Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 530 · 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 describing word fits best?
   “The drum sounds ___.” (a) smooth (b) loud (c) bright (d) bitter
2. 2.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “The school bell.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
3. 3.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The milk boiled over we turned off the stove.” (a) after “off” (b) after “milk” (c) after “over” (d) after “we”
4. 4.These words are mixed up: a / Tenzin / bicycle / to / rides / school
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Tenzin rides a bicycle to school. (b) Rides Tenzin a bicycle to school. (c) Tenzin a bicycle rides to school. (d) Tenzin rides to school a bicycle.
5. 5.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “Why is Aisha laughing” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
6. 6.What kind of sentence is this?
   “What a noisy market!” (a) question (b) statement (c) command (d) exclamation
7. 7.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Yash baked his cake. Him shared it. (b) Yash baked Yash's cake. Yash shared it. (c) Yash baked his cake. He shared it.
8. 8.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Sneha painted her pot. Her sold it. (b) Sneha painted Sneha's pot. Sneha sold it. (c) Sneha painted her pot. She sold it.
9. 9.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The baby elephant splashed in the river. (b) Our teacher wrote a poem on the board. (c) While Mum was cooking. (d) The children sang a song in the hall.
10. 10.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Kunal the plants waters in the evening. (b) Kunal waters in the evening the plants. (c) Waters Kunal the plants in the evening. (d) Kunal waters the plants in the evening.
11. 11.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Swam in the pond. (b) Our cat. (c) When the school bus came. (d) The postman brought a letter for Dad.
12. 12.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “My kite got stuck a kind man got it down.” (a) after “My” (b) after “stuck” (c) after “got” (d) after “man”
13. 13.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) Two ducks swam in the pond. (b) The tiny ant carried a crumb. (c) After we ate lunch. (d) The school bell rang loudly.
14. 14.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “last Monday I went to Kochi by train.” (a) went (b) train (c) last (d) by
15. 15.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Ananya a bicycle rides to school. (b) Rides Ananya a bicycle to school. (c) Ananya rides to school a bicycle. (d) Ananya rides a bicycle to school.
16. 16.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Reads Saanvi a storybook at night. (b) Saanvi reads a storybook at night. (c) Saanvi a storybook reads at night. (d) Saanvi reads at night a storybook.
17. 17.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The old farmer planted rice in the field. (b) A big black crow sat on the wall. (c) Eating a big mango. (d) The tall tree gave us cool shade.
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “the big fair in Chennai starts in October.” (a) big (b) in (c) fair (d) the
19. 19.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Ananya painted Ananya's pot. Ananya sold it. (b) Ananya painted her pot. She sold it. (c) Ananya painted her pot. Her sold it.
20. 20.Which sentence describes the shell best? (a) Pooja found a shell. (b) Pooja found a small shell. (c) Pooja found a pink shell. (d) Pooja found a small pink shell.
21. 21.Kunal wrote “a clever girl with a clever plan”. Which word means the same as “clever” and can replace the second one? (a) silly (b) purple (c) smart
22. 22.These words are mixed up: in / song / sings / Zoya / a / the / morning
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Sings Zoya a song in the morning. (b) Zoya sings in the morning a song. (c) Zoya sings a song in the morning. (d) Zoya a song sings in the morning.
23. 23.Which sentence describes the pot best? (a) Manav painted a small pot. (b) Manav painted a pot. (c) Manav painted a small blue pot. (d) Manav painted a blue pot.
24. 24.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Flew high in the sky.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My birthday is on the first Thursday of november.” (a) is (b) the (c) november (d) birthday
26. 26.Which is the best way to join “The water was too cold.” and “We did not swim.”? (a) The water was too cold because we did not swim. (b) The water was too cold but we did not swim. (c) The water was too cold so we did not swim.
27. 27.“Shone over the lake.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) who or what (subject) (c) nothing is missing
28. 28.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “After we ate lunch.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
29. 29.Which describing word fits best?
    “The chips taste ___.” (a) sticky (b) shiny (c) noisy (d) salty
30. 30.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The brown cow. (b) The cricket match ended at five o'clock. (c) My aunt sent me a gift. (d) Grandpa watered the plants.
31. 31.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “It was very hot we drank cold water.” (a) after “cold” (b) after “hot” (c) after “was” (d) after “drank”
32. 32.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Gave me a pencil. (b) Because it was raining. (c) A green parrot. (d) The doctor checked my throat.
33. 33.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We went to mysuru for Baisakhi last year.” (a) went (b) year (c) to (d) mysuru
34. 34.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The puppy was cold. We gave it a blanket.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
35. 35.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) A green parrot ate a ripe guava. (b) My aunt sent me a gift. (c) The wind blew the leaves away. (d) Wrote a poem on the board.
36. 36.Which sentence describes the house best? (a) Omkar drew a small house. (b) Omkar drew a green house. (c) Omkar drew a small green house. (d) Omkar drew a house.
37. 37.Manav wrote “a shiny coin and a shiny ring”. Which word means the same as “shiny” and can replace the second one? (a) bright (b) dull (c) purple
38. 38.“The wind.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on baisakhi.” (a) our (b) all (c) on (d) baisakhi
40. 40.Which is the best way to join “It started to rain.” and “We opened our umbrellas.”? (a) It started to rain so we opened our umbrellas. (b) It started to rain but we opened our umbrellas. (c) It started to rain because we opened our umbrellas.

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