8th Grade Language Arts Worksheets
Step up your practice with our printable 8th grade language arts worksheets that are accompanied by answer keys and feature adequate exercises in forming and using verbs in the active and passive voice, recognizing and correcting inappropriate shifts, comprehending the figures of speech like onomatopoeia, oxymoron, hyperbole, personification, building vocabulary with collocations, citing textual evidence to support analysis of what the informational text says explicitly and drawing inferences from the text. Motivate your crew and encourage them to practice with our free grade 8 language arts worksheets.
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Passive Voice with Simple Future
Transform the sentences in the simple future tense to passive voice using the structure subject + will / shall + be + past participle of the verb + by + object.
Identify and underline the group of words that function as an adverb, and write which of the three questions it answers: how, when, or where.
Spot the dependent clause that serves as the noun in each sentence, underline it and state if it functions as a subject, object, or as a complement.
Converting Exclamatory Sentences to Reported Speech
Replace the verb with words like exclaimed with joy or sorrow, regretted, sighed, etc., to express the emotions, and rewrite as reported speech.
Comb each sentence for the complement that completes the meaning of the sentence, and underline it. State if it is a subject or an object complement.
Recognizing and Fixing Inappropriate Shifts
Identify the shift in the verb tenses in each sentence. Decide if it is appropriate or inappropriate. Rewrite the sentence fixing the inappropriate shifts.
Rewriting Sentences with Tag Questions
The sentences have a mismatched tag question. Rewrite the sentences with a tag question that best fits it.
Converting Phrasal Verbs into Normal Verbs
Comprehend the meaning of the underlined phrasal verb in each sentence. Replace it with a normal verb and rewrite the sentence.
Identifying Adjective Clauses | Relative Clauses
Identify and underline the adjective clause that is introduced by the relative pronoun and circle the noun it describes in each sentence.
Completing Sentences Avoiding Double Negatives
Choose an appropriate adverb or negative contracted form of the verb to complete each sentence avoiding the double negative.
Completing the Story with Adverbial Clauses
Fill in the blanks with appropriate adverbial clauses that are groups of words used to modify the verb and complete the story.
Changing the Voice | Different Tenses
Switch the sentences involving a mix of tenses from active to passive voice and rewrite them in the space provided.
Identifying Infinitive Phrases
Look for the infinitive form of the verb, its complements and modifiers in each sentence and underline them.
Passive Voice with Two Objects
Convert the sentences from active to passive voice keeping a watch on the two objects.
Diagramming Sentences with Compound Predicate
Break down each sentence into its components and pictorially represent them, emphasizing on the compound predicates.
