Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 844 · 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 describing word fits best?
   “The silk scarf feels ___.” (a) shiny (b) smooth (c) sweet (d) noisy
2. 2.What kind of sentence is this?
   “How sweet the mango is!” (a) statement (b) exclamation (c) question (d) command
3. 3.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “We visited the old fort in Delhi on tuesday.” (a) tuesday (b) visited (c) old (d) on
4. 4.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “saanvi met Zoya at the station in Jaipur.” (a) station (b) met (c) at (d) saanvi
5. 5.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Our school reopens after the holidays in april.” (a) april (b) holidays (c) school (d) reopens
6. 6.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is why Kabir crying? (b) Why is Kabir crying? (c) Kabir is why crying? (d) Why Kabir is crying?
7. 7.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “We visited the old fort in Kolkata on wednesday.” (a) the (b) fort (c) visited (d) wednesday
8. 8.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “my aunt made sweets for Christmas.” (a) made (b) my (c) aunt (d) sweets
9. 9.“Flew high in the sky.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) what happens (predicate) (c) nothing is missing
10. 10.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The tall tree gave us cool shade.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
11. 11.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) After we ate lunch. (b) Rang his bell. (c) My grandmother. (d) The players ran onto the field.
12. 12.Riya wrote “a loud bell and a loud drum”. Which word means the same as “loud” and can replace the second one? (a) purple (b) noisy (c) quiet
13. 13.Nisha wrote “a clever girl with a clever plan”. Which word means the same as “clever” and can replace the second one? (a) purple (b) smart (c) silly
14. 14.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) My grandmother told us a story. (b) When the school bus came. (c) My little brother broke his toy car. (d) The peacock danced in the rain.
15. 15.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Tara baked her cake. Her shared it. (b) Tara baked Tara's cake. Tara shared it. (c) Tara baked her cake. She shared it.
16. 16.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Please speak slowly.” (a) exclamation (b) question (c) command (d) statement
17. 17.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Why is Farhan laughing? (b) Why Farhan is laughing? (c) Is why Farhan laughing? (d) Farhan is why laughing?
18. 18.“The little puppy.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) what happens (predicate) (c) nothing is missing
19. 19.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Joseph and I played in the park on friday.” (a) played (b) the (c) park (d) friday
20. 20.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Tara has a new cake. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) It (c) He (d) Her
21. 21.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Tenzin the library visits on Fridays. (b) Tenzin visits the library on Fridays. (c) Visits Tenzin the library on Fridays. (d) Tenzin visits on Fridays the library.
22. 22.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Running in the park.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
23. 23.Which describing word fits best?
    “The new coin looks ___.” (a) fluffy (b) shiny (c) quiet (d) sour
24. 24.These words are mixed up: plants / waters / Saanvi / the / the / in / evening
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Saanvi waters the plants in the evening. (b) Saanvi the plants waters in the evening. (c) Saanvi waters in the evening the plants. (d) Waters Saanvi the plants in the evening.
25. 25.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Manav has a new kite. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Him (b) She (c) It (d) He
26. 26.Which sentence describes the dog best? (a) Nisha saw a dog. (b) Nisha saw a brown dog. (c) Nisha saw a big brown dog. (d) Nisha saw a big dog.
27. 27.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Meera planted a seed she watered it daily.” (a) after “she” (b) after “Meera” (c) after “seed” (d) after “planted”
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first Monday of January.” (a) birthday (b) my (c) first (d) of
29. 29.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Riya fixed her toy car. She played with it. (b) Riya fixed Riya's toy car. Riya played with it. (c) Riya fixed her toy car. Her played with it.
30. 30.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Simran has a new mango. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Her (b) She (c) He (d) It
31. 31.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Rahul drinks warm milk before bed” (a) question mark (?) (b) full stop (.) (c) exclamation mark (!)
32. 32.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Flew high in the sky.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
33. 33.Which is the best way to join “The sun was shining.” and “The birds were singing.”? (a) The sun was shining because the birds were singing. (b) The sun was shining but the birds were singing. (c) The sun was shining and the birds were singing.
34. 34.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Dev packed Dev's bag. Dev carried it. (b) Dev packed his bag. He carried it. (c) Dev packed his bag. Him carried it.
35. 35.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Although he was tired.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
36. 36.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The tiny ant. (b) Told us a story. (c) Before the sun set. (d) The old farmer planted rice in the field.
37. 37.Which is the best way to join “Tara likes to paint.” and “She likes to draw.”? (a) Tara likes to paint and she likes to draw. (b) Tara likes to paint but she likes to draw. (c) Tara likes to paint because she likes to draw.
38. 38.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) Although he was tired. (b) The hungry monkey grabbed a banana. (c) The peacock danced in the rain. (d) My father cooked dal for dinner.
39. 39.Which describing word fits best?
    “The tamarind tastes ___.” (a) rough (b) loud (c) sour (d) colourful
40. 40.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for Onam.” (a) made (b) aunt (c) for (d) my

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