Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 404 · 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 sentence describes the umbrella best? (a) Diya opened a big umbrella. (b) Diya opened a big yellow umbrella. (c) Diya opened a yellow umbrella. (d) Diya opened an umbrella.
2. 2.Which sentence describes the dog best? (a) Kavya saw a dog. (b) Kavya saw a white dog. (c) Kavya saw a big white dog. (d) Kavya saw a big dog.
3. 3.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “Playing with my friends.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
4. 4.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “manav wore new clothes on holi.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 4
5. 5.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Riya and Tara will come to my house on monday.” (a) and (b) my (c) monday (d) will
6. 6.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The hungry monkey. (b) The train left the station at nine. (c) My father cooked dal for dinner. (d) The players ran onto the field.
7. 7.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Pooja warm milk drinks before bed. (b) Pooja drinks before bed warm milk. (c) Drinks Pooja warm milk before bed. (d) Pooja drinks warm milk before bed.
8. 8.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Sneha has a new toy car. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) He (c) Her (d) It
9. 9.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “The bag was heavy. Dad helped me carry it.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
10. 10.Which sentence describes the kite best? (a) Sneha flew a big kite. (b) Sneha flew a red kite. (c) Sneha flew a big red kite. (d) Sneha flew a kite.
11. 11.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Grandpa reads the paper. He drinks his tea.” (a) because (b) but (c) and
12. 12.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Pooja has a new bicycle. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) She (c) Her (d) He
13. 13.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The box was small. It was very heavy.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
14. 14.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “aisha lives near the lake in Patna.” (a) in (b) aisha (c) lake (d) lives
15. 15.“Was full of lotus flowers.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
16. 16.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on tuesday.” (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 4
17. 17.Which of these is a command? (a) What a tasty samosa! (b) Sneha eats a banana after school. (c) Where is Nisha going after school? (d) Please speak slowly.
18. 18.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to agra for holi last year.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 2
19. 19.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Two ducks.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
20. 20.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The children sang a song in the hall. (b) The little puppy ran across the garden. (c) Waiting for the bus. (d) The cricket match ended at five o'clock.
21. 21.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The soup was hot ___ it was not tasty.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
22. 22.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We went to Patna for eid last year.” (a) eid (b) went (c) to (d) last
23. 23.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 “Kabir” (c) after “bicycle” (d) after “his”
24. 24.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “When the bell rang.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
25. 25.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What a lovely song” (a) full stop (.) (b) question mark (?) (c) exclamation mark (!)
26. 26.Which describing word fits best?
    “The peacock looks ___.” (a) noisy (b) rough (c) spicy (d) colourful
27. 27.Aisha 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) square
28. 28.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) When the bell rang. (b) The rain fell all night. (c) My sister. (d) Cooked dal for dinner.
29. 29.Which sentence describes the elephant best? (a) Ananya saw an elephant. (b) Ananya saw a huge elephant. (c) Ananya saw a huge grey elephant. (d) Ananya saw a grey elephant.
30. 30.Which describing word fits best?
    “The library sounds ___.” (a) shiny (b) quiet (c) rough (d) sour
31. 31.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “yash lives near the lake in Patna.” (a) the (b) near (c) in (d) yash
32. 32.Which is the best way to join “Kabir has a cat.” and “He has a dog.”? (a) Kabir has a cat because he has a dog. (b) Kabir has a cat and he has a dog. (c) Kabir has a cat but he has a dog.
33. 33.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Ishaan has a new bicycle. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) He (c) She (d) Him
34. 34.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last sunday i went to pune by train.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 6 (d) 5
35. 35.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Zoya washed her bicycle. Her rode it. (b) Zoya washed her bicycle. She rode it. (c) Zoya washed Zoya's bicycle. Zoya rode it.
36. 36.“Grabbed a banana.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) who or what (subject) (c) nothing is missing
37. 37.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “zoya lives near the lake in kochi.” (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
38. 38.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The shop was closed we went back home.” (a) after “The” (b) after “closed” (c) after “went” (d) after “we”
39. 39.These words are mixed up: the / room / cleans / every / Saturday / Joseph
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Joseph the room cleans every Saturday. (b) Cleans Joseph the room every Saturday. (c) Joseph cleans the room every Saturday. (d) Joseph cleans every Saturday the room.
40. 40.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Where is Diya going after school?” (a) statement (b) question (c) exclamation (d) command

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