Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 413 · 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.These words are mixed up: Joseph / the / Fridays / visits / library / on
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Joseph visits on Fridays the library. (b) Joseph visits the library on Fridays. (c) Joseph the library visits on Fridays. (d) Visits Joseph the library on Fridays.
2. 2.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Cooked dal for dinner. (b) Waiting for the bus. (c) My aunt sent me a gift. (d) Our teacher.
3. 3.Which describing word fits best?
   “The honey tastes ___.” (a) sweet (b) rough (c) bright (d) noisy
4. 4.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “ananya lives near the lake in pune.” (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 3
5. 5.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “The train left the station at nine.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
6. 6.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “What is Yash reading today” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
7. 7.These words are mixed up: rice / cooks / for / lunch / Rahul
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Rahul rice cooks for lunch. (b) Rahul cooks for lunch rice. (c) Cooks Rahul rice for lunch. (d) Rahul cooks rice for lunch.
8. 8.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Kunal writes every week a poem. (b) Writes Kunal a poem every week. (c) Kunal writes a poem every week. (d) Kunal a poem writes every week.
9. 9.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Flies Kabir a kite on the roof. (b) Kabir flies on the roof a kite. (c) Kabir a kite flies on the roof. (d) Kabir flies a kite on the roof.
10. 10.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The old farmer planted rice in the field.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
11. 11.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “It was very hot we drank cold water.” (a) after “we” (b) after “hot” (c) after “cold” (d) after “very”
12. 12.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The shop was closed we went back home.” (a) after “closed” (b) after “was” (c) after “shop” (d) after “The”
13. 13.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The puppy was cold. We gave it a blanket.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
14. 14.Aarav wrote “an old fort near an old temple”. Which word means the same as “old” and can replace the second one? (a) purple (b) new (c) ancient
15. 15.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Where Kabir is playing cricket? (b) Kabir is where playing cricket? (c) Is where Kabir playing cricket? (d) Where is Kabir playing cricket?
16. 16.Which sentence describes the elephant best? (a) Riya saw a big elephant. (b) Riya saw an elephant. (c) Riya saw a grey elephant. (d) Riya saw a big grey elephant.
17. 17.Which is the best way to join “The box was small.” and “It was very heavy.”? (a) The box was small but it was very heavy. (b) The box was small so it was very heavy. (c) The box was small because it was very heavy.
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “kabir and Aisha will come to my house on Thursday.” (a) kabir (b) will (c) and (d) my
19. 19.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Manav picked his mango. Him ate it. (b) Manav picked his mango. He ate it. (c) Manav picked Manav's mango. Manav ate it.
20. 20.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Dev has a new mango. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Him (b) She (c) He (d) It
21. 21.What kind of sentence is this?
    “How big the cake is!” (a) statement (b) command (c) exclamation (d) question
22. 22.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “My kite got stuck a kind man got it down.” (a) after “a” (b) after “kite” (c) after “it” (d) after “stuck”
23. 23.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Ishaan found his kite. Him flew it. (b) Ishaan found his kite. He flew it. (c) Ishaan found Ishaan's kite. Ishaan flew it.
24. 24.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Dev went to bed early. He was tired.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
25. 25.What kind of sentence is this?
    “How sweet the mango is!” (a) question (b) statement (c) exclamation (d) command
26. 26.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Saanvi the dog brushes on Sundays. (b) Brushes Saanvi the dog on Sundays. (c) Saanvi brushes the dog on Sundays. (d) Saanvi brushes on Sundays the dog.
27. 27.These words are mixed up: garden / Aarav / in / kicks / the / the / ball
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Aarav kicks in the garden the ball. (b) Aarav the ball kicks in the garden. (c) Aarav kicks the ball in the garden. (d) Kicks Aarav the ball in the garden.
28. 28.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What a huge elephant” (a) full stop (.) (b) question mark (?) (c) exclamation mark (!)
29. 29.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Rahul made his card. He posted it. (b) Rahul made Rahul's card. Rahul posted it. (c) Rahul made his card. Him posted it.
30. 30.“The cricket match.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
31. 31.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) A big black crow sat on the wall. (b) The bright moon. (c) Fell all night. (d) After we ate lunch.
32. 32.These words are mixed up: the / plants / in / evening / waters / Farhan / the
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Farhan waters the plants in the evening. (b) Farhan the plants waters in the evening. (c) Farhan waters in the evening the plants. (d) Waters Farhan the plants in the evening.
33. 33.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Manav the ball kicks in the garden. (b) Manav kicks the ball in the garden. (c) Kicks Manav the ball in the garden. (d) Manav kicks in the garden the ball.
34. 34.Which sentence describes the umbrella best? (a) Rahul opened a yellow umbrella. (b) Rahul opened an umbrella. (c) Rahul opened a big umbrella. (d) Rahul opened a big yellow umbrella.
35. 35.“My little brother.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) what happens (predicate) (c) who or what (subject)
36. 36.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The milk boiled over we turned off the stove.” (a) after “turned” (b) after “over” (c) after “boiled” (d) after “milk”
37. 37.Which sentence describes the umbrella best? (a) Riya opened a striped umbrella. (b) Riya opened a small umbrella. (c) Riya opened a small striped umbrella. (d) Riya opened an umbrella.
38. 38.Which is the best way to join “The garden has roses.” and “It has sunflowers.”? (a) The garden has roses because it has sunflowers. (b) The garden has roses but it has sunflowers. (c) The garden has roses and it has sunflowers.
39. 39.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Kunal wrote his poem. He read it. (b) Kunal wrote Kunal's poem. Kunal read it. (c) Kunal wrote his poem. Him read it.
40. 40.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Playing with my friends. (b) Rang his bell. (c) A green parrot. (d) The red kite flew high in the sky.

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