Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 637 · 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.“The little puppy.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) what happens (predicate) (c) who or what (subject)
2. 2.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “Ran across the garden.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
3. 3.Which of these is a question? (a) What is Arjun reading today? (b) Ishaan draws a picture in art class. (c) Please help me carry this box. (d) How tall the tree is!
4. 4.These words are mixed up: after / eats / Vikram / banana / school / a
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Eats Vikram a banana after school. (b) Vikram a banana eats after school. (c) Vikram eats after school a banana. (d) Vikram eats a banana after school.
5. 5.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The players ran onto the field. (b) The school bell. (c) My grandmother told us a story. (d) Our cat slept on the sofa.
6. 6.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “diya and imran will come to my house on wednesday.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
7. 7.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The cricket match. (b) The bright moon shone over the lake. (c) Wrote a poem on the board. (d) After we ate lunch.
8. 8.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) Turn left at the temple. (b) Why is Ananya crying? (c) Farhan drinks warm milk before bed. (d) What a funny joke!
9. 9.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “Grandma baked a cake it smelled lovely.” (a) after “baked” (b) after “cake” (c) after “Grandma” (d) after “smelled”
10. 10.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Farhan wore new clothes on diwali.” (a) new (b) diwali (c) wore (d) on
11. 11.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Kavya warm milk drinks before bed. (b) Drinks Kavya warm milk before bed. (c) Kavya drinks before bed warm milk. (d) Kavya drinks warm milk before bed.
12. 12.Which of these is a statement? (a) Please close the door. (b) When is Yash leaving for Delhi? (c) Manav rides a bicycle to school. (d) What a funny joke!
13. 13.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Manav has a new bag. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Him (b) It (c) She (d) He
14. 14.These words are mixed up: to / school / a / bicycle / Tara / rides
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Tara a bicycle rides to school. (b) Tara rides a bicycle to school. (c) Tara rides to school a bicycle. (d) Rides Tara a bicycle to school.
15. 15.Kavya wrote “a big box in a big room”. Which word means the same as “big” and can replace the second one? (a) tiny (b) huge (c) purple
16. 16.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What a noisy market” (a) full stop (.) (b) question mark (?) (c) exclamation mark (!)
17. 17.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Kabir has a new sapling. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) She (c) He (d) Him
18. 18.Which sentence describes the bag best? (a) Farhan carried a black bag. (b) Farhan carried a bag. (c) Farhan carried a big bag. (d) Farhan carried a big black bag.
19. 19.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “We stayed indoors ___ it was raining.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
20. 20.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Tenzin washed his bicycle. He rode it. (b) Tenzin washed his bicycle. Him rode it. (c) Tenzin washed Tenzin's bicycle. Tenzin rode it.
21. 21.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “We ran to the bus stop ___ we were late.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
22. 22.Which sentence describes the bicycle best? (a) Ishaan rode a shiny bicycle. (b) Ishaan rode a red bicycle. (c) Ishaan rode a bicycle. (d) Ishaan rode a shiny red bicycle.
23. 23.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “isha and i played in the park on wednesday.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 2
24. 24.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “We ran fast ___ we missed the train.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
25. 25.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The cake was too sweet nobody ate a second piece.” (a) after “was” (b) after “sweet” (c) after “ate” (d) after “second”
26. 26.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The sky was cloudy ___ it did not rain.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
27. 27.“A big black crow.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) what happens (predicate) (c) who or what (subject)
28. 28.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Dev went to bed early ___ he was tired.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
29. 29.Which of these is a question? (a) Where is Saanvi going after school? (b) Open your books to page ten. (c) What a cold morning! (d) Nisha reads a storybook at night.
30. 30.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The shop was closed we went back home.” (a) after “closed” (b) after “back” (c) after “The” (d) after “went”
31. 31.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) When the school bus came. (b) My father. (c) The children sang a song in the hall. (d) Told us a story.
32. 32.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We went to Mysuru for baisakhi last year.” (a) to (b) last (c) went (d) baisakhi
33. 33.These words are mixed up: Dev / in / kitchen / helps / Grandma / the
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Helps Dev Grandma in the kitchen. (b) Dev Grandma helps in the kitchen. (c) Dev helps Grandma in the kitchen. (d) Dev helps in the kitchen Grandma.
34. 34.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The garden has roses ___ it has sunflowers.” (a) but (b) because (c) and
35. 35.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Arjun practised every day ___ he won the prize.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
36. 36.Ishaan wrote “a small cup on a small plate”. Which word means the same as “small” and can replace the second one? (a) huge (b) tiny (c) spicy
37. 37.These words are mixed up: sings / morning / a / the / in / Kabir / song
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Kabir sings in the morning a song. (b) Kabir a song sings in the morning. (c) Sings Kabir a song in the morning. (d) Kabir sings a song in the morning.
38. 38.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Dev visits on Fridays the library. (b) Dev the library visits on Fridays. (c) Visits Dev the library on Fridays. (d) Dev visits the library on Fridays.
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “the big fair in Patna starts in February.” (a) the (b) starts (c) in (d) fair
40. 40.Which sentence describes the elephant best? (a) Manav saw a grey elephant. (b) Manav saw an elephant. (c) Manav saw a huge elephant. (d) Manav saw a huge grey elephant.

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