Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 250 · 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 peacock. (b) My grandmother told us a story. (c) The players ran onto the field. (d) The little puppy ran across the garden.
2. 2.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The train left the station at nine. (b) A green parrot ate a ripe guava. (c) The brown cow. (d) Grandpa watered the plants.
3. 3.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “The water was too cold. We did not swim.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
4. 4.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The wind was strong our umbrella turned inside out.” (a) after “inside” (b) after “wind” (c) after “our” (d) after “strong”
5. 5.Aisha wrote “a big box in a big room”. Which word means the same as “big” and can replace the second one? (a) huge (b) round (c) tiny
6. 6.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Kavya lost Kavya's pencil. Kavya found it. (b) Kavya lost her pencil. Her found it. (c) Kavya lost her pencil. She found it.
7. 7.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Rahul eats after school a banana. (b) Rahul a banana eats after school. (c) Eats Rahul a banana after school. (d) Rahul eats a banana after school.
8. 8.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
   “The test was hard ___ Zoya got full marks.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
9. 9.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Riya the room cleans every Saturday. (b) Riya cleans every Saturday the room. (c) Riya cleans the room every Saturday. (d) Cleans Riya the room every Saturday.
10. 10.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Saanvi planted her sapling. Her watered it. (b) Saanvi planted Saanvi's sapling. Saanvi watered it. (c) Saanvi planted her sapling. She watered it.
11. 11.Which sentence describes the pot best? (a) Tenzin painted a small pot. (b) Tenzin painted a pot. (c) Tenzin painted an orange pot. (d) Tenzin painted a small orange pot.
12. 12.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What a cute puppy” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
13. 13.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The school bus stopped at the gate. (b) The baby elephant splashed in the river. (c) Before the sun set. (d) The hungry monkey grabbed a banana.
14. 14.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “meera met priya at the station in delhi.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 2
15. 15.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Ishaan has a new sapling. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) He (c) Him (d) She
16. 16.Which sentence describes the bag best? (a) Rahul carried a heavy black bag. (b) Rahul carried a heavy bag. (c) Rahul carried a black bag. (d) Rahul carried a bag.
17. 17.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Last Saturday I went to surat by train.” (a) went (b) to (c) surat (d) by
18. 18.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Writes Ishaan a poem every week. (b) Ishaan writes a poem every week. (c) Ishaan a poem writes every week. (d) Ishaan writes every week a poem.
19. 19.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in April.” (a) school (b) after (c) holidays (d) our
20. 20.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Mum cooked dal ___ she made rotis.” (a) and (b) but (c) because
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My aunt made sweets for diwali.” (a) made (b) for (c) diwali (d) sweets
22. 22.“Slept on the sofa.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) what happens (predicate) (c) who or what (subject)
23. 23.These words are mixed up: the / Simran / every / morning / feeds / cat
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Simran feeds every morning the cat. (b) Simran the cat feeds every morning. (c) Simran feeds the cat every morning. (d) Feeds Simran the cat every morning.
24. 24.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Riya has a new bicycle. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) Her (c) It (d) She
25. 25.Aisha wrote “a wet towel on a wet floor”. Which word means the same as “wet” and can replace the second one? (a) damp (b) square (c) dry
26. 26.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Ishaan has a new pencil. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) He (c) It (d) Him
27. 27.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Why is Riya laughing” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
28. 28.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Riya cleans the room every Saturday” (a) full stop (.) (b) question mark (?) (c) exclamation mark (!)
29. 29.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Tara cleans the room every Saturday.” (a) question (b) command (c) exclamation (d) statement
30. 30.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What Zoya is drawing in class? (b) Zoya is what drawing in class? (c) What is Zoya drawing in class? (d) Is what Zoya drawing in class?
31. 31.“Our cat.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) who or what (subject) (c) nothing is missing
32. 32.These words are mixed up: every / Kavya / a / week / writes / poem
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Writes Kavya a poem every week. (b) Kavya a poem writes every week. (c) Kavya writes every week a poem. (d) Kavya writes a poem every week.
33. 33.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Nisha has a new book. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) It (c) Her (d) He
34. 34.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Why is Dev laughing” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
35. 35.These words are mixed up: room / Saturday / the / Imran / every / cleans
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Imran cleans the room every Saturday. (b) Imran the room cleans every Saturday. (c) Imran cleans every Saturday the room. (d) Cleans Imran the room every Saturday.
36. 36.Imran wrote “a scared cat and a scared puppy”. Which word means the same as “scared” and can replace the second one? (a) wooden (b) afraid (c) brave
37. 37.Which sentence describes the umbrella best? (a) Farhan opened an umbrella. (b) Farhan opened a big striped umbrella. (c) Farhan opened a striped umbrella. (d) Farhan opened a big umbrella.
38. 38.Which sentence describes the house best? (a) Sneha drew a red house. (b) Sneha drew a house. (c) Sneha drew a tall house. (d) Sneha drew a tall red house.
39. 39.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The shop was closed we went back home.” (a) after “back” (b) after “we” (c) after “shop” (d) after “closed”
40. 40.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Simran was born in the month of april.” (a) month (b) of (c) april (d) the

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