice, asks us to confront many questions. [5] Among these is the important inquiry as to whether human beings can really make decisions that can change their futures. [6] However, it investigates to what extent the individual’s future is fixed and pre-determined by cosmic forces outside the control of human beings.

The phrase “human choice” defines the first problem area. It is extra information in the sentence (called an appositive phrase). These kinds of phrases need commas before the first word and after the last word of the phrase.

5. [4] The first problem area human choice, asks us to confront many questions. [5] Among these is the important inquiry as to whether human beings can really make decisions that can change their futures. [6] However, it investigates to what extent the individual’s future is fixed and pre-determined by cosmic forces outside the control of human beings.

The noun phrase “human beings” is plural, so the noun (futures) also need to be plural. The pronoun “their” is used in order to be gender-neutral.

6. [4] The first problem area human choice, asks us to confront many questions. [5] Among these is the important inquiry as to whether human beings can really make decisions that can change their futures. [6] However, it investigates to what extent the individual’s future is fixed and pre-determined by cosmic forces outside the control of human beings.

Be careful with questions on linking words like this one. We are changing the subject from decision making to a fixed destiny, so we need a linking word like “conversely.” Note that “in spite of” would not be grammatically correct in this sentence.

7. [7] In the second problem area, human thought, epistemology is considering. [8] Epistemology means the study of knowledge, it should not be confused with ontology, the study of being or existence

We are emphasizing the inquiry, not the people making the inquiry. So we need the passive voice in this sentence. The present simple passive (is considered) should be used here since we are describing a current inquiry.

8. [7] In the second problem area, human thought, epistemology is considering. [8] Epistemology means the study of knowledge, it should not be confused with ontology, the study of being or existence

Here we have two complete sentences that have incorrectly been joined with a comma. This type of error is called a comma splice. To correct it, you need to use a semicolon. Alternatively, you could put in a period and begin a new sentence with “It [. . .]”.

9. [9] The third key issue, human personality, emphasized aspects of human life that are beyond mental processes. [10] They take a look at emotional, spiritual, and communal elements. [11] Yet, the study of the communal aspect focuses on community and communication, instead of the philosophy of the state.

This is a question on using the correct verb tense. In this sentence, we continue to describe a current inquiry. Therefore, the simple present tense (emphasizes) is needed here.

10. [9] The third key issue, human personality, emphasized aspects of human life that are beyond mental processes. [10] They take a look at emotional, spiritual, and communal elements. [11] Yet, the study of the communal aspect focuses on community and communication, instead of the philosophy of the state.

In this sentence, we continue to describe “the third key issue” (which is mentioned in the previous sentence.) The phrase “the third key issue” is singular, so we need the singular pronoun (it) here.

11. [9] The third key issue, human personality, emphasized aspects of human life that are beyond mental processes. [10] They take a look at emotional, spiritual, and communal elements. [11] Yet, the study of the communal aspect focuses on community and communication, instead of the philosophy of the state.

We are continuing the idea of “communal elements” from the previous sentence. So we need a linking word that shows emphasis or the introduction of a new point. The word “importantly” gives emphasis to the idea, so it is the best answer.

12. [12] Finally, the fourth problem, the unity of the human being, explores the first three areas more full. [13] It asks if that there is any unifying basis for human choice, thought, and personality. [14] In other words, while the human is an inherently complex being, there must be a unity or wholeness which underlies these complications.

The sentence needs an adverbial phrase, so we need to use “more fully” rather than “more full.” Remember that adverbs often end in the -ly suffix. Placing the adverbial phrase (more fully) next to the verb (explores) provides the correct emphasis. This sentence structure is also correct grammatically.

13. [12] Finally, the fourth problem, the unity of the human being, explores the first three areas more full. [13] It asks if that there is any unifying basis for human choice, thought, and personality. [14] In other words, while the human is an inherently complex being, there must be a unity or wholeness which underlies these complications.

We need “whether there is” or “if there is” in this sentence since we are describing the conditions of the inquiry.

14. [12] Finally, the fourth problem, the unity of the human being, explores the first three areas more full. [13] It asks if that there is any unifying basis for human choice, thought, and personality. [14] In other words, while the human is an inherently complex being, there must be a unity or wholeness which underlies these complications.

When you see “or” in a sentence you need to use the singular form (underlies) of the verb. We need to continue to use the present simple tense here. So the sentence is correct as it is written.

[1] The study of the philosophy of human nature is often regarded as an investigation for the meaning of life . [2] This subject deals with four key problem areas:  human choice, human thought, human personality, and the unity of the human being. [3] A consideration of these four problem areas can include scientific also and artistic viewpoints on the nature of human lives.

[4] The first problem area human choice, asks us to confront many questions. [5] Among these is the important inquiry as to whether human beings can really make decisions that can change their futures. [6] However, it investigates to what extent the individual’s future is fixed and pre-determined by cosmic forces outside the control of human beings.

[7] In the second problem area, human thought, epistemology is considering. [8] Epistemology means the study of knowledge, it should not be confused with ontology, the study of being or existence

[9] The third key issue, human personality, emphasized aspects of human life that are beyond mental processes. [10] They take a look at emotional, spiritual, and communal elements. [11] Yet, the study of the communal aspect focuses on community and communication, instead of the philosophy of the state.

[12] Finally, the fourth problem, the unity of the human being, explores the first three areas more full. [13] It asks if that there is any unifying basis for human choice, thought, and personality. [14] In other words, while the human is an inherently complex being, there must be a unity or wholeness which underlies these complications.

The student wants to add a sentence to the second paragraph emphasizing the reasons for the importance of human choice. Which of the following sentences accomplishes this?

Paragraph two talks about whether or not human beings have control over their futures. Accordingly, we need a sentence that links the idea of control to the idea of the future. Sentence E is the only choice that accomplishes this.

More Essay Writing Practice

Instructions: Look at each of the numbered clauses and phrases sentences in the essay writing practice exercise below. If the part of the sentence has an error, identify and correct it. Then check your answers in the next section.

[1] Antarctica is a mysteriously and remote continent [2] one which is often forgotten by virtue of its geographical location. [3] Yet, the Antarctic could even be considered desolate and isolated. [4] Nevertheless, an understanding of the organisms that inhabit this continent was critical [5] to our comprehension of the world as a global community. [6] For this reason, the southernmost continent has the source of a great deal of scientific investigation.

[7] Many notable recent research has come from America and Great Britain. [8] The British Antarctic Survey, sponsored with the Natural Environment Research Council of the United Kingdom, [9] and the United States Antarctic Resource Center, a collaborate of the United States Geological Survey Mapping Division and the National Science Foundation, [10] are forerunners in the burgeoning currently field of research in this area.

[11] This corpus of research has resulted in an abundance of factual data on the Antarctic. [12] For example, one now know that more than ninety nine percent of the land is completely covered by snow and ice, [13] which making Antarctica the coldest continent on the planet. [14] This inhospitable climate, has not surprisingly, brought about the adaptation [15] of a plethora of plants and biological organisms on the continent present.

[16] An investigation for the sedimentary geological formations provides testimony to the process of adaptation. [17] Ancient sediment’s recovered from the bottom of Antarctic lakes, [18] bacteria as well as discovered in ice, [19] has reveal the history of climate change over the past 10,000 years. [20] Hopefully, this important research will continue into the future.

Essay Practice – Answers

• Change the adverb “mysteriously” to the adjective “mysterious”.

2. Remove the word “one” or put a comma after the word “continent”.

3. Remove the word “yet” at the head of the sentence and replace it with an emphatic phrase linker, like “Indeed” or “In fact”.

4. The sentence should be in the present tense since we are talking about the current relevance of the research. Therefore, “was” should be changed to “is”.

5. This phrase does not have an error.

6. Put the word “been” after the word “has”.

7. The word “many” should be changed to “much” since research is a non-countable noun.

8. Change the word “with” to the word ‘by”.

9. We are speaking about organizations (which are nouns), so the word “collaborate” should be changed to “collaboration” to use the noun form.

10. Move the word “currently” and put it after the word “are”.

11. There is no mistake in this sentence.

12. Subject-verb agreement is a problem in this part of the sentence. Change the word “one” to “we”. Alternatively, change “know” to “knows”.

13. Remember to use the present simple tense, so change “making” to “make”.

14. Remove the comma after “climate” and place it after “has” instead.

15. Place the word “present” before the word “on”.

16. There is a problem with the proposition “for”, which should be changed to “into”.

17. This is a question about unnecessary punctuation. Remove the apostrophe in the word “sentiment’s”.

18. Move the words “as well as” in front of the word “bacteria” in order to set up the comparison correctly.

19. Change the word “reveal” to “revealed” in order to correctly form the present perfect tense.

20. This sentence is correct as is is written.

Essay Writing – Practice Your Structure

You may be asked to write an essay as part of your standardized test. The essay may be human-read by an examiner, but many essays nowadays are written on a computer and graded by software.

The six following characteristics of your essay will be assessed:

Focus and purpose

This means that your essay should answer the question that has been posed. You will need to express your main idea in a clear way in the introduction of the essay.

The examiner or software assesses this aspect of your essay by searching for a thesis statement in the first paragraph of your essay, which should clearly indicate what you are going to speak about in the remainder of the essay.

Organization

Your essay should be divided into paragraphs, which have been set out in an organized manner. Each body paragraph should contain a point that supports your main idea. You should also include a conclusion that sums up the essay.

The examiner or software will look for logical paragraph divisions, as well as for linking words and phrases which indicate that a new paragraph is beginning.

Development and support

It is extremely important to elaborate on the main idea of your essay and maintain your point of view throughout your writing. Your essay should include examples and explanations that illustrate and support your viewpoint. Remember that if your essay topic presents a contentious issue, you need to take a stance on only one side, rather than stating both the pro’s and con’s.

Be sure to use linking words and phrases that signal that examples or reasons are being provided in the essay. These linking words and phrases include the following: such as, for example, for this reason, because of.

Sentence construction

You should write long and developed sentences that demonstrate a mastery of the English language.

Use advanced writing strategies like subordination and coordination to improve your writing style.

Avoid repeatedly beginning your sentences in the same way, such as “I think that.”

Remember to use a variety of sentence patterns, using other linking words and phrases like the following: therefore, in addition, furthermore, moreover, in conclusion.

Mechanics refers to the “rules” of English, particularly those of spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.

Your essay should be grammatically accurate and punctuated correctly.

Your spelling should also be correct.

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Writing Practice – Correcting Mistakes

In this lesson plan, students will focus on reading a text and correcting its mistakes. The number of mistakes is written next to the title. The stories are quite amusing, and your students will be well entertained while fishing for the clever little mistakes peppered throughout. Below the text with the mistakes is the same text with the answers highlighted. There is also an explanation for all the corrections given below that.

The three stories

• Big Old Mansion (10 Mistakes)
• The Police (12 Mistakes)
• When I Arrived (8 Mistakes)

Text 1 – Big Old Mansion (10 Mistakes)

Everyone avoided the big old mansion. It believed to have spirits and a lot of people say they have heard screams inside it. Well, I have ever been a person that believes in ghosts but I find it very interesting and I have started to interview some people to discover the truth or something that could change my mind.

First, I interviewed my neighbors and I found Mr. Paul, a kind senior who born and grew in that area. He told me that the last owner and his whole family was murdered in that house and that their spirits live there yet.

Afterwards, I talked with another interesting person, Mr. Melissa. She said that the current owners “The Charlies” make up a story that the house is haunted because they want to keeped people far away from the house.

In my opinion both stories are not real because I have never heard or seen anything stranger there, but you never know. In the 21 st century, you don’t believe in ghosts, can you?

Corrections of Text 1 – Big Old Mansion

Everyone avoided the big old mansion. It was believed 1 to have spirits and a lot of people said they had heard screams inside it. Well, I have never 2 been a person that believed in ghosts but it’s a very interesting topic to me and I have started to interview some people to discover the truth or something that could change my mind.

First, I interviewed my neighbors and I found Mr. Paul, a kind senior who was born 3 and grew up 4 in that area. He told me that the last owner and his whole family was murdered in that house and that their spirits still live there 5 .

Afterwards, I talked with another interesting person, Mrs. 6 Melissa. She said that the current owners “The Charlies” made 7 up a story that the house is haunted because they want to keep 8 people far away from the house.

In my opinion both stories are not real because I have never heard or seen anything strange 9 there, but you never know. It’s the 21 st century, you don’t believe in ghosts, do 10 you?

Explaining the mistakes

• It was believed (passive verb) – This is the passive form of “People believe”. When we don’t know or don’t care about the subject of the sentence, we use the passive voice. In this case, past simple passive.
• I have never (adv.) – We only use “ever” with questions, for example: “Have you ever…”
• Was born (v) – In this case, we always use the passive form for someone who is born, for example: “I was born in December”
• Grew up (phr. v.) – This is a phrasal verb and without the “up” has a different meaning. Grow, by itself refers only to height.
• I haven’t finished my homework yet .
• Have you fixed the car yet ?
• I am still working on it.
• Mrs. Melissa (n) – We use “Mr.” for men. “Ms.” for unmarried women and “Mrs.” for married women.
• Made (v) – This verb refers to actions in the past and so should be in the past form.
• Keep (v) – This verb is “Keep” in the present and “Kept” in the past.
• Strange (adj.) – Stranger is a mistake because there is no comparison on the sentence.
• I haven’t seen it, have you?
• I can’t do it, can you?
• I don’t believe in ghosts, do you?

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Text 2 – The Police (12 Mistakes)

The police had been unable to find the three friends, but my family and I had very worried.

Everything started when my daughter Anne and her friends Debbie and Monica decided to go out, perhaps for cinema or mall, nobody knew for they didn’t say where they would go.

It had already was two days and existed no news about them, so on the third day I was watching TV when the journalist said that three girls had been rescued from a car which had crashed near the Blue beach and they had been taken to the Central Hospital. From the same time my heart almost jumped out of my body and I ran over there.

Monica, my daughter’s friend, was driving calm on the road when suddenly she lost control of the car, they fell off the mountain and the car only stopped when it hit a rock near the beach. They three lost consciousness.

Fortunately, some surfers saw the car and they called the ambulance. I was very relieved see my daughter and her friends saved.

Corrections of Text 2 – The Police

The police had been unable to find the three friends, but my family and I were 1 very worried.

Everything started when my daughter Anne and her friends Debbie and Monica decided to go out, perhaps to the 2 cinema or the 3 mall, nobody knew because 4 they didn’t say where they would go.

It had already been 5 two days and there was 6 no news about them, but 7 on the third day I was watching TV when the journalist said that three girls had been rescued from a car which had crashed near the Blue beach and they had been taken to the Central Hospital. At 8 the same time my heart almost jumped out of my body and I ran over there.

Monica, my daughter’s friend, had been 9 driving calmly 10 on the road when suddenly she lost control of the car, they fell off the mountain and the car only stopped when it hit a rock near the beach. They all 11 lost consciousness.

Fortunately, some surfers saw the car and they called the ambulance. I was very relieved to 12 see my daughter and her friends saved.

• were (v.) – Past tense of the verb “to be”. Used before adjectives as an auxiliary. E.g. ” I was happy to see her.”
• to the (deter.) – When we go somewhere, we use “to the”. E.g. I am going to the store”.
• the (deter.) – We need to use the determiner “the” before a noun, in this case, “the mall”.
• because (conj.) – Some students confuse “for” and “because”. Because is used when giving a reason. In this case, the reason nobody knew was because they didn’t say where they were going.
• had already been (v.) – When using past perfect we need to use the past participle of the verb. ( to be: is – was/were – been)
• there was (v.) – A lot of students use “have/had” or “existed” as a way of showing the existence of something. In English, the correct way of doing it is using “there is/there was/ there had been”
• but (conj.) – “But” is used to show contrast between two ideas.
• At the same time (phr.) – Meaning simultaneously.
• had been driving (past perfect) – When talking about an action which occurred before another action, we need to use the past perfect.
• She was a nice girl. (adjective)
• She behaved nicely . (adverb)
• All (adv) – When referring to three options we must use “all” to show that everyone is being referred to.
• I enjoy watching movies. (gerund)
• I like to go to the park with you. (infinitive)
• Me and my friends hate seeing people fighting. (gerund)
• Remember to buy me a sandwich before you get home! (infinitive)

Text 3 – When I Arrived (8 Mistakes)

As soon as I arrived, I could sense that something was out of place. It was so strange because I have ever been a very observant person and I noticed anything was wrong.

I started walking around my home when suddenly I noticed that my window had been broken, then I saw a message into a rock that said: “ I love you, currently I have always been in love with you”

I can’t believe that nightmare was coming back into my life.

A long time ago I had insane friend called Brian, who had fallen in love with me, but he had been arrested because of drugs. However, I couldn’t understand this message because he was locked away in Central Prison. At that very moment, I saw him on the broken window. He had escaped!

I carefully took my cellphone and rang up to the police. Fortunately, there was a police car in my street, they arrived quickly and arrested Brian again.

Correction of Text 3 – When I arrived

As soon as I arrived, I could sense that something was out of place. It was so strange because I have always 1 been a very observant person and I noticed something 2 was wrong.

I started walking around my home when suddenly I noticed that my window had been broken, then I saw a message attached 3 to a rock that said: “ I love you, * 4 I have always been in love with you”

I couldn’t 5 believe that nightmare was coming back into my life.

A long time ago I had an 6 insane friend called Brian, who had fallen in love with me, but he had been arrested because of drugs. However, I couldn’t understand this message because he was locked away in Central Prison. At that very moment, I saw him through 7 the broken window. He had escaped!

I carefully took my cellphone and rang up * 8 the police. Fortunately, there was a police car in my street, they arrived quickly and arrested Brian again.

• I always walk to school.
• Have you ever been to Paris?
• I saw something moving under the car.
• Have you bought anything yet?
• You haven’t broken anything, don’t worry.
• Attached (v.) – When something is glued to something else.
• Currently (adv.) – In this case, it is not necessary to add the word “currently”.
• Couldn’t (v.) – This text is told in the past so we must use the past simple form of “can’t” which is “couldn’t”.
• I saw a car driving past your house this morning.
• An elephant is bigger than a whale, right?
• We have to go to the supermarket before 2pm otherwise it’ll be too late.
• through (prep.) – When looking out a window we use through.
• to (prep.) – This preposition is unnecessary here.

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Common English Mistakes – Error Correction Exercise 2A (Intermediate)

Below are 25 common English mistakes that intermediate students make. Correct the errors in each sentence and then see the answers and explanations below.

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Correct the Mistakes

1. We are only five on our team.

2. I would rather to work from home than come to the office.

3. We’re used to have a lot of work to do, so meeting the deadline won’t be a problem.

4. My client sent me an email but I haven’t replied her yet.

5. Maybe I’m going to finish this today.

6. Please borrow me your badge so I can get into the storage closet.

7. I can’t finish this by the end of the day. Even though I spend all day on it, I won’t finish on time.

8. Probably, I’ll go to the beach on Saturday.

9. The Old Man and the Sea was written for Ernest Hemingway.

10. Our office is near to the airport, so it will be easy for you to get here.

11. We have many stuffs to do this week, so I don’t know if I can go to English class.

12. Despite I was tired, I came to work today.

13. If we had a gym here, I can work out after work.

14. I always try to do things very careful and make sure I do them correct. (two mistakes)

15. We have people from all over the world here: India, United States, Venezuela, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, and France. (two mistakes)

16. Are we going to have to work overtime again this week? I hope no.

17. Yesterday, he told me that he will send the email after lunch, but he didn’t do it.

18. My schedule often changes, but I normally work since 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

19. I thought you were still with Microsoft. When did you stop to work there?

20. I’m not pretty sure about what we should do.

21. How long time did you work in the public sector?

22. Do you know where is the restaurant?

23. He is well-experienced, so we know that he can do the job.

24. Who is in charge to decide which printer to buy?

25. I had a hard time getting in touch with my supervisor. After calling for hours, I finally could get in touch with her.

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Sample Essay: “My Hobby” – Introductory sample essay that students can reference later when writing their own essays

Sentence Pattern: Start/stop verb+ing – Practice adding “ing” to verbs after “start/stop/quit/begin”

Grammar: Past Tense – Simple introduction to past tense verbs

Error Correction Worksheet – Correct the errors in this sample “My Hobby” essay

Assignment: “My Hobby” – Use the grammar and sentence patterns from Unit 1 to write an essay titled “My Hobby”

Sample Essay: “A Funny Story” – Introductory sample essay that students can reference later when writing their own essays

Past Tense Error Correction Worksheet – Review of past tense; rewrite the paragraph and correct the past tense errors

Indention and Quotations – Teaches students to indent new paragraphs and use quotation marks correctly

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ESL Writing Assignment: “A Funny Story” – Students use the grammar and sentence patterns from Unit 2 to write an essay titled “A Funny Story”

Sample Essay: “My Favorite Place” – Introductory sample essay that students can reference later when writing their own essays

Sentence Pattern: Although / Even though – Introduction to “although” and “even though”, with sample sentences and practice exercises

Sentence Pattern: not…at all – Introduction to the sentence pattern “(not)…at all”, with sample sentences and practice exercises

Error Correction Worksheet – Identify and correct the mistakes in the paragraph

ESL Writing Assignment: “My Favorite Place” – Students use the grammar and sentence patterns from Unit 3 to write an essay titled “My Favorite Place”

UNIT 4: “Letter to a Relative”

Sample Essay: “Letter to a Relative” – Introductory sample letter that students can reference later when writing their own essays

Writing Lesson: The Elements of a Letter – Introduction to the elements of a letter (greeting, body, conclusion)

Writing Lesson: Conjunctions – Introduction to the conjunctions and/but/or/so, with an explanation of how to punctuate them correctly

Error Correction: Conjunctions – Identify and correct the mistakes in the letter

ESL Writing Assignment: “Letter to a Relative” – Students use the grammar and sentence patterns from Unit 4 to write an letter to one of their relatives

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Writing a Formal Paragraph

Topic Sentences (Introduction) – Introduction to topic sentences and their function in a formal paragraph

Introduction to Similes and Metaphors – Using similes and metaphors to write interesting topic sentences

Similes and Metaphors Review – Practice describing people and things using similes and metaphors

Topic Sentences (Review) – Practice writing topic sentences

The Body of a Paragraph (Introduction) – Introduction to the body of a paragraph and the information that should be contained therein

The Body of a Paragraph (Review) – Practice thinking of information to use in the body of a paragraph

Concluding Sentences (Introduction) – Introduction to concluding sentences and their function in a paragraph

Concluding Sentences (Review) – Practice writing concluding sentences

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Sentence Fragments and Complete Sentences – Introduction to sentence fragments and a review exercise to practice identifying them

Run-on Sentences – Worksheet to practice correcting run-on sentences

Comma Splices and Conjunctions – Worksheet to practice using conjunctions correctly to fix comma splices

Commas and Conjunctions (“and”) – Explanation of how to correctly use commas with the conjunction “and”

Semi-colons – Introduction to this often baffling piece of punctuation, with a review exercise

Transitions and Connectors

Listing Things in Order – Practice listing items or events in order using words like “First”, “Next”, “After that”, “Finally”, etc.

In addition / Additionally / Moreover / Furthermore / Plus / …as well – Introduction to these commonly used transitions, with several sample sentences

In addition / Additionally / Moreover / Furthermore / Plus / …as well – Review worksheet to practice writing sentences with these transitions

However / Nevertheless / Still / Despite that / Nonetheless / Even so – Introduction to these commonly used transitions, with several sample sentences

However / Nevertheless / Still / Despite that / Nonetheless / Even so – Review worksheet to practice writing sentences with these transitions

Therefore / Consequently / As a result / Thus / For this Reason – Introduction to these commonly used transitions, with several sample sentences

Therefore / Consequently / As a result / Thus / For this Reason – Review worksheet to practice writing sentences with these transitions

Review of these Transitions and Connectors – Review worksheet to practice using all of the transition words above

More Transitions and Connectors

Although / Even though – Introduction to these commonly used transitions, with several sample sentences and review exercises

Though – Introduction to “though” and it’s various uses in a sentence

Despite / In spite of – Introduction to these commonly used transitions, with sample sentences

Despite / In spite of – Review worksheet to practice writing sentences with these words

Despite vs. Although – Explanation of how to use these similar transition words, with several sample sentences

Despite vs. Although – Review worksheet to practice using “despite” and “although” correctly

Because vs. Because of – Explanation of how to use these similar transition words correctly, with several sample sentences

Because vs. Although – Explanation of the difference between these two words, with several examples and a review exercise

Because of vs. Despite – Worksheet to practice using these transitions, which have nearly opposite meanings

Regardless of – Introduction to this commonly used transition, with several sample sentences

Regardless of / No matter – Review worksheet to practice using these transitions correctly, including an explanation of “embedded questions”.

Review of Transitions and Connectors

Transitions and Punctuation – Explanation of how to correctly punctuate transitions using commas, periods, and semi-colons. Also includes a review worksheet.

Transitions and Punctuation (2) – Students rewrite a short essay, adding punctuation around transition words as needed.

Review of Above Transitions and Connectors – Fill in the blanks with an appropriate transition word to complete the essay

Additional Review of Transitions and Connectors – Review of several transition words/phrases (For this reason / Despite the fact that / No matter / Due to / Consequently / As a result / In spite of / Regardless of / Owing to)

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Useful phrases and sentence patterns.

Instead of / Rather than – Handout explaining how to use these phrases, with sample sentences

Instead of / Rather than – Review – Worksheet to practice using “instead of” and “rather than” correctly

Instead – Worksheet reviewing different ways to use the word “instead” in a sentence

Would rather – Handout explaining how to use “would rather”, with sample sentences

Would rather – Review – Worksheet to practice using “would rather” correctly

Prefer – Worksheet to practice using “prefer” correctly

Regardless / Regardless of / No matter – Examples and practice sentences

Gradually / Eventually / Sooner or later / At some point / In the end / …end up… – Examples and practice sentences

More sentence patterns and phrases (in no particular order):

vary / varies from __ to __

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Just because [A] doesn’t mean that [B]

If it weren’t for [A], then I never would have [B]

If I hadn’t [A] then I wouldn’t have [B]

I wish I had / I should have

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Putting pen to paper doesn’t always have to be boring. Here are some activities and game-like things to make writing a bit more enjoyable.

Interactive Stories – Students collaborate to write each others’ stories.

The Lying Game – Guess which statements are true and which statements are lies!

Idiom Worksheets – Give advice using idioms. Less a “game” than an “assignment,” though the idioms tend to make things a little more interesting.

Explain the Idiom – Try to guess what the idioms mean, and use them in a dialogue.

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Sentence Correction Worksheets and Exercises with Answers

If you want to get better at English, try using sentence correction worksheets . These sheets help fix mistakes in sentences, making your writing clearer. They are like practice puzzles for grammar. You learn how words fit together and become a pro at putting sentences in order. With these worksheets, you’ll improve your English skills and become a more confident communicator. So, give sentence correction worksheets a try, and watch your language skills grow!

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Sentence Correction Worksheets

Sentence correction worksheet 1.

Find the mistakes and Correct the Sentences.

• The sun is shinig brite.
• I lik to eet appels.
• cats are cute animols.
• Lets go for a walk in the park!
• She has a red baloon.
• He read book everydays
• My mom cook tastey food.
• the sky is blew.
• I plays with my Friends.
• The dog barks loudley.
• We goes to school toghether
• The flowr is colorfull.
• I have a grean backpac.
• The bird sing sweetly.
• It is a rainy days.
• the car are red.
• I can swim in the poool.
• The mun is in the sky,
• We plant flower in the gardn
• He has a big smyle.
• She rides her bik.
• The clock tick loudley.
• i likes to draw pictures.
• The butterfly are colorfull.
• he eated a deliciuos cake.

Answer of Worksheet:

• The sun is shining brightly.
• I like to eat apples.
• Cats are cute animals.
• Let’s go for a walk in the park.
• She has a red balloon.
• He reads books every day.
• My mom cooks tasty food.
• The sky is blue.
• I play with my friends.
• The dog barks loudly.
• We go to school together.
• The flower is colorful.
• I have a green backpack.
• The bird sings sweetly.
• It is a rainy day.
• The car is red.
• I can swim in the pool.
• The moon is in the sky.
• We plant flowers in the garden.
• He has a big smile.
• She rides her bike.
• The clock ticks loudly.
• I like to draw pictures.
• The butterfly is colorful.
• He eats a delicious cake.

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