Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 857 · 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 word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Manav has a new pencil. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) Him (c) She (d) He
2. 2.These words are mixed up: sings / Simran / a / in / morning / song / the
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Simran sings in the morning a song. (b) Simran a song sings in the morning. (c) Sings Simran a song in the morning. (d) Simran sings a song in the morning.
3. 3.Which sentence describes the shell best? (a) Rohan found a tiny shell. (b) Rohan found a tiny white shell. (c) Rohan found a shell. (d) Rohan found a white shell.
4. 4.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “What is Ishaan drawing in class” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
5. 5.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “Carried a crumb.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
6. 6.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The parrot can talk it says hello every morning.” (a) after “every” (b) after “can” (c) after “hello” (d) after “talk”
7. 7.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “The children.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
8. 8.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
   “The box was small ___ it was very heavy.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
9. 9.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “On friday we have a test in maths.” (a) test (b) friday (c) a (d) we
10. 10.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Dev washed Dev's bicycle. Dev rode it. (b) Dev washed his bicycle. He rode it. (c) Dev washed his bicycle. Him rode it.
11. 11.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Aarav has a new cake. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) She (c) It (d) Him
12. 12.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What a lovely song” (a) question mark (?) (b) full stop (.) (c) exclamation mark (!)
13. 13.Kavya 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
14. 14.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What a noisy market!” (a) question (b) command (c) statement (d) exclamation
15. 15.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Arjun and I played in the park on tuesday.” (a) park (b) tuesday (c) in (d) and
16. 16.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The old farmer planted rice in the field. (b) The firefighters put out the fire. (c) Our cat. (d) The doctor checked my throat.
17. 17.Which sentence describes the dog best? (a) Sneha saw a big black dog. (b) Sneha saw a dog. (c) Sneha saw a big dog. (d) Sneha saw a black dog.
18. 18.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The wind blew the leaves away. (b) A big black crow sat on the wall. (c) Playing with my friends. (d) My best friend gave me a pencil.
19. 19.Which describing word fits best?
    “The lemon tastes ___.” (a) smooth (b) noisy (c) sour (d) bright
20. 20.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) When the school bus came. (b) The school bell. (c) The hungry monkey grabbed a banana. (d) Shone over the lake.
21. 21.Which describing word fits best?
    “The bitter gourd tastes ___.” (a) smooth (b) loud (c) colourful (d) bitter
22. 22.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bus was late we waited at the stop.” (a) after “at” (b) after “waited” (c) after “late” (d) after “bus”
23. 23.Which is the best way to join “Dev went to bed early.” and “He was tired.”? (a) Dev went to bed early so he was tired. (b) Dev went to bed early but he was tired. (c) Dev went to bed early because he was tired.
24. 24.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Counted the coins.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
25. 25.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Tara a song sings in the morning. (b) Tara sings a song in the morning. (c) Sings Tara a song in the morning. (d) Tara sings in the morning a song.
26. 26.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Omkar is why crying? (b) Is why Omkar crying? (c) Why is Omkar crying? (d) Why Omkar is crying?
27. 27.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “tara lives near the lake in Lucknow.” (a) tara (b) lake (c) lives (d) the
28. 28.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in pune on tuesday.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 5
29. 29.Vikram wrote “an old fort near an old temple”. Which word means the same as “old” and can replace the second one? (a) new (b) square (c) ancient
30. 30.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Vikram has a new pot. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) It (c) She (d) Him
31. 31.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The water was too cold. We did not swim.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
32. 32.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Simran drinks warm milk before bed.” (a) command (b) exclamation (c) question (d) statement
33. 33.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) After we ate lunch. (b) The wind blew the leaves away. (c) The ice cream seller rang his bell. (d) The doctor checked my throat.
34. 34.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Draws Zoya a picture in art class. (b) Zoya draws a picture in art class. (c) Zoya a picture draws in art class. (d) Zoya draws in art class a picture.
35. 35.Which sentence describes the butterfly best? (a) Kavya saw an orange butterfly. (b) Kavya saw a tiny orange butterfly. (c) Kavya saw a butterfly. (d) Kavya saw a tiny butterfly.
36. 36.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 “basket” (c) after “The” (d) after “ripe”
37. 37.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Checked my throat. (b) If you come early. (c) The players ran onto the field. (d) Two ducks.
38. 38.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What a beautiful garden” (a) full stop (.) (b) question mark (?) (c) exclamation mark (!)
39. 39.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Saanvi has a new pot. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) He (c) Her (d) It
40. 40.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What a huge elephant!” (a) exclamation (b) statement (c) question (d) command

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