Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 557 · 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 word needs a capital letter?
   “My aunt made sweets for baisakhi.” (a) aunt (b) sweets (c) baisakhi (d) made
2. 2.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “my cousin and I visited a zoo in Agra.” (a) a (b) my (c) visited (d) cousin
3. 3.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “the big fair in Kolkata starts in January.” (a) the (b) starts (c) big (d) in
4. 4.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Farhan has a new bicycle. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Him (b) It (c) She (d) He
5. 5.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we met all our cousins on christmas.” (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 4
6. 6.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “The school bell rang loudly.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
7. 7.Pooja wrote “happy children at a happy party”. Which word means the same as “happy” and can replace the second one? (a) sad (b) glad (c) wooden
8. 8.Tenzin wrote “a clever girl with a clever plan”. Which word means the same as “clever” and can replace the second one? (a) wooden (b) smart (c) silly
9. 9.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Manav a kite flies on the roof. (b) Flies Manav a kite on the roof. (c) Manav flies on the roof a kite. (d) Manav flies a kite on the roof.
10. 10.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 “we” (c) after “a” (d) after “went”
11. 11.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Kavya plays cricket in the park.” (a) exclamation (b) command (c) question (d) statement
12. 12.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “My grandmother told us a story.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
13. 13.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 “boiled” (c) after “milk” (d) after “over”
14. 14.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Imran flies a kite on the roof. (b) Imran a kite flies on the roof. (c) Imran flies on the roof a kite. (d) Flies Imran a kite on the roof.
15. 15.Which of these is a statement? (a) What is Kavya reading today? (b) How cold the morning is! (c) Please speak slowly. (d) Sneha plays cricket in the park.
16. 16.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “maria and i played in the park on thursday.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5
17. 17.Which sentence describes the kite best? (a) Kabir flew a small yellow kite. (b) Kabir flew a small kite. (c) Kabir flew a yellow kite. (d) Kabir flew a kite.
18. 18.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) A busy squirrel. (b) The wind blew the leaves away. (c) Eating a big mango. (d) Sang a song in the hall.
19. 19.These words are mixed up: Grandma / Manav / kitchen / in / helps / the
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Manav helps in the kitchen Grandma. (b) Manav helps Grandma in the kitchen. (c) Helps Manav Grandma in the kitchen. (d) Manav Grandma helps in the kitchen.
20. 20.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What Maria is eating for lunch? (b) What is Maria eating for lunch? (c) Maria is what eating for lunch? (d) Is what Maria eating for lunch?
21. 21.Which is the best way to join “The baby cried.” and “She was hungry.”? (a) The baby cried so she was hungry. (b) The baby cried because she was hungry. (c) The baby cried but she was hungry.
22. 22.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The players ran onto the field. (b) My father cooked dal for dinner. (c) Broke his toy car. (d) The bright moon shone over the lake.
23. 23.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Our neighbours lit lamps on Diwali.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
24. 24.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) Our cat slept on the sofa. (b) Because the shop was closed. (c) The hungry monkey grabbed a banana. (d) My sister made a rangoli.
25. 25.Tara wrote “an angry man and an angry dog”. Which word means the same as “angry” and can replace the second one? (a) calm (b) cross (c) purple
26. 26.These words are mixed up: the / kicks / the / ball / garden / Sneha / in
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Sneha kicks in the garden the ball. (b) Sneha the ball kicks in the garden. (c) Kicks Sneha the ball in the garden. (d) Sneha kicks the ball in the garden.
27. 27.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Rahul waters the plants in the evening” (a) full stop (.) (b) question mark (?) (c) exclamation mark (!)
28. 28.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The brown cow gave fresh milk. (b) Running in the park. (c) The red kite flew high in the sky. (d) My father cooked dal for dinner.
29. 29.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “The big fair in lucknow starts in January.” (a) lucknow (b) starts (c) in (d) fair
30. 30.“Cooked dal for dinner.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) nothing is missing (c) what happens (predicate)
31. 31.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) My aunt sent me a gift. (b) My father cooked dal for dinner. (c) Blew the leaves away. (d) The little puppy ran across the garden.
32. 32.Which describing word fits best?
    “The jam feels ___.” (a) sticky (b) loud (c) sour (d) shiny
33. 33.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “We ran to the bus stop ___ we were late.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
34. 34.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Plays Kabir cricket in the park. (b) Kabir plays cricket in the park. (c) Kabir plays in the park cricket. (d) Kabir cricket plays in the park.
35. 35.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on pongal.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3
36. 36.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “I brushed my teeth. I washed my face.” (a) because (b) and (c) but
37. 37.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Isha has a new sapling. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Her (b) It (c) He (d) She
38. 38.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Put out the fire.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
39. 39.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The road was wet ___ we walked slowly.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
40. 40.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Vikram lost his pencil. Him found it. (b) Vikram lost his pencil. He found it. (c) Vikram lost Vikram's pencil. Vikram found it.

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