✏️ Grammar & Conventions: Shifts in Voice and Mood (Grade 8)

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Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb voice and mood.

1. Fix the shift: First, preheat the oven, and then you should mix the flour.

2. Fix the shift: If I was taller and if I were faster, I would make the team.

3. Fix the shift: The team won the game, and the trophy was lifted by them.

4. Fix the shift: Mia painted the fence, and then the gate was painted by her.

Answer key: 1) First, preheat the oven, and then mix the flour. · 2) If I were taller and faster, I would make the team. · 3) The team won the game and lifted the trophy. · 4) Mia painted the fence and then the gate.

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Free Grade 8 English worksheet (Common Core L.8.1.d): recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb voice and mood. Skill: Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb voice and mood. Level: Grade 8 — also suits Year 9 (UK).

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CCSS L.8.1.d: Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb voice and mood
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