Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 521 · 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 mark should end this sentence?
   “Why is Kabir crying” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) full stop (.) (c) question mark (?)
2. 2.Which is the best way to join “The baby cried.” and “She was hungry.”? (a) The baby cried because she was hungry. (b) The baby cried so she was hungry. (c) The baby cried but she was hungry.
3. 3.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “After we ate lunch.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
4. 4.Which of these is a command? (a) Why is Nisha laughing? (b) Dev waters the plants in the evening. (c) Please pass the salt. (d) How cute the puppy is!
5. 5.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “Meera packs the school bag at night” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
6. 6.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “my uncle came from Chennai in December.” (a) uncle (b) my (c) came (d) in
7. 7.Which sentence describes the dog best? (a) Diya saw a brown dog. (b) Diya saw a little dog. (c) Diya saw a little brown dog. (d) Diya saw a dog.
8. 8.Aisha wrote “a fast horse and a fast car”. Which word means the same as “fast” and can replace the second one? (a) quick (b) purple (c) slow
9. 9.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) How is Tara travelling to school? (b) Tara is how travelling to school? (c) Is how Tara travelling to school? (d) How Tara is travelling to school?
10. 10.Which is the best way to join “The sun was shining.” and “The birds were singing.”? (a) The sun was shining because the birds were singing. (b) The sun was shining but the birds were singing. (c) The sun was shining and the birds were singing.
11. 11.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Two ducks swam in the pond. (b) Our cat. (c) Broke his toy car. (d) Before the sun set.
12. 12.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The train arrived people got on quickly.” (a) after “The” (b) after “train” (c) after “on” (d) after “arrived”
13. 13.“Cooked dal for dinner.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) nothing is missing (c) what happens (predicate)
14. 14.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “We ran to the bus stop. We were late.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
15. 15.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Aisha packed Aisha's bag. Aisha carried it. (b) Aisha packed her bag. She carried it. (c) Aisha packed her bag. Her carried it.
16. 16.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Grandpa watered the plants.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
17. 17.These words are mixed up: banana / Manav / after / eats / a / school
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Eats Manav a banana after school. (b) Manav a banana eats after school. (c) Manav eats after school a banana. (d) Manav eats a banana after school.
18. 18.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Cooked dal for dinner.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
19. 19.These words are mixed up: bus / catches / seven / the / at / Manav
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Catches Manav the bus at seven. (b) Manav catches the bus at seven. (c) Manav catches at seven the bus. (d) Manav the bus catches at seven.
20. 20.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Joseph and i played in the park on Tuesday.” (a) the (b) in (c) i (d) park
21. 21.Which describing word fits best?
    “The lemon tastes ___.” (a) noisy (b) prickly (c) bright (d) sour
22. 22.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Aarav has a new card. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) Him (c) She (d) It
23. 23.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Our school reopens after the holidays in february.” (a) holidays (b) reopens (c) the (d) february
24. 24.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The teacher smiled she liked our drawings.” (a) after “smiled” (b) after “she” (c) after “our” (d) after “teacher”
25. 25.“Grabbed a banana.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
26. 26.“Sang a song in the hall.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) nothing is missing (c) who or what (subject)
27. 27.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “nisha lives near the lake in jaipur.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 2
28. 28.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in shimla on monday.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 4
29. 29.Which describing word fits best?
    “The bitter gourd tastes ___.” (a) quiet (b) bitter (c) shiny (d) rough
30. 30.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Who is Ishaan calling?” (a) statement (b) exclamation (c) command (d) question
31. 31.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The hungry monkey grabbed a banana. (b) Our neighbours lit lamps on Diwali. (c) The little puppy ran across the garden. (d) Before the sun set.
32. 32.These words are mixed up: waters / the / the / plants / in / Joseph / evening
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Joseph waters the plants in the evening. (b) Joseph waters in the evening the plants. (c) Joseph the plants waters in the evening. (d) Waters Joseph the plants in the evening.
33. 33.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What a cute puppy” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
34. 34.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “How big the cake is” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) full stop (.) (c) question mark (?)
35. 35.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “We stayed indoors. It was raining.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
36. 36.Which sentence describes the shell best? (a) Ananya found a small shell. (b) Ananya found a small pink shell. (c) Ananya found a pink shell. (d) Ananya found a shell.
37. 37.Meera wrote “a shiny coin and a shiny ring”. Which word means the same as “shiny” and can replace the second one? (a) dull (b) bright (c) square
38. 38.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Switch off the fan.” (a) statement (b) exclamation (c) question (d) command
39. 39.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The ice cream seller. (b) The wind blew the leaves away. (c) Gave fresh milk. (d) As soon as we reached home.
40. 40.“Slept on the sofa.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) nothing is missing (c) who or what (subject)

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