Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 500 · 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 sentence describes the bag best? (a) Tara carried a bag. (b) Tara carried a black bag. (c) Tara carried a big black bag. (d) Tara carried a big bag.
2. 2.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) My grandmother told us a story. (b) Eating a big mango. (c) Our cat. (d) Sat on the wall.
3. 3.Ishaan wrote “happy children at a happy party”. Which word means the same as “happy” and can replace the second one? (a) round (b) sad (c) glad
4. 4.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “The school bell.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
5. 5.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Manav draws a picture in art class. (b) Draws Manav a picture in art class. (c) Manav a picture draws in art class. (d) Manav draws in art class a picture.
6. 6.Which describing word fits best?
   “The tree bark feels ___.” (a) rough (b) noisy (c) sour (d) colourful
7. 7.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “My aunt made sweets for diwali.” (a) aunt (b) for (c) diwali (d) sweets
8. 8.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “Checked my throat.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
9. 9.Which sentence describes the shell best? (a) Farhan found a small pink shell. (b) Farhan found a pink shell. (c) Farhan found a shell. (d) Farhan found a small shell.
10. 10.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Line up near the door.” (a) exclamation (b) statement (c) command (d) question
11. 11.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My birthday is on the first Thursday of july.” (a) is (b) on (c) the (d) july
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “I go to the park with my dog on monday.” (a) go (b) on (c) with (d) monday
13. 13.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “meera and rahul will come to my house on thursday.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
14. 14.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The cake was too sweet nobody ate a second piece.” (a) after “too” (b) after “The” (c) after “nobody” (d) after “sweet”
15. 15.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Manav cooks for lunch rice. (b) Manav cooks rice for lunch. (c) Manav rice cooks for lunch. (d) Cooks Manav rice for lunch.
16. 16.Which is the best way to join “Mum cooked dal.” and “She made rotis.”? (a) Mum cooked dal because she made rotis. (b) Mum cooked dal but she made rotis. (c) Mum cooked dal and she made rotis.
17. 17.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What is Rohan reading today?” (a) statement (b) exclamation (c) question (d) command
18. 18.Which sentence describes the butterfly best? (a) Tenzin saw a pretty butterfly. (b) Tenzin saw a pretty blue butterfly. (c) Tenzin saw a butterfly. (d) Tenzin saw a blue butterfly.
19. 19.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Zoya has a new book. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) Her (c) She (d) He
20. 20.“Splashed in the river.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) what happens (predicate) (c) nothing is missing
21. 21.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “My little brother.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
22. 22.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The box was small. It was very heavy.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
23. 23.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The parrot can talk it says hello every morning.” (a) after “talk” (b) after “can” (c) after “it” (d) after “hello”
24. 24.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Maria has a new pot. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) She (c) He (d) Her
25. 25.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The hungry monkey. (b) The children sang a song in the hall. (c) After we ate lunch. (d) Gave fresh milk.
26. 26.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Our school reopens after the holidays in april.” (a) school (b) in (c) after (d) april
27. 27.Which of these is a statement? (a) Manav plays cricket in the park. (b) How is Kavya travelling to school? (c) Open your books to page ten. (d) What a noisy market!
28. 28.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Planted rice in the field. (b) Until the rain stopped. (c) The shopkeeper counted the coins. (d) Our cat.
29. 29.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What a lovely song” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) full stop (.) (c) question mark (?)
30. 30.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Vikram wrote his poem. Him read it. (b) Vikram wrote his poem. He read it. (c) Vikram wrote Vikram's poem. Vikram read it.
31. 31.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My birthday is on the first thursday of December.” (a) first (b) thursday (c) the (d) birthday
32. 32.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The road was wet. We walked slowly.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
33. 33.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Arjun fixed his toy car. He played with it. (b) Arjun fixed his toy car. Him played with it. (c) Arjun fixed Arjun's toy car. Arjun played with it.
34. 34.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Rahul picked his mango. He ate it. (b) Rahul picked his mango. Him ate it. (c) Rahul picked Rahul's mango. Rahul ate it.
35. 35.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The sky turned dark soon it began to rain.” (a) after “dark” (b) after “began” (c) after “soon” (d) after “it”
36. 36.Which sentence describes the balloon best? (a) Yash bought a round balloon. (b) Yash bought a round red balloon. (c) Yash bought a red balloon. (d) Yash bought a balloon.
37. 37.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What is Maria eating for lunch? (b) Is what Maria eating for lunch? (c) What Maria is eating for lunch? (d) Maria is what eating for lunch?
38. 38.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Yash has a new pot. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) She (c) It (d) Him
39. 39.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Danced in the rain.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
40. 40.These words are mixed up: in / plants / the / Sneha / the / evening / waters
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Sneha the plants waters in the evening. (b) Sneha waters in the evening the plants. (c) Waters Sneha the plants in the evening. (d) Sneha waters the plants in the evening.

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