Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 861 · 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 write this, without repeating the name? (a) Nisha baked her cake. Her shared it. (b) Nisha baked Nisha's cake. Nisha shared it. (c) Nisha baked her cake. She shared it.
2. 2.Which is the best way to join “The soup was hot.” and “It was not tasty.”? (a) The soup was hot so it was not tasty. (b) The soup was hot but it was not tasty. (c) The soup was hot because it was not tasty.
3. 3.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “Meera planted a seed she watered it daily.” (a) after “a” (b) after “seed” (c) after “she” (d) after “Meera”
4. 4.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) My little brother broke his toy car. (b) Playing with my friends. (c) A small mouse hid under the bed. (d) The red kite flew high in the sky.
5. 5.Which sentence describes the flower best? (a) Aarav picked a flower. (b) Aarav picked a tiny yellow flower. (c) Aarav picked a tiny flower. (d) Aarav picked a yellow flower.
6. 6.Arjun wrote “an angry man and an angry dog”. Which word means the same as “angry” and can replace the second one? (a) wooden (b) calm (c) cross
7. 7.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The parrot can talk it says hello every morning.” (a) after “talk” (b) after “parrot” (c) after “hello” (d) after “says”
8. 8.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Ananya brushes the dog on Sundays.” (a) exclamation (b) statement (c) command (d) question
9. 9.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “simran met zoya at the station in kochi.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
10. 10.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Gave fresh milk. (b) The school bell rang loudly. (c) The players. (d) When the bell rang.
11. 11.Which of these is a question? (a) Line up near the door. (b) What a bright moon! (c) What is Kabir reading today? (d) Tenzin cleans the room every Saturday.
12. 12.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Farhan painted Farhan's pot. Farhan sold it. (b) Farhan painted his pot. Him sold it. (c) Farhan painted his pot. He sold it.
13. 13.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What a funny joke!” (a) exclamation (b) question (c) command (d) statement
14. 14.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “When is Nisha leaving for Delhi” (a) question mark (?) (b) full stop (.) (c) exclamation mark (!)
15. 15.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The sun was shining. The birds were singing.” (a) because (b) but (c) and
16. 16.“Stopped at the gate.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
17. 17.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Stopped at the gate. (b) Playing with my friends. (c) The cricket match. (d) The peacock danced in the rain.
18. 18.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “children” (b) after “The” (c) after “rang” (d) after “ran”
19. 19.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Tenzin draws a picture in art class” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
20. 20.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Kabir drank some water. He was thirsty.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
21. 21.Farhan wrote “a small cup on a small plate”. Which word means the same as “small” and can replace the second one? (a) huge (b) wooden (c) tiny
22. 22.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What a colourful rangoli!” (a) statement (b) question (c) command (d) exclamation
23. 23.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The sky turned dark soon it began to rain.” (a) after “sky” (b) after “to” (c) after “dark” (d) after “The”
24. 24.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Ishaan sings in the morning a song. (b) Ishaan a song sings in the morning. (c) Ishaan sings a song in the morning. (d) Sings Ishaan a song in the morning.
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “The big fair in Kolkata starts in january.” (a) january (b) in (c) starts (d) fair
26. 26.“The red kite.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) nothing is missing (c) who or what (subject)
27. 27.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “It was late ___ the shops were still open.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
28. 28.Which sentence describes the bag best? (a) Tenzin carried a big bag. (b) Tenzin carried a big black bag. (c) Tenzin carried a bag. (d) Tenzin carried a black bag.
29. 29.Vikram wrote “a cold wind on a cold night”. Which word means the same as “cold” and can replace the second one? (a) hot (b) spicy (c) chilly
30. 30.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “My kite got stuck a kind man got it down.” (a) after “kite” (b) after “stuck” (c) after “man” (d) after “a”
31. 31.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “pooja wore new clothes on eid.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 2
32. 32.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first Friday of August.” (a) my (b) the (c) is (d) of
33. 33.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Isha wrote her poem. Her read it. (b) Isha wrote Isha's poem. Isha read it. (c) Isha wrote her poem. She read it.
34. 34.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Fell all night.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
35. 35.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “ananya was born in the month of december.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 2
36. 36.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) How Rohan is travelling to school? (b) Is how Rohan travelling to school? (c) How is Rohan travelling to school? (d) Rohan is how travelling to school?
37. 37.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The cake was too sweet nobody ate a second piece.” (a) after “ate” (b) after “sweet” (c) after “was” (d) after “The”
38. 38.Which of these is a statement? (a) What a bright moon! (b) Diya waters the plants in the evening. (c) Water the plants today. (d) What is Ishaan eating for lunch?
39. 39.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Rahul feeds the cat every morning.” (a) question (b) command (c) exclamation (d) statement
40. 40.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The train arrived people got on quickly.” (a) after “on” (b) after “got” (c) after “arrived” (d) after “people”

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