Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 352 · 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.“The postman.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) who or what (subject) (c) nothing is missing
2. 2.These words are mixed up: after / Omkar / a / banana / school / eats
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Omkar a banana eats after school. (b) Omkar eats a banana after school. (c) Eats Omkar a banana after school. (d) Omkar eats after school a banana.
3. 3.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Diya wrote her poem. She read it. (b) Diya wrote her poem. Her read it. (c) Diya wrote Diya's poem. Diya read it.
4. 4.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “our school reopens after the holidays in July.” (a) our (b) holidays (c) the (d) school
5. 5.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “The ice cream melted. It was a hot day.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
6. 6.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “My cousin and I visited a zoo in jaipur.” (a) a (b) cousin (c) jaipur (d) and
7. 7.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “What a tall tree” (a) full stop (.) (b) question mark (?) (c) exclamation mark (!)
8. 8.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Aarav plays cricket in the park.” (a) question (b) statement (c) command (d) exclamation
9. 9.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “The big fair in Kolkata starts in january.” (a) starts (b) in (c) fair (d) january
10. 10.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The garden has roses ___ it has sunflowers.” (a) because (b) but (c) and
11. 11.Which describing word fits best?
    “The bitter gourd tastes ___.” (a) noisy (b) bitter (c) sticky (d) colourful
12. 12.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Arjun won the race everyone cheered for him.” (a) after “race” (b) after “the” (c) after “everyone” (d) after “won”
13. 13.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Why Ananya is crying? (b) Is why Ananya crying? (c) Why is Ananya crying? (d) Ananya is why crying?
14. 14.What kind of sentence is this?
    “How sweet the mango is!” (a) statement (b) exclamation (c) question (d) command
15. 15.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Isha drinks warm milk before bed. (b) Isha drinks before bed warm milk. (c) Drinks Isha warm milk before bed. (d) Isha warm milk drinks before bed.
16. 16.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “rohan lives near the lake in Chennai.” (a) rohan (b) lives (c) near (d) the
17. 17.Simran wrote “happy children at a happy party”. Which word means the same as “happy” and can replace the second one? (a) glad (b) spicy (c) sad
18. 18.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “When is Kabir leaving for Delhi” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
19. 19.Which of these is a statement? (a) Put your books in the bag. (b) How beautiful the garden is! (c) Why is Rohan crying? (d) Zoya cleans the room every Saturday.
20. 20.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 “we” (c) after “cold” (d) after “was”
21. 21.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Our cat. (b) Watered the plants. (c) After we ate lunch. (d) The hungry monkey grabbed a banana.
22. 22.Which is the best way to join “The plants died.” and “Nobody watered them.”? (a) The plants died so nobody watered them. (b) The plants died but nobody watered them. (c) The plants died because nobody watered them.
23. 23.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Rohan visits the library on Fridays. (b) Rohan visits on Fridays the library. (c) Rohan the library visits on Fridays. (d) Visits Rohan the library on Fridays.
24. 24.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Last tuesday I went to Surat by train.” (a) went (b) tuesday (c) to (d) train
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we went to Indore for Diwali last year.” (a) went (b) for (c) we (d) last
26. 26.Which describing word fits best?
    “The silk scarf feels ___.” (a) smooth (b) sweet (c) shiny (d) quiet
27. 27.Which sentence describes the kite best? (a) Ishaan flew a big red kite. (b) Ishaan flew a big kite. (c) Ishaan flew a kite. (d) Ishaan flew a red kite.
28. 28.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What is Kabir reading today” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
29. 29.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What is Saanvi eating for lunch?” (a) exclamation (b) question (c) command (d) statement
30. 30.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The mango looked green. It was very sweet.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
31. 31.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What is Arjun eating for lunch” (a) question mark (?) (b) full stop (.) (c) exclamation mark (!)
32. 32.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The hungry monkey. (b) The tall tree gave us cool shade. (c) The village pond was full of lotus flowers. (d) The red kite flew high in the sky.
33. 33.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in April.” (a) school (b) our (c) the (d) after
34. 34.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Tenzin waters in the evening the plants. (b) Tenzin the plants waters in the evening. (c) Tenzin waters the plants in the evening. (d) Waters Tenzin the plants in the evening.
35. 35.These words are mixed up: bag / school / Saanvi / night / at / packs / the
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Packs Saanvi the school bag at night. (b) Saanvi packs the school bag at night. (c) Saanvi packs at night the school bag. (d) Saanvi the school bag packs at night.
36. 36.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in Pune on monday.” (a) in (b) old (c) visited (d) monday
37. 37.Which is the best way to join “Riya wore a sweater.” and “It was cold.”? (a) Riya wore a sweater but it was cold. (b) Riya wore a sweater so it was cold. (c) Riya wore a sweater because it was cold.
38. 38.Maria wrote “a big box in a big room”. Which word means the same as “big” and can replace the second one? (a) huge (b) tiny (c) hungry
39. 39.Which sentence describes the bag best? (a) Isha carried a blue bag. (b) Isha carried a bag. (c) Isha carried a heavy bag. (d) Isha carried a heavy blue bag.
40. 40.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Omkar has a new bicycle. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Him (b) She (c) It (d) He

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