Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 558 · 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.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
   “Kabir drank some water ___ he was thirsty.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
2. 2.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “What is Kabir reading today” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
3. 3.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) A busy squirrel collected nuts. (b) The school bell rang loudly. (c) A big black crow sat on the wall. (d) Because it was raining.
4. 4.Which describing word fits best?
   “The roasted peanuts taste ___.” (a) loud (b) colourful (c) salty (d) prickly
5. 5.Which sentence describes the house best? (a) Kavya drew a small red house. (b) Kavya drew a red house. (c) Kavya drew a small house. (d) Kavya drew a house.
6. 6.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we visited the old fort in delhi on saturday.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 4
7. 7.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Omkar has a new poem. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) He (c) It (d) Him
8. 8.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Pooja fixed her toy car. She played with it. (b) Pooja fixed her toy car. Her played with it. (c) Pooja fixed Pooja's toy car. Pooja played with it.
9. 9.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The players ran onto the field. (b) Our teacher wrote a poem on the board. (c) A small mouse. (d) The brown cow gave fresh milk.
10. 10.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Manav found his kite. He flew it. (b) Manav found his kite. Him flew it. (c) Manav found Manav's kite. Manav flew it.
11. 11.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What is Vikram reading today?” (a) statement (b) exclamation (c) question (d) command
12. 12.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Diya a poem writes every week. (b) Writes Diya a poem every week. (c) Diya writes a poem every week. (d) Diya writes every week a poem.
13. 13.These words are mixed up: eats / a / banana / after / school / Diya
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Eats Diya a banana after school. (b) Diya eats a banana after school. (c) Diya eats after school a banana. (d) Diya a banana eats after school.
14. 14.Which describing word fits best?
    “The pickle tastes ___.” (a) colourful (b) rough (c) noisy (d) spicy
15. 15.Which of these is a question? (a) Omkar drinks warm milk before bed. (b) What a cold morning! (c) Drink a glass of milk. (d) Where is Yash playing cricket?
16. 16.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Ran onto the field. (b) The doctor. (c) A big black crow sat on the wall. (d) As soon as we reached home.
17. 17.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Imran cooks rice for lunch” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
18. 18.These words are mixed up: sings / the / in / morning / Saanvi / song / a
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Sings Saanvi a song in the morning. (b) Saanvi a song sings in the morning. (c) Saanvi sings a song in the morning. (d) Saanvi sings in the morning a song.
19. 19.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “rang” (b) after “The” (c) after “ran” (d) after “bell”
20. 20.Which sentence describes the butterfly best? (a) Arjun saw an orange butterfly. (b) Arjun saw a tiny butterfly. (c) Arjun saw a butterfly. (d) Arjun saw a tiny orange butterfly.
21. 21.Which of these is a question? (a) What is Arjun reading today? (b) Line up near the door. (c) How cold the morning is! (d) Imran feeds the cat every morning.
22. 22.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) Our neighbours lit lamps on Diwali. (b) When the bell rang. (c) The little puppy ran across the garden. (d) A busy squirrel collected nuts.
23. 23.Sneha wrote “a small cup on a small plate”. Which word means the same as “small” and can replace the second one? (a) hungry (b) tiny (c) huge
24. 24.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My birthday is on the first Tuesday of april.” (a) april (b) birthday (c) the (d) first
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “I go to the park with my dog on wednesday.” (a) wednesday (b) the (c) dog (d) on
26. 26.These words are mixed up: bicycle / a / rides / Meera / to / school
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Meera rides a bicycle to school. (b) Meera rides to school a bicycle. (c) Meera a bicycle rides to school. (d) Rides Meera a bicycle to school.
27. 27.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “After we ate lunch.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
28. 28.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The train arrived people got on quickly.” (a) after “on” (b) after “people” (c) after “got” (d) after “arrived”
29. 29.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) Grandpa watered the plants. (b) My best friend gave me a pencil. (c) A busy squirrel. (d) The old farmer planted rice in the field.
30. 30.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “When the bell rang.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
31. 31.These words are mixed up: milk / drinks / warm / bed / before / Tara
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Tara drinks warm milk before bed. (b) Drinks Tara warm milk before bed. (c) Tara drinks before bed warm milk. (d) Tara warm milk drinks before bed.
32. 32.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Who is Isha calling” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) full stop (.) (c) question mark (?)
33. 33.“The ice cream seller.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) nothing is missing (c) who or what (subject)
34. 34.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Open your books to page ten.” (a) statement (b) exclamation (c) command (d) question
35. 35.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The train left the station at nine. (b) The firefighters put out the fire. (c) Our neighbours lit lamps on Diwali. (d) Two ducks.
36. 36.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Kavya is why laughing? (b) Is why Kavya laughing? (c) Why is Kavya laughing? (d) Why Kavya is laughing?
37. 37.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The tiny ant.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
38. 38.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from agra in october.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 2
39. 39.Which describing word fits best?
    “The cactus feels ___.” (a) prickly (b) sweet (c) loud (d) colourful
40. 40.“Sat on the wall.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) nothing is missing (c) what happens (predicate)

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