Fixing Mix-Ups

This worksheet is designed for students in Grades 5 and 6 to strengthen editing skills and vocabulary accuracy by focusing on commonly misused phrasal verbs. Students read sentences that contain incorrect phrasal verb usage, analyze the context, and rewrite each sentence using the correct expression. This process reinforces close reading, sentence logic, and understanding of how verb-particle combinations affect meaning in everyday English.

Skills Reinforced

• Editing for Correct Verb Usage (Grades 5-6) – Identify and fix errors involving misused phrasal verbs.
• Vocabulary Accuracy: Phrasal Verbs – Choose verb-particle combinations that match intended meaning.
• Contextual Analysis – Use sentence clues to determine why a phrasal verb is incorrect and how to correct it.
• Sentence Correction Skills – Rewrite sentences to sound natural, clear, and logical.

Instructional Support

• Teacher-Created Resource – Designed by educators to support grammar, vocabulary, and editing instruction.
• Error-Analysis Focus – Helps students learn from mistakes rather than memorizing rules in isolation.
• Realistic Language Practice – Uses common phrasal verb mix-ups students encounter in writing.
• Flexible Use – Ideal for grammar lessons, literacy centers, independent practice, homework, or intervention.
• No-Prep Format – Print-and-go worksheet for classroom or homeschool use.

This printable worksheet helps students become more confident editors by teaching them how to spot and fix incorrect phrasal verb usage. By revising sentences for accuracy and clarity, learners strengthen vocabulary knowledge, proofreading skills, and understanding of natural English expression. Whether used in a classroom or homeschool environment, this resource supports careful writing, precise language use, and effective communication.

This worksheet is part of our Phrasal Verbs Worksheets collection.