Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 240 · 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 joins these two sentences best?
   “It started to rain. We opened our umbrellas.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
2. 2.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Kavya has a new poem. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) Her (c) It (d) He
3. 3.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Sit down quietly.” (a) question (b) command (c) exclamation (d) statement
4. 4.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Kunal was born in the month of february.” (a) in (b) february (c) born (d) of
5. 5.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “We ran fast. We missed the train.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
6. 6.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we went to jaipur for diwali last year.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 2
7. 7.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “Our neighbours.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
8. 8.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
   “The test was hard ___ Zoya got full marks.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
9. 9.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “A small mouse hid under the bed.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
10. 10.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The shopkeeper counted the coins.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
11. 11.These words are mixed up: eats / Yash / after / a / school / banana
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Yash eats a banana after school. (b) Eats Yash a banana after school. (c) Yash a banana eats after school. (d) Yash eats after school a banana.
12. 12.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Aarav packed his bag. Him carried it. (b) Aarav packed Aarav's bag. Aarav carried it. (c) Aarav packed his bag. He carried it.
13. 13.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The sun was shining. The birds were singing.” (a) and (b) but (c) because
14. 14.Which sentence describes the butterfly best? (a) Rohan saw a tiny butterfly. (b) Rohan saw a butterfly. (c) Rohan saw a tiny blue butterfly. (d) Rohan saw a blue butterfly.
15. 15.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) When the school bus came. (b) The bright moon. (c) Gave fresh milk. (d) The cricket match ended at five o'clock.
16. 16.“The cricket match.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) nothing is missing (c) what happens (predicate)
17. 17.Which is the best way to join “The baby cried.” and “She was hungry.”? (a) The baby cried because she was hungry. (b) The baby cried but she was hungry. (c) The baby cried so she was hungry.
18. 18.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What is Ishaan eating for lunch? (b) Is what Ishaan eating for lunch? (c) Ishaan is what eating for lunch? (d) What Ishaan is eating for lunch?
19. 19.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) When is Priya leaving for Delhi? (b) Priya is when leaving for Delhi? (c) When Priya is leaving for Delhi? (d) Is when Priya leaving for Delhi?
20. 20.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What a big cake!” (a) command (b) question (c) statement (d) exclamation
21. 21.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 “basket” (c) after “ripe” (d) after “mangoes”
22. 22.“The shopkeeper.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) what happens (predicate) (c) nothing is missing
23. 23.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What Rahul is eating for lunch? (b) Rahul is what eating for lunch? (c) Is what Rahul eating for lunch? (d) What is Rahul eating for lunch?
24. 24.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Ishaan brushes the dog on Sundays.” (a) statement (b) command (c) exclamation (d) question
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Diwali.” (a) we (b) on (c) our (d) cousins
26. 26.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Until the rain stopped. (b) Sent me a gift. (c) My little brother broke his toy car. (d) Our teacher.
27. 27.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Pooja sings in the morning a song. (b) Pooja sings a song in the morning. (c) Sings Pooja a song in the morning. (d) Pooja a song sings in the morning.
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from Pune in June.” (a) my (b) in (c) uncle (d) came
29. 29.Which sentence describes the kite best? (a) Farhan flew a big kite. (b) Farhan flew a big red kite. (c) Farhan flew a kite. (d) Farhan flew a red kite.
30. 30.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “How funny the joke is” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) full stop (.) (c) question mark (?)
31. 31.Which sentence describes the mango best? (a) Farhan ate a juicy ripe mango. (b) Farhan ate a juicy mango. (c) Farhan ate a mango. (d) Farhan ate a ripe mango.
32. 32.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “I like mangoes. My sister likes apples.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
33. 33.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Why is Ananya laughing” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
34. 34.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Dev went to bed early ___ he was tired.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
35. 35.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Sat on the wall. (b) The children sang a song in the hall. (c) Because it was raining. (d) The shopkeeper.
36. 36.These words are mixed up: every / room / Saturday / the / cleans / Riya
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Riya the room cleans every Saturday. (b) Riya cleans the room every Saturday. (c) Riya cleans every Saturday the room. (d) Cleans Riya the room every Saturday.
37. 37.Which of these is a question? (a) Water the plants today. (b) Aisha plays cricket in the park. (c) Where is Nisha playing cricket? (d) What a long train!
38. 38.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “arjun and dev will come to my house on sunday.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 4
39. 39.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Aisha lost her pencil. Her found it. (b) Aisha lost Aisha's pencil. Aisha found it. (c) Aisha lost her pencil. She found it.
40. 40.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My birthday is on the first Thursday of january.” (a) on (b) january (c) is (d) the

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