Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 695 · 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 sentence describes the house best? (a) Kunal drew a small house. (b) Kunal drew a red house. (c) Kunal drew a small red house. (d) Kunal drew a house.
2. 2.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “Mum smiled. I had cleaned my room.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
3. 3.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Yash the car washes on Sundays. (b) Washes Yash the car on Sundays. (c) Yash washes the car on Sundays. (d) Yash washes on Sundays the car.
4. 4.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The shopkeeper counted the coins. (b) The cricket match ended at five o'clock. (c) The tiny ant. (d) My sister made a rangoli.
5. 5.Which sentence describes the umbrella best? (a) Yash opened an umbrella. (b) Yash opened a striped umbrella. (c) Yash opened a small umbrella. (d) Yash opened a small striped umbrella.
6. 6.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “The plants died. Nobody watered them.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
7. 7.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Ishaan catches at seven the bus. (b) Ishaan the bus catches at seven. (c) Ishaan catches the bus at seven. (d) Catches Ishaan the bus at seven.
8. 8.Which of these is a question? (a) Drink a glass of milk. (b) Aarav helps Grandma in the kitchen. (c) When is Rohan leaving for Delhi? (d) What a clever crow!
9. 9.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Kavya washes the car on Sundays.” (a) command (b) question (c) exclamation (d) statement
10. 10.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Kavya plays in the park cricket. (b) Plays Kavya cricket in the park. (c) Kavya cricket plays in the park. (d) Kavya plays cricket in the park.
11. 11.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The sun was shining ___ the birds were singing.” (a) because (b) but (c) and
12. 12.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Grandpa reads the paper. He drinks his tea.” (a) because (b) but (c) and
13. 13.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Nisha packed her bag. Her carried it. (b) Nisha packed Nisha's bag. Nisha carried it. (c) Nisha packed her bag. She carried it.
14. 14.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “manav and Pooja will come to my house on Tuesday.” (a) my (b) and (c) manav (d) come
15. 15.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Told us a story.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
16. 16.“The doctor.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) who or what (subject) (c) nothing is missing
17. 17.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) A big black crow. (b) The red kite flew high in the sky. (c) Our cat slept on the sofa. (d) The cricket match ended at five o'clock.
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on diwali.” (a) on (b) diwali (c) met (d) cousins
19. 19.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My birthday is on the first Tuesday of february.” (a) on (b) birthday (c) february (d) is
20. 20.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Kunal brushes on Sundays the dog. (b) Brushes Kunal the dog on Sundays. (c) Kunal brushes the dog on Sundays. (d) Kunal the dog brushes on Sundays.
21. 21.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The village pond was full of lotus flowers. (b) Ran onto the field. (c) The school bus. (d) After we ate lunch.
22. 22.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Aarav and i played in the park on Friday.” (a) played (b) i (c) the (d) on
23. 23.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Zoya fixed Zoya's toy car. Zoya played with it. (b) Zoya fixed her toy car. Her played with it. (c) Zoya fixed her toy car. She played with it.
24. 24.Which sentence describes the bicycle best? (a) Nisha rode a bicycle. (b) Nisha rode a new green bicycle. (c) Nisha rode a new bicycle. (d) Nisha rode a green bicycle.
25. 25.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Grandma baked a cake it smelled lovely.” (a) after “smelled” (b) after “Grandma” (c) after “baked” (d) after “cake”
26. 26.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Simran and ishaan will come to my house on Wednesday.” (a) come (b) house (c) ishaan (d) and
27. 27.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Meera was hungry. She ate a banana.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
28. 28.Aarav wrote “an angry man and an angry dog”. Which word means the same as “angry” and can replace the second one? (a) cross (b) wooden (c) calm
29. 29.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Playing with my friends. (b) Ended at five o'clock. (c) The old farmer planted rice in the field. (d) Our neighbours.
30. 30.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in kolkata on Thursday.” (a) kolkata (b) the (c) visited (d) fort
31. 31.These words are mixed up: kitchen / the / helps / in / Grandma / Ishaan
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Ishaan helps in the kitchen Grandma. (b) Ishaan helps Grandma in the kitchen. (c) Ishaan Grandma helps in the kitchen. (d) Helps Ishaan Grandma in the kitchen.
32. 32.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What is Sneha reading today” (a) question mark (?) (b) full stop (.) (c) exclamation mark (!)
33. 33.Which sentence describes the mango best? (a) Isha ate a mango. (b) Isha ate a big mango. (c) Isha ate a big yellow mango. (d) Isha ate a yellow mango.
34. 34.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Playing with my friends. (b) The shopkeeper. (c) A big black crow sat on the wall. (d) Ate a ripe guava.
35. 35.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The doctor.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
36. 36.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Nisha is why crying? (b) Why Nisha is crying? (c) Why is Nisha crying? (d) Is why Nisha crying?
37. 37.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The train arrived people got on quickly.” (a) after “The” (b) after “arrived” (c) after “on” (d) after “got”
38. 38.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) Our teacher wrote a poem on the board. (b) If you come early. (c) Our cat slept on the sofa. (d) The firefighters put out the fire.
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “The big fair in Pune starts in january.” (a) fair (b) starts (c) big (d) january
40. 40.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Sneha drinks before bed warm milk. (b) Sneha warm milk drinks before bed. (c) Sneha drinks warm milk before bed. (d) Drinks Sneha warm milk before bed.

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