Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 879 · 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 “The plants died.” and “Nobody watered them.”? (a) The plants died so nobody watered them. (b) The plants died but nobody watered them. (c) The plants died because nobody watered them.
2. 2.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The train arrived people got on quickly.” (a) after “The” (b) after “got” (c) after “people” (d) after “arrived”
3. 3.Which describing word fits best?
   “The honey tastes ___.” (a) prickly (b) sweet (c) quiet (d) colourful
4. 4.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “yash was born in the month of June.” (a) was (b) in (c) born (d) yash
5. 5.Which sentence describes the dog best? (a) Ananya saw a big black dog. (b) Ananya saw a black dog. (c) Ananya saw a big dog. (d) Ananya saw a dog.
6. 6.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “Kabir fell off his bicycle he hurt his knee.” (a) after “his” (b) after “fell” (c) after “off” (d) after “bicycle”
7. 7.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is why Riya laughing? (b) Why Riya is laughing? (c) Riya is why laughing? (d) Why is Riya laughing?
8. 8.“A big black crow.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) who or what (subject) (c) nothing is missing
9. 9.Which is the best way to join “The room was dark.” and “I switched on the light.”? (a) The room was dark because I switched on the light. (b) The room was dark so I switched on the light. (c) The room was dark but I switched on the light.
10. 10.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Waters Sneha the plants in the evening. (b) Sneha the plants waters in the evening. (c) Sneha waters in the evening the plants. (d) Sneha waters the plants in the evening.
11. 11.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “rahul wore new clothes on Holi.” (a) new (b) wore (c) clothes (d) rahul
12. 12.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Zoya found her kite. Her flew it. (b) Zoya found Zoya's kite. Zoya flew it. (c) Zoya found her kite. She flew it.
13. 13.Which sentence describes the dog best? (a) Rahul saw a dog. (b) Rahul saw a small brown dog. (c) Rahul saw a brown dog. (d) Rahul saw a small dog.
14. 14.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Manav is when leaving for Delhi? (b) When is Manav leaving for Delhi? (c) When Manav is leaving for Delhi? (d) Is when Manav leaving for Delhi?
15. 15.Which sentence describes the mango best? (a) Manav ate a yellow mango. (b) Manav ate a juicy yellow mango. (c) Manav ate a mango. (d) Manav ate a juicy mango.
16. 16.Which sentence describes the butterfly best? (a) Zoya saw a pretty butterfly. (b) Zoya saw a butterfly. (c) Zoya saw a pretty orange butterfly. (d) Zoya saw an orange butterfly.
17. 17.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Meera planted a seed she watered it daily.” (a) after “it” (b) after “planted” (c) after “seed” (d) after “watered”
18. 18.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “sneha met rahul at the station in pune.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 3
19. 19.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We went to Lucknow for holi last year.” (a) holi (b) year (c) went (d) last
20. 20.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Tara likes to paint. She likes to draw.” (a) because (b) and (c) but
21. 21.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Grandpa reads the paper. He drinks his tea.” (a) because (b) and (c) but
22. 22.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Why is Rohan laughing?” (a) command (b) question (c) exclamation (d) statement
23. 23.Sneha wrote “a scared cat and a scared puppy”. Which word means the same as “scared” and can replace the second one? (a) brave (b) afraid (c) spicy
24. 24.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Kabir drank some water ___ he was thirsty.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
25. 25.“Broke his toy car.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
26. 26.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Simran has a new pot. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) It (c) Her (d) He
27. 27.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Ran across the garden. (b) The bright moon. (c) Two ducks swam in the pond. (d) Because the shop was closed.
28. 28.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Aarav picked his mango. Him ate it. (b) Aarav picked Aarav's mango. Aarav ate it. (c) Aarav picked his mango. He ate it.
29. 29.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The bright moon shone over the lake. (b) The tall tree gave us cool shade. (c) While Mum was cooking. (d) The cricket match ended at five o'clock.
30. 30.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) A small mouse hid under the bed. (b) The players ran onto the field. (c) Eating a big mango. (d) My aunt sent me a gift.
31. 31.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “After we ate lunch.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
32. 32.Which is the best way to join “It started to rain.” and “We opened our umbrellas.”? (a) It started to rain so we opened our umbrellas. (b) It started to rain because we opened our umbrellas. (c) It started to rain but we opened our umbrellas.
33. 33.What kind of sentence is this?
    “When is Omkar leaving for Delhi?” (a) statement (b) command (c) exclamation (d) question
34. 34.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Ananya flies on the roof a kite. (b) Flies Ananya a kite on the roof. (c) Ananya a kite flies on the roof. (d) Ananya flies a kite on the roof.
35. 35.These words are mixed up: car / the / Yash / on / washes / Sundays
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Yash washes the car on Sundays. (b) Yash washes on Sundays the car. (c) Yash the car washes on Sundays. (d) Washes Yash the car on Sundays.
36. 36.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Wrote a poem on the board.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
37. 37.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Aarav and Ananya will come to my house on thursday.” (a) will (b) thursday (c) on (d) house
38. 38.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Yash bought Yash's book. Yash read it. (b) Yash bought his book. He read it. (c) Yash bought his book. Him read it.
39. 39.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Playing with my friends. (b) Gave me a pencil. (c) Two ducks. (d) My father cooked dal for dinner.
40. 40.“Counted the coins.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) nothing is missing (c) what happens (predicate)

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