Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 320 · 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.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “It was very hot we drank cold water.” (a) after “hot” (b) after “was” (c) after “very” (d) after “It”
2. 2.These words are mixed up: school / banana / eats / a / Imran / after
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Imran a banana eats after school. (b) Eats Imran a banana after school. (c) Imran eats a banana after school. (d) Imran eats after school a banana.
3. 3.“The baby elephant.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) what happens (predicate) (c) who or what (subject)
4. 4.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The school bus stopped at the gate. (b) The tall tree gave us cool shade. (c) Our cat. (d) The bright moon shone over the lake.
5. 5.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The wind blew the leaves away. (b) My father. (c) Our teacher wrote a poem on the board. (d) The baby elephant splashed in the river.
6. 6.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “Riya lost her pen she looked everywhere.” (a) after “lost” (b) after “Riya” (c) after “looked” (d) after “pen”
7. 7.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “Mum cooked dal. She made rotis.” (a) because (b) and (c) but
8. 8.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “How noisy the market is” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
9. 9.What kind of sentence is this?
   “What a tall tree!” (a) question (b) command (c) exclamation (d) statement
10. 10.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Dev met Arjun at the station in mysuru.” (a) station (b) at (c) mysuru (d) in
11. 11.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The old farmer. (b) After we ate lunch. (c) Grandpa watered the plants. (d) Told us a story.
12. 12.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Priya baked Priya's cake. Priya shared it. (b) Priya baked her cake. Her shared it. (c) Priya baked her cake. She shared it.
13. 13.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What is Tenzin eating for lunch” (a) question mark (?) (b) full stop (.) (c) exclamation mark (!)
14. 14.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Why is Nisha laughing? (b) Why Nisha is laughing? (c) Nisha is why laughing? (d) Is why Nisha laughing?
15. 15.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first Thursday of June.” (a) of (b) birthday (c) is (d) my
16. 16.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bus was late we waited at the stop.” (a) after “late” (b) after “waited” (c) after “we” (d) after “at”
17. 17.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “My kite got stuck a kind man got it down.” (a) after “stuck” (b) after “man” (c) after “kite” (d) after “My”
18. 18.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The little puppy. (b) Made a rangoli. (c) The brown cow gave fresh milk. (d) When the school bus came.
19. 19.Which sentence describes the mango best? (a) Riya ate a big mango. (b) Riya ate a yellow mango. (c) Riya ate a big yellow mango. (d) Riya ate a mango.
20. 20.These words are mixed up: the / the / Isha / evening / in / plants / waters
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Isha waters in the evening the plants. (b) Isha waters the plants in the evening. (c) Isha the plants waters in the evening. (d) Waters Isha the plants in the evening.
21. 21.Which describing word fits best?
    “The glass feels ___.” (a) salty (b) smooth (c) colourful (d) loud
22. 22.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Kabir fell off his bicycle he hurt his knee.” (a) after “hurt” (b) after “he” (c) after “his” (d) after “bicycle”
23. 23.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “ran” (b) after “The” (c) after “rang” (d) after “bell”
24. 24.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Sang a song in the hall.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
25. 25.Which sentence describes the bag best? (a) Omkar carried a bag. (b) Omkar carried a heavy bag. (c) Omkar carried a heavy blue bag. (d) Omkar carried a blue bag.
26. 26.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “kunal met Nisha at the station in Lucknow.” (a) in (b) station (c) met (d) kunal
27. 27.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The bag was heavy. Dad helped me carry it.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
28. 28.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Told us a story. (b) The ice cream seller. (c) The tall tree gave us cool shade. (d) Eating a big mango.
29. 29.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Where is Diya playing cricket” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
30. 30.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The mangoes were ripe we picked a basket full.” (a) after “mangoes” (b) after “ripe” (c) after “a” (d) after “picked”
31. 31.Which is the best way to join “Dev went to bed early.” and “He was tired.”? (a) Dev went to bed early so he was tired. (b) Dev went to bed early because he was tired. (c) Dev went to bed early but he was tired.
32. 32.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Simran washed her bicycle. She rode it. (b) Simran washed her bicycle. Her rode it. (c) Simran washed Simran's bicycle. Simran rode it.
33. 33.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Aisha drinks warm milk before bed. (b) Aisha warm milk drinks before bed. (c) Drinks Aisha warm milk before bed. (d) Aisha drinks before bed warm milk.
34. 34.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “The big fair in indore starts in January.” (a) fair (b) big (c) in (d) indore
35. 35.These words are mixed up: poem / a / Joseph / every / writes / week
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Writes Joseph a poem every week. (b) Joseph writes a poem every week. (c) Joseph writes every week a poem. (d) Joseph a poem writes every week.
36. 36.These words are mixed up: the / catches / seven / at / Aarav / bus
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Aarav the bus catches at seven. (b) Aarav catches at seven the bus. (c) Aarav catches the bus at seven. (d) Catches Aarav the bus at seven.
37. 37.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “We ran to the bus stop. We were late.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
38. 38.Which of these is a statement? (a) What is Rahul eating for lunch? (b) Line up near the door. (c) Maria helps Grandma in the kitchen. (d) What a cold morning!
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Kabir wore new clothes on baisakhi.” (a) baisakhi (b) wore (c) new (d) on
40. 40.Which describing word fits best?
    “The pickle tastes ___.” (a) shiny (b) spicy (c) fluffy (d) quiet

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