Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 491 · 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 is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Yash baked his cake. He shared it. (b) Yash baked his cake. Him shared it. (c) Yash baked Yash's cake. Yash shared it.
2. 2.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) Playing with my friends. (b) The village pond was full of lotus flowers. (c) The peacock danced in the rain. (d) The baby elephant splashed in the river.
3. 3.Which describing word fits best?
   “The sun looks ___.” (a) loud (b) bright (c) sour (d) sticky
4. 4.Which sentence describes the bag best? (a) Imran carried a heavy bag. (b) Imran carried a black bag. (c) Imran carried a bag. (d) Imran carried a heavy black bag.
5. 5.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Dev met Zoya at the station in indore.” (a) indore (b) at (c) in (d) station
6. 6.Which sentence describes the bicycle best? (a) Meera rode a bicycle. (b) Meera rode a shiny green bicycle. (c) Meera rode a green bicycle. (d) Meera rode a shiny bicycle.
7. 7.Which of these is a command? (a) Saanvi reads a storybook at night. (b) How is Nisha travelling to school? (c) Please speak slowly. (d) What a beautiful garden!
8. 8.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “Shone over the lake.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
9. 9.“Our neighbours.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
10. 10.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Dev went to bed early ___ he was tired.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
11. 11.These words are mixed up: room / Saturday / the / cleans / Omkar / every
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Cleans Omkar the room every Saturday. (b) Omkar cleans the room every Saturday. (c) Omkar the room cleans every Saturday. (d) Omkar cleans every Saturday the room.
12. 12.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The rain.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
13. 13.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Meera a storybook reads at night. (b) Meera reads a storybook at night. (c) Meera reads at night a storybook. (d) Reads Meera a storybook at night.
14. 14.Which of these is a command? (a) What a tasty samosa! (b) Sit down quietly. (c) What is Kabir reading today? (d) Meera packs the school bag at night.
15. 15.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Yash writes every week a poem. (b) Yash a poem writes every week. (c) Yash writes a poem every week. (d) Writes Yash a poem every week.
16. 16.“Splashed in the river.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
17. 17.Riya wrote “a pretty doll in a pretty dress”. Which word means the same as “pretty” and can replace the second one? (a) wooden (b) ugly (c) lovely
18. 18.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “dev lives near the lake in patna.” (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
19. 19.Which of these is a statement? (a) What is Pooja drawing in class? (b) Rahul packs the school bag at night. (c) How noisy the market is! (d) Line up near the door.
20. 20.“Our cat.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
21. 21.Which sentence describes the mango best? (a) Tenzin ate a juicy mango. (b) Tenzin ate a ripe mango. (c) Tenzin ate a mango. (d) Tenzin ate a juicy ripe mango.
22. 22.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Joseph has a new bag. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) He (c) It (d) Him
23. 23.These words are mixed up: waters / evening / the / plants / the / in / Omkar
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Waters Omkar the plants in the evening. (b) Omkar waters in the evening the plants. (c) Omkar the plants waters in the evening. (d) Omkar waters the plants in the evening.
24. 24.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Maria bought Maria's book. Maria read it. (b) Maria bought her book. Her read it. (c) Maria bought her book. She read it.
25. 25.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The doctor checked my throat. (b) The hungry monkey. (c) The peacock danced in the rain. (d) The red kite flew high in the sky.
26. 26.These words are mixed up: every / writes / Ananya / week / a / poem
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Writes Ananya a poem every week. (b) Ananya writes every week a poem. (c) Ananya writes a poem every week. (d) Ananya a poem writes every week.
27. 27.Which describing word fits best?
    “The bitter gourd tastes ___.” (a) loud (b) fluffy (c) bitter (d) colourful
28. 28.Which sentence describes the house best? (a) Yash drew a small green house. (b) Yash drew a house. (c) Yash drew a small house. (d) Yash drew a green house.
29. 29.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The bag was heavy. Dad helped me carry it.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
30. 30.Which describing word fits best?
    “The busy market sounds ___.” (a) smooth (b) sour (c) shiny (d) noisy
31. 31.Which sentence describes the cap best? (a) Kabir wore a new cap. (b) Kabir wore a new blue cap. (c) Kabir wore a blue cap. (d) Kabir wore a cap.
32. 32.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Pooja the room cleans every Saturday. (b) Pooja cleans every Saturday the room. (c) Cleans Pooja the room every Saturday. (d) Pooja cleans the room every Saturday.
33. 33.Which sentence describes the mango best? (a) Joseph ate a big yellow mango. (b) Joseph ate a yellow mango. (c) Joseph ate a big mango. (d) Joseph ate a mango.
34. 34.Which describing word fits best?
    “The pickle tastes ___.” (a) spicy (b) rough (c) shiny (d) loud
35. 35.Which of these is a command? (a) When is Manav leaving for Delhi? (b) What a tall tree! (c) Meera draws a picture in art class. (d) Please feed the cat.
36. 36.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on christmas.” (a) cousins (b) our (c) christmas (d) on
37. 37.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “sneha was born in the month of october.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
38. 38.Which sentence describes the bag best? (a) Yash carried a heavy bag. (b) Yash carried a black bag. (c) Yash carried a bag. (d) Yash carried a heavy black bag.
39. 39.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The water was too cold. We did not swim.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
40. 40.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in bhopal starts in august.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5

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