Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 545 · 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 lemon tastes ___.” (a) sour (b) fluffy (c) quiet (d) colourful
2. 2.“Hid under the bed.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) who or what (subject) (c) nothing is missing
3. 3.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “The sun was shining. The birds were singing.” (a) and (b) but (c) because
4. 4.“Our teacher.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) what happens (predicate) (c) who or what (subject)
5. 5.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we went to pune for onam last year.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 2
6. 6.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The sky turned dark soon it began to rain.” (a) after “soon” (b) after “began” (c) after “The” (d) after “dark”
7. 7.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “How is Farhan travelling to school” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
8. 8.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “The sky was cloudy. It did not rain.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
9. 9.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The parrot can talk it says hello every morning.” (a) after “it” (b) after “says” (c) after “hello” (d) after “talk”
10. 10.Which describing word fits best?
    “The bitter gourd tastes ___.” (a) bitter (b) noisy (c) shiny (d) rough
11. 11.Which sentence describes the kite best? (a) Ananya flew a red kite. (b) Ananya flew a small red kite. (c) Ananya flew a small kite. (d) Ananya flew a kite.
12. 12.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Water the plants today.” (a) statement (b) exclamation (c) command (d) question
13. 13.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Nisha has a new cake. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Her (b) He (c) She (d) It
14. 14.Which is the best way to join “It was late.” and “The shops were still open.”? (a) It was late but the shops were still open. (b) It was late so the shops were still open. (c) It was late because the shops were still open.
15. 15.These words are mixed up: warm / Imran / bed / before / milk / drinks
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Imran drinks warm milk before bed. (b) Imran warm milk drinks before bed. (c) Imran drinks before bed warm milk. (d) Drinks Imran warm milk before bed.
16. 16.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) Our cat slept on the sofa. (b) A green parrot ate a ripe guava. (c) Left the station at nine. (d) My father cooked dal for dinner.
17. 17.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The train left the station at nine. (b) Gave me a pencil. (c) The hungry monkey. (d) If you come early.
18. 18.Which of these is a question? (a) Put your books in the bag. (b) Why is Saanvi laughing? (c) What a tall tree! (d) Rahul drinks warm milk before bed.
19. 19.“The wind.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) nothing is missing (c) what happens (predicate)
20. 20.Which sentence describes the umbrella best? (a) Zoya opened a big umbrella. (b) Zoya opened an umbrella. (c) Zoya opened a big yellow umbrella. (d) Zoya opened a yellow umbrella.
21. 21.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Isha a kite flies on the roof. (b) Isha flies a kite on the roof. (c) Flies Isha a kite on the roof. (d) Isha flies on the roof a kite.
22. 22.Which is the best way to join “Tara likes to paint.” and “She likes to draw.”? (a) Tara likes to paint because she likes to draw. (b) Tara likes to paint but she likes to draw. (c) Tara likes to paint and she likes to draw.
23. 23.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) A busy squirrel. (b) Ended at five o'clock. (c) Running in the park. (d) My aunt sent me a gift.
24. 24.Which sentence describes the house best? (a) Kunal drew a house. (b) Kunal drew a small red house. (c) Kunal drew a red house. (d) Kunal drew a small house.
25. 25.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Sneha sings a song in the morning” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
26. 26.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my cousin and i visited a zoo in surat.” (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 3
27. 27.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Why Kavya is crying? (b) Is why Kavya crying? (c) Kavya is why crying? (d) Why is Kavya crying?
28. 28.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Arjun visits on Fridays the library. (b) Arjun the library visits on Fridays. (c) Visits Arjun the library on Fridays. (d) Arjun visits the library on Fridays.
29. 29.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Meera has a new kite. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Her (b) She (c) It (d) He
30. 30.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Who is Manav calling” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
31. 31.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “rohan and I played in the park on Friday.” (a) in (b) on (c) the (d) rohan
32. 32.Ishaan wrote “a loud bell and a loud drum”. Which word means the same as “loud” and can replace the second one? (a) noisy (b) quiet (c) purple
33. 33.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The bright moon shone over the lake.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
34. 34.Which describing word fits best?
    “The drum sounds ___.” (a) rough (b) spicy (c) colourful (d) loud
35. 35.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The road was wet ___ we walked slowly.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
36. 36.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) My grandmother told us a story. (b) Lit lamps on Diwali. (c) My sister made a rangoli. (d) The village pond was full of lotus flowers.
37. 37.“The baby elephant.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
38. 38.Which describing word fits best?
    “The sun looks ___.” (a) sour (b) bright (c) loud (d) prickly
39. 39.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Pooja fixed Pooja's toy car. Pooja played with it. (b) Pooja fixed her toy car. Her played with it. (c) Pooja fixed her toy car. She played with it.
40. 40.These words are mixed up: cleans / room / the / every / Rohan / Saturday
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Cleans Rohan the room every Saturday. (b) Rohan cleans the room every Saturday. (c) Rohan cleans every Saturday the room. (d) Rohan the room cleans every Saturday.

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