Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 538 · 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?
   “Since it was late.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
2. 2.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Isha has a new toy car. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Her (b) It (c) She (d) He
3. 3.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “Aarav packs the school bag at night” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
4. 4.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “dev met farhan at the station in delhi.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 3
5. 5.Which sentence describes the butterfly best? (a) Rohan saw a pretty butterfly. (b) Rohan saw a butterfly. (c) Rohan saw a pretty blue butterfly. (d) Rohan saw a blue butterfly.
6. 6.Which is the best way to join “The soup was hot.” and “It was not tasty.”? (a) The soup was hot because it was not tasty. (b) The soup was hot so it was not tasty. (c) The soup was hot but it was not tasty.
7. 7.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Priya draws a picture in art class.” (a) question (b) exclamation (c) command (d) statement
8. 8.Which is the best way to join “The garden has roses.” and “It has sunflowers.”? (a) The garden has roses but it has sunflowers. (b) The garden has roses and it has sunflowers. (c) The garden has roses because it has sunflowers.
9. 9.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “What a beautiful garden” (a) full stop (.) (b) question mark (?) (c) exclamation mark (!)
10. 10.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Why is Ishaan laughing? (b) Why Ishaan is laughing? (c) Ishaan is why laughing? (d) Is why Ishaan laughing?
11. 11.These words are mixed up: plants / in / the / the / waters / evening / Aisha
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Waters Aisha the plants in the evening. (b) Aisha the plants waters in the evening. (c) Aisha waters in the evening the plants. (d) Aisha waters the plants in the evening.
12. 12.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Simran baked Simran's cake. Simran shared it. (b) Simran baked her cake. Her shared it. (c) Simran baked her cake. She shared it.
13. 13.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Where is Ishaan going after school” (a) full stop (.) (b) question mark (?) (c) exclamation mark (!)
14. 14.Which describing word fits best?
    “The chips taste ___.” (a) smooth (b) loud (c) salty (d) shiny
15. 15.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The puppy was hungry it barked for food.” (a) after “The” (b) after “hungry” (c) after “was” (d) after “it”
16. 16.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Kabir has a new pot. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Him (b) She (c) He (d) It
17. 17.Which is the best way to join “Dev went to bed early.” and “He was tired.”? (a) Dev went to bed early so he was tired. (b) Dev went to bed early but he was tired. (c) Dev went to bed early because he was tired.
18. 18.Which is the best way to join “It was very hot.” and “We went for a swim.”? (a) It was very hot so we went for a swim. (b) It was very hot but we went for a swim. (c) It was very hot because we went for a swim.
19. 19.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Running in the park. (b) The school bus stopped at the gate. (c) Blew the leaves away. (d) The hungry monkey.
20. 20.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Rahul reads a storybook at night.” (a) statement (b) command (c) exclamation (d) question
21. 21.Rahul wrote “an old fort near an old temple”. Which word means the same as “old” and can replace the second one? (a) spicy (b) new (c) ancient
22. 22.Which sentence describes the bicycle best? (a) Ishaan rode a green bicycle. (b) Ishaan rode a new bicycle. (c) Ishaan rode a new green bicycle. (d) Ishaan rode a bicycle.
23. 23.“Grabbed a banana.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) nothing is missing (c) who or what (subject)
24. 24.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What Kunal is drawing in class? (b) What is Kunal drawing in class? (c) Kunal is what drawing in class? (d) Is what Kunal drawing in class?
25. 25.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Dev went to bed early. He was tired.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
26. 26.Which is the best way to join “The ice cream melted.” and “It was a hot day.”? (a) The ice cream melted so it was a hot day. (b) The ice cream melted but it was a hot day. (c) The ice cream melted because it was a hot day.
27. 27.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 but she was hungry. (c) The baby cried so she was hungry.
28. 28.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Splashed in the river.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
29. 29.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Why Ishaan is crying? (b) Ishaan is why crying? (c) Is why Ishaan crying? (d) Why is Ishaan crying?
30. 30.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The lights went out we lit a candle.” (a) after “out” (b) after “a” (c) after “lights” (d) after “lit”
31. 31.Which describing word fits best?
    “The jalebi tastes ___.” (a) sweet (b) rough (c) quiet (d) bright
32. 32.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “omkar met Ishaan at the station in Agra.” (a) met (b) in (c) the (d) omkar
33. 33.Which of these is a statement? (a) When is Riya leaving for Delhi? (b) Line up near the door. (c) Aisha draws a picture in art class. (d) How funny the joke is!
34. 34.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Kabir waters the plants in the evening” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
35. 35.Which describing word fits best?
    “The kitten feels ___.” (a) bitter (b) fluffy (c) shiny (d) loud
36. 36.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “While Mum was cooking.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
37. 37.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The tall tree gave us cool shade. (b) While Mum was cooking. (c) Was full of lotus flowers. (d) The cricket match.
38. 38.Which is the best way to join “We ran fast.” and “We missed the train.”? (a) We ran fast but we missed the train. (b) We ran fast because we missed the train. (c) We ran fast so we missed the train.
39. 39.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “We ran to the bus stop. We were late.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
40. 40.Which describing word fits best?
    “The bitter gourd tastes ___.” (a) prickly (b) bitter (c) noisy (d) colourful

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