Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 504 · 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 NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The old farmer planted rice in the field. (b) The ice cream seller rang his bell. (c) Grandpa watered the plants. (d) Was full of lotus flowers.
2. 2.Which sentence describes the umbrella best? (a) Maria opened a small umbrella. (b) Maria opened an umbrella. (c) Maria opened a yellow umbrella. (d) Maria opened a small yellow umbrella.
3. 3.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The baby was sleeping we spoke softly.” (a) after “sleeping” (b) after “baby” (c) after “spoke” (d) after “The”
4. 4.Aisha wrote “a quiet room in a quiet house”. Which word means the same as “quiet” and can replace the second one? (a) noisy (b) square (c) silent
5. 5.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The teacher smiled she liked our drawings.” (a) after “liked” (b) after “The” (c) after “teacher” (d) after “smiled”
6. 6.Which of these is a question? (a) Joseph sings a song in the morning. (b) Why is Arjun crying? (c) Please pass the salt. (d) How cold the morning is!
7. 7.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Zoya has a new poem. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Her (b) It (c) She (d) He
8. 8.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Vikram a banana eats after school. (b) Vikram eats after school a banana. (c) Vikram eats a banana after school. (d) Eats Vikram a banana after school.
9. 9.Which is the best way to join “The room was dark.” and “I switched on the light.”? (a) The room was dark but I switched on the light. (b) The room was dark so I switched on the light. (c) The room was dark because I switched on the light.
10. 10.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is why Aisha laughing? (b) Why is Aisha laughing? (c) Why Aisha is laughing? (d) Aisha is why laughing?
11. 11.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “kunal was born in the month of august.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 2
12. 12.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Where is Tenzin playing cricket?” (a) command (b) exclamation (c) statement (d) question
13. 13.“The doctor.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) nothing is missing (c) what happens (predicate)
14. 14.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The mangoes were ripe we picked a basket full.” (a) after “ripe” (b) after “The” (c) after “a” (d) after “mangoes”
15. 15.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Imran waters the plants in the evening” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) full stop (.) (c) question mark (?)
16. 16.Which sentence describes the flower best? (a) Priya picked a pretty flower. (b) Priya picked a flower. (c) Priya picked a yellow flower. (d) Priya picked a pretty yellow flower.
17. 17.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “When is Manav leaving for Delhi” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
18. 18.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The soup was hot ___ it was not tasty.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
19. 19.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on eid.” (a) cousins (b) eid (c) all (d) our
20. 20.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “We reached the beach the sand was warm.” (a) after “reached” (b) after “beach” (c) after “We” (d) after “was”
21. 21.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Meera waters the plants in the evening. (b) Meera the plants waters in the evening. (c) Waters Meera the plants in the evening. (d) Meera waters in the evening the plants.
22. 22.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Pooja baked her cake. She shared it. (b) Pooja baked Pooja's cake. Pooja shared it. (c) Pooja baked her cake. Her shared it.
23. 23.“Collected nuts.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
24. 24.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What a sweet mango” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
25. 25.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The parrot can talk it says hello every morning.” (a) after “every” (b) after “says” (c) after “talk” (d) after “can”
26. 26.Isha wrote “a shiny coin and a shiny ring”. Which word means the same as “shiny” and can replace the second one? (a) spicy (b) bright (c) dull
27. 27.“Rang his bell.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) who or what (subject) (c) nothing is missing
28. 28.Which describing word fits best?
    “The new coin looks ___.” (a) shiny (b) noisy (c) sweet (d) sticky
29. 29.Which sentence describes the umbrella best? (a) Dev opened a small yellow umbrella. (b) Dev opened a small umbrella. (c) Dev opened an umbrella. (d) Dev opened a yellow umbrella.
30. 30.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “The big fair in Pune starts in october.” (a) big (b) starts (c) fair (d) october
31. 31.Manav wrote “a shiny coin and a shiny ring”. Which word means the same as “shiny” and can replace the second one? (a) hungry (b) bright (c) dull
32. 32.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Vikram the bus catches at seven. (b) Vikram catches at seven the bus. (c) Vikram catches the bus at seven. (d) Catches Vikram the bus at seven.
33. 33.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Sat next to me.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
34. 34.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on saturday.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
35. 35.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “rang” (b) after “bell” (c) after “The” (d) after “ran”
36. 36.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The bag was heavy. Dad helped me carry it.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
37. 37.These words are mixed up: Tenzin / the / visits / Fridays / library / on
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Tenzin visits the library on Fridays. (b) Visits Tenzin the library on Fridays. (c) Tenzin the library visits on Fridays. (d) Tenzin visits on Fridays the library.
38. 38.These words are mixed up: picture / a / Vikram / class / art / draws / in
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Vikram draws a picture in art class. (b) Vikram a picture draws in art class. (c) Draws Vikram a picture in art class. (d) Vikram draws in art class a picture.
39. 39.Which of these is a question? (a) How tall the tree is! (b) Isha eats a banana after school. (c) Turn left at the temple. (d) Where is Diya going after school?
40. 40.Which sentence describes the elephant best? (a) Vikram saw a big grey elephant. (b) Vikram saw a big elephant. (c) Vikram saw a grey elephant. (d) Vikram saw an elephant.

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