Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 932 · 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 question has the words in the correct order? (a) How is Kunal travelling to school? (b) Kunal is how travelling to school? (c) How Kunal is travelling to school? (d) Is how Kunal travelling to school?
2. 2.“The ice cream seller.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
3. 3.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “We stayed indoors. It was raining.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
4. 4.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Simran baked Simran's cake. Simran shared it. (b) Simran baked her cake. Her shared it. (c) Simran baked her cake. She shared it.
5. 5.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Sent me a gift. (b) The new student sat next to me. (c) When the school bus came. (d) The little puppy.
6. 6.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “My aunt sent me a gift.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
7. 7.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “We reached the beach the sand was warm.” (a) after “beach” (b) after “was” (c) after “the” (d) after “sand”
8. 8.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Manav has a new bag. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) She (c) Him (d) It
9. 9.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The brown cow. (b) The school bus stopped at the gate. (c) Until the rain stopped. (d) Swam in the pond.
10. 10.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Kunal cooks rice for lunch. (b) Kunal cooks for lunch rice. (c) Kunal rice cooks for lunch. (d) Cooks Kunal rice for lunch.
11. 11.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “aarav and nisha will come to my house on sunday.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
12. 12.“Watered the plants.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
13. 13.Priya wrote “a small cup on a small plate”. Which word means the same as “small” and can replace the second one? (a) tiny (b) wooden (c) huge
14. 14.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Omkar writes a poem every week.” (a) question (b) command (c) statement (d) exclamation
15. 15.Which describing word fits best?
    “The honey tastes ___.” (a) sticky (b) shiny (c) noisy (d) sweet
16. 16.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “We ran to the bus stop ___ we were late.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
17. 17.Nisha wrote “a pretty doll in a pretty dress”. Which word means the same as “pretty” and can replace the second one? (a) lovely (b) square (c) ugly
18. 18.Which sentence describes the mango best? (a) Manav ate a juicy mango. (b) Manav ate a mango. (c) Manav ate a juicy yellow mango. (d) Manav ate a yellow mango.
19. 19.Ishaan wrote “a pretty doll in a pretty dress”. Which word means the same as “pretty” and can replace the second one? (a) purple (b) lovely (c) ugly
20. 20.Which describing word fits best?
    “The new coin looks ___.” (a) loud (b) fluffy (c) shiny (d) salty
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “diya was born in the month of June.” (a) born (b) in (c) diya (d) was
22. 22.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Pooja rides a bicycle to school. (b) Pooja a bicycle rides to school. (c) Rides Pooja a bicycle to school. (d) Pooja rides to school a bicycle.
23. 23.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The baby was sleeping we spoke softly.” (a) after “The” (b) after “we” (c) after “baby” (d) after “sleeping”
24. 24.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The sky turned dark soon it began to rain.” (a) after “The” (b) after “dark” (c) after “it” (d) after “to”
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in Delhi on thursday.” (a) the (b) fort (c) thursday (d) visited
26. 26.Which sentence describes the umbrella best? (a) Rahul opened a big striped umbrella. (b) Rahul opened an umbrella. (c) Rahul opened a big umbrella. (d) Rahul opened a striped umbrella.
27. 27.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Nisha is where going after school? (b) Is where Nisha going after school? (c) Where Nisha is going after school? (d) Where is Nisha going after school?
28. 28.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Ravi is only six. He can swim very well.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
29. 29.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last monday i went to kochi by train.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 6 (d) 4
30. 30.Diya wrote “an old fort near an old temple”. Which word means the same as “old” and can replace the second one? (a) spicy (b) ancient (c) new
31. 31.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Riya has a new cake. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Her (b) He (c) It (d) She
32. 32.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What a long train” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
33. 33.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Kavya kicks the ball in the garden” (a) question mark (?) (b) full stop (.) (c) exclamation mark (!)
34. 34.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The brown cow gave fresh milk. (b) Sent me a gift. (c) When the school bus came. (d) The wind.
35. 35.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is where Manav going after school? (b) Manav is where going after school? (c) Where is Manav going after school? (d) Where Manav is going after school?
36. 36.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The test was hard ___ Zoya got full marks.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
37. 37.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Our teacher.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
38. 38.“Our teacher.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
39. 39.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The mangoes were ripe we picked a basket full.” (a) after “a” (b) after “ripe” (c) after “The” (d) after “we”
40. 40.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Simran picked Simran's mango. Simran ate it. (b) Simran picked her mango. Her ate it. (c) Simran picked her mango. She ate it.

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