Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 480 · 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 of these is a complete sentence? (a) Flew high in the sky. (b) The postman. (c) Because the shop was closed. (d) The little puppy ran across the garden.
2. 2.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Rohan has a new bag. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Him (b) It (c) He (d) She
3. 3.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Zoya flies a kite on the roof. (b) Flies Zoya a kite on the roof. (c) Zoya flies on the roof a kite. (d) Zoya a kite flies on the roof.
4. 4.Yash wrote “a shiny coin and a shiny ring”. Which word means the same as “shiny” and can replace the second one? (a) bright (b) hungry (c) dull
5. 5.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) What a funny joke! (b) Rahul sings a song in the morning. (c) Drink a glass of milk. (d) Where is Tenzin going after school?
6. 6.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is how Priya travelling to school? (b) Priya is how travelling to school? (c) How is Priya travelling to school? (d) How Priya is travelling to school?
7. 7.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “Ishaan feeds the cat every morning” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
8. 8.Which of these is a command? (a) What is Aarav drawing in class? (b) Please speak slowly. (c) How sweet the mango is! (d) Nisha catches the bus at seven.
9. 9.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Priya fixed her toy car. Her played with it. (b) Priya fixed Priya's toy car. Priya played with it. (c) Priya fixed her toy car. She played with it.
10. 10.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The village pond.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
11. 11.Dev wrote “a cold wind on a cold night”. Which word means the same as “cold” and can replace the second one? (a) chilly (b) hot (c) wooden
12. 12.Which describing word fits best?
    “The library sounds ___.” (a) bright (b) prickly (c) sweet (d) quiet
13. 13.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Where is Meera going after school?” (a) exclamation (b) command (c) question (d) statement
14. 14.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Blew the leaves away. (b) The cricket match. (c) As soon as we reached home. (d) The train left the station at nine.
15. 15.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Dev has a new pot. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Him (b) It (c) She (d) He
16. 16.“The hungry monkey.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) what happens (predicate) (c) nothing is missing
17. 17.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The baby was sleeping we spoke softly.” (a) after “sleeping” (b) after “was” (c) after “baby” (d) after “The”
18. 18.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Running in the park. (b) My little brother broke his toy car. (c) The wind. (d) Counted the coins.
19. 19.Which of these is a question? (a) Why is Simran laughing? (b) Diya reads a storybook at night. (c) Please close the door. (d) What a clever crow!
20. 20.What kind of sentence is this?
    “How is Imran travelling to school?” (a) command (b) exclamation (c) question (d) statement
21. 21.These words are mixed up: cleans / Saturday / room / the / Meera / every
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Meera cleans every Saturday the room. (b) Cleans Meera the room every Saturday. (c) Meera cleans the room every Saturday. (d) Meera the room cleans every Saturday.
22. 22.Simran wrote “a quiet room in a quiet house”. Which word means the same as “quiet” and can replace the second one? (a) noisy (b) round (c) silent
23. 23.Which is the best way to join “The ice cream melted.” and “It was a hot day.”? (a) The ice cream melted because it was a hot day. (b) The ice cream melted but it was a hot day. (c) The ice cream melted so it was a hot day.
24. 24.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “We bought apples ___ we bought grapes.” (a) because (b) and (c) but
25. 25.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Tenzin is why laughing? (b) Is why Tenzin laughing? (c) Why is Tenzin laughing? (d) Why Tenzin is laughing?
26. 26.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Yash writes a poem every week. (b) Yash writes every week a poem. (c) Writes Yash a poem every week. (d) Yash a poem writes every week.
27. 27.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Waiting for the bus. (b) Put out the fire. (c) The shopkeeper counted the coins. (d) A big black crow.
28. 28.Yash 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
29. 29.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Meera baked Meera's cake. Meera shared it. (b) Meera baked her cake. Her shared it. (c) Meera baked her cake. She shared it.
30. 30.“Wrote a poem on the board.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) what happens (predicate) (c) who or what (subject)
31. 31.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Zoya picked her mango. She ate it. (b) Zoya picked her mango. Her ate it. (c) Zoya picked Zoya's mango. Zoya ate it.
32. 32.Pooja wrote “a shiny coin and a shiny ring”. Which word means the same as “shiny” and can replace the second one? (a) wooden (b) dull (c) bright
33. 33.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Riya has a new cake. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Her (b) It (c) He (d) She
34. 34.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Kabir has a cat ___ he has a dog.” (a) because (b) and (c) but
35. 35.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Arjun won the race everyone cheered for him.” (a) after “won” (b) after “race” (c) after “the” (d) after “Arjun”
36. 36.Which of these is a command? (a) Wash your hands before lunch. (b) How is Isha travelling to school? (c) Pooja drinks warm milk before bed. (d) What a noisy market!
37. 37.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The wind was strong our umbrella turned inside out.” (a) after “our” (b) after “The” (c) after “strong” (d) after “umbrella”
38. 38.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Kabir has a new toy car. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) It (c) Him (d) He
39. 39.Which is the best way to join “We stayed indoors.” and “It was raining.”? (a) We stayed indoors but it was raining. (b) We stayed indoors so it was raining. (c) We stayed indoors because it was raining.
40. 40.Which is the best way to join “It was very hot.” and “We went for a swim.”? (a) It was very hot but we went for a swim. (b) It was very hot because we went for a swim. (c) It was very hot so we went for a swim.

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