Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 676 · 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.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The school bell. (b) Waiting for the bus. (c) The hungry monkey grabbed a banana. (d) Told us a story.
2. 2.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) My grandmother told us a story. (b) The brown cow. (c) Waiting for the bus. (d) Blew the leaves away.
3. 3.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Zoya has a new pencil. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Her (b) He (c) It (d) She
4. 4.Priya wrote “a shiny coin and a shiny ring”. Which word means the same as “shiny” and can replace the second one? (a) round (b) bright (c) dull
5. 5.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
   “Tara likes to paint ___ she likes to draw.” (a) and (b) because (c) but
6. 6.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Open your books to page ten.” (a) statement (b) question (c) exclamation (d) command
7. 7.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The wind was strong our umbrella turned inside out.” (a) after “wind” (b) after “strong” (c) after “The” (d) after “inside”
8. 8.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Fell all night. (b) The school bell rang loudly. (c) My father. (d) After we ate lunch.
9. 9.Which of these is a command? (a) How bright the moon is! (b) Please close the door. (c) Dev writes a poem every week. (d) Where is Rohan playing cricket?
10. 10.Pooja wrote “a pretty doll in a pretty dress”. Which word means the same as “pretty” and can replace the second one? (a) ugly (b) lovely (c) spicy
11. 11.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Rides Imran a bicycle to school. (b) Imran a bicycle rides to school. (c) Imran rides a bicycle to school. (d) Imran rides to school a bicycle.
12. 12.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The postman brought a letter for Dad. (b) Playing with my friends. (c) Wrote a poem on the board. (d) Our cat.
13. 13.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The doctor checked my throat.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
14. 14.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What a tasty samosa!” (a) exclamation (b) question (c) statement (d) command
15. 15.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 “sleeping” (d) after “we”
16. 16.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Running in the park.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
17. 17.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Kunal has a new bag. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) It (c) Him (d) She
18. 18.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Priya sings a song in the morning.” (a) exclamation (b) statement (c) question (d) command
19. 19.Which sentence describes the mango best? (a) Sneha ate a big ripe mango. (b) Sneha ate a big mango. (c) Sneha ate a ripe mango. (d) Sneha ate a mango.
20. 20.Diya wrote “a shiny coin and a shiny ring”. Which word means the same as “shiny” and can replace the second one? (a) hungry (b) bright (c) dull
21. 21.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Aisha has a new toy car. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Her (b) It (c) He (d) She
22. 22.Which describing word fits best?
    “The cactus feels ___.” (a) colourful (b) prickly (c) noisy (d) sweet
23. 23.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “My aunt sent me a gift.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
24. 24.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Saanvi washed Saanvi's bicycle. Saanvi rode it. (b) Saanvi washed her bicycle. Her rode it. (c) Saanvi washed her bicycle. She rode it.
25. 25.“Two ducks.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) nothing is missing (c) what happens (predicate)
26. 26.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The old farmer. (b) Blew the leaves away. (c) When the bell rang. (d) The firefighters put out the fire.
27. 27.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The puppy was hungry it barked for food.” (a) after “The” (b) after “barked” (c) after “was” (d) after “hungry”
28. 28.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Flew high in the sky.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
29. 29.Which sentence describes the butterfly best? (a) Kunal saw a butterfly. (b) Kunal saw a blue butterfly. (c) Kunal saw a pretty butterfly. (d) Kunal saw a pretty blue butterfly.
30. 30.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Riya lost her pen she looked everywhere.” (a) after “lost” (b) after “she” (c) after “Riya” (d) after “pen”
31. 31.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “It was late. The shops were still open.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
32. 32.Saanvi wrote “a big box in a big room”. Which word means the same as “big” and can replace the second one? (a) huge (b) tiny (c) wooden
33. 33.These words are mixed up: Ananya / in / sings / morning / a / song / the
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Ananya sings a song in the morning. (b) Ananya a song sings in the morning. (c) Sings Ananya a song in the morning. (d) Ananya sings in the morning a song.
34. 34.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Priya can sing. She can dance too.” (a) because (b) but (c) and
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “saanvi and Arjun will come to my house on Wednesday.” (a) come (b) to (c) will (d) saanvi
36. 36.These words are mixed up: Omkar / the / Fridays / visits / on / library
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Visits Omkar the library on Fridays. (b) Omkar visits on Fridays the library. (c) Omkar visits the library on Fridays. (d) Omkar the library visits on Fridays.
37. 37.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Simran has a new bag. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) He (c) Her (d) It
38. 38.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The bright moon shone over the lake. (b) The baby elephant. (c) My best friend gave me a pencil. (d) A busy squirrel collected nuts.
39. 39.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “We ran fast. We missed the train.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
40. 40.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) Why is Riya laughing? (b) Ishaan cleans the room every Saturday. (c) How cute the puppy is! (d) Put your books in the bag.

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