Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 823 · 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) My best friend gave me a pencil. (b) A small mouse hid under the bed. (c) While Mum was cooking. (d) The shopkeeper counted the coins.
2. 2.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Waiting for the bus. (b) Blew the leaves away. (c) My best friend. (d) My father cooked dal for dinner.
3. 3.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) My aunt. (b) The school bus stopped at the gate. (c) The ice cream seller rang his bell. (d) A small mouse hid under the bed.
4. 4.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “What a cute puppy” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
5. 5.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we went to agra for eid last year.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 3
6. 6.These words are mixed up: plays / the / in / Arjun / cricket / park
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Arjun plays in the park cricket. (b) Arjun plays cricket in the park. (c) Plays Arjun cricket in the park. (d) Arjun cricket plays in the park.
7. 7.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Ananya wrote Ananya's poem. Ananya read it. (b) Ananya wrote her poem. Her read it. (c) Ananya wrote her poem. She read it.
8. 8.Which is the best way to join “Mum cooked dal.” and “She made rotis.”? (a) Mum cooked dal but she made rotis. (b) Mum cooked dal because she made rotis. (c) Mum cooked dal and she made rotis.
9. 9.“Made a rangoli.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) what happens (predicate) (c) nothing is missing
10. 10.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Priya the school bag packs at night. (b) Priya packs the school bag at night. (c) Priya packs at night the school bag. (d) Packs Priya the school bag at night.
11. 11.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is what Sneha eating for lunch? (b) What Sneha is eating for lunch? (c) Sneha is what eating for lunch? (d) What is Sneha eating for lunch?
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My cousin and I visited a zoo in bhopal.” (a) bhopal (b) and (c) zoo (d) cousin
13. 13.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The little puppy ran across the garden. (b) My best friend gave me a pencil. (c) If you come early. (d) The baby elephant splashed in the river.
14. 14.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Who is Kavya calling?” (a) exclamation (b) statement (c) command (d) question
15. 15.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The cricket match ended at five o'clock. (b) The school bus. (c) Our cat slept on the sofa. (d) The postman brought a letter for Dad.
16. 16.Which sentence describes the kite best? (a) Imran flew a kite. (b) Imran flew a yellow kite. (c) Imran flew a small kite. (d) Imran flew a small yellow kite.
17. 17.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Saanvi has a new pencil. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) Her (c) It (d) She
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Joseph wore new clothes on diwali.” (a) wore (b) diwali (c) clothes (d) on
19. 19.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The teacher smiled she liked our drawings.” (a) after “The” (b) after “our” (c) after “liked” (d) after “smiled”
20. 20.Which sentence describes the house best? (a) Omkar drew a small house. (b) Omkar drew a red house. (c) Omkar drew a house. (d) Omkar drew a small red house.
21. 21.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) My best friend gave me a pencil. (b) Waiting for the bus. (c) The village pond was full of lotus flowers. (d) A green parrot ate a ripe guava.
22. 22.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Dev reads a storybook at night. (b) Dev a storybook reads at night. (c) Dev reads at night a storybook. (d) Reads Dev a storybook at night.
23. 23.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The old farmer planted rice in the field. (b) The baby elephant splashed in the river. (c) Our teacher. (d) The bright moon shone over the lake.
24. 24.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Switch off the fan.” (a) command (b) exclamation (c) statement (d) question
25. 25.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Maria visits the library on Fridays. (b) Visits Maria the library on Fridays. (c) Maria visits on Fridays the library. (d) Maria the library visits on Fridays.
26. 26.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Aarav has a new toy car. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Him (b) It (c) He (d) She
27. 27.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Farhan has a new toy car. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) Him (c) She (d) It
28. 28.Diya wrote “a wet towel on a wet floor”. Which word means the same as “wet” and can replace the second one? (a) purple (b) damp (c) dry
29. 29.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Stopped at the gate. (b) A green parrot ate a ripe guava. (c) The baby elephant. (d) Before the sun set.
30. 30.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What is Riya drawing in class?” (a) statement (b) exclamation (c) command (d) question
31. 31.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Tenzin and I played in the park on monday.” (a) played (b) park (c) monday (d) in
32. 32.Which sentence describes the mango best? (a) Rahul ate a mango. (b) Rahul ate a juicy mango. (c) Rahul ate a juicy yellow mango. (d) Rahul ate a yellow mango.
33. 33.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The shop was closed. We went home.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
34. 34.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “The big fair in Indore starts in february.” (a) big (b) february (c) starts (d) in
35. 35.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “How tasty the samosa is” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
36. 36.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The school bus stopped at the gate. (b) The firefighters put out the fire. (c) Our cat. (d) Our neighbours lit lamps on Diwali.
37. 37.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Aisha lost her pencil. Her found it. (b) Aisha lost her pencil. She found it. (c) Aisha lost Aisha's pencil. Aisha found it.
38. 38.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Joseph has a new pot. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) Him (c) She (d) He
39. 39.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Grandpa reads the paper ___ he drinks his tea.” (a) but (b) and (c) because
40. 40.Which is the best way to join “It was late.” and “The shops were still open.”? (a) It was late because the shops were still open. (b) It was late so the shops were still open. (c) It was late but the shops were still open.

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