Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 686 · 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 is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Arjun baked Arjun's cake. Arjun shared it. (b) Arjun baked his cake. He shared it. (c) Arjun baked his cake. Him shared it.
2. 2.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “on Saturday we have a test in maths.” (a) a (b) we (c) on (d) have
3. 3.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) Why is Kunal crying? (b) Please help me carry this box. (c) Kabir catches the bus at seven. (d) What a bright moon!
4. 4.Farhan wrote “a cold wind on a cold night”. Which word means the same as “cold” and can replace the second one? (a) hot (b) purple (c) chilly
5. 5.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Why Simran is laughing? (b) Is why Simran laughing? (c) Simran is why laughing? (d) Why is Simran laughing?
6. 6.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “The big fair in jaipur starts in October.” (a) starts (b) fair (c) in (d) jaipur
7. 7.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Where Tenzin is playing cricket? (b) Is where Tenzin playing cricket? (c) Tenzin is where playing cricket? (d) Where is Tenzin playing cricket?
8. 8.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The peacock danced in the rain. (b) The rain fell all night. (c) The new student sat next to me. (d) Waiting for the bus.
9. 9.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Diya has a new card. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) Her (c) He (d) It
10. 10.Which sentence describes the umbrella best? (a) Dev opened an umbrella. (b) Dev opened a big yellow umbrella. (c) Dev opened a big umbrella. (d) Dev opened a yellow umbrella.
11. 11.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “My kite got stuck a kind man got it down.” (a) after “got” (b) after “man” (c) after “a” (d) after “stuck”
12. 12.Which sentence describes the umbrella best? (a) Rahul opened an umbrella. (b) Rahul opened a big umbrella. (c) Rahul opened a yellow umbrella. (d) Rahul opened a big yellow umbrella.
13. 13.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Diya catches the bus at seven” (a) full stop (.) (b) question mark (?) (c) exclamation mark (!)
14. 14.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in Pune on friday.” (a) fort (b) visited (c) friday (d) old
15. 15.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The ice cream seller.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
16. 16.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for Baisakhi.” (a) made (b) sweets (c) my (d) aunt
17. 17.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The shop was closed ___ we went home.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
18. 18.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Priya can sing. She can dance too.” (a) because (b) but (c) and
19. 19.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The cricket match ended at five o'clock. (b) My father. (c) The doctor checked my throat. (d) The shopkeeper counted the coins.
20. 20.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) A green parrot ate a ripe guava. (b) A big black crow sat on the wall. (c) The school bus. (d) The cricket match ended at five o'clock.
21. 21.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) Our neighbours lit lamps on Diwali. (b) A big black crow. (c) A green parrot ate a ripe guava. (d) Our teacher wrote a poem on the board.
22. 22.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What Saanvi is reading today? (b) Saanvi is what reading today? (c) Is what Saanvi reading today? (d) What is Saanvi reading today?
23. 23.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Line up near the door.” (a) exclamation (b) question (c) command (d) statement
24. 24.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Where is Dev going after school” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
25. 25.Meera wrote “a cold wind on a cold night”. Which word means the same as “cold” and can replace the second one? (a) hot (b) purple (c) chilly
26. 26.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The bright moon shone over the lake.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
27. 27.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What a long train” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
28. 28.Which sentence describes the elephant best? (a) Omkar saw a big grey elephant. (b) Omkar saw a grey elephant. (c) Omkar saw an elephant. (d) Omkar saw a big elephant.
29. 29.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) Our cat slept on the sofa. (b) The shopkeeper. (c) The village pond was full of lotus flowers. (d) My aunt sent me a gift.
30. 30.“Fell all night.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) what happens (predicate) (c) nothing is missing
31. 31.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “last Tuesday I went to Kochi by train.” (a) train (b) went (c) by (d) last
32. 32.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Where is Manav going after school?” (a) command (b) exclamation (c) statement (d) question
33. 33.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Meera was hungry. She ate a banana.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
34. 34.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Put your books in the bag.” (a) exclamation (b) question (c) command (d) statement
35. 35.Which is the best way to join “We stayed indoors.” and “It was raining.”? (a) We stayed indoors so it was raining. (b) We stayed indoors because it was raining. (c) We stayed indoors but it was raining.
36. 36.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Our teacher wrote a poem on the board.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
37. 37.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Nisha took an umbrella. The sky was cloudy.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
38. 38.“Slept on the sofa.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) what happens (predicate) (c) who or what (subject)
39. 39.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Running in the park.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
40. 40.Tenzin wrote “a big box in a big room”. Which word means the same as “big” and can replace the second one? (a) tiny (b) purple (c) huge

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