Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 274 · 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 question has the words in the correct order? (a) Why Dev is laughing? (b) Dev is why laughing? (c) Is why Dev laughing? (d) Why is Dev laughing?
2. 2.“Danced in the rain.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) nothing is missing (c) who or what (subject)
3. 3.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) Wrote a poem on the board. (b) The rain fell all night. (c) The players ran onto the field. (d) The brown cow gave fresh milk.
4. 4.Nisha wrote “a cold wind on a cold night”. Which word means the same as “cold” and can replace the second one? (a) wooden (b) chilly (c) hot
5. 5.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
   “Priya can sing ___ she can dance too.” (a) because (b) but (c) and
6. 6.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “It was late. The shops were still open.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
7. 7.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is who Priya calling? (b) Who is Priya calling? (c) Priya is who calling? (d) Who Priya is calling?
8. 8.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The parrot can talk it says hello every morning.” (a) after “talk” (b) after “it” (c) after “parrot” (d) after “says”
9. 9.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “Riya lost her pen she looked everywhere.” (a) after “pen” (b) after “she” (c) after “Riya” (d) after “lost”
10. 10.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) Where is Pooja going after school? (b) Pooja waters the plants in the evening. (c) Please close the door. (d) How beautiful the garden is!
11. 11.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in Jaipur on Monday.” (a) fort (b) visited (c) we (d) in
12. 12.Which is the best way to join “Priya can sing.” and “She can dance too.”? (a) Priya can sing but she can dance too. (b) Priya can sing because she can dance too. (c) Priya can sing and she can dance too.
13. 13.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) While Mum was cooking. (b) The firefighters put out the fire. (c) Wrote a poem on the board. (d) The red kite.
14. 14.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The cake was too sweet nobody ate a second piece.” (a) after “second” (b) after “nobody” (c) after “sweet” (d) after “too”
15. 15.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The train left the station at nine. (b) The children. (c) Since it was late. (d) Rang his bell.
16. 16.Which describing word fits best?
    “The thunder sounds ___.” (a) loud (b) bright (c) salty (d) fluffy
17. 17.Which sentence describes the kite best? (a) Ananya flew a kite. (b) Ananya flew a red kite. (c) Ananya flew a small red kite. (d) Ananya flew a small kite.
18. 18.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Rahul rides a bicycle to school.” (a) exclamation (b) question (c) statement (d) command
19. 19.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “joseph was born in the month of October.” (a) joseph (b) born (c) was (d) of
20. 20.These words are mixed up: school / after / banana / a / eats / Simran
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Simran eats after school a banana. (b) Simran eats a banana after school. (c) Eats Simran a banana after school. (d) Simran a banana eats after school.
21. 21.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The milk boiled over we turned off the stove.” (a) after “milk” (b) after “The” (c) after “over” (d) after “turned”
22. 22.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “We ran fast. We missed the train.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
23. 23.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The school bell rang loudly. (b) The children sang a song in the hall. (c) A green parrot ate a ripe guava. (d) Ran across the garden.
24. 24.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The new student sat next to me.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
25. 25.Which describing word fits best?
    “The jalebi tastes ___.” (a) sweet (b) bright (c) prickly (d) noisy
26. 26.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The puppy was hungry it barked for food.” (a) after “The” (b) after “hungry” (c) after “puppy” (d) after “was”
27. 27.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) My aunt. (b) Because it was raining. (c) Ended at five o'clock. (d) My best friend gave me a pencil.
28. 28.These words are mixed up: in / evening / the / Rahul / the / waters / plants
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Rahul the plants waters in the evening. (b) Rahul waters in the evening the plants. (c) Waters Rahul the plants in the evening. (d) Rahul waters the plants in the evening.
29. 29.These words are mixed up: feeds / cat / the / every / Farhan / morning
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Farhan feeds the cat every morning. (b) Farhan feeds every morning the cat. (c) Farhan the cat feeds every morning. (d) Feeds Farhan the cat every morning.
30. 30.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The ice cream melted ___ it was a hot day.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
31. 31.Which sentence describes the flower best? (a) Joseph picked a flower. (b) Joseph picked a tiny flower. (c) Joseph picked a tiny white flower. (d) Joseph picked a white flower.
32. 32.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in September.” (a) holidays (b) in (c) our (d) school
33. 33.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last tuesday i went to lucknow by train.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 6 (d) 4
34. 34.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The teacher smiled she liked our drawings.” (a) after “she” (b) after “teacher” (c) after “smiled” (d) after “our”
35. 35.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Visits Dev the library on Fridays. (b) Dev the library visits on Fridays. (c) Dev visits on Fridays the library. (d) Dev visits the library on Fridays.
36. 36.These words are mixed up: morning / every / the / cat / feeds / Imran
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Imran feeds every morning the cat. (b) Feeds Imran the cat every morning. (c) Imran feeds the cat every morning. (d) Imran the cat feeds every morning.
37. 37.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Simran has a new bicycle. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Her (b) It (c) She (d) He
38. 38.These words are mixed up: on / Meera / the / visits / Fridays / library
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Meera the library visits on Fridays. (b) Meera visits on Fridays the library. (c) Visits Meera the library on Fridays. (d) Meera visits the library on Fridays.
39. 39.Which is the best way to join “We ran to the bus stop.” and “We were late.”? (a) We ran to the bus stop so we were late. (b) We ran to the bus stop because we were late. (c) We ran to the bus stop but we were late.
40. 40.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Put your books in the bag.” (a) statement (b) command (c) question (d) exclamation

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