Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 406 · 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 word needs a capital letter?
   “The big fair in Chennai starts in october.” (a) starts (b) in (c) october (d) big
2. 2.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The sky turned dark soon it began to rain.” (a) after “sky” (b) after “to” (c) after “turned” (d) after “dark”
3. 3.Which sentence describes the house best? (a) Pooja drew a tall green house. (b) Pooja drew a green house. (c) Pooja drew a tall house. (d) Pooja drew a house.
4. 4.Which sentence describes the mango best? (a) Aisha ate a mango. (b) Aisha ate a juicy yellow mango. (c) Aisha ate a yellow mango. (d) Aisha ate a juicy mango.
5. 5.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “Because the shop was closed.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
6. 6.These words are mixed up: on / library / Fridays / Diya / the / visits
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Diya visits the library on Fridays. (b) Diya the library visits on Fridays. (c) Diya visits on Fridays the library. (d) Visits Diya the library on Fridays.
7. 7.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “Ended at five o'clock.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
8. 8.“Sat next to me.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) nothing is missing (c) what happens (predicate)
9. 9.Which describing word fits best?
   “The new coin looks ___.” (a) loud (b) salty (c) rough (d) shiny
10. 10.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The baby elephant splashed in the river. (b) Grandpa. (c) The peacock danced in the rain. (d) The firefighters put out the fire.
11. 11.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The baby cried ___ she was hungry.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Joseph met Zoya at the station in delhi.” (a) the (b) met (c) delhi (d) at
13. 13.“Danced in the rain.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) what happens (predicate) (c) nothing is missing
14. 14.“The rain.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) what happens (predicate) (c) who or what (subject)
15. 15.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Simran made her card. She posted it. (b) Simran made Simran's card. Simran posted it. (c) Simran made her card. Her posted it.
16. 16.Which describing word fits best?
    “The cactus feels ___.” (a) colourful (b) quiet (c) sweet (d) prickly
17. 17.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The sun was shining. The birds were singing.” (a) and (b) but (c) because
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “the big fair in Kochi starts in April.” (a) starts (b) fair (c) the (d) big
19. 19.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “rohan and i played in the park on sunday.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 5
20. 20.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Ishaan is where playing cricket? (b) Where is Ishaan playing cricket? (c) Is where Ishaan playing cricket? (d) Where Ishaan is playing cricket?
21. 21.“Stopped at the gate.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) what happens (predicate) (c) who or what (subject)
22. 22.Rahul wrote “a shiny coin and a shiny ring”. Which word means the same as “shiny” and can replace the second one? (a) dull (b) wooden (c) bright
23. 23.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Catches Saanvi the bus at seven. (b) Saanvi catches the bus at seven. (c) Saanvi catches at seven the bus. (d) Saanvi the bus catches at seven.
24. 24.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Ravi is only six. He can swim very well.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
25. 25.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Our team practised hard we won the match.” (a) after “the” (b) after “team” (c) after “Our” (d) after “hard”
26. 26.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Kunal met aarav at the station in Pune.” (a) aarav (b) the (c) station (d) in
27. 27.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Rahul rice cooks for lunch. (b) Rahul cooks rice for lunch. (c) Rahul cooks for lunch rice. (d) Cooks Rahul rice for lunch.
28. 28.Rohan wrote “a rich king in a rich city”. Which word means the same as “rich” and can replace the second one? (a) square (b) wealthy (c) poor
29. 29.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “We stayed indoors. It was raining.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
30. 30.Which is the best way to join “Mum smiled.” and “I had cleaned my room.”? (a) Mum smiled because I had cleaned my room. (b) Mum smiled but I had cleaned my room. (c) Mum smiled so I had cleaned my room.
31. 31.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “We ran to the bus stop ___ we were late.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
32. 32.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Switch off the fan.” (a) statement (b) question (c) exclamation (d) command
33. 33.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Meera has a new bicycle. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) He (c) It (d) Her
34. 34.“Shone over the lake.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) what happens (predicate) (c) who or what (subject)
35. 35.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Checked my throat.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
36. 36.These words are mixed up: a / storybook / night / at / Aarav / reads
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Aarav reads at night a storybook. (b) Reads Aarav a storybook at night. (c) Aarav a storybook reads at night. (d) Aarav reads a storybook at night.
37. 37.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Stopped at the gate. (b) Our teacher wrote a poem on the board. (c) The baby elephant. (d) Waiting for the bus.
38. 38.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) What is Diya reading today? (b) Manav draws a picture in art class. (c) Line up near the door. (d) What a funny joke!
39. 39.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The plants died ___ nobody watered them.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
40. 40.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Rohan wrote his poem. Him read it. (b) Rohan wrote his poem. He read it. (c) Rohan wrote Rohan's poem. Rohan read it.

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