Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 295 · 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 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 so she was hungry. (c) The baby cried but she was hungry.
2. 2.Pooja wrote “an angry man and an angry dog”. Which word means the same as “angry” and can replace the second one? (a) calm (b) cross (c) round
3. 3.“The children.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) nothing is missing (c) what happens (predicate)
4. 4.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
   “The plants died ___ nobody watered them.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
5. 5.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “yash lives near the lake in Indore.” (a) lives (b) lake (c) yash (d) in
6. 6.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) As soon as we reached home. (b) My sister. (c) Told us a story. (d) The little puppy ran across the garden.
7. 7.Which sentence describes the elephant best? (a) Isha saw a grey elephant. (b) Isha saw a huge grey elephant. (c) Isha saw a huge elephant. (d) Isha saw an elephant.
8. 8.Which is the best way to join “Tara likes to paint.” and “She likes to draw.”? (a) Tara likes to paint but she likes to draw. (b) Tara likes to paint and she likes to draw. (c) Tara likes to paint because she likes to draw.
9. 9.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
   “The water was too cold ___ we did not swim.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
10. 10.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bus was late we waited at the stop.” (a) after “waited” (b) after “late” (c) after “bus” (d) after “we”
11. 11.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “We bought apples ___ we bought grapes.” (a) but (b) and (c) because
12. 12.“The brown cow.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) what happens (predicate) (c) who or what (subject)
13. 13.Which sentence describes the house best? (a) Omkar drew a green house. (b) Omkar drew a house. (c) Omkar drew a tall green house. (d) Omkar drew a tall house.
14. 14.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Aisha washed Aisha's bicycle. Aisha rode it. (b) Aisha washed her bicycle. She rode it. (c) Aisha washed her bicycle. Her rode it.
15. 15.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The sky turned dark soon it began to rain.” (a) after “it” (b) after “dark” (c) after “The” (d) after “to”
16. 16.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Omkar sings in the morning a song. (b) Sings Omkar a song in the morning. (c) Omkar a song sings in the morning. (d) Omkar sings a song in the morning.
17. 17.These words are mixed up: evening / waters / Meera / plants / the / the / in
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Meera waters the plants in the evening. (b) Waters Meera the plants in the evening. (c) Meera waters in the evening the plants. (d) Meera the plants waters in the evening.
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my cousin and I visited a zoo in Kochi.” (a) visited (b) my (c) in (d) cousin
19. 19.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Left the station at nine.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
20. 20.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “We ran fast. We missed the train.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in August.” (a) reopens (b) school (c) our (d) in
22. 22.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Pooja was born in the month of november.” (a) born (b) of (c) was (d) november
23. 23.Which is the best way to join “The plants died.” and “Nobody watered them.”? (a) The plants died but nobody watered them. (b) The plants died so nobody watered them. (c) The plants died because nobody watered them.
24. 24.“Rang his bell.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
25. 25.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Arjun practised every day ___ he won the prize.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
26. 26.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Manav writes every week a poem. (b) Manav a poem writes every week. (c) Writes Manav a poem every week. (d) Manav writes a poem every week.
27. 27.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on sunday.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 1
28. 28.Which sentence describes the flower best? (a) Farhan picked a white flower. (b) Farhan picked a tiny white flower. (c) Farhan picked a flower. (d) Farhan picked a tiny flower.
29. 29.These words are mixed up: kite / Zoya / the / a / on / flies / roof
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Zoya flies a kite on the roof. (b) Flies Zoya a kite on the roof. (c) Zoya flies on the roof a kite. (d) Zoya a kite flies on the roof.
30. 30.These words are mixed up: the / plants / Tenzin / in / waters / the / evening
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Tenzin waters the plants in the evening. (b) Tenzin the plants waters in the evening. (c) Waters Tenzin the plants in the evening. (d) Tenzin waters in the evening the plants.
31. 31.Which is the best way to join “Mum cooked dal.” and “She made rotis.”? (a) Mum cooked dal because she made rotis. (b) Mum cooked dal but she made rotis. (c) Mum cooked dal and she made rotis.
32. 32.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “on monday we have a test in maths.” (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 4
33. 33.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Ananya lost her pencil. She found it. (b) Ananya lost her pencil. Her found it. (c) Ananya lost Ananya's pencil. Ananya found it.
34. 34.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Our school reopens after the holidays in april.” (a) the (b) after (c) holidays (d) april
35. 35.Which sentence describes the mango best? (a) Dev ate a big mango. (b) Dev ate a mango. (c) Dev ate a big ripe mango. (d) Dev ate a ripe mango.
36. 36.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Aarav met Omkar at the station in bhopal.” (a) bhopal (b) station (c) at (d) in
37. 37.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Nisha took an umbrella ___ the sky was cloudy.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
38. 38.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Where is Aisha going after school?” (a) statement (b) command (c) question (d) exclamation
39. 39.“A small mouse.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) who or what (subject) (c) nothing is missing
40. 40.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Vikram has a new sapling. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) Him (c) He (d) She

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