Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 510 · 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) The rain fell all night. (b) The cricket match. (c) Told us a story. (d) When the bell rang.
2. 2.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The train arrived people got on quickly.” (a) after “arrived” (b) after “The” (c) after “train” (d) after “people”
3. 3.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
   “We bought apples ___ we bought grapes.” (a) and (b) but (c) because
4. 4.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Priya lost Priya's pencil. Priya found it. (b) Priya lost her pencil. Her found it. (c) Priya lost her pencil. She found it.
5. 5.Which describing word fits best?
   “The tamarind tastes ___.” (a) quiet (b) colourful (c) sticky (d) sour
6. 6.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Dev is what drawing in class? (b) Is what Dev drawing in class? (c) What Dev is drawing in class? (d) What is Dev drawing in class?
7. 7.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Why Ananya is crying? (b) Is why Ananya crying? (c) Why is Ananya crying? (d) Ananya is why crying?
8. 8.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
   “Arjun practised every day ___ he won the prize.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
9. 9.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Ishaan has a new kite. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) Him (c) He (d) She
10. 10.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) A small mouse hid under the bed. (b) Checked my throat. (c) Our teacher wrote a poem on the board. (d) The wind blew the leaves away.
11. 11.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Omkar has a new cake. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) She (c) Him (d) It
12. 12.These words are mixed up: Kabir / every / writes / poem / a / week
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Kabir a poem writes every week. (b) Writes Kabir a poem every week. (c) Kabir writes a poem every week. (d) Kabir writes every week a poem.
13. 13.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Why is Isha laughing?” (a) exclamation (b) command (c) question (d) statement
14. 14.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The brown cow gave fresh milk. (b) My grandmother told us a story. (c) My aunt. (d) Our cat slept on the sofa.
15. 15.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Eating a big mango. (b) My best friend gave me a pencil. (c) A small mouse. (d) Blew the leaves away.
16. 16.“Told us a story.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) what happens (predicate) (c) nothing is missing
17. 17.Which sentence describes the flower best? (a) Isha picked a tiny flower. (b) Isha picked a flower. (c) Isha picked a tiny yellow flower. (d) Isha picked a yellow flower.
18. 18.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The plants died. Nobody watered them.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
19. 19.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Aarav picked Aarav's mango. Aarav ate it. (b) Aarav picked his mango. Him ate it. (c) Aarav picked his mango. He ate it.
20. 20.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for onam.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 2
21. 21.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Ravi is only six. He can swim very well.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
22. 22.Which sentence describes the kite best? (a) Rahul flew a kite. (b) Rahul flew a big green kite. (c) Rahul flew a big kite. (d) Rahul flew a green kite.
23. 23.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on baisakhi.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 2
24. 24.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “It was very hot. We went for a swim.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
25. 25.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The village pond was full of lotus flowers. (b) My father. (c) My grandmother told us a story. (d) The players ran onto the field.
26. 26.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Washes Nisha the car on Sundays. (b) Nisha washes on Sundays the car. (c) Nisha the car washes on Sundays. (d) Nisha washes the car on Sundays.
27. 27.Which of these is a statement? (a) Where is Manav playing cricket? (b) What a huge elephant! (c) Bring your notebook tomorrow. (d) Meera plays cricket in the park.
28. 28.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) If you come early. (b) Put out the fire. (c) The little puppy. (d) The old farmer planted rice in the field.
29. 29.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Tenzin visits the library on Fridays.” (a) statement (b) command (c) exclamation (d) question
30. 30.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Until the rain stopped. (b) The school bus. (c) Ran onto the field. (d) The tiny ant carried a crumb.
31. 31.These words are mixed up: milk / warm / bed / Zoya / before / drinks
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Zoya warm milk drinks before bed. (b) Zoya drinks before bed warm milk. (c) Zoya drinks warm milk before bed. (d) Drinks Zoya warm milk before bed.
32. 32.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Aarav and I played in the park on wednesday.” (a) wednesday (b) and (c) played (d) in
33. 33.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Where Rahul is going after school? (b) Is where Rahul going after school? (c) Rahul is where going after school? (d) Where is Rahul going after school?
34. 34.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Imran feeds the cat every morning” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
35. 35.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in bhopal starts in july.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5
36. 36.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Yash lost his pencil. Him found it. (b) Yash lost his pencil. He found it. (c) Yash lost Yash's pencil. Yash found it.
37. 37.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) My little brother. (b) Ran across the garden. (c) A big black crow sat on the wall. (d) While Mum was cooking.
38. 38.Which sentence describes the umbrella best? (a) Aarav opened an umbrella. (b) Aarav opened a striped umbrella. (c) Aarav opened a big umbrella. (d) Aarav opened a big striped umbrella.
39. 39.Which describing word fits best?
    “The chips taste ___.” (a) colourful (b) rough (c) loud (d) salty
40. 40.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”

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