Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 210 · 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 needs a capital letter?
   “My birthday is on the first saturday of August.” (a) the (b) on (c) birthday (d) saturday
2. 2.Which is the best way to join “The baby cried.” and “She was hungry.”? (a) The baby cried so she was hungry. (b) The baby cried because she was hungry. (c) The baby cried but she was hungry.
3. 3.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my uncle came from delhi in july.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 3
4. 4.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The sky turned dark soon it began to rain.” (a) after “soon” (b) after “turned” (c) after “to” (d) after “dark”
5. 5.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Meera was born in the month of january.” (a) in (b) january (c) of (d) was
6. 6.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “I go to the park with my dog on saturday.” (a) with (b) saturday (c) dog (d) park
7. 7.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Cooks Rahul rice for lunch. (b) Rahul cooks for lunch rice. (c) Rahul cooks rice for lunch. (d) Rahul rice cooks for lunch.
8. 8.Rahul wrote “a cold wind on a cold night”. Which word means the same as “cold” and can replace the second one? (a) chilly (b) hot (c) square
9. 9.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “i go to the park with my dog on Saturday.” (a) on (b) park (c) go (d) i
10. 10.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What a bright moon” (a) full stop (.) (b) question mark (?) (c) exclamation mark (!)
11. 11.Which is the best way to join “Tara likes to paint.” and “She likes to draw.”? (a) Tara likes to paint and she likes to draw. (b) Tara likes to paint because she likes to draw. (c) Tara likes to paint but she likes to draw.
12. 12.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The mangoes were ripe we picked a basket full.” (a) after “we” (b) after “The” (c) after “picked” (d) after “ripe”
13. 13.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “diya wore new clothes on diwali.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3
14. 14.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Eating a big mango.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
15. 15.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “After we ate lunch.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
16. 16.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Maria has a new card. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Her (b) He (c) It (d) She
17. 17.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Dev lost his pencil. He found it. (b) Dev lost his pencil. Him found it. (c) Dev lost Dev's pencil. Dev found it.
18. 18.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The water was too cold. We did not swim.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
19. 19.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in kolkata on Tuesday.” (a) kolkata (b) the (c) visited (d) old
20. 20.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The little puppy. (b) Danced in the rain. (c) The doctor checked my throat. (d) Playing with my friends.
21. 21.Meera wrote “an angry man and an angry dog”. Which word means the same as “angry” and can replace the second one? (a) calm (b) cross (c) purple
22. 22.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The garden has roses. It has sunflowers.” (a) and (b) but (c) because
23. 23.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Manav has a new mango. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) He (c) Him (d) It
24. 24.These words are mixed up: in / picture / a / draws / class / art / Dev
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Dev draws a picture in art class. (b) Draws Dev a picture in art class. (c) Dev a picture draws in art class. (d) Dev draws in art class a picture.
25. 25.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The school bell rang loudly. (b) The players ran onto the field. (c) Our cat slept on the sofa. (d) Before the sun set.
26. 26.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we went to Shimla for Onam last year.” (a) to (b) we (c) went (d) year
27. 27.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Maria has a new bag. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) Her (c) She (d) He
28. 28.“The doctor.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) nothing is missing (c) what happens (predicate)
29. 29.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “meera and i played in the park on friday.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
30. 30.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “A big black crow.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
31. 31.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Because it was raining.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
32. 32.Which is the best way to join “The sun was shining.” and “The birds were singing.”? (a) The sun was shining and the birds were singing. (b) The sun was shining but the birds were singing. (c) The sun was shining because the birds were singing.
33. 33.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “I brushed my teeth ___ I washed my face.” (a) but (b) because (c) and
34. 34.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Pooja has a new pot. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) Her (c) She (d) He
35. 35.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The school bus stopped at the gate. (b) My aunt sent me a gift. (c) As soon as we reached home. (d) The red kite flew high in the sky.
36. 36.Riya wrote “an angry man and an angry dog”. Which word means the same as “angry” and can replace the second one? (a) purple (b) cross (c) calm
37. 37.“Gave me a pencil.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) who or what (subject) (c) nothing is missing
38. 38.Which sentence describes the house best? (a) Priya drew a red house. (b) Priya drew a small red house. (c) Priya drew a house. (d) Priya drew a small house.
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “last Monday I went to Delhi by train.” (a) train (b) went (c) last (d) to
40. 40.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Arjun waters in the evening the plants. (b) Arjun waters the plants in the evening. (c) Waters Arjun the plants in the evening. (d) Arjun the plants waters in the evening.

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