8th Grade Language Arts Worksheets

Second Conditional Sentences

Complete the sentences using your imagination. Second conditional sentences are used to express situations that are unlikely in reality.

Rewriting Sentences Using Allusions

The highlighted part of each sentence can be replaced with an allusion that adds an interesting dynamic. Pick an allusion from the box to do just that.

Choosing Appropriate Effects for Causes

Read each scenario and color the correct effect to answer the question in these printable English worksheets for grade 8 students.

Time Collocations

The word "time" takes up every inch of space in these printable ELA worksheets for 8th grade, where the task is to complete the time collocations nestled in sentences.

Recognizing and Correcting Inappropriate Shifts in Verb Tense

Read each sentence and find if the shift in tense is appropriate or inappropriate. Rewrite the sentences by correcting the inappropriate tense shift.

Explaining Personifications

Write an explanation of the idea behind personifying or lending human qualities to inanimate objects in these personification sentences.

Correcting Sentences with Misplaced Modifiers

Hone in on the misplaced modifier in each sentence, underline it, place the modifier exactly where it belongs, and rewrite the sentence accordingly.

Negative, Neutral, and Positive Connotations

Analyze the emotion invoked by the highlighted word in each sentence, making sure to situate it within the context provided, and figure out if it has a positive, negative, or neutral connotation.

Writing Sentences with Gerunds and Infinitives

Give your eighth graders a chance to write two sentences for each question. They have to write one sentence with a gerund and another one with an infinitive.

Completing Hyberboles Using Words From the Box

Complete each hyperbolic statement, choosing an appropriate word or phrase from the box in these grade 8 language arts worksheets pdf.