Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 681 · 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?
   “When the bell rang.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
2. 2.Which is the best way to join “The plants died.” and “Nobody watered them.”? (a) The plants died because nobody watered them. (b) The plants died so nobody watered them. (c) The plants died but nobody watered them.
3. 3.Which sentence describes the pot best? (a) Imran painted a blue pot. (b) Imran painted a small pot. (c) Imran painted a small blue pot. (d) Imran painted a pot.
4. 4.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “my aunt made sweets for Christmas.” (a) sweets (b) for (c) my (d) aunt
5. 5.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Priya the dog brushes on Sundays. (b) Brushes Priya the dog on Sundays. (c) Priya brushes the dog on Sundays. (d) Priya brushes on Sundays the dog.
6. 6.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Planted rice in the field. (b) My sister. (c) The children sang a song in the hall. (d) As soon as we reached home.
7. 7.What kind of sentence is this?
   “What a cold morning!” (a) command (b) statement (c) exclamation (d) question
8. 8.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “Kabir drank some water. He was thirsty.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
9. 9.Which is the best way to join “We stayed indoors.” and “It was raining.”? (a) We stayed indoors but it was raining. (b) We stayed indoors so it was raining. (c) We stayed indoors because it was raining.
10. 10.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “ishaan lives near the lake in Kolkata.” (a) lake (b) ishaan (c) near (d) the
11. 11.Which describing word fits best?
    “The lemon tastes ___.” (a) fluffy (b) loud (c) sour (d) shiny
12. 12.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The children sang a song in the hall.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
13. 13.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What is Kavya drawing in class?” (a) statement (b) command (c) question (d) exclamation
14. 14.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “isha met Aarav at the station in Surat.” (a) the (b) met (c) station (d) isha
15. 15.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The cricket match. (b) Wrote a poem on the board. (c) The ice cream seller rang his bell. (d) When the bell rang.
16. 16.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Before the sun set.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
17. 17.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Dev went to bed early ___ he was tired.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
18. 18.These words are mixed up: Grandma / the / helps / kitchen / Omkar / in
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Omkar Grandma helps in the kitchen. (b) Omkar helps Grandma in the kitchen. (c) Helps Omkar Grandma in the kitchen. (d) Omkar helps in the kitchen Grandma.
19. 19.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The baby elephant. (b) Rang loudly. (c) A small mouse hid under the bed. (d) If you come early.
20. 20.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Sat on the wall. (b) The doctor checked my throat. (c) The new student. (d) When the school bus came.
21. 21.“Collected nuts.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) who or what (subject) (c) nothing is missing
22. 22.Which is the best way to join “The puppy was cold.” and “We gave it a blanket.”? (a) The puppy was cold but we gave it a blanket. (b) The puppy was cold because we gave it a blanket. (c) The puppy was cold so we gave it a blanket.
23. 23.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Isha eats a banana after school.” (a) question (b) exclamation (c) statement (d) command
24. 24.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “sneha and simran will come to my house on tuesday.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 4
25. 25.Which sentence describes the shell best? (a) Arjun found a tiny shell. (b) Arjun found a pink shell. (c) Arjun found a tiny pink shell. (d) Arjun found a shell.
26. 26.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Meera plays cricket in the park.” (a) exclamation (b) command (c) statement (d) question
27. 27.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from Patna in january.” (a) uncle (b) january (c) from (d) in
28. 28.“Our cat.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
29. 29.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Arjun won the race everyone cheered for him.” (a) after “cheered” (b) after “the” (c) after “won” (d) after “race”
30. 30.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first thursday of april.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 5
31. 31.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What a sweet mango” (a) question mark (?) (b) full stop (.) (c) exclamation mark (!)
32. 32.Which is the best way to join “The shop was closed.” and “We went home.”? (a) The shop was closed so we went home. (b) The shop was closed but we went home. (c) The shop was closed because we went home.
33. 33.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Arjun practised every day ___ he won the prize.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
34. 34.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Collected nuts. (b) The old farmer. (c) Although he was tired. (d) The baby elephant splashed in the river.
35. 35.“My grandmother.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
36. 36.Which sentence describes the kite best? (a) Isha flew a kite. (b) Isha flew a red kite. (c) Isha flew a big kite. (d) Isha flew a big red kite.
37. 37.Which sentence describes the mango best? (a) Farhan ate a big mango. (b) Farhan ate a ripe mango. (c) Farhan ate a big ripe mango. (d) Farhan ate a mango.
38. 38.These words are mixed up: kite / the / a / roof / on / flies / Simran
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Flies Simran a kite on the roof. (b) Simran flies on the roof a kite. (c) Simran flies a kite on the roof. (d) Simran a kite flies on the roof.
39. 39.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The sky was cloudy. It did not rain.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
40. 40.“Swam in the pond.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) who or what (subject) (c) nothing is missing

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