Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 213 · 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 of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The brown cow. (b) The children sang a song in the hall. (c) Our teacher wrote a poem on the board. (d) The old farmer planted rice in the field.
2. 2.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “The firefighters put out the fire.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
3. 3.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Ishaan and i played in the park on Sunday.” (a) on (b) played (c) i (d) and
4. 4.Yash wrote “a loud bell and a loud drum”. Which word means the same as “loud” and can replace the second one? (a) quiet (b) noisy (c) round
5. 5.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Aarav washed his bicycle. He rode it. (b) Aarav washed Aarav's bicycle. Aarav rode it. (c) Aarav washed his bicycle. Him rode it.
6. 6.Which describing word fits best?
   “The glass feels ___.” (a) salty (b) quiet (c) smooth (d) shiny
7. 7.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The players. (b) Waiting for the bus. (c) Broke his toy car. (d) The shopkeeper counted the coins.
8. 8.“The rain.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) nothing is missing (c) who or what (subject)
9. 9.Which sentence describes the flower best? (a) Diya picked a pretty white flower. (b) Diya picked a flower. (c) Diya picked a pretty flower. (d) Diya picked a white flower.
10. 10.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “We ran to the bus stop ___ we were late.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
11. 11.Which describing word fits best?
    “The thunder sounds ___.” (a) colourful (b) loud (c) smooth (d) bitter
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “aarav lives near the lake in Lucknow.” (a) lives (b) in (c) aarav (d) near
13. 13.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Kabir is where playing cricket? (b) Where Kabir is playing cricket? (c) Is where Kabir playing cricket? (d) Where is Kabir playing cricket?
14. 14.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Catches Tenzin the bus at seven. (b) Tenzin the bus catches at seven. (c) Tenzin catches at seven the bus. (d) Tenzin catches the bus at seven.
15. 15.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Imran rides a bicycle to school. (b) Imran rides to school a bicycle. (c) Imran a bicycle rides to school. (d) Rides Imran a bicycle to school.
16. 16.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Sat next to me.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
17. 17.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my cousin and i visited a zoo in surat.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
18. 18.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Meera was hungry. She ate a banana.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
19. 19.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Dev kicks the ball in the garden” (a) full stop (.) (b) question mark (?) (c) exclamation mark (!)
20. 20.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The tiny ant carried a crumb. (b) The train left the station at nine. (c) The peacock danced in the rain. (d) The old farmer.
21. 21.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Riya lost her pen she looked everywhere.” (a) after “lost” (b) after “she” (c) after “Riya” (d) after “pen”
22. 22.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Broke his toy car.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
23. 23.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The road was wet. We walked slowly.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
24. 24.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Imran has a new book. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Him (b) She (c) It (d) He
25. 25.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Manav has a new toy car. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) He (c) Him (d) It
26. 26.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Grandpa reads the paper. He drinks his tea.” (a) because (b) and (c) but
27. 27.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Riya wore a sweater. It was cold.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
28. 28.Which is the best way to join “Ravi is only six.” and “He can swim very well.”? (a) Ravi is only six but he can swim very well. (b) Ravi is only six so he can swim very well. (c) Ravi is only six because he can swim very well.
29. 29.Joseph wrote “a pretty doll in a pretty dress”. Which word means the same as “pretty” and can replace the second one? (a) ugly (b) square (c) lovely
30. 30.These words are mixed up: cleans / room / Saturday / the / Saanvi / every
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Saanvi cleans the room every Saturday. (b) Cleans Saanvi the room every Saturday. (c) Saanvi the room cleans every Saturday. (d) Saanvi cleans every Saturday the room.
31. 31.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The school bus stopped at the gate. (b) After we ate lunch. (c) My grandmother told us a story. (d) The doctor checked my throat.
32. 32.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to mysuru for onam last year.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 5
33. 33.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Meera has a new poem. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) Her (c) It (d) She
34. 34.Which describing word fits best?
    “The rainbow looks ___.” (a) sticky (b) colourful (c) sour (d) loud
35. 35.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Line up near the door.” (a) exclamation (b) statement (c) command (d) question
36. 36.“The tall tree.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
37. 37.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Yash met Manav at the station in mysuru.” (a) mysuru (b) station (c) met (d) at
38. 38.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last monday i went to chennai by train.” (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 3 (d) 5
39. 39.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “How colourful the rangoli is” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
40. 40.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The sun was shining ___ the birds were singing.” (a) but (b) and (c) because

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