Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 507 · 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.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “The peacock.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
2. 2.“Two ducks.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) nothing is missing (c) what happens (predicate)
3. 3.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “What a colourful rangoli” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
4. 4.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “What a tall tree” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
5. 5.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Vikram has a new poem. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Him (b) He (c) It (d) She
6. 6.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Saanvi the cat feeds every morning. (b) Feeds Saanvi the cat every morning. (c) Saanvi feeds every morning the cat. (d) Saanvi feeds the cat every morning.
7. 7.Which of these is a statement? (a) Where is Sneha going after school? (b) Please help me carry this box. (c) What a bright moon! (d) Aarav reads a storybook at night.
8. 8.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “Tara likes to paint. She likes to draw.” (a) but (b) because (c) and
9. 9.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “Stopped at the gate.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
10. 10.Which of these is a statement? (a) Arjun plays cricket in the park. (b) What a lovely song! (c) Bring your notebook tomorrow. (d) What is Kunal eating for lunch?
11. 11.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Sent me a gift.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
12. 12.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “When the bell rang.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
13. 13.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The school bus stopped at the gate.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
14. 14.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “rohan and i played in the park on monday.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 4
15. 15.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Ravi is only six ___ he can swim very well.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
16. 16.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Flies Dev a kite on the roof. (b) Dev flies on the roof a kite. (c) Dev flies a kite on the roof. (d) Dev a kite flies on the roof.
17. 17.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Omkar wrote his poem. He read it. (b) Omkar wrote his poem. Him read it. (c) Omkar wrote Omkar's poem. Omkar read it.
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My aunt made sweets for holi.” (a) holi (b) sweets (c) made (d) aunt
19. 19.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Two ducks swam in the pond. (b) Since it was late. (c) Cooked dal for dinner. (d) The new student.
20. 20.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Simran has a new poem. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) Her (c) It (d) He
21. 21.Which describing word fits best?
    “The busy market sounds ___.” (a) fluffy (b) noisy (c) bright (d) bitter
22. 22.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The tall tree gave us cool shade. (b) The peacock. (c) Sang a song in the hall. (d) Until the rain stopped.
23. 23.Kavya wrote “a clever girl with a clever plan”. Which word means the same as “clever” and can replace the second one? (a) silly (b) smart (c) purple
24. 24.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Kabir has a new bag. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) It (c) He (d) Him
25. 25.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Arjun plays cricket in the park. (b) Plays Arjun cricket in the park. (c) Arjun cricket plays in the park. (d) Arjun plays in the park cricket.
26. 26.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) How Isha is travelling to school? (b) Is how Isha travelling to school? (c) Isha is how travelling to school? (d) How is Isha travelling to school?
27. 27.These words are mixed up: helps / kitchen / in / Priya / Grandma / the
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Helps Priya Grandma in the kitchen. (b) Priya helps in the kitchen Grandma. (c) Priya helps Grandma in the kitchen. (d) Priya Grandma helps in the kitchen.
28. 28.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) My sister. (b) Since it was late. (c) My little brother broke his toy car. (d) Ended at five o'clock.
29. 29.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We went to shimla for Eid last year.” (a) shimla (b) for (c) went (d) to
30. 30.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Rahul fixed Rahul's toy car. Rahul played with it. (b) Rahul fixed his toy car. He played with it. (c) Rahul fixed his toy car. Him played with it.
31. 31.Saanvi wrote “a rich king in a rich city”. Which word means the same as “rich” and can replace the second one? (a) square (b) poor (c) wealthy
32. 32.Which is the best way to join “It was very hot.” and “We went for a swim.”? (a) It was very hot because we went for a swim. (b) It was very hot but we went for a swim. (c) It was very hot so we went for a swim.
33. 33.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Farhan washes on Sundays the car. (b) Washes Farhan the car on Sundays. (c) Farhan the car washes on Sundays. (d) Farhan washes the car on Sundays.
34. 34.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Tara likes to paint ___ she likes to draw.” (a) because (b) and (c) but
35. 35.Which of these is a question? (a) Rahul helps Grandma in the kitchen. (b) How is Aisha travelling to school? (c) Water the plants today. (d) How noisy the market is!
36. 36.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Diya has a new bag. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) He (c) Her (d) It
37. 37.Which sentence describes the umbrella best? (a) Kabir opened a yellow umbrella. (b) Kabir opened a big yellow umbrella. (c) Kabir opened an umbrella. (d) Kabir opened a big umbrella.
38. 38.Which sentence describes the flower best? (a) Omkar picked a tiny flower. (b) Omkar picked a white flower. (c) Omkar picked a tiny white flower. (d) Omkar picked a flower.
39. 39.These words are mixed up: in / morning / a / the / song / sings / Diya
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Diya sings a song in the morning. (b) Diya a song sings in the morning. (c) Sings Diya a song in the morning. (d) Diya sings in the morning a song.
40. 40.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Before the sun set.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence

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