Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 335 · 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 a complete sentence? (a) Until the rain stopped. (b) Grandpa. (c) Ran onto the field. (d) My little brother broke his toy car.
2. 2.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “Tenzin waters the plants in the evening” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
3. 3.Joseph wrote “an old fort near an old temple”. Which word means the same as “old” and can replace the second one? (a) new (b) hungry (c) ancient
4. 4.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The teacher smiled she liked our drawings.” (a) after “teacher” (b) after “our” (c) after “smiled” (d) after “she”
5. 5.“Rang his bell.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
6. 6.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) A green parrot. (b) The children sang a song in the hall. (c) The school bus stopped at the gate. (d) The rain fell all night.
7. 7.Which sentence describes the umbrella best? (a) Aisha opened a big umbrella. (b) Aisha opened a striped umbrella. (c) Aisha opened an umbrella. (d) Aisha opened a big striped umbrella.
8. 8.Imran wrote “a scared cat and a scared puppy”. Which word means the same as “scared” and can replace the second one? (a) brave (b) square (c) afraid
9. 9.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Priya a poem writes every week. (b) Writes Priya a poem every week. (c) Priya writes a poem every week. (d) Priya writes every week a poem.
10. 10.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Kabir met arjun at the station in Lucknow.” (a) at (b) arjun (c) in (d) met
11. 11.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “When is Joseph leaving for Delhi” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) full stop (.) (c) question mark (?)
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Baisakhi.” (a) all (b) met (c) cousins (d) we
13. 13.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Ishaan bought Ishaan's book. Ishaan read it. (b) Ishaan bought his book. Him read it. (c) Ishaan bought his book. He read it.
14. 14.“Sat on the wall.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
15. 15.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Kabir fell off his bicycle he hurt his knee.” (a) after “Kabir” (b) after “he” (c) after “his” (d) after “bicycle”
16. 16.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Ishaan is what drawing in class? (b) What is Ishaan drawing in class? (c) Is what Ishaan drawing in class? (d) What Ishaan is drawing in class?
17. 17.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Ananya wrote Ananya's poem. Ananya read it. (b) Ananya wrote her poem. She read it. (c) Ananya wrote her poem. Her read it.
18. 18.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The brown cow gave fresh milk. (b) Grandpa watered the plants. (c) Sat on the wall. (d) A busy squirrel collected nuts.
19. 19.Which is the best way to join “Arjun practised every day.” and “He won the prize.”? (a) Arjun practised every day so he won the prize. (b) Arjun practised every day because he won the prize. (c) Arjun practised every day but he won the prize.
20. 20.These words are mixed up: in / the / park / cricket / plays / Farhan
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Farhan plays in the park cricket. (b) Plays Farhan cricket in the park. (c) Farhan cricket plays in the park. (d) Farhan plays cricket in the park.
21. 21.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The garden has roses. It has sunflowers.” (a) but (b) because (c) and
22. 22.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “How is Rahul travelling to school” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
23. 23.Which describing word fits best?
    “The roasted peanuts taste ___.” (a) salty (b) rough (c) bright (d) quiet
24. 24.These words are mixed up: cooks / for / rice / Tenzin / lunch
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Tenzin cooks rice for lunch. (b) Cooks Tenzin rice for lunch. (c) Tenzin rice cooks for lunch. (d) Tenzin cooks for lunch rice.
25. 25.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “The” (b) after “rang” (c) after “bell” (d) after “ran”
26. 26.These words are mixed up: Saturday / cleans / room / the / Rohan / every
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Rohan cleans the room every Saturday. (b) Rohan the room cleans every Saturday. (c) Cleans Rohan the room every Saturday. (d) Rohan cleans every Saturday the room.
27. 27.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Although he was tired. (b) Flew high in the sky. (c) The tiny ant carried a crumb. (d) Our teacher.
28. 28.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The children.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
29. 29.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The players. (b) Ran across the garden. (c) If you come early. (d) My best friend gave me a pencil.
30. 30.Which of these is a statement? (a) What a bright moon! (b) Rahul feeds the cat every morning. (c) Wait for me at the gate. (d) What is Farhan reading today?
31. 31.Which of these is a command? (a) How tasty the samosa is! (b) Turn left at the temple. (c) Where is Ishaan playing cricket? (d) Farhan brushes the dog on Sundays.
32. 32.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Farhan and I played in the park on sunday.” (a) on (b) sunday (c) the (d) played
33. 33.Imran wrote “a wet towel on a wet floor”. Which word means the same as “wet” and can replace the second one? (a) hungry (b) dry (c) damp
34. 34.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What a beautiful garden” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
35. 35.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Ishaan has a new pot. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Him (b) She (c) He (d) It
36. 36.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The rain. (b) Two ducks swam in the pond. (c) Playing with my friends. (d) Stopped at the gate.
37. 37.Which is the best way to join “The bag was heavy.” and “Dad helped me carry it.”? (a) The bag was heavy but Dad helped me carry it. (b) The bag was heavy so Dad helped me carry it. (c) The bag was heavy because Dad helped me carry it.
38. 38.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “It was very hot. We went for a swim.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
39. 39.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “My little brother.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
40. 40.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “We bought apples. We bought grapes.” (a) and (b) but (c) because

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