Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 626 · 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.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “My little brother broke his toy car.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
2. 2.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What is Aisha reading today? (b) Is what Aisha reading today? (c) Aisha is what reading today? (d) What Aisha is reading today?
3. 3.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The baby was sleeping we spoke softly.” (a) after “was” (b) after “The” (c) after “spoke” (d) after “sleeping”
4. 4.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Who Rohan is calling? (b) Is who Rohan calling? (c) Rohan is who calling? (d) Who is Rohan calling?
5. 5.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “my birthday is on the first Thursday of January.” (a) first (b) my (c) is (d) birthday
6. 6.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The shop was closed we went back home.” (a) after “The” (b) after “went” (c) after “closed” (d) after “was”
7. 7.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Manav is why laughing? (b) Is why Manav laughing? (c) Why is Manav laughing? (d) Why Manav is laughing?
8. 8.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Kunal packed Kunal's bag. Kunal carried it. (b) Kunal packed his bag. Him carried it. (c) Kunal packed his bag. He carried it.
9. 9.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “The garden has roses. It has sunflowers.” (a) because (b) but (c) and
10. 10.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Grandma baked a cake it smelled lovely.” (a) after “smelled” (b) after “Grandma” (c) after “cake” (d) after “a”
11. 11.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “It was very hot we drank cold water.” (a) after “drank” (b) after “It” (c) after “very” (d) after “hot”
12. 12.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “It started to rain. We opened our umbrellas.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
13. 13.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Meera reads at night a storybook. (b) Reads Meera a storybook at night. (c) Meera reads a storybook at night. (d) Meera a storybook reads at night.
14. 14.Manav wrote “a fast horse and a fast car”. Which word means the same as “fast” and can replace the second one? (a) slow (b) quick (c) spicy
15. 15.Which of these is a command? (a) Sit down quietly. (b) Where is Kabir playing cricket? (c) Sneha reads a storybook at night. (d) What a funny joke!
16. 16.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “When the bell rang.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
17. 17.Which of these is a statement? (a) Wait for me at the gate. (b) What a clever crow! (c) Kunal reads a storybook at night. (d) Where is Farhan going after school?
18. 18.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What a cute puppy!” (a) question (b) exclamation (c) statement (d) command
19. 19.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Joseph packed his bag. Him carried it. (b) Joseph packed Joseph's bag. Joseph carried it. (c) Joseph packed his bag. He carried it.
20. 20.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Aarav and I played in the park on tuesday.” (a) and (b) on (c) tuesday (d) the
21. 21.“Wrote a poem on the board.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) nothing is missing (c) who or what (subject)
22. 22.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Dev went to bed early ___ he was tired.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
23. 23.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Rahul and i played in the park on Saturday.” (a) the (b) on (c) i (d) park
24. 24.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The firefighters put out the fire. (b) Before the sun set. (c) My little brother. (d) Told us a story.
25. 25.Which describing word fits best?
    “The tree bark feels ___.” (a) rough (b) sweet (c) noisy (d) colourful
26. 26.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) Gave us cool shade. (b) The players ran onto the field. (c) The red kite flew high in the sky. (d) My father cooked dal for dinner.
27. 27.Which sentence describes the umbrella best? (a) Imran opened an umbrella. (b) Imran opened a small umbrella. (c) Imran opened a small yellow umbrella. (d) Imran opened a yellow umbrella.
28. 28.Which sentence describes the balloon best? (a) Imran bought a big balloon. (b) Imran bought a big purple balloon. (c) Imran bought a balloon. (d) Imran bought a purple balloon.
29. 29.Which is the best way to join “Priya can sing.” and “She can dance too.”? (a) Priya can sing and she can dance too. (b) Priya can sing but she can dance too. (c) Priya can sing because she can dance too.
30. 30.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) A big black crow sat on the wall. (b) The players ran onto the field. (c) Grabbed a banana. (d) The bright moon shone over the lake.
31. 31.What kind of sentence is this?
    “How sweet the mango is!” (a) command (b) exclamation (c) question (d) statement
32. 32.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.
33. 33.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on diwali.” (a) cousins (b) diwali (c) our (d) met
34. 34.Which is the best way to join “The bag was heavy.” and “Dad helped me carry it.”? (a) The bag was heavy but Dad helped me carry it. (b) The bag was heavy because Dad helped me carry it. (c) The bag was heavy so Dad helped me carry it.
35. 35.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Riya lost her pen she looked everywhere.” (a) after “looked” (b) after “lost” (c) after “Riya” (d) after “pen”
36. 36.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Swam in the pond. (b) Our cat slept on the sofa. (c) The peacock. (d) While Mum was cooking.
37. 37.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) My best friend gave me a pencil. (b) Because it was raining. (c) Flew high in the sky. (d) My grandmother.
38. 38.These words are mixed up: washes / Sundays / car / on / Omkar / the
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Omkar the car washes on Sundays. (b) Omkar washes on Sundays the car. (c) Washes Omkar the car on Sundays. (d) Omkar washes the car on Sundays.
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for Pongal.” (a) for (b) made (c) my (d) sweets
40. 40.Which describing word fits best?
    “The lemon tastes ___.” (a) rough (b) shiny (c) noisy (d) sour

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