Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 176 · 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?
   “Our cat.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
2. 2.What kind of sentence is this?
   “How huge the elephant is!” (a) question (b) exclamation (c) command (d) statement
3. 3.Which sentence describes the cap best? (a) Pooja wore a red cap. (b) Pooja wore a new cap. (c) Pooja wore a cap. (d) Pooja wore a new red cap.
4. 4.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Vikram wrote his poem. He read it. (b) Vikram wrote Vikram's poem. Vikram read it. (c) Vikram wrote his poem. Him read it.
5. 5.“Cooked dal for dinner.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) nothing is missing (c) who or what (subject)
6. 6.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Isha met Dev at the station in shimla.” (a) at (b) station (c) shimla (d) in
7. 7.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The little puppy ran across the garden. (b) The red kite flew high in the sky. (c) The players ran onto the field. (d) Stopped at the gate.
8. 8.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The cake was too sweet nobody ate a second piece.” (a) after “The” (b) after “sweet” (c) after “was” (d) after “nobody”
9. 9.Kunal wrote “a rich king in a rich city”. Which word means the same as “rich” and can replace the second one? (a) wealthy (b) spicy (c) poor
10. 10.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “rohan and i played in the park on friday.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
11. 11.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “the big fair in Kolkata starts in November.” (a) starts (b) the (c) fair (d) in
12. 12.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Simran has a new pencil. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Her (b) She (c) He (d) It
13. 13.Which of these is a statement? (a) Isha packs the school bag at night. (b) How colourful the rangoli is! (c) Where is Yash going after school? (d) Bring your notebook tomorrow.
14. 14.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Priya can sing. She can dance too.” (a) and (b) but (c) because
15. 15.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Isha sings in the morning a song. (b) Isha sings a song in the morning. (c) Isha a song sings in the morning. (d) Sings Isha a song in the morning.
16. 16.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Riya lost her pen she looked everywhere.” (a) after “she” (b) after “looked” (c) after “lost” (d) after “pen”
17. 17.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The cricket match.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
18. 18.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Kabir flies a kite on the roof.” (a) exclamation (b) command (c) question (d) statement
19. 19.Which sentence describes the dog best? (a) Simran saw a black dog. (b) Simran saw a little black dog. (c) Simran saw a dog. (d) Simran saw a little dog.
20. 20.Which sentence describes the balloon best? (a) Tenzin bought a round purple balloon. (b) Tenzin bought a purple balloon. (c) Tenzin bought a round balloon. (d) Tenzin bought a balloon.
21. 21.Which sentence describes the balloon best? (a) Kabir bought a purple balloon. (b) Kabir bought a big balloon. (c) Kabir bought a big purple balloon. (d) Kabir bought a balloon.
22. 22.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Kavya reads a storybook at night” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
23. 23.These words are mixed up: morning / the / cat / every / feeds / Pooja
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Feeds Pooja the cat every morning. (b) Pooja the cat feeds every morning. (c) Pooja feeds every morning the cat. (d) Pooja feeds the cat every morning.
24. 24.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Kavya has a new bicycle. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) Her (c) She (d) It
25. 25.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) When the bell rang. (b) Stopped at the gate. (c) The firefighters put out the fire. (d) My sister.
26. 26.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Tenzin has a new pot. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) She (c) Him (d) He
27. 27.These words are mixed up: night / school / bag / the / at / packs / Omkar
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Omkar packs the school bag at night. (b) Omkar the school bag packs at night. (c) Packs Omkar the school bag at night. (d) Omkar packs at night the school bag.
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Last wednesday I went to Patna by train.” (a) wednesday (b) to (c) went (d) train
29. 29.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “on Monday we have a test in maths.” (a) on (b) have (c) maths (d) we
30. 30.Which of these is a question? (a) Yash waters the plants in the evening. (b) How bright the moon is! (c) Please close the door. (d) What is Sneha eating for lunch?
31. 31.Which describing word fits best?
    “The honey tastes ___.” (a) bright (b) smooth (c) sweet (d) noisy
32. 32.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Collected nuts.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
33. 33.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “bell” (b) after “The” (c) after “rang” (d) after “ran”
34. 34.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Diya packed her bag. Her carried it. (b) Diya packed Diya's bag. Diya carried it. (c) Diya packed her bag. She carried it.
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Rahul wore new clothes on holi.” (a) on (b) new (c) wore (d) holi
36. 36.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Maria wrote her poem. She read it. (b) Maria wrote her poem. Her read it. (c) Maria wrote Maria's poem. Maria read it.
37. 37.Which is the best way to join “The shop was closed.” and “We went home.”? (a) The shop was closed because we went home. (b) The shop was closed so we went home. (c) The shop was closed but we went home.
38. 38.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Kicks Maria the ball in the garden. (b) Maria the ball kicks in the garden. (c) Maria kicks in the garden the ball. (d) Maria kicks the ball in the garden.
39. 39.Which is the best way to join “The box was small.” and “It was very heavy.”? (a) The box was small but it was very heavy. (b) The box was small because it was very heavy. (c) The box was small so it was very heavy.
40. 40.Which describing word fits best?
    “The chips taste ___.” (a) fluffy (b) salty (c) bright (d) loud

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