Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 759 · 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.These words are mixed up: seven / at / catches / bus / the / Tara
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Catches Tara the bus at seven. (b) Tara the bus catches at seven. (c) Tara catches at seven the bus. (d) Tara catches the bus at seven.
2. 2.Which describing word fits best?
   “The library sounds ___.” (a) smooth (b) bitter (c) quiet (d) bright
3. 3.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “The village pond was full of lotus flowers.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
4. 4.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Please pass the salt.” (a) statement (b) command (c) question (d) exclamation
5. 5.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “i go to the park with my dog on thursday.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
6. 6.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Imran visits on Fridays the library. (b) Imran the library visits on Fridays. (c) Visits Imran the library on Fridays. (d) Imran visits the library on Fridays.
7. 7.Which sentence describes the dog best? (a) Tara saw a big white dog. (b) Tara saw a white dog. (c) Tara saw a dog. (d) Tara saw a big dog.
8. 8.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Brushes Manav the dog on Sundays. (b) Manav brushes on Sundays the dog. (c) Manav the dog brushes on Sundays. (d) Manav brushes the dog on Sundays.
9. 9.Which is the best way to join “The baby cried.” and “She was hungry.”? (a) The baby cried so she was hungry. (b) The baby cried but she was hungry. (c) The baby cried because she was hungry.
10. 10.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Feeds Arjun the cat every morning. (b) Arjun feeds every morning the cat. (c) Arjun feeds the cat every morning. (d) Arjun the cat feeds every morning.
11. 11.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Although he was tired.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
12. 12.Which sentence describes the flower best? (a) Arjun picked a white flower. (b) Arjun picked a pretty flower. (c) Arjun picked a pretty white flower. (d) Arjun picked a flower.
13. 13.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “dev and i played in the park on friday.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 3
14. 14.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Priya bought her book. She read it. (b) Priya bought Priya's book. Priya read it. (c) Priya bought her book. Her read it.
15. 15.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The teacher smiled she liked our drawings.” (a) after “our” (b) after “smiled” (c) after “teacher” (d) after “she”
16. 16.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The red kite flew high in the sky. (b) Since it was late. (c) Our cat slept on the sofa. (d) My little brother broke his toy car.
17. 17.Which is the best way to join “Dev went to bed early.” and “He was tired.”? (a) Dev went to bed early but he was tired. (b) Dev went to bed early because he was tired. (c) Dev went to bed early so he was tired.
18. 18.Which sentence describes the house best? (a) Priya drew a tall house. (b) Priya drew a tall green house. (c) Priya drew a green house. (d) Priya drew a house.
19. 19.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) When the school bus came. (b) The red kite. (c) The new student sat next to me. (d) Wrote a poem on the board.
20. 20.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Who Diya is calling? (b) Is who Diya calling? (c) Who is Diya calling? (d) Diya is who calling?
21. 21.Which of these is a question? (a) How huge the elephant is! (b) Where is Manav going after school? (c) Water the plants today. (d) Tara waters the plants in the evening.
22. 22.Ishaan wrote “a fast horse and a fast car”. Which word means the same as “fast” and can replace the second one? (a) quick (b) slow (c) spicy
23. 23.Which describing word fits best?
    “The silk scarf feels ___.” (a) sweet (b) smooth (c) colourful (d) noisy
24. 24.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “aisha lives near the lake in mysuru.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 1
25. 25.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The train arrived people got on quickly.” (a) after “arrived” (b) after “people” (c) after “The” (d) after “train”
26. 26.Which of these is a statement? (a) How huge the elephant is! (b) Please feed the cat. (c) What is Diya drawing in class? (d) Aisha reads a storybook at night.
27. 27.Which sentence describes the balloon best? (a) Omkar bought a big red balloon. (b) Omkar bought a red balloon. (c) Omkar bought a big balloon. (d) Omkar bought a balloon.
28. 28.These words are mixed up: roof / flies / a / on / the / Dev / kite
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Dev flies a kite on the roof. (b) Dev a kite flies on the roof. (c) Dev flies on the roof a kite. (d) Flies Dev a kite on the roof.
29. 29.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Aarav wrote his poem. He read it. (b) Aarav wrote Aarav's poem. Aarav read it. (c) Aarav wrote his poem. Him read it.
30. 30.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “on thursday we have a test in maths.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
31. 31.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Tara eats a banana after school” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) full stop (.) (c) question mark (?)
32. 32.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Grandma baked a cake it smelled lovely.” (a) after “cake” (b) after “a” (c) after “Grandma” (d) after “it”
33. 33.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Simran sings a song in the morning. (b) Simran sings in the morning a song. (c) Sings Simran a song in the morning. (d) Simran a song sings in the morning.
34. 34.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What is Joseph reading today” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
35. 35.Which is the best way to join “We ran fast.” and “We missed the train.”? (a) We ran fast because we missed the train. (b) We ran fast but we missed the train. (c) We ran fast so we missed the train.
36. 36.Which of these is a command? (a) What a noisy market! (b) Riya feeds the cat every morning. (c) Please feed the cat. (d) What is Priya eating for lunch?
37. 37.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The postman. (b) Before the sun set. (c) Wrote a poem on the board. (d) My father cooked dal for dinner.
38. 38.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “I brushed my teeth ___ I washed my face.” (a) and (b) but (c) because
39. 39.Which describing word fits best?
    “The new coin looks ___.” (a) shiny (b) sticky (c) quiet (d) sweet
40. 40.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 because it was raining. (c) We stayed indoors so it was raining.

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