Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 559 · 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 kitten feels ___.” (a) shiny (b) bitter (c) quiet (d) fluffy
2. 2.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The teacher smiled she liked our drawings.” (a) after “liked” (b) after “smiled” (c) after “teacher” (d) after “The”
3. 3.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we met all our cousins on baisakhi.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 2
4. 4.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “The postman.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
5. 5.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.
6. 6.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The ice cream seller rang his bell. (b) Planted rice in the field. (c) Since it was late. (d) The players.
7. 7.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Waters Priya the plants in the evening. (b) Priya waters the plants in the evening. (c) Priya the plants waters in the evening. (d) Priya waters in the evening the plants.
8. 8.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “Simran draws a picture in art class” (a) question mark (?) (b) full stop (.) (c) exclamation mark (!)
9. 9.Which sentence describes the cap best? (a) Manav wore an old cap. (b) Manav wore an old blue cap. (c) Manav wore a cap. (d) Manav wore a blue cap.
10. 10.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “How is Saanvi travelling to school” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
11. 11.Which of these is a command? (a) Why is Ananya crying? (b) How noisy the market is! (c) Kabir plays cricket in the park. (d) Please pass the salt.
12. 12.Joseph 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
13. 13.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Maria packed Maria's bag. Maria carried it. (b) Maria packed her bag. She carried it. (c) Maria packed her bag. Her carried it.
14. 14.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What a sweet mango!” (a) statement (b) command (c) question (d) exclamation
15. 15.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Who Tara is calling? (b) Is who Tara calling? (c) Who is Tara calling? (d) Tara is who calling?
16. 16.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Tenzin visits the library on Fridays” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) full stop (.) (c) question mark (?)
17. 17.Which sentence describes the flower best? (a) Imran picked a pretty flower. (b) Imran picked a pretty white flower. (c) Imran picked a white flower. (d) Imran picked a flower.
18. 18.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The brown cow.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
19. 19.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Sent me a gift. (b) After we ate lunch. (c) Our neighbours. (d) The rain fell all night.
20. 20.Which sentence describes the bicycle best? (a) Tenzin rode a new green bicycle. (b) Tenzin rode a bicycle. (c) Tenzin rode a green bicycle. (d) Tenzin rode a new bicycle.
21. 21.“My grandmother.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
22. 22.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “We reached the beach the sand was warm.” (a) after “reached” (b) after “was” (c) after “We” (d) after “beach”
23. 23.Which sentence describes the house best? (a) Vikram drew a green house. (b) Vikram drew a small house. (c) Vikram drew a small green house. (d) Vikram drew a house.
24. 24.Which sentence describes the shell best? (a) Farhan found a tiny shell. (b) Farhan found a white shell. (c) Farhan found a shell. (d) Farhan found a tiny white shell.
25. 25.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bus was late we waited at the stop.” (a) after “was” (b) after “bus” (c) after “late” (d) after “waited”
26. 26.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Tenzin is why laughing? (b) Why Tenzin is laughing? (c) Is why Tenzin laughing? (d) Why is Tenzin laughing?
27. 27.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “I brushed my teeth. I washed my face.” (a) because (b) and (c) but
28. 28.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The plants died. Nobody watered them.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
29. 29.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What is Imran reading today” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
30. 30.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Ananya has a new bicycle. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) She (c) Her (d) He
31. 31.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Priya can sing. She can dance too.” (a) but (b) and (c) because
32. 32.“Lit lamps on Diwali.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) who or what (subject) (c) nothing is missing
33. 33.These words are mixed up: waters / Aarav / evening / the / plants / in / the
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Aarav waters the plants in the evening. (b) Waters Aarav the plants in the evening. (c) Aarav the plants waters in the evening. (d) Aarav waters in the evening the plants.
34. 34.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The ice cream seller rang his bell. (b) Our neighbours lit lamps on Diwali. (c) A busy squirrel collected nuts. (d) While Mum was cooking.
35. 35.Which sentence describes the balloon best? (a) Farhan bought a balloon. (b) Farhan bought a big balloon. (c) Farhan bought a big purple balloon. (d) Farhan bought a purple balloon.
36. 36.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “My grandmother.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
37. 37.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Arjun flies a kite on the roof.” (a) exclamation (b) command (c) statement (d) question
38. 38.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Riya wore a sweater ___ it was cold.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
39. 39.Zoya wrote “a wet towel on a wet floor”. Which word means the same as “wet” and can replace the second one? (a) dry (b) square (c) damp
40. 40.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Dev bought his book. Him read it. (b) Dev bought Dev's book. Dev read it. (c) Dev bought his book. He read it.

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