Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 699 · 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?
   “Until the rain stopped.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
2. 2.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Gave me a pencil. (b) The shopkeeper. (c) Grandpa watered the plants. (d) Since it was late.
3. 3.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “I go to the park with my dog on monday.” (a) dog (b) monday (c) the (d) to
4. 4.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “The soup was hot. It was not tasty.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
5. 5.Which sentence describes the shell best? (a) Simran found a small shell. (b) Simran found a small pink shell. (c) Simran found a pink shell. (d) Simran found a shell.
6. 6.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “Riya lost her pen she looked everywhere.” (a) after “looked” (b) after “Riya” (c) after “lost” (d) after “pen”
7. 7.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “simran wore new clothes on Onam.” (a) simran (b) new (c) on (d) clothes
8. 8.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Yash a poem writes every week. (b) Yash writes every week a poem. (c) Yash writes a poem every week. (d) Writes Yash a poem every week.
9. 9.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What Vikram is eating for lunch? (b) Vikram is what eating for lunch? (c) What is Vikram eating for lunch? (d) Is what Vikram eating for lunch?
10. 10.Which describing word fits best?
    “The bitter gourd tastes ___.” (a) loud (b) sticky (c) colourful (d) bitter
11. 11.Maria wrote “an angry man and an angry dog”. Which word means the same as “angry” and can replace the second one? (a) calm (b) wooden (c) cross
12. 12.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What Sneha is reading today? (b) Is what Sneha reading today? (c) Sneha is what reading today? (d) What is Sneha reading today?
13. 13.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Where is Riya going after school” (a) full stop (.) (b) question mark (?) (c) exclamation mark (!)
14. 14.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “We bought apples ___ we bought grapes.” (a) because (b) but (c) and
15. 15.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Dev has a new bag. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) She (c) He (d) Him
16. 16.“My sister.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) what happens (predicate) (c) nothing is missing
17. 17.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Joseph baked Joseph's cake. Joseph shared it. (b) Joseph baked his cake. He shared it. (c) Joseph baked his cake. Him shared it.
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in delhi on Saturday.” (a) fort (b) old (c) visited (d) delhi
19. 19.“The red kite.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) what happens (predicate) (c) who or what (subject)
20. 20.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Joseph has a new card. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Him (b) She (c) It (d) He
21. 21.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The bright moon. (b) The hungry monkey grabbed a banana. (c) Blew the leaves away. (d) While Mum was cooking.
22. 22.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) Grandpa watered the plants. (b) While Mum was cooking. (c) My aunt sent me a gift. (d) The firefighters put out the fire.
23. 23.“The bright moon.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) who or what (subject) (c) nothing is missing
24. 24.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “maria was born in the month of December.” (a) maria (b) was (c) born (d) in
25. 25.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The shopkeeper. (b) Until the rain stopped. (c) A small mouse hid under the bed. (d) Gave fresh milk.
26. 26.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “It was late. The shops were still open.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
27. 27.Which is the best way to join “It started to rain.” and “We opened our umbrellas.”? (a) It started to rain so we opened our umbrellas. (b) It started to rain but we opened our umbrellas. (c) It started to rain because we opened our umbrellas.
28. 28.Ananya wrote “a quiet room in a quiet house”. Which word means the same as “quiet” and can replace the second one? (a) noisy (b) silent (c) wooden
29. 29.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on Monday.” (a) to (b) i (c) park (d) with
30. 30.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The cake was too sweet nobody ate a second piece.” (a) after “ate” (b) after “a” (c) after “sweet” (d) after “too”
31. 31.Which of these is a statement? (a) Kabir washes the car on Sundays. (b) Why is Diya crying? (c) Wash your hands before lunch. (d) How colourful the rangoli is!
32. 32.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first saturday of april.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 2
33. 33.Which sentence describes the elephant best? (a) Simran saw an elephant. (b) Simran saw a huge grey elephant. (c) Simran saw a huge elephant. (d) Simran saw a grey elephant.
34. 34.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Hid under the bed. (b) The red kite flew high in the sky. (c) The new student. (d) Eating a big mango.
35. 35.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The train arrived people got on quickly.” (a) after “got” (b) after “people” (c) after “The” (d) after “arrived”
36. 36.These words are mixed up: for / rice / lunch / cooks / Manav
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Manav cooks rice for lunch. (b) Manav rice cooks for lunch. (c) Cooks Manav rice for lunch. (d) Manav cooks for lunch rice.
37. 37.Which sentence describes the umbrella best? (a) Arjun opened an umbrella. (b) Arjun opened a small yellow umbrella. (c) Arjun opened a yellow umbrella. (d) Arjun opened a small umbrella.
38. 38.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Zoya lives near the lake in mysuru.” (a) in (b) mysuru (c) the (d) near
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “diya was born in the month of September.” (a) in (b) month (c) diya (d) was
40. 40.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The wind was strong our umbrella turned inside out.” (a) after “The” (b) after “wind” (c) after “strong” (d) after “umbrella”

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