By and With Fix-Up

This worksheet helps students in Grades 4, 5, and 6 strengthen grammar accuracy, sentence meaning, and editing skills by correcting common mistakes with by and with. Learners read ten sentences in which the prepositions are used incorrectly, then rewrite each one so by clearly identifies who performed the action and with correctly identifies the tool or method used. The task emphasizes understanding meaning first, then revising language to sound clear, logical, and natural.

Learning Goals

• Editing & Revising Sentences (Grades 4-6): Rewrite sentences to correct grammar errors and improve clarity.
• Grammar: Prepositions (Agent vs. Instrument): Distinguish between by for the doer of an action and with for the object or method used.
• Understanding Sentence Meaning: Analyze context to determine the intended relationship before revising.
• Error Detection & Correction: Identify incorrect preposition usage and apply grammar rules accurately.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource: Designed by educators to align with upper elementary ELA grammar and writing standards.
• Targeted, Repetitive Practice: Reinforces a specific grammar concept through multiple sentence revisions.
• Focus on Natural Language: Encourages students to revise for both correctness and smooth, logical wording.
• Flexible Classroom Use: Ideal for grammar lessons, editing practice, homework, review, or small-group work.
• Low-Prep Printable: Easy to implement in both classroom and homeschool settings.

This printable worksheet helps students build confidence with by and with by clearly separating the ideas of who acted and what was used. Through careful reading and sentence rewriting, learners strengthen grammar accuracy, editing skills, and understanding of sentence structure. Whether used in a classroom language arts block or a homeschool lesson, this resource supports precise word choice, logical revisions, and strong foundations in standard English conventions.

This worksheet is part of our By vs. With Worksheets collection.