Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 786 · 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 of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The children sang a song in the hall. (b) The bright moon shone over the lake. (c) The school bell rang loudly. (d) The village pond.
2. 2.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The hungry monkey grabbed a banana. (b) The train. (c) My father cooked dal for dinner. (d) The tall tree gave us cool shade.
3. 3.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “children” (b) after “rang” (c) after “ran” (d) after “bell”
4. 4.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Maria feeds the cat every morning.” (a) command (b) question (c) exclamation (d) statement
5. 5.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Aarav wrote his poem. Him read it. (b) Aarav wrote his poem. He read it. (c) Aarav wrote Aarav's poem. Aarav read it.
6. 6.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “The little puppy.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
7. 7.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The train arrived people got on quickly.” (a) after “The” (b) after “got” (c) after “people” (d) after “arrived”
8. 8.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Zoya brushes the dog on Sundays. (b) Zoya the dog brushes on Sundays. (c) Brushes Zoya the dog on Sundays. (d) Zoya brushes on Sundays the dog.
9. 9.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Ananya plays in the park cricket. (b) Plays Ananya cricket in the park. (c) Ananya cricket plays in the park. (d) Ananya plays cricket in the park.
10. 10.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The milk boiled over we turned off the stove.” (a) after “over” (b) after “milk” (c) after “off” (d) after “turned”
11. 11.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What is Aarav eating for lunch?” (a) exclamation (b) question (c) statement (d) command
12. 12.Which of these is a statement? (a) What is Farhan eating for lunch? (b) What a bright moon! (c) Wash your hands before lunch. (d) Yash cleans the room every Saturday.
13. 13.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Mum smiled. I had cleaned my room.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
14. 14.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Who is Omkar calling?” (a) command (b) statement (c) question (d) exclamation
15. 15.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Where is Rohan playing cricket” (a) question mark (?) (b) full stop (.) (c) exclamation mark (!)
16. 16.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from mysuru in april.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
17. 17.Which of these is a statement? (a) Sit down quietly. (b) What is Diya eating for lunch? (c) Kavya writes a poem every week. (d) What a tasty samosa!
18. 18.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The ice cream seller.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
19. 19.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Kunal picked his mango. He ate it. (b) Kunal picked Kunal's mango. Kunal ate it. (c) Kunal picked his mango. Him ate it.
20. 20.Which of these is a command? (a) What a lovely song! (b) Pooja rides a bicycle to school. (c) Who is Imran calling? (d) Please pass the salt.
21. 21.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.
22. 22.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Farhan reads a storybook at night” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
23. 23.Which is the best way to join “I like mangoes.” and “My sister likes apples.”? (a) I like mangoes because my sister likes apples. (b) I like mangoes so my sister likes apples. (c) I like mangoes but my sister likes apples.
24. 24.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.
25. 25.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Riya lost her pen she looked everywhere.” (a) after “her” (b) after “looked” (c) after “Riya” (d) after “pen”
26. 26.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Meera was hungry ___ she ate a banana.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
27. 27.What kind of sentence is this?
    “How sweet the mango is!” (a) statement (b) question (c) exclamation (d) command
28. 28.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Our cat. (b) As soon as we reached home. (c) Counted the coins. (d) My best friend gave me a pencil.
29. 29.“The village pond.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
30. 30.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Flies Aarav a kite on the roof. (b) Aarav flies on the roof a kite. (c) Aarav flies a kite on the roof. (d) Aarav a kite flies on the roof.
31. 31.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Maria feeds the cat every morning. (b) Maria feeds every morning the cat. (c) Maria the cat feeds every morning. (d) Feeds Maria the cat every morning.
32. 32.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Where is Omkar going after school” (a) full stop (.) (b) question mark (?) (c) exclamation mark (!)
33. 33.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Aisha has a new card. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) He (c) Her (d) She
34. 34.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Tara likes to paint ___ she likes to draw.” (a) but (b) because (c) and
35. 35.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Flies Arjun a kite on the roof. (b) Arjun flies on the roof a kite. (c) Arjun flies a kite on the roof. (d) Arjun a kite flies on the roof.
36. 36.Which sentence describes the bag best? (a) Aarav carried a heavy black bag. (b) Aarav carried a bag. (c) Aarav carried a heavy bag. (d) Aarav carried a black bag.
37. 37.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Kabir fell off his bicycle he hurt his knee.” (a) after “Kabir” (b) after “bicycle” (c) after “fell” (d) after “his”
38. 38.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Kunal has a new kite. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) It (c) She (d) Him
39. 39.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is why Dev laughing? (b) Dev is why laughing? (c) Why is Dev laughing? (d) Why Dev is laughing?
40. 40.Which is the best way to join “Mum smiled.” and “I had cleaned my room.”? (a) Mum smiled because I had cleaned my room. (b) Mum smiled but I had cleaned my room. (c) Mum smiled so I had cleaned my room.

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