Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 264 · 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 mark should end this sentence?
   “Ishaan waters the plants in the evening” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
2. 2.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Manav wrote his poem. He read it. (b) Manav wrote his poem. Him read it. (c) Manav wrote Manav's poem. Manav read it.
3. 3.These words are mixed up: picture / draws / art / in / a / class / Maria
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Draws Maria a picture in art class. (b) Maria a picture draws in art class. (c) Maria draws a picture in art class. (d) Maria draws in art class a picture.
4. 4.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “We visited the old fort in Bhopal on tuesday.” (a) tuesday (b) visited (c) in (d) the
5. 5.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The baby elephant splashed in the river. (b) The hungry monkey. (c) My sister made a rangoli. (d) A big black crow sat on the wall.
6. 6.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Rohan the school bag packs at night. (b) Packs Rohan the school bag at night. (c) Rohan packs the school bag at night. (d) Rohan packs at night the school bag.
7. 7.Which describing word fits best?
   “The sun looks ___.” (a) bright (b) quiet (c) prickly (d) bitter
8. 8.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “Yash brushes the dog on Sundays” (a) question mark (?) (b) full stop (.) (c) exclamation mark (!)
9. 9.“The shopkeeper.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) who or what (subject) (c) nothing is missing
10. 10.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Rohan the dog brushes on Sundays. (b) Rohan brushes the dog on Sundays. (c) Brushes Rohan the dog on Sundays. (d) Rohan brushes on Sundays the dog.
11. 11.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What Isha is reading today? (b) What is Isha reading today? (c) Is what Isha reading today? (d) Isha is what reading today?
12. 12.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “My sister.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
13. 13.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Meera has a new bag. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) It (c) Her (d) She
14. 14.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Grandma baked a cake it smelled lovely.” (a) after “Grandma” (b) after “it” (c) after “cake” (d) after “smelled”
15. 15.“Splashed in the river.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) what happens (predicate) (c) who or what (subject)
16. 16.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Our school reopens after the holidays in october.” (a) reopens (b) the (c) holidays (d) october
17. 17.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “rang” (b) after “children” (c) after “bell” (d) after “The”
18. 18.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Rohan Grandma helps in the kitchen. (b) Rohan helps in the kitchen Grandma. (c) Helps Rohan Grandma in the kitchen. (d) Rohan helps Grandma in the kitchen.
19. 19.“Fell all night.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
20. 20.Which sentence describes the pot best? (a) Riya painted a round pot. (b) Riya painted a round orange pot. (c) Riya painted a pot. (d) Riya painted an orange pot.
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for Diwali.” (a) aunt (b) made (c) for (d) my
22. 22.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “I brushed my teeth. I washed my face.” (a) and (b) but (c) because
23. 23.Which describing word fits best?
    “The silk scarf feels ___.” (a) loud (b) smooth (c) bright (d) bitter
24. 24.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The puppy was cold. We gave it a blanket.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
25. 25.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Zoya baked her cake. She shared it. (b) Zoya baked Zoya's cake. Zoya shared it. (c) Zoya baked her cake. Her shared it.
26. 26.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Nisha feeds every morning the cat. (b) Nisha the cat feeds every morning. (c) Feeds Nisha the cat every morning. (d) Nisha feeds the cat every morning.
27. 27.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Arjun rice cooks for lunch. (b) Cooks Arjun rice for lunch. (c) Arjun cooks for lunch rice. (d) Arjun cooks rice for lunch.
28. 28.Which sentence describes the flower best? (a) Tara picked a flower. (b) Tara picked a tiny yellow flower. (c) Tara picked a tiny flower. (d) Tara picked a yellow flower.
29. 29.Which describing word fits best?
    “The library sounds ___.” (a) fluffy (b) salty (c) colourful (d) quiet
30. 30.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in Chennai on friday.” (a) in (b) on (c) friday (d) old
31. 31.Which sentence describes the umbrella best? (a) Simran opened a small umbrella. (b) Simran opened an umbrella. (c) Simran opened a yellow umbrella. (d) Simran opened a small yellow umbrella.
32. 32.“A big black crow.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) who or what (subject) (c) nothing is missing
33. 33.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for holi.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
34. 34.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on diwali.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
35. 35.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The school bus. (b) While Mum was cooking. (c) Swam in the pond. (d) Grandpa watered the plants.
36. 36.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The cricket match. (b) Rang loudly. (c) Playing with my friends. (d) Our teacher wrote a poem on the board.
37. 37.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “The big fair in Mysuru starts in january.” (a) big (b) january (c) in (d) fair
38. 38.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What a long train!” (a) command (b) statement (c) exclamation (d) question
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on Saturday.” (a) the (b) go (c) i (d) on
40. 40.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Playing with my friends.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment

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