Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 872 · 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.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “Playing with my friends.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
2. 2.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The children sang a song in the hall. (b) The cricket match ended at five o'clock. (c) The peacock. (d) The brown cow gave fresh milk.
3. 3.What kind of sentence is this?
   “What a big cake!” (a) statement (b) command (c) exclamation (d) question
4. 4.These words are mixed up: Dev / on / brushes / Sundays / the / dog
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Dev the dog brushes on Sundays. (b) Brushes Dev the dog on Sundays. (c) Dev brushes the dog on Sundays. (d) Dev brushes on Sundays the dog.
5. 5.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “Where is Kunal playing cricket” (a) question mark (?) (b) full stop (.) (c) exclamation mark (!)
6. 6.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Sat next to me. (b) A big black crow. (c) Although he was tired. (d) The red kite flew high in the sky.
7. 7.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
   “Meera was hungry ___ she ate a banana.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
8. 8.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “maria and vikram will come to my house on saturday.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5
9. 9.Which sentence describes the shell best? (a) Dev found a tiny shell. (b) Dev found a white shell. (c) Dev found a tiny white shell. (d) Dev found a shell.
10. 10.“My sister.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
11. 11.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Bring your notebook tomorrow.” (a) question (b) command (c) exclamation (d) statement
12. 12.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Zoya catches at seven the bus. (b) Catches Zoya the bus at seven. (c) Zoya catches the bus at seven. (d) Zoya the bus catches at seven.
13. 13.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “isha was born in the month of august.” (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
14. 14.These words are mixed up: waters / evening / in / Dev / the / the / plants
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Waters Dev the plants in the evening. (b) Dev waters in the evening the plants. (c) Dev waters the plants in the evening. (d) Dev the plants waters in the evening.
15. 15.Which is the best way to join “The road was wet.” and “We walked slowly.”? (a) The road was wet because we walked slowly. (b) The road was wet but we walked slowly. (c) The road was wet so we walked slowly.
16. 16.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Ananya visits the library on Fridays.” (a) exclamation (b) question (c) statement (d) command
17. 17.Which of these is a statement? (a) Please help me carry this box. (b) Ishaan draws a picture in art class. (c) How funny the joke is! (d) Who is Imran calling?
18. 18.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “It was late. The shops were still open.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
19. 19.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in pune starts in june.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
20. 20.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in April.” (a) school (b) reopens (c) in (d) our
21. 21.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) Please pass the salt. (b) Priya brushes the dog on Sundays. (c) Where is Meera going after school? (d) What a beautiful garden!
22. 22.These words are mixed up: on / kite / a / the / Kabir / flies / roof
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Kabir flies a kite on the roof. (b) Flies Kabir a kite on the roof. (c) Kabir a kite flies on the roof. (d) Kabir flies on the roof a kite.
23. 23.Which sentence describes the dog best? (a) Vikram saw a dog. (b) Vikram saw a white dog. (c) Vikram saw a big white dog. (d) Vikram saw a big dog.
24. 24.Which is the best way to join “Mum smiled.” and “I had cleaned my room.”? (a) Mum smiled because I had cleaned my room. (b) Mum smiled but I had cleaned my room. (c) Mum smiled so I had cleaned my room.
25. 25.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Manav cooks rice for lunch.” (a) question (b) statement (c) exclamation (d) command
26. 26.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bus was late we waited at the stop.” (a) after “was” (b) after “waited” (c) after “bus” (d) after “late”
27. 27.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The shop was closed. We went home.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
28. 28.“Brought a letter for Dad.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) what happens (predicate) (c) who or what (subject)
29. 29.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Watered the plants. (b) Because the shop was closed. (c) The tiny ant carried a crumb. (d) My sister.
30. 30.Which describing word fits best?
    “The jalebi tastes ___.” (a) bright (b) loud (c) rough (d) sweet
31. 31.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Meera was hungry. She ate a banana.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
32. 32.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Tara brushes the dog on Sundays” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
33. 33.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “It was very hot we drank cold water.” (a) after “It” (b) after “drank” (c) after “cold” (d) after “hot”
34. 34.Rahul wrote “an old fort near an old temple”. Which word means the same as “old” and can replace the second one? (a) ancient (b) new (c) spicy
35. 35.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Tara found Tara's kite. Tara flew it. (b) Tara found her kite. Her flew it. (c) Tara found her kite. She flew it.
36. 36.Vikram wrote “a clever girl with a clever plan”. Which word means the same as “clever” and can replace the second one? (a) wooden (b) smart (c) silly
37. 37.Which is the best way to join “The test was hard.” and “Zoya got full marks.”? (a) The test was hard but Zoya got full marks. (b) The test was hard because Zoya got full marks. (c) The test was hard so Zoya got full marks.
38. 38.Ishaan wrote “a shiny coin and a shiny ring”. Which word means the same as “shiny” and can replace the second one? (a) dull (b) spicy (c) bright
39. 39.Which describing word fits best?
    “The lemon tastes ___.” (a) shiny (b) rough (c) sour (d) loud
40. 40.These words are mixed up: every / cat / Saanvi / feeds / the / morning
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Saanvi feeds the cat every morning. (b) Feeds Saanvi the cat every morning. (c) Saanvi the cat feeds every morning. (d) Saanvi feeds every morning the cat.

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