Error-Spotting Story

This worksheet helps students in Grades 6, 7, and 8 strengthen their editing skills by identifying and correcting incorrect uses of gerunds and infinitives within a short narrative. Through close reading, grammar analysis, proofreading practice, and meaning evaluation, learners see how verb form errors affect clarity and correctness across extended text.

Instructional Objectives

• Editing and Revising (Grades 6-8) – Students locate and correct grammar errors within a continuous story.
• Grammar Error Identification – Learners identify incorrect gerund and infinitive forms and revise them accurately.
• Reading with Attention to Form – The narrative format encourages careful reading beyond surface meaning.
• Conventions of Standard English – Students apply grammar rules to improve accuracy and fluency.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource – Designed to align with middle school grammar and writing standards.
• Contextual Proofreading Practice – Helps students apply grammar knowledge in realistic editing situations.
• Builds Attention to Detail – Encourages systematic checking of verb forms throughout a passage.
• Flexible Use – Ideal for grammar lessons, editing workshops, independent practice, or assessment review.

This error-spotting worksheet supports grammar mastery, proofreading accuracy, reading comprehension, and revision skills. By correcting verb form errors in a story, students gain confidence applying gerund and infinitive rules in meaningful contexts. Whether used in a classroom or homeschool language arts setting, this printable provides focused, no-prep practice with editing for grammatical precision.

This worksheet is part of our gerunds and infinitives worksheets collection.