Grammar student errors worksheet

Grammar: Student Errors

1.Never give up. _______ (persist, insist) until you finish the task.

2.This is the proper spelling of “create” and “solve.”

3.This sentence is wrong. “As a college student we should study.” What

does the writer mean? Give two possible correct sentences.

4.The Internet has made science __________(to know) to many.

5.They __________(to fall) _______ (deep, deeply) in love with each

other.

6.Jim and Maggie are the happiest _______(person, people).

7.His enterprising spirit ________ (infects, inspires) me deeply.

8.Mary ______ (has, owns) excellent moraly

9.Her morality _______(to cause) her to be humble.

10.T he fourth daughter is vain and ___________(to lack) etiquette.

11.R ooted in some people’s ________(mind, minds).

12.T aking ____ bus instead of _____ car (“a,” “the” or neither “a” nor

“the)

13.E ach of us do ______(pronoun) best.

14.W e should have hopes for the future and devote all _____ (pronoun)

_________heart/hearts to pursue _______ (pronoun) ______

dream/dreams.

15.In the book, Tom Sawyer ______(to want) to be pirate so he _____

(to run) away from home.

16.I n the book, Tom Sawyer __________(to encounter) many difficulties

on his trip.

17.(Please re-write this sentence correctly) The nature faced us with its

tolerant and selfless.

18.(Please re-write these two sentences correctly) Rachel Carson wrote,

“This Spring there was no voice.” This sentence gives me a strong

shocked.

19.(Please circle and correct five errors these two sentences correctly)

Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken” reminds us that our life

are spent in the faces of various choice. Different choice means

different endings.

20.I n the book “The Little Prince” the prince comes from the planet

B612. I ______(to like) the wise fox best. She ______ (to teach) me the essential meaning of the word “tame.”

21.I should keep _______ (preposition) with my friends.

22.Y ou can find the book _______ (preposition)

23.T here are many children who have lost family members or who

________(to become) orphans.

24.They can be found all around _____ (preposition) world.

25.A s post-graduate _________(student), we need to help those who

need help.

26.T he Carter Center, , _______ (to show)

universal love.

27.T his organization _______ (to help) _______(much, many) suffering

people.

28.I ts intention is “waging peace, fighting disease and building hope.” I

am moved _______ (preposition) by their goal,

29.A ccording _____ (preposition) the “Save the Children” website, “For

sick children, time is cr itical.” I don’t have to wait until I become

successful. I can help children from now on.

30.S o, no matter how difficult our ________(life) ______ (to be).

31.T he children must be brought up with the consciousness that their

talents must be devoted to the service ______(preposition) their

fellow man.

32.(Please edit) As a young we feel unsure of my future.

33.(Please edit) As a young, we can help the elderly in my spare

time.

34.C all attention _____(preposition) the needs of immigrant

children.

35.T he international animal rights activists _____ (to aim) to

raise consciousness about dolphin slaughter.