Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 657 · 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?
   “A busy squirrel.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
2. 2.Which is the best way to join “It was late.” and “The shops were still open.”? (a) It was late so the shops were still open. (b) It was late because the shops were still open. (c) It was late but the shops were still open.
3. 3.Meera wrote “a loud bell and a loud drum”. Which word means the same as “loud” and can replace the second one? (a) purple (b) noisy (c) quiet
4. 4.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) Omkar cooks rice for lunch. (b) What is Aarav eating for lunch? (c) How beautiful the garden is! (d) Open your books to page ten.
5. 5.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The lights went out we lit a candle.” (a) after “out” (b) after “lit” (c) after “a” (d) after “lights”
6. 6.These words are mixed up: banana / school / a / Simran / eats / after
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Simran eats a banana after school. (b) Eats Simran a banana after school. (c) Simran eats after school a banana. (d) Simran a banana eats after school.
7. 7.Which describing word fits best?
   “The new coin looks ___.” (a) rough (b) shiny (c) bitter (d) quiet
8. 8.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “The village pond.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
9. 9.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What Saanvi is drawing in class? (b) Saanvi is what drawing in class? (c) What is Saanvi drawing in class? (d) Is what Saanvi drawing in class?
10. 10.Which is the best way to join “The soup was hot.” and “It was not tasty.”? (a) The soup was hot but it was not tasty. (b) The soup was hot so it was not tasty. (c) The soup was hot because it was not tasty.
11. 11.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The train left the station at nine.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
12. 12.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Riya lost her pen she looked everywhere.” (a) after “lost” (b) after “Riya” (c) after “she” (d) after “pen”
13. 13.Kunal wrote “a clever girl with a clever plan”. Which word means the same as “clever” and can replace the second one? (a) silly (b) hungry (c) smart
14. 14.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “I go to the park with my dog on saturday.” (a) go (b) my (c) the (d) saturday
15. 15.Which describing word fits best?
    “The silk scarf feels ___.” (a) colourful (b) sweet (c) quiet (d) smooth
16. 16.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) What a bright moon! (b) Vikram rides a bicycle to school. (c) What is Tara reading today? (d) Line up near the door.
17. 17.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Kabir fell off his bicycle he hurt his knee.” (a) after “fell” (b) after “he” (c) after “Kabir” (d) after “bicycle”
18. 18.Which describing word fits best?
    “The roasted peanuts taste ___.” (a) colourful (b) noisy (c) salty (d) prickly
19. 19.These words are mixed up: waters / evening / plants / in / the / Ishaan / the
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Waters Ishaan the plants in the evening. (b) Ishaan waters in the evening the plants. (c) Ishaan the plants waters in the evening. (d) Ishaan waters the plants in the evening.
20. 20.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The wind was strong our umbrella turned inside out.” (a) after “inside” (b) after “was” (c) after “turned” (d) after “strong”
21. 21.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Dev bought his book. Him read it. (b) Dev bought his book. He read it. (c) Dev bought Dev's book. Dev read it.
22. 22.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Tara made her card. Her posted it. (b) Tara made her card. She posted it. (c) Tara made Tara's card. Tara posted it.
23. 23.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Omkar kicks the ball in the garden.” (a) command (b) question (c) statement (d) exclamation
24. 24.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Cooked dal for dinner.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
25. 25.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in indore on thursday.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
26. 26.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) My aunt. (b) Our teacher wrote a poem on the board. (c) The shopkeeper counted the coins. (d) The brown cow gave fresh milk.
27. 27.Which of these is a question? (a) What is Kabir eating for lunch? (b) Switch off the fan. (c) What a tall tree! (d) Riya writes a poem every week.
28. 28.Which sentence describes the mango best? (a) Isha ate a mango. (b) Isha ate a yellow mango. (c) Isha ate a juicy yellow mango. (d) Isha ate a juicy mango.
29. 29.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is who Farhan calling? (b) Who is Farhan calling? (c) Farhan is who calling? (d) Who Farhan is calling?
30. 30.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on Monday.” (a) with (b) i (c) go (d) on
31. 31.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Joseph brushes the dog on Sundays” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) full stop (.) (c) question mark (?)
32. 32.These words are mixed up: song / sings / a / morning / the / Tara / in
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Tara sings a song in the morning. (b) Tara sings in the morning a song. (c) Tara a song sings in the morning. (d) Sings Tara a song in the morning.
33. 33.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Kabir is who calling? (b) Who Kabir is calling? (c) Who is Kabir calling? (d) Is who Kabir calling?
34. 34.These words are mixed up: cleans / the / every / room / Pooja / Saturday
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Pooja cleans every Saturday the room. (b) Pooja cleans the room every Saturday. (c) Cleans Pooja the room every Saturday. (d) Pooja the room cleans every Saturday.
35. 35.Rahul wrote “an old fort near an old temple”. Which word means the same as “old” and can replace the second one? (a) ancient (b) new (c) round
36. 36.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “When is Rahul leaving for Delhi” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
37. 37.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in bhopal starts in december.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
38. 38.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first wednesday of august.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 2
39. 39.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “It was very hot. We went for a swim.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
40. 40.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The bright moon shone over the lake. (b) If you come early. (c) The firefighters put out the fire. (d) My aunt sent me a gift.

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