Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 370 · 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 write this, without repeating the name? (a) Rohan painted Rohan's pot. Rohan sold it. (b) Rohan painted his pot. Him sold it. (c) Rohan painted his pot. He sold it.
2. 2.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “Although he was tired.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
3. 3.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is what Dev drawing in class? (b) What is Dev drawing in class? (c) What Dev is drawing in class? (d) Dev is what drawing in class?
4. 4.Which of these is a question? (a) Line up near the door. (b) Who is Kunal calling? (c) Diya writes a poem every week. (d) What a colourful rangoli!
5. 5.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Pooja fixed her toy car. She played with it. (b) Pooja fixed Pooja's toy car. Pooja played with it. (c) Pooja fixed her toy car. Her played with it.
6. 6.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “Priya can sing. She can dance too.” (a) but (b) because (c) and
7. 7.These words are mixed up: park / plays / cricket / in / the / Imran
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Imran plays in the park cricket. (b) Imran plays cricket in the park. (c) Imran cricket plays in the park. (d) Plays Imran cricket in the park.
8. 8.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “Our teacher.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
9. 9.Riya wrote “a scared cat and a scared puppy”. Which word means the same as “scared” and can replace the second one? (a) spicy (b) afraid (c) brave
10. 10.These words are mixed up: Omkar / school / after / eats / banana / a
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Omkar a banana eats after school. (b) Omkar eats after school a banana. (c) Omkar eats a banana after school. (d) Eats Omkar a banana after school.
11. 11.These words are mixed up: bus / the / Simran / at / seven / catches
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Simran the bus catches at seven. (b) Simran catches the bus at seven. (c) Simran catches at seven the bus. (d) Catches Simran the bus at seven.
12. 12.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Why Dev is crying? (b) Is why Dev crying? (c) Why is Dev crying? (d) Dev is why crying?
13. 13.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Draws Saanvi a picture in art class. (b) Saanvi a picture draws in art class. (c) Saanvi draws in art class a picture. (d) Saanvi draws a picture in art class.
14. 14.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) When the bell rang. (b) The shopkeeper. (c) The red kite flew high in the sky. (d) Told us a story.
15. 15.Which describing word fits best?
    “The rainbow looks ___.” (a) colourful (b) quiet (c) fluffy (d) sweet
16. 16.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “If you come early.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
17. 17.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The sky turned dark soon it began to rain.” (a) after “to” (b) after “began” (c) after “it” (d) after “dark”
18. 18.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The cricket match. (b) Our cat slept on the sofa. (c) Planted rice in the field. (d) Waiting for the bus.
19. 19.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) As soon as we reached home. (b) The cricket match ended at five o'clock. (c) My sister made a rangoli. (d) The red kite flew high in the sky.
20. 20.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The bag was heavy ___ Dad helped me carry it.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
21. 21.Which is the best way to join “The sun was shining.” and “The birds were singing.”? (a) The sun was shining and the birds were singing. (b) The sun was shining but the birds were singing. (c) The sun was shining because the birds were singing.
22. 22.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The baby cried. She was hungry.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
23. 23.Which is the best way to join “The sky was cloudy.” and “It did not rain.”? (a) The sky was cloudy because it did not rain. (b) The sky was cloudy so it did not rain. (c) The sky was cloudy but it did not rain.
24. 24.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on tuesday.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
25. 25.These words are mixed up: at / a / storybook / reads / night / Rahul
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Rahul reads a storybook at night. (b) Rahul reads at night a storybook. (c) Rahul a storybook reads at night. (d) Reads Rahul a storybook at night.
26. 26.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Tenzin kicks in the garden the ball. (b) Kicks Tenzin the ball in the garden. (c) Tenzin kicks the ball in the garden. (d) Tenzin the ball kicks in the garden.
27. 27.Which describing word fits best?
    “The bitter gourd tastes ___.” (a) bright (b) loud (c) bitter (d) fluffy
28. 28.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “priya met simran at the station in surat.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 5
29. 29.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The cricket match. (b) Two ducks swam in the pond. (c) If you come early. (d) Fell all night.
30. 30.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Tara likes to paint ___ she likes to draw.” (a) and (b) because (c) but
31. 31.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Cooks Manav rice for lunch. (b) Manav rice cooks for lunch. (c) Manav cooks rice for lunch. (d) Manav cooks for lunch rice.
32. 32.“Wrote a poem on the board.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) what happens (predicate) (c) nothing is missing
33. 33.“The firefighters.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) nothing is missing (c) who or what (subject)
34. 34.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Washes Nisha the car on Sundays. (b) Nisha washes the car on Sundays. (c) Nisha the car washes on Sundays. (d) Nisha washes on Sundays the car.
35. 35.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Waiting for the bus. (b) The red kite. (c) Stopped at the gate. (d) The baby elephant splashed in the river.
36. 36.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Dev went to bed early ___ he was tired.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
37. 37.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “On sunday we have a test in maths.” (a) maths (b) in (c) have (d) sunday
38. 38.Which of these is a command? (a) What a tall tree! (b) What is Rohan eating for lunch? (c) Please pass the salt. (d) Zoya waters the plants in the evening.
39. 39.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Yash baked his cake. Him shared it. (b) Yash baked Yash's cake. Yash shared it. (c) Yash baked his cake. He shared it.
40. 40.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “My best friend.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence

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