Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 192 · 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.“Sat on the wall.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) what happens (predicate) (c) who or what (subject)
2. 2.“Danced in the rain.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) who or what (subject) (c) nothing is missing
3. 3.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “my uncle came from Pune in September.” (a) came (b) my (c) uncle (d) from
4. 4.These words are mixed up: drinks / before / milk / warm / bed / Yash
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Yash drinks warm milk before bed. (b) Yash drinks before bed warm milk. (c) Yash warm milk drinks before bed. (d) Drinks Yash warm milk before bed.
5. 5.These words are mixed up: Sundays / the / Aarav / on / brushes / dog
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Aarav brushes the dog on Sundays. (b) Brushes Aarav the dog on Sundays. (c) Aarav brushes on Sundays the dog. (d) Aarav the dog brushes on Sundays.
6. 6.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “How is Meera travelling to school” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
7. 7.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “dev and nisha will come to my house on wednesday.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5
8. 8.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Arjun made Arjun's card. Arjun posted it. (b) Arjun made his card. Him posted it. (c) Arjun made his card. He posted it.
9. 9.These words are mixed up: Rohan / the / a / song / morning / in / sings
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Rohan sings a song in the morning. (b) Sings Rohan a song in the morning. (c) Rohan sings in the morning a song. (d) Rohan a song sings in the morning.
10. 10.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The village pond was full of lotus flowers.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
11. 11.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Grandma baked a cake it smelled lovely.” (a) after “a” (b) after “cake” (c) after “it” (d) after “Grandma”
12. 12.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Simran writes every week a poem. (b) Simran a poem writes every week. (c) Simran writes a poem every week. (d) Writes Simran a poem every week.
13. 13.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What is Pooja drawing in class? (b) What Pooja is drawing in class? (c) Pooja is what drawing in class? (d) Is what Pooja drawing in class?
14. 14.Which is the best way to join “Kabir drank some water.” and “He was thirsty.”? (a) Kabir drank some water because he was thirsty. (b) Kabir drank some water but he was thirsty. (c) Kabir drank some water so he was thirsty.
15. 15.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The baby cried ___ she was hungry.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
16. 16.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The wind blew the leaves away. (b) Collected nuts. (c) The doctor checked my throat. (d) A big black crow sat on the wall.
17. 17.Nisha wrote “a rich king in a rich city”. Which word means the same as “rich” and can replace the second one? (a) spicy (b) wealthy (c) poor
18. 18.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Where is Tara playing cricket?” (a) statement (b) command (c) question (d) exclamation
19. 19.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Wash your hands before lunch.” (a) question (b) statement (c) command (d) exclamation
20. 20.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Please close the door.” (a) command (b) exclamation (c) question (d) statement
21. 21.Which is the best way to join “It was late.” and “The shops were still open.”? (a) It was late but the shops were still open. (b) It was late because the shops were still open. (c) It was late so the shops were still open.
22. 22.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The parrot can talk it says hello every morning.” (a) after “can” (b) after “every” (c) after “says” (d) after “talk”
23. 23.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on holi.” (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 3
24. 24.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Meera has a new pencil. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) He (c) It (d) Her
25. 25.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Eats Dev a banana after school. (b) Dev a banana eats after school. (c) Dev eats after school a banana. (d) Dev eats a banana after school.
26. 26.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) Ananya brushes the dog on Sundays. (b) Please help me carry this box. (c) What a cute puppy! (d) Where is Nisha playing cricket?
27. 27.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) How Ishaan is travelling to school? (b) Is how Ishaan travelling to school? (c) How is Ishaan travelling to school? (d) Ishaan is how travelling to school?
28. 28.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “maria wore new clothes on baisakhi.” (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
29. 29.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Rohan plays cricket in the park. (b) Plays Rohan cricket in the park. (c) Rohan cricket plays in the park. (d) Rohan plays in the park cricket.
30. 30.Which of these is a command? (a) Wash your hands before lunch. (b) How clever the crow is! (c) When is Tenzin leaving for Delhi? (d) Tenzin reads a storybook at night.
31. 31.Which describing word fits best?
    “The lemon tastes ___.” (a) bright (b) sour (c) prickly (d) loud
32. 32.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The brown cow gave fresh milk. (b) The old farmer planted rice in the field. (c) A small mouse hid under the bed. (d) Grabbed a banana.
33. 33.These words are mixed up: waters / the / the / in / plants / Sneha / evening
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Sneha the plants waters in the evening. (b) Sneha waters the plants in the evening. (c) Waters Sneha the plants in the evening. (d) Sneha waters in the evening the plants.
34. 34.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The postman.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
35. 35.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “How tasty the samosa is” (a) question mark (?) (b) full stop (.) (c) exclamation mark (!)
36. 36.Which of these is a question? (a) How tasty the samosa is! (b) Please pass the salt. (c) What is Rohan drawing in class? (d) Yash waters the plants in the evening.
37. 37.Which sentence describes the kite best? (a) Sneha flew a big green kite. (b) Sneha flew a kite. (c) Sneha flew a green kite. (d) Sneha flew a big kite.
38. 38.These words are mixed up: rides / a / Isha / bicycle / school / to
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Isha rides to school a bicycle. (b) Isha rides a bicycle to school. (c) Isha a bicycle rides to school. (d) Rides Isha a bicycle to school.
39. 39.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last wednesday i went to shimla by train.” (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 5
40. 40.Which is the best way to join “I like mangoes.” and “My sister likes apples.”? (a) I like mangoes but my sister likes apples. (b) I like mangoes so my sister likes apples. (c) I like mangoes because my sister likes apples.

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