Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 662 · 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.“Our teacher.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) nothing is missing (c) who or what (subject)
2. 2.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “What a funny joke” (a) full stop (.) (b) question mark (?) (c) exclamation mark (!)
3. 3.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Why Riya is crying? (b) Why is Riya crying? (c) Is why Riya crying? (d) Riya is why crying?
4. 4.Kavya wrote “a rich king in a rich city”. Which word means the same as “rich” and can replace the second one? (a) wooden (b) poor (c) wealthy
5. 5.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Pooja wore new clothes on diwali.” (a) clothes (b) diwali (c) wore (d) new
6. 6.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Last Monday i went to Surat by train.” (a) train (b) to (c) by (d) i
7. 7.Which describing word fits best?
   “The cactus feels ___.” (a) quiet (b) prickly (c) bright (d) spicy
8. 8.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) Lit lamps on Diwali. (b) Our teacher wrote a poem on the board. (c) My best friend gave me a pencil. (d) The school bus stopped at the gate.
9. 9.Which sentence describes the balloon best? (a) Zoya bought a round purple balloon. (b) Zoya bought a purple balloon. (c) Zoya bought a round balloon. (d) Zoya bought a balloon.
10. 10.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Sneha packed her bag. Her carried it. (b) Sneha packed her bag. She carried it. (c) Sneha packed Sneha's bag. Sneha carried it.
11. 11.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Kabir feeds the cat every morning” (a) question mark (?) (b) full stop (.) (c) exclamation mark (!)
12. 12.These words are mixed up: warm / drinks / bed / before / Zoya / milk
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Zoya drinks warm milk before bed. (b) Drinks Zoya warm milk before bed. (c) Zoya drinks before bed warm milk. (d) Zoya warm milk drinks before bed.
13. 13.These words are mixed up: at / a / reads / storybook / night / Joseph
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Joseph reads a storybook at night. (b) Joseph reads at night a storybook. (c) Joseph a storybook reads at night. (d) Reads Joseph a storybook at night.
14. 14.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) How tall the tree is! (b) What is Dev reading today? (c) Farhan packs the school bag at night. (d) Please pass the salt.
15. 15.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “vikram lives near the lake in indore.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 3
16. 16.Which sentence describes the kite best? (a) Farhan flew a big green kite. (b) Farhan flew a big kite. (c) Farhan flew a kite. (d) Farhan flew a green kite.
17. 17.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.
18. 18.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What a big cake” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) full stop (.) (c) question mark (?)
19. 19.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Omkar baked his cake. Him shared it. (b) Omkar baked his cake. He shared it. (c) Omkar baked Omkar's cake. Omkar shared it.
20. 20.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Tenzin has a new book. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Him (b) It (c) He (d) She
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Simran lives near the lake in surat.” (a) near (b) the (c) surat (d) lake
22. 22.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in Kolkata on Friday.” (a) old (b) visited (c) we (d) the
23. 23.These words are mixed up: draws / class / a / picture / Maria / art / in
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Maria draws in art class a picture. (b) Maria draws a picture in art class. (c) Maria a picture draws in art class. (d) Draws Maria a picture in art class.
24. 24.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Farhan has a new cake. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Him (b) He (c) It (d) She
25. 25.Which is the best way to join “We ran fast.” and “We missed the train.”? (a) We ran fast so we missed the train. (b) We ran fast but we missed the train. (c) We ran fast because we missed the train.
26. 26.Which sentence describes the flower best? (a) Rohan picked a white flower. (b) Rohan picked a tiny flower. (c) Rohan picked a tiny white flower. (d) Rohan picked a flower.
27. 27.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “We ran fast ___ we missed the train.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
28. 28.Which sentence describes the bicycle best? (a) Isha rode a new bicycle. (b) Isha rode a red bicycle. (c) Isha rode a bicycle. (d) Isha rode a new red bicycle.
29. 29.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “The big fair in Kolkata starts in february.” (a) starts (b) big (c) february (d) in
30. 30.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in shimla on Saturday.” (a) the (b) shimla (c) on (d) fort
31. 31.Which sentence describes the mango best? (a) Saanvi ate a big yellow mango. (b) Saanvi ate a big mango. (c) Saanvi ate a yellow mango. (d) Saanvi ate a mango.
32. 32.Which of these is a statement? (a) Please feed the cat. (b) What is Dev drawing in class? (c) Zoya brushes the dog on Sundays. (d) How long the train is!
33. 33.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Imran has a new bag. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) It (c) He (d) Him
34. 34.These words are mixed up: Arjun / seven / bus / catches / the / at
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Arjun catches at seven the bus. (b) Catches Arjun the bus at seven. (c) Arjun the bus catches at seven. (d) Arjun catches the bus at seven.
35. 35.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “zoya was born in the month of january.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
36. 36.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) Two ducks swam in the pond. (b) My best friend gave me a pencil. (c) The school bell rang loudly. (d) Watered the plants.
37. 37.What kind of sentence is this?
    “How huge the elephant is!” (a) question (b) exclamation (c) command (d) statement
38. 38.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Where Farhan is going after school? (b) Is where Farhan going after school? (c) Where is Farhan going after school? (d) Farhan is where going after school?
39. 39.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Priya has a new toy car. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) She (c) Her (d) It
40. 40.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “bell” (b) after “children” (c) after “ran” (d) after “rang”

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