Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 818 · 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 a complete sentence? (a) The wind. (b) The red kite flew high in the sky. (c) When the school bus came. (d) Wrote a poem on the board.
2. 2.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Joseph has a new cake. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Him (b) It (c) He (d) She
3. 3.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “priya wore new clothes on eid.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3
4. 4.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The red kite flew high in the sky. (b) A busy squirrel collected nuts. (c) The school bus. (d) Our cat slept on the sofa.
5. 5.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my aunt made sweets for baisakhi.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 1
6. 6.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “The big fair in Pune starts in september.” (a) in (b) fair (c) september (d) big
7. 7.Which describing word fits best?
   “The glass feels ___.” (a) shiny (b) smooth (c) quiet (d) spicy
8. 8.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What is Arjun reading today? (b) Arjun is what reading today? (c) What Arjun is reading today? (d) Is what Arjun reading today?
9. 9.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “My little brother.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
10. 10.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “vikram and arjun will come to my house on saturday.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 5
11. 11.Which is the best way to join “Ravi is only six.” and “He can swim very well.”? (a) Ravi is only six so he can swim very well. (b) Ravi is only six but he can swim very well. (c) Ravi is only six because he can swim very well.
12. 12.Which is the best way to join “The room was dark.” and “I switched on the light.”? (a) The room was dark so I switched on the light. (b) The room was dark because I switched on the light. (c) The room was dark but I switched on the light.
13. 13.Which of these is a statement? (a) Line up near the door. (b) What a tall tree! (c) Riya flies a kite on the roof. (d) Where is Pooja going after school?
14. 14.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Rohan drinks before bed warm milk. (b) Rohan drinks warm milk before bed. (c) Drinks Rohan warm milk before bed. (d) Rohan warm milk drinks before bed.
15. 15.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Who is Meera calling?” (a) exclamation (b) question (c) statement (d) command
16. 16.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Sent me a gift.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
17. 17.Which is the best way to join “The road was wet.” and “We walked slowly.”? (a) The road was wet so we walked slowly. (b) The road was wet because we walked slowly. (c) The road was wet but we walked slowly.
18. 18.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The brown cow.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
19. 19.“Our neighbours.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) what happens (predicate) (c) nothing is missing
20. 20.Aarav wrote “happy children at a happy party”. Which word means the same as “happy” and can replace the second one? (a) sad (b) glad (c) square
21. 21.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The baby cried. She was hungry.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
22. 22.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Kicks Arjun the ball in the garden. (b) Arjun the ball kicks in the garden. (c) Arjun kicks in the garden the ball. (d) Arjun kicks the ball in the garden.
23. 23.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Visits Zoya the library on Fridays. (b) Zoya visits on Fridays the library. (c) Zoya visits the library on Fridays. (d) Zoya the library visits on Fridays.
24. 24.“My father.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) what happens (predicate) (c) nothing is missing
25. 25.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Tara fixed Tara's toy car. Tara played with it. (b) Tara fixed her toy car. Her played with it. (c) Tara fixed her toy car. She played with it.
26. 26.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Why is Joseph laughing” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
27. 27.Which is the best way to join “The baby cried.” and “She was hungry.”? (a) The baby cried but she was hungry. (b) The baby cried so she was hungry. (c) The baby cried because she was hungry.
28. 28.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) When is Nisha leaving for Delhi? (b) Nisha is when leaving for Delhi? (c) When Nisha is leaving for Delhi? (d) Is when Nisha leaving for Delhi?
29. 29.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “isha lives near the lake in Delhi.” (a) isha (b) near (c) the (d) lives
30. 30.Which describing word fits best?
    “The tamarind tastes ___.” (a) sour (b) quiet (c) shiny (d) fluffy
31. 31.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What a funny joke!” (a) exclamation (b) command (c) statement (d) question
32. 32.Which is the best way to join “I brushed my teeth.” and “I washed my face.”? (a) I brushed my teeth and I washed my face. (b) I brushed my teeth but I washed my face. (c) I brushed my teeth because I washed my face.
33. 33.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The plants died. Nobody watered them.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
34. 34.Which sentence describes the kite best? (a) Pooja flew a red kite. (b) Pooja flew a big kite. (c) Pooja flew a big red kite. (d) Pooja flew a kite.
35. 35.Which sentence describes the bicycle best? (a) Yash rode a green bicycle. (b) Yash rode a bicycle. (c) Yash rode a new green bicycle. (d) Yash rode a new bicycle.
36. 36.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is why Tenzin laughing? (b) Tenzin is why laughing? (c) Why is Tenzin laughing? (d) Why Tenzin is laughing?
37. 37.“The school bell.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) nothing is missing (c) what happens (predicate)
38. 38.These words are mixed up: the / morning / Aarav / cat / every / feeds
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Aarav the cat feeds every morning. (b) Aarav feeds every morning the cat. (c) Aarav feeds the cat every morning. (d) Feeds Aarav the cat every morning.
39. 39.Which sentence describes the shell best? (a) Pooja found a small shell. (b) Pooja found a shell. (c) Pooja found a small white shell. (d) Pooja found a white shell.
40. 40.Arjun wrote “a quiet room in a quiet house”. Which word means the same as “quiet” and can replace the second one? (a) noisy (b) square (c) silent

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