8th grade grammar worksheets
11 grammar skills at 8th grade, one sheet each, free with its answer key: active and passive voice, commonly confused words, conjunctive adverbs, and more.
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- Active and passive voice In the active voice the subject does the action: Priya checked the thermometer. In the passive voice the subject receives it: the thermometer was checked by Priya.
- Commonly confused words Some words sound alike but mean different things: their, there, and they're are three different words.
- Conjunctive adverbs A conjunctive adverb joins two sentences into one and names the link: however for a contrast, therefore for a result, furthermore for one more point. Put a semicolon before it and a comma after it.
- Pronoun-antecedent agreement A pronoun has to match the noun it stands for: Maya packed her bag, and the twins packed their bags. In school writing, a team acting as one takes its, and each of the girls takes her.
- Shifts in verb voice and mood When two parts of a sentence do the same job, keep them in the same voice and mood. Do not start a set of steps as commands and finish them as a statement.
- Subject and object pronouns Subject pronouns do the action: I, he, she, we, they. Object pronouns receive it: me, him, her, us, them. Drop the other person and your ear solves it: 'The coach chose me.'
- Subject-verb agreement The verb has to match the subject: one dog barks, two dogs bark.
- Subjunctive mood Use the subjunctive for things that are not true or not done yet. Write were after if, wish, or as if, and the plain verb after words like insist that: if I were taller, she insists that he wait.
- Verb moods Mood is the job a sentence does. Indicative tells, imperative orders, interrogative asks, conditional says what would happen, and subjunctive imagines or insists.
- Verbals A verbal is a verb doing another job. A gerund acts like a noun, a participle acts like an adjective, and an infinitive carries to in front of it.
- Who and whom In formal writing, put he or him in place of the blank and rebuild that part of the sentence. If he fits, write who or whoever. If him fits, write whom or whomever.
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