Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 171 · 40 questions

Writing tip (Read it aloud): Decide what the question is checking — a missing part, a capital, a joining word, the order or the end mark. Use that lesson’s tip. Read your choice aloud: a correct sentence sounds complete.

1. 1.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “The peacock danced in the rain.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
2. 2.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “What a clever crow” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
3. 3.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “How clever the crow is” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
4. 4.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Where is Kavya playing cricket?” (a) command (b) question (c) exclamation (d) statement
5. 5.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Omkar wore new clothes on pongal.” (a) new (b) pongal (c) clothes (d) on
6. 6.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Riya cooks for lunch rice. (b) Riya cooks rice for lunch. (c) Cooks Riya rice for lunch. (d) Riya rice cooks for lunch.
7. 7.Manav wrote “a big box in a big room”. Which word means the same as “big” and can replace the second one? (a) huge (b) purple (c) tiny
8. 8.Which describing word fits best?
   “The new coin looks ___.” (a) noisy (b) shiny (c) sweet (d) sticky
9. 9.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The lights went out we lit a candle.” (a) after “went” (b) after “lights” (c) after “out” (d) after “we”
10. 10.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Saanvi washes the car on Sundays” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
11. 11.Which describing word fits best?
    “The thunder sounds ___.” (a) bright (b) loud (c) rough (d) sour
12. 12.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “simran met zoya at the station in shimla.” (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 4
13. 13.Ananya wrote “an old fort near an old temple”. Which word means the same as “old” and can replace the second one? (a) new (b) ancient (c) round
14. 14.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Farhan has a new cake. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) It (c) Him (d) He
15. 15.“Watered the plants.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) nothing is missing (c) what happens (predicate)
16. 16.Which of these is a question? (a) Tenzin catches the bus at seven. (b) Open your books to page ten. (c) What a funny joke! (d) Where is Yash playing cricket?
17. 17.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Mum cooked dal. She made rotis.” (a) and (b) because (c) but
18. 18.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Grandpa reads the paper. He drinks his tea.” (a) because (b) and (c) but
19. 19.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Aarav bought Aarav's book. Aarav read it. (b) Aarav bought his book. He read it. (c) Aarav bought his book. Him read it.
20. 20.Tara wrote “a scared cat and a scared puppy”. Which word means the same as “scared” and can replace the second one? (a) afraid (b) purple (c) brave
21. 21.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The sky was cloudy. It did not rain.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
22. 22.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Arjun picked Arjun's mango. Arjun ate it. (b) Arjun picked his mango. He ate it. (c) Arjun picked his mango. Him ate it.
23. 23.Which sentence describes the bicycle best? (a) Meera rode a bicycle. (b) Meera rode a new bicycle. (c) Meera rode a new red bicycle. (d) Meera rode a red bicycle.
24. 24.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Mum smiled. I had cleaned my room.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
25. 25.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “pooja lives near the lake in chennai.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
26. 26.These words are mixed up: plants / the / in / evening / waters / Yash / the
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Waters Yash the plants in the evening. (b) Yash waters the plants in the evening. (c) Yash waters in the evening the plants. (d) Yash the plants waters in the evening.
27. 27.Aisha wrote “happy children at a happy party”. Which word means the same as “happy” and can replace the second one? (a) glad (b) round (c) sad
28. 28.“Our teacher.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) nothing is missing (c) who or what (subject)
29. 29.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “priya and i played in the park on sunday.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
30. 30.Which describing word fits best?
    “The lemon tastes ___.” (a) sour (b) loud (c) rough (d) colourful
31. 31.Which describing word fits best?
    “The library sounds ___.” (a) spicy (b) quiet (c) sticky (d) bright
32. 32.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Kabir has a cat ___ he has a dog.” (a) and (b) because (c) but
33. 33.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Where is Manav going after school?” (a) command (b) question (c) exclamation (d) statement
34. 34.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my cousin and i visited a zoo in bhopal.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 3
35. 35.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Diya made her card. Her posted it. (b) Diya made her card. She posted it. (c) Diya made Diya's card. Diya posted it.
36. 36.Which describing word fits best?
    “The sun looks ___.” (a) bitter (b) quiet (c) bright (d) fluffy
37. 37.Which describing word fits best?
    “The drum sounds ___.” (a) rough (b) colourful (c) sour (d) loud
38. 38.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first Tuesday of January.” (a) my (b) is (c) on (d) first
39. 39.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) A green parrot ate a ripe guava. (b) Splashed in the river. (c) Although he was tired. (d) The wind.
40. 40.“Our neighbours.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) nothing is missing (c) what happens (predicate)

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