Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 184 · 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.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Joseph has a new pencil. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) It (c) Him (d) She
2. 2.Which describing word fits best?
   “The sun looks ___.” (a) quiet (b) rough (c) spicy (d) bright
3. 3.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
   “Nisha took an umbrella ___ the sky was cloudy.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
4. 4.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Last Saturday i went to Patna by train.” (a) train (b) by (c) went (d) i
5. 5.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) My grandmother told us a story. (b) Checked my throat. (c) The school bell rang loudly. (d) Our cat slept on the sofa.
6. 6.Which of these is a command? (a) Why is Kunal crying? (b) Meera helps Grandma in the kitchen. (c) Please pass the salt. (d) How noisy the market is!
7. 7.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “The road was wet. We walked slowly.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
8. 8.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “My grandmother.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
9. 9.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “last Sunday I went to Chennai by train.” (a) last (b) to (c) by (d) went
10. 10.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The box was small ___ it was very heavy.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
11. 11.“Collected nuts.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) nothing is missing (c) who or what (subject)
12. 12.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Why Saanvi is crying? (b) Saanvi is why crying? (c) Why is Saanvi crying? (d) Is why Saanvi crying?
13. 13.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Aarav a song sings in the morning. (b) Aarav sings in the morning a song. (c) Aarav sings a song in the morning. (d) Sings Aarav a song in the morning.
14. 14.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) Gave me a pencil. (b) The baby elephant splashed in the river. (c) My grandmother told us a story. (d) The shopkeeper counted the coins.
15. 15.Which describing word fits best?
    “The library sounds ___.” (a) quiet (b) colourful (c) fluffy (d) sour
16. 16.“Gave me a pencil.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) nothing is missing (c) who or what (subject)
17. 17.Which sentence describes the butterfly best? (a) Rohan saw a tiny blue butterfly. (b) Rohan saw a butterfly. (c) Rohan saw a tiny butterfly. (d) Rohan saw a blue butterfly.
18. 18.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Aisha has a new pencil. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) It (c) She (d) Her
19. 19.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “saanvi lives near the lake in Delhi.” (a) lake (b) saanvi (c) the (d) in
20. 20.Which sentence describes the shell best? (a) Meera found a small white shell. (b) Meera found a white shell. (c) Meera found a shell. (d) Meera found a small shell.
21. 21.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “We stayed indoors ___ it was raining.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
22. 22.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Flew high in the sky.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
23. 23.These words are mixed up: on / Priya / the / dog / Sundays / brushes
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Priya brushes the dog on Sundays. (b) Brushes Priya the dog on Sundays. (c) Priya the dog brushes on Sundays. (d) Priya brushes on Sundays the dog.
24. 24.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Until the rain stopped. (b) The tiny ant. (c) Ended at five o'clock. (d) Our teacher wrote a poem on the board.
25. 25.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Tara packed her bag. Her carried it. (b) Tara packed Tara's bag. Tara carried it. (c) Tara packed her bag. She carried it.
26. 26.Which sentence describes the house best? (a) Tenzin drew a small red house. (b) Tenzin drew a red house. (c) Tenzin drew a small house. (d) Tenzin drew a house.
27. 27.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Our school reopens after the holidays in january.” (a) reopens (b) in (c) the (d) january
28. 28.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) Our teacher wrote a poem on the board. (b) A small mouse hid under the bed. (c) Playing with my friends. (d) Our cat slept on the sofa.
29. 29.These words are mixed up: garden / in / ball / Kabir / kicks / the / the
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Kabir kicks the ball in the garden. (b) Kabir the ball kicks in the garden. (c) Kicks Kabir the ball in the garden. (d) Kabir kicks in the garden the ball.
30. 30.Which sentence describes the dog best? (a) Aarav saw a black dog. (b) Aarav saw a dog. (c) Aarav saw a little black dog. (d) Aarav saw a little dog.
31. 31.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Kabir drank some water. He was thirsty.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
32. 32.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to jaipur for diwali last year.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 4
33. 33.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) When the bell rang. (b) My sister. (c) Rang his bell. (d) A green parrot ate a ripe guava.
34. 34.Dev wrote “a fast horse and a fast car”. Which word means the same as “fast” and can replace the second one? (a) round (b) quick (c) slow
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from kochi in October.” (a) in (b) kochi (c) from (d) uncle
36. 36.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Where is Rohan going after school?” (a) exclamation (b) command (c) statement (d) question
37. 37.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Riya washed Riya's bicycle. Riya rode it. (b) Riya washed her bicycle. She rode it. (c) Riya washed her bicycle. Her rode it.
38. 38.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “When is Joseph leaving for Delhi” (a) full stop (.) (b) question mark (?) (c) exclamation mark (!)
39. 39.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Where is Diya playing cricket” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) full stop (.) (c) question mark (?)
40. 40.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The milk boiled over we turned off the stove.” (a) after “we” (b) after “The” (c) after “over” (d) after “milk”

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