Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 50 · 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) Danced in the rain. (b) When the bell rang. (c) Our teacher wrote a poem on the board. (d) The rain.
2. 2.Which sentence describes the umbrella best? (a) Kavya opened a big striped umbrella. (b) Kavya opened a big umbrella. (c) Kavya opened a striped umbrella. (d) Kavya opened an umbrella.
3. 3.Nisha wrote “happy children at a happy party”. Which word means the same as “happy” and can replace the second one? (a) sad (b) glad (c) spicy
4. 4.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “A busy squirrel collected nuts.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
5. 5.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my uncle came from pune in april.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 3
6. 6.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “My uncle came from Kochi in january.” (a) in (b) january (c) uncle (d) came
7. 7.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Ishaan has a new bag. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Him (b) He (c) She (d) It
8. 8.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “my aunt made sweets for Holi.” (a) aunt (b) sweets (c) made (d) my
9. 9.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “The new student sat next to me.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
10. 10.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The water was too cold ___ we did not swim.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
11. 11.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on tuesday.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 3
12. 12.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is what Simran eating for lunch? (b) Simran is what eating for lunch? (c) What is Simran eating for lunch? (d) What Simran is eating for lunch?
13. 13.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “A small mouse hid under the bed.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
14. 14.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Zoya has a new toy car. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) She (c) He (d) Her
15. 15.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Last Sunday I went to pune by train.” (a) pune (b) train (c) by (d) went
16. 16.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The tall tree gave us cool shade. (b) The hungry monkey grabbed a banana. (c) A busy squirrel collected nuts. (d) Flew high in the sky.
17. 17.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What a huge elephant” (a) full stop (.) (b) question mark (?) (c) exclamation mark (!)
18. 18.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) Where is Isha going after school? (b) How cute the puppy is! (c) Aarav plays cricket in the park. (d) Please speak slowly.
19. 19.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Ishaan planted Ishaan's sapling. Ishaan watered it. (b) Ishaan planted his sapling. Him watered it. (c) Ishaan planted his sapling. He watered it.
20. 20.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Cooks Farhan rice for lunch. (b) Farhan cooks for lunch rice. (c) Farhan rice cooks for lunch. (d) Farhan cooks rice for lunch.
21. 21.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The water was too cold. We did not swim.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
22. 22.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first Monday of April.” (a) my (b) the (c) first (d) is
23. 23.Which describing word fits best?
    “The tamarind tastes ___.” (a) noisy (b) colourful (c) sour (d) smooth
24. 24.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The bag was heavy. Dad helped me carry it.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
25. 25.Which sentence describes the kite best? (a) Saanvi flew a small kite. (b) Saanvi flew a small red kite. (c) Saanvi flew a red kite. (d) Saanvi flew a kite.
26. 26.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Brought a letter for Dad. (b) When the bell rang. (c) The little puppy ran across the garden. (d) The tiny ant.
27. 27.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Aarav a kite flies on the roof. (b) Flies Aarav a kite on the roof. (c) Aarav flies a kite on the roof. (d) Aarav flies on the roof a kite.
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “sneha wore new clothes on Onam.” (a) on (b) new (c) clothes (d) sneha
29. 29.Which sentence describes the shell best? (a) Omkar found a shell. (b) Omkar found a tiny shell. (c) Omkar found a tiny white shell. (d) Omkar found a white shell.
30. 30.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “After we ate lunch.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
31. 31.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is why Isha laughing? (b) Why is Isha laughing? (c) Why Isha is laughing? (d) Isha is why laughing?
32. 32.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “vikram wore new clothes on pongal.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
33. 33.“The cricket match.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) what happens (predicate) (c) nothing is missing
34. 34.Kabir wrote “a big box in a big room”. Which word means the same as “big” and can replace the second one? (a) huge (b) hungry (c) tiny
35. 35.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Ishaan brushes on Sundays the dog. (b) Brushes Ishaan the dog on Sundays. (c) Ishaan the dog brushes on Sundays. (d) Ishaan brushes the dog on Sundays.
36. 36.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Wait for me at the gate.” (a) statement (b) exclamation (c) command (d) question
37. 37.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Before the sun set. (b) The firefighters put out the fire. (c) The children. (d) Ran across the garden.
38. 38.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The mangoes were ripe we picked a basket full.” (a) after “were” (b) after “basket” (c) after “ripe” (d) after “a”
39. 39.These words are mixed up: room / cleans / the / every / Saturday / Meera
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Meera cleans the room every Saturday. (b) Meera the room cleans every Saturday. (c) Cleans Meera the room every Saturday. (d) Meera cleans every Saturday the room.
40. 40.“The peacock.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) what happens (predicate) (c) who or what (subject)

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