Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 624 · 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 sentence describes the bag best? (a) Rohan carried a bag. (b) Rohan carried a big blue bag. (c) Rohan carried a blue bag. (d) Rohan carried a big bag.
2. 2.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Last sunday I went to Delhi by train.” (a) to (b) went (c) sunday (d) by
3. 3.Isha wrote “a loud bell and a loud drum”. Which word means the same as “loud” and can replace the second one? (a) quiet (b) noisy (c) square
4. 4.These words are mixed up: school / at / night / packs / the / Dev / bag
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Dev packs the school bag at night. (b) Packs Dev the school bag at night. (c) Dev the school bag packs at night. (d) Dev packs at night the school bag.
5. 5.Tenzin wrote “a clever girl with a clever plan”. Which word means the same as “clever” and can replace the second one? (a) silly (b) round (c) smart
6. 6.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What is Imran reading today? (b) Is what Imran reading today? (c) What Imran is reading today? (d) Imran is what reading today?
7. 7.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Where is Saanvi going after school? (b) Saanvi is where going after school? (c) Is where Saanvi going after school? (d) Where Saanvi is going after school?
8. 8.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “bell” (b) after “rang” (c) after “The” (d) after “children”
9. 9.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “The plants died. Nobody watered them.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
10. 10.Sneha wrote “a small cup on a small plate”. Which word means the same as “small” and can replace the second one? (a) spicy (b) tiny (c) huge
11. 11.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “It was very hot we drank cold water.” (a) after “very” (b) after “It” (c) after “drank” (d) after “hot”
12. 12.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Writes Farhan a poem every week. (b) Farhan writes every week a poem. (c) Farhan writes a poem every week. (d) Farhan a poem writes every week.
13. 13.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “It was late. The shops were still open.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
14. 14.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last wednesday i went to agra by train.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6
15. 15.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The school bus. (b) The brown cow gave fresh milk. (c) As soon as we reached home. (d) Ran across the garden.
16. 16.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Kavya and I played in the park on monday.” (a) monday (b) played (c) the (d) park
17. 17.These words are mixed up: Aisha / cricket / in / plays / the / park
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Plays Aisha cricket in the park. (b) Aisha plays in the park cricket. (c) Aisha cricket plays in the park. (d) Aisha plays cricket in the park.
18. 18.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The village pond was full of lotus flowers. (b) The doctor checked my throat. (c) The brown cow gave fresh milk. (d) If you come early.
19. 19.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “When the school bus came.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
20. 20.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on eid.” (a) eid (b) met (c) on (d) our
21. 21.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for onam.” (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
22. 22.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Wrote a poem on the board. (b) After we ate lunch. (c) The cricket match. (d) The shopkeeper counted the coins.
23. 23.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “I finished my homework then I read a comic.” (a) after “finished” (b) after “homework” (c) after “read” (d) after “a”
24. 24.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Who is Aisha calling? (b) Who Aisha is calling? (c) Is who Aisha calling? (d) Aisha is who calling?
25. 25.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Yash the library visits on Fridays. (b) Yash visits the library on Fridays. (c) Visits Yash the library on Fridays. (d) Yash visits on Fridays the library.
26. 26.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Because it was raining.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
27. 27.Which is the best way to join “The test was hard.” and “Zoya got full marks.”? (a) The test was hard because Zoya got full marks. (b) The test was hard so Zoya got full marks. (c) The test was hard but Zoya got full marks.
28. 28.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What a cold morning!” (a) statement (b) command (c) exclamation (d) question
29. 29.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Aarav cleans the room every Saturday” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) full stop (.) (c) question mark (?)
30. 30.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Lit lamps on Diwali. (b) A busy squirrel collected nuts. (c) Grandpa. (d) Until the rain stopped.
31. 31.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on pongal.” (a) pongal (b) on (c) our (d) met
32. 32.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The sky was cloudy. It did not rain.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
33. 33.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Blew the leaves away.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
34. 34.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “I brushed my teeth ___ I washed my face.” (a) and (b) but (c) because
35. 35.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Before the sun set.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
36. 36.These words are mixed up: rides / to / Simran / school / a / bicycle
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Simran rides to school a bicycle. (b) Simran a bicycle rides to school. (c) Simran rides a bicycle to school. (d) Rides Simran a bicycle to school.
37. 37.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Who is Joseph calling? (b) Joseph is who calling? (c) Who Joseph is calling? (d) Is who Joseph calling?
38. 38.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Priya can sing ___ she can dance too.” (a) but (b) because (c) and
39. 39.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The parrot can talk it says hello every morning.” (a) after “hello” (b) after “can” (c) after “it” (d) after “talk”
40. 40.Which is the best way to join “It started to rain.” and “We opened our umbrellas.”? (a) It started to rain so we opened our umbrellas. (b) It started to rain because we opened our umbrellas. (c) It started to rain but we opened our umbrellas.

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