Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 527 · 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 doctor. (b) The shopkeeper counted the coins. (c) The rain fell all night. (d) The postman brought a letter for Dad.
2. 2.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) As soon as we reached home. (b) Ran across the garden. (c) The postman brought a letter for Dad. (d) The ice cream seller.
3. 3.Which sentence describes the umbrella best? (a) Rahul opened an umbrella. (b) Rahul opened a yellow umbrella. (c) Rahul opened a small umbrella. (d) Rahul opened a small yellow umbrella.
4. 4.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The doctor checked my throat. (b) The old farmer planted rice in the field. (c) The brown cow. (d) The baby elephant splashed in the river.
5. 5.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Priya found her kite. She flew it. (b) Priya found Priya's kite. Priya flew it. (c) Priya found her kite. Her flew it.
6. 6.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “We met all our cousins on holi.” (a) met (b) our (c) holi (d) all
7. 7.Which describing word fits best?
   “The thunder sounds ___.” (a) shiny (b) loud (c) rough (d) sour
8. 8.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “We went to Agra for onam last year.” (a) year (b) last (c) went (d) onam
9. 9.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
   “The test was hard ___ Zoya got full marks.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
10. 10.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Catches Kavya the bus at seven. (b) Kavya catches the bus at seven. (c) Kavya catches at seven the bus. (d) Kavya the bus catches at seven.
11. 11.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Saanvi packed her bag. Her carried it. (b) Saanvi packed her bag. She carried it. (c) Saanvi packed Saanvi's bag. Saanvi carried it.
12. 12.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The cake was too sweet nobody ate a second piece.” (a) after “cake” (b) after “sweet” (c) after “too” (d) after “was”
13. 13.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Priya bought Priya's book. Priya read it. (b) Priya bought her book. She read it. (c) Priya bought her book. Her read it.
14. 14.Imran 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) hungry
15. 15.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “It started to rain ___ we opened our umbrellas.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
16. 16.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Aarav brushes the dog on Sundays. (b) Aarav brushes on Sundays the dog. (c) Brushes Aarav the dog on Sundays. (d) Aarav the dog brushes on Sundays.
17. 17.Which of these is a statement? (a) Who is Saanvi calling? (b) What a huge elephant! (c) Please close the door. (d) Manav plays cricket in the park.
18. 18.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Riya lost her pen she looked everywhere.” (a) after “pen” (b) after “she” (c) after “her” (d) after “lost”
19. 19.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What is Priya eating for lunch?” (a) statement (b) question (c) command (d) exclamation
20. 20.Which sentence describes the house best? (a) Kavya drew a red house. (b) Kavya drew a house. (c) Kavya drew a small house. (d) Kavya drew a small red house.
21. 21.Which of these is a command? (a) Aarav plays cricket in the park. (b) Wait for me at the gate. (c) What is Manav drawing in class? (d) What a huge elephant!
22. 22.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Riya picked Riya's mango. Riya ate it. (b) Riya picked her mango. Her ate it. (c) Riya picked her mango. She ate it.
23. 23.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Riya wore a sweater ___ it was cold.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
24. 24.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The shopkeeper counted the coins. (b) The hungry monkey grabbed a banana. (c) The bright moon shone over the lake. (d) Slept on the sofa.
25. 25.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Tara likes to paint ___ she likes to draw.” (a) and (b) but (c) because
26. 26.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The baby elephant. (b) The train left the station at nine. (c) The cricket match ended at five o'clock. (d) The red kite flew high in the sky.
27. 27.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The village pond was full of lotus flowers.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
28. 28.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Dev went to bed early. He was tired.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
29. 29.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) A small mouse hid under the bed. (b) The firefighters put out the fire. (c) The tall tree gave us cool shade. (d) Before the sun set.
30. 30.Which describing word fits best?
    “The jalebi tastes ___.” (a) noisy (b) colourful (c) sweet (d) sticky
31. 31.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “My little brother.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
32. 32.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The garden has roses ___ it has sunflowers.” (a) but (b) and (c) because
33. 33.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The sky turned dark soon it began to rain.” (a) after “it” (b) after “soon” (c) after “dark” (d) after “The”
34. 34.Which is the best way to join “It was late.” and “The shops were still open.”? (a) It was late because the shops were still open. (b) It was late but the shops were still open. (c) It was late so the shops were still open.
35. 35.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Manav has a new cake. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) She (c) It (d) Him
36. 36.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “the big fair in Surat starts in December.” (a) fair (b) the (c) big (d) in
37. 37.These words are mixed up: in / plays / park / Nisha / the / cricket
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Plays Nisha cricket in the park. (b) Nisha plays cricket in the park. (c) Nisha plays in the park cricket. (d) Nisha cricket plays in the park.
38. 38.Which describing word fits best?
    “The pickle tastes ___.” (a) noisy (b) sticky (c) colourful (d) spicy
39. 39.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The shop was closed ___ we went home.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
40. 40.These words are mixed up: a / song / sings / the / Rohan / in / morning
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Rohan a song sings in the morning. (b) Rohan sings in the morning a song. (c) Sings Rohan a song in the morning. (d) Rohan sings a song in the morning.

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