Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 45 · 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.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “The bright moon.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
2. 2.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “the big fair in bhopal starts in september.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
3. 3.Which is the best way to join “Meera was hungry.” and “She ate a banana.”? (a) Meera was hungry but she ate a banana. (b) Meera was hungry so she ate a banana. (c) Meera was hungry because she ate a banana.
4. 4.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Farhan wrote Farhan's poem. Farhan read it. (b) Farhan wrote his poem. He read it. (c) Farhan wrote his poem. Him read it.
5. 5.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Why is Farhan crying? (b) Why Farhan is crying? (c) Farhan is why crying? (d) Is why Farhan crying?
6. 6.Tara wrote “an angry man and an angry dog”. Which word means the same as “angry” and can replace the second one? (a) cross (b) wooden (c) calm
7. 7.What kind of sentence is this?
   “What a long train!” (a) command (b) question (c) exclamation (d) statement
8. 8.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Where is Kabir playing cricket? (b) Is where Kabir playing cricket? (c) Where Kabir is playing cricket? (d) Kabir is where playing cricket?
9. 9.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The bus was late we waited at the stop.” (a) after “bus” (b) after “late” (c) after “waited” (d) after “at”
10. 10.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “I go to the park with my dog on wednesday.” (a) wednesday (b) on (c) to (d) dog
11. 11.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Aisha writes a poem every week” (a) full stop (.) (b) question mark (?) (c) exclamation mark (!)
12. 12.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Vikram has a new poem. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) Him (c) It (d) He
13. 13.What kind of sentence is this?
    “How bright the moon is!” (a) exclamation (b) statement (c) question (d) command
14. 14.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Imran painted his pot. Him sold it. (b) Imran painted his pot. He sold it. (c) Imran painted Imran's pot. Imran sold it.
15. 15.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Where is Ishaan going after school” (a) full stop (.) (b) question mark (?) (c) exclamation mark (!)
16. 16.Ananya wrote “a wet towel on a wet floor”. Which word means the same as “wet” and can replace the second one? (a) square (b) damp (c) dry
17. 17.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The red kite. (b) Since it was late. (c) Cooked dal for dinner. (d) The firefighters put out the fire.
18. 18.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Dev is how travelling to school? (b) How is Dev travelling to school? (c) How Dev is travelling to school? (d) Is how Dev travelling to school?
19. 19.“Rang his bell.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) nothing is missing (c) who or what (subject)
20. 20.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Because it was raining. (b) The red kite. (c) The players ran onto the field. (d) Planted rice in the field.
21. 21.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “We bought apples. We bought grapes.” (a) but (b) because (c) and
22. 22.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Kabir plays cricket in the park. (b) Plays Kabir cricket in the park. (c) Kabir cricket plays in the park. (d) Kabir plays in the park cricket.
23. 23.Which is the best way to join “We ran fast.” and “We missed the train.”? (a) We ran fast so we missed the train. (b) We ran fast but we missed the train. (c) We ran fast because we missed the train.
24. 24.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “on Sunday we have a test in maths.” (a) on (b) a (c) in (d) test
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first Monday of June.” (a) of (b) on (c) my (d) first
26. 26.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Brushes Kavya the dog on Sundays. (b) Kavya brushes the dog on Sundays. (c) Kavya the dog brushes on Sundays. (d) Kavya brushes on Sundays the dog.
27. 27.Which sentence describes the bag best? (a) Zoya carried a bag. (b) Zoya carried a black bag. (c) Zoya carried a big black bag. (d) Zoya carried a big bag.
28. 28.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Joseph plays cricket in the park. (b) Joseph cricket plays in the park. (c) Plays Joseph cricket in the park. (d) Joseph plays in the park cricket.
29. 29.Priya wrote “a wet towel on a wet floor”. Which word means the same as “wet” and can replace the second one? (a) dry (b) wooden (c) damp
30. 30.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Playing with my friends. (b) Counted the coins. (c) The little puppy. (d) The train left the station at nine.
31. 31.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “We stayed indoors. It was raining.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
32. 32.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The peacock. (b) As soon as we reached home. (c) Wrote a poem on the board. (d) Grandpa watered the plants.
33. 33.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is what Saanvi reading today? (b) What Saanvi is reading today? (c) Saanvi is what reading today? (d) What is Saanvi reading today?
34. 34.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Simran and isha will come to my house on Tuesday.” (a) and (b) isha (c) house (d) on
35. 35.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Kunal has a new poem. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) Him (c) It (d) She
36. 36.Which sentence describes the dog best? (a) Simran saw a dog. (b) Simran saw a little brown dog. (c) Simran saw a little dog. (d) Simran saw a brown dog.
37. 37.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) A green parrot ate a ripe guava. (b) The ice cream seller rang his bell. (c) The new student. (d) The little puppy ran across the garden.
38. 38.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Simran picked her mango. Her ate it. (b) Simran picked Simran's mango. Simran ate it. (c) Simran picked her mango. She ate it.
39. 39.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Omkar picked his mango. Him ate it. (b) Omkar picked Omkar's mango. Omkar ate it. (c) Omkar picked his mango. He ate it.
40. 40.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Imran rides to school a bicycle. (b) Imran a bicycle rides to school. (c) Imran rides a bicycle to school. (d) Rides Imran a bicycle to school.

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