Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 832 · 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 is the best way to join “Kabir has a cat.” and “He has a dog.”? (a) Kabir has a cat because he has a dog. (b) Kabir has a cat and he has a dog. (c) Kabir has a cat but he has a dog.
2. 2.“Our teacher.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) nothing is missing (c) who or what (subject)
3. 3.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “The room was dark. I switched on the light.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
4. 4.Ananya wrote “a loud bell and a loud drum”. Which word means the same as “loud” and can replace the second one? (a) quiet (b) noisy (c) wooden
5. 5.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Omkar is what drawing in class? (b) Is what Omkar drawing in class? (c) What Omkar is drawing in class? (d) What is Omkar drawing in class?
6. 6.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Please close the door.” (a) statement (b) question (c) exclamation (d) command
7. 7.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “Grandpa watered the plants.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
8. 8.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “rang” (b) after “bell” (c) after “ran” (d) after “The”
9. 9.Sneha wrote “a shiny coin and a shiny ring”. Which word means the same as “shiny” and can replace the second one? (a) spicy (b) dull (c) bright
10. 10.“Ran across the garden.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) nothing is missing (c) what happens (predicate)
11. 11.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “farhan and i played in the park on tuesday.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5
12. 12.These words are mixed up: Sneha / the / on / dog / Sundays / brushes
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Sneha the dog brushes on Sundays. (b) Brushes Sneha the dog on Sundays. (c) Sneha brushes the dog on Sundays. (d) Sneha brushes on Sundays the dog.
13. 13.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Aarav waters in the evening the plants. (b) Aarav waters the plants in the evening. (c) Aarav the plants waters in the evening. (d) Waters Aarav the plants in the evening.
14. 14.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in Delhi on Wednesday.” (a) on (b) we (c) in (d) fort
15. 15.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Our team practised hard we won the match.” (a) after “team” (b) after “hard” (c) after “Our” (d) after “won”
16. 16.Which is the best way to join “The garden has roses.” and “It has sunflowers.”? (a) The garden has roses but it has sunflowers. (b) The garden has roses and it has sunflowers. (c) The garden has roses because it has sunflowers.
17. 17.These words are mixed up: on / flies / roof / kite / the / Sneha / a
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Flies Sneha a kite on the roof. (b) Sneha flies on the roof a kite. (c) Sneha a kite flies on the roof. (d) Sneha flies a kite on the roof.
18. 18.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What a colourful rangoli!” (a) statement (b) question (c) command (d) exclamation
19. 19.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Dev went to bed early ___ he was tired.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
20. 20.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Please speak slowly.” (a) question (b) command (c) statement (d) exclamation
21. 21.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Diya lost her pencil. Her found it. (b) Diya lost Diya's pencil. Diya found it. (c) Diya lost her pencil. She found it.
22. 22.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Maria plays cricket in the park” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
23. 23.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.
24. 24.“Told us a story.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) what happens (predicate) (c) who or what (subject)
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Kabir lives near the lake in jaipur.” (a) near (b) in (c) lake (d) jaipur
26. 26.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Tara baked Tara's cake. Tara shared it. (b) Tara baked her cake. Her shared it. (c) Tara baked her cake. She shared it.
27. 27.Which is the best way to join “The mango looked green.” and “It was very sweet.”? (a) The mango looked green because it was very sweet. (b) The mango looked green but it was very sweet. (c) The mango looked green so it was very sweet.
28. 28.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) Tara rides a bicycle to school. (b) Switch off the fan. (c) How noisy the market is! (d) Who is Joseph calling?
29. 29.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The train left the station at nine. (b) Playing with my friends. (c) The postman. (d) Sang a song in the hall.
30. 30.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Imran rice cooks for lunch. (b) Imran cooks for lunch rice. (c) Cooks Imran rice for lunch. (d) Imran cooks rice for lunch.
31. 31.Which of these is a statement? (a) Simran draws a picture in art class. (b) Wait for me at the gate. (c) When is Tara leaving for Delhi? (d) How clever the crow is!
32. 32.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my cousin and i visited a zoo in indore.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
33. 33.“The rain.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) nothing is missing (c) who or what (subject)
34. 34.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Ran across the garden.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
35. 35.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The wind was strong our umbrella turned inside out.” (a) after “strong” (b) after “The” (c) after “our” (d) after “turned”
36. 36.Which describing word fits best?
    “The rainbow looks ___.” (a) sweet (b) quiet (c) colourful (d) prickly
37. 37.Which of these is a statement? (a) How huge the elephant is! (b) Vikram visits the library on Fridays. (c) Who is Kabir calling? (d) Sit down quietly.
38. 38.Aarav wrote “an angry man and an angry dog”. Which word means the same as “angry” and can replace the second one? (a) round (b) cross (c) calm
39. 39.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The mangoes were ripe we picked a basket full.” (a) after “mangoes” (b) after “The” (c) after “ripe” (d) after “were”
40. 40.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Priya flies a kite on the roof. (b) Priya a kite flies on the roof. (c) Flies Priya a kite on the roof. (d) Priya flies on the roof a kite.

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