Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 641 · 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?
   “The rain fell all night.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
2. 2.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Sneha catches the bus at seven.” (a) question (b) command (c) exclamation (d) statement
3. 3.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Catches Priya the bus at seven. (b) Priya catches at seven the bus. (c) Priya the bus catches at seven. (d) Priya catches the bus at seven.
4. 4.Which describing word fits best?
   “The jalebi tastes ___.” (a) bright (b) fluffy (c) noisy (d) sweet
5. 5.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “On tuesday we have a test in maths.” (a) tuesday (b) a (c) maths (d) we
6. 6.These words are mixed up: the / the / in / garden / ball / Sneha / kicks
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Sneha kicks in the garden the ball. (b) Kicks Sneha the ball in the garden. (c) Sneha kicks the ball in the garden. (d) Sneha the ball kicks in the garden.
7. 7.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Bring your notebook tomorrow.” (a) question (b) exclamation (c) command (d) statement
8. 8.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Isha painted her pot. Her sold it. (b) Isha painted Isha's pot. Isha sold it. (c) Isha painted her pot. She sold it.
9. 9.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “How is Rahul travelling to school” (a) question mark (?) (b) full stop (.) (c) exclamation mark (!)
10. 10.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on holi.” (a) all (b) holi (c) met (d) on
11. 11.Which describing word fits best?
    “The busy market sounds ___.” (a) rough (b) colourful (c) spicy (d) noisy
12. 12.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Flies Kabir a kite on the roof. (b) Kabir a kite flies on the roof. (c) Kabir flies a kite on the roof. (d) Kabir flies on the roof a kite.
13. 13.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Where is Tara playing cricket” (a) question mark (?) (b) full stop (.) (c) exclamation mark (!)
14. 14.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Flew high in the sky.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
15. 15.Which describing word fits best?
    “The new coin looks ___.” (a) rough (b) shiny (c) quiet (d) salty
16. 16.Which sentence describes the balloon best? (a) Joseph bought a big balloon. (b) Joseph bought a balloon. (c) Joseph bought a purple balloon. (d) Joseph bought a big purple balloon.
17. 17.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Arjun practised every day. He won the prize.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
18. 18.Which describing word fits best?
    “The bitter gourd tastes ___.” (a) bright (b) bitter (c) rough (d) loud
19. 19.Which describing word fits best?
    “The drum sounds ___.” (a) loud (b) sweet (c) fluffy (d) colourful
20. 20.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Aisha visits the library on Fridays” (a) full stop (.) (b) question mark (?) (c) exclamation mark (!)
21. 21.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Sneha helps in the kitchen Grandma. (b) Sneha Grandma helps in the kitchen. (c) Sneha helps Grandma in the kitchen. (d) Helps Sneha Grandma in the kitchen.
22. 22.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Grandma baked a cake it smelled lovely.” (a) after “cake” (b) after “Grandma” (c) after “it” (d) after “baked”
23. 23.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Ravi is only six. He can swim very well.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
24. 24.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) Wait for me at the gate. (b) Why is Dev crying? (c) Aarav visits the library on Fridays. (d) What a beautiful garden!
25. 25.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Meera planted a seed she watered it daily.” (a) after “a” (b) after “seed” (c) after “watered” (d) after “planted”
26. 26.“Carried a crumb.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) nothing is missing (c) who or what (subject)
27. 27.Which is the best way to join “I brushed my teeth.” and “I washed my face.”? (a) I brushed my teeth and I washed my face. (b) I brushed my teeth but I washed my face. (c) I brushed my teeth because I washed my face.
28. 28.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first saturday of august.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 2
29. 29.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “We stayed indoors. It was raining.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
30. 30.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Running in the park.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
31. 31.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to delhi for baisakhi last year.” (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 3
32. 32.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Arjun made Arjun's card. Arjun posted it. (b) Arjun made his card. He posted it. (c) Arjun made his card. Him posted it.
33. 33.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Priya has a new book. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) He (c) She (d) Her
34. 34.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “How funny the joke is” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
35. 35.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The rain. (b) My grandmother told us a story. (c) The doctor checked my throat. (d) The red kite flew high in the sky.
36. 36.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The baby elephant splashed in the river. (b) Two ducks swam in the pond. (c) Flew high in the sky. (d) The school bell rang loudly.
37. 37.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from delhi in november.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
38. 38.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Who is Rohan calling? (b) Rohan is who calling? (c) Is who Rohan calling? (d) Who Rohan is calling?
39. 39.Rohan wrote “a shiny coin and a shiny ring”. Which word means the same as “shiny” and can replace the second one? (a) dull (b) hungry (c) bright
40. 40.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The milk boiled over we turned off the stove.” (a) after “we” (b) after “The” (c) after “milk” (d) after “over”

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