Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 934 · 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.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “riya wore new clothes on diwali.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 3
2. 2.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) How Dev is travelling to school? (b) Is how Dev travelling to school? (c) How is Dev travelling to school? (d) Dev is how travelling to school?
3. 3.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “tara met ishaan at the station in lucknow.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 3
4. 4.Meera wrote “happy children at a happy party”. Which word means the same as “happy” and can replace the second one? (a) wooden (b) glad (c) sad
5. 5.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “tenzin was born in the month of october.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
6. 6.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “The soup was hot. It was not tasty.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
7. 7.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Danced in the rain. (b) Although he was tired. (c) A busy squirrel collected nuts. (d) Two ducks.
8. 8.Which of these is a question? (a) How huge the elephant is! (b) Please feed the cat. (c) Ishaan reads a storybook at night. (d) What is Kavya reading today?
9. 9.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Tara is where going after school? (b) Where is Tara going after school? (c) Where Tara is going after school? (d) Is where Tara going after school?
10. 10.“Ate a ripe guava.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) what happens (predicate) (c) who or what (subject)
11. 11.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Rang loudly.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
12. 12.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) Although he was tired. (d) Two ducks swam in the pond.
13. 13.“The peacock.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) nothing is missing (c) what happens (predicate)
14. 14.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Aisha a poem writes every week. (b) Aisha writes every week a poem. (c) Writes Aisha a poem every week. (d) Aisha writes a poem every week.
15. 15.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The cricket match. (b) Our teacher wrote a poem on the board. (c) Shone over the lake. (d) When the school bus came.
16. 16.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Playing with my friends.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
17. 17.Which of these is a command? (a) How beautiful the garden is! (b) Bring your notebook tomorrow. (c) Nisha sings a song in the morning. (d) What is Aisha reading today?
18. 18.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “meera and i played in the park on wednesday.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
19. 19.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Zoya has a new bicycle. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Her (b) It (c) He (d) She
20. 20.“The school bus.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) nothing is missing (c) who or what (subject)
21. 21.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Writes Tenzin a poem every week. (b) Tenzin writes every week a poem. (c) Tenzin a poem writes every week. (d) Tenzin writes a poem every week.
22. 22.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) A small mouse. (b) The cricket match ended at five o'clock. (c) When the bell rang. (d) Sang a song in the hall.
23. 23.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The baby was sleeping we spoke softly.” (a) after “was” (b) after “we” (c) after “spoke” (d) after “sleeping”
24. 24.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Riya wore a sweater. It was cold.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on christmas.” (a) christmas (b) cousins (c) met (d) all
26. 26.Which of these is a command? (a) Open your books to page ten. (b) Why is Dev crying? (c) What a cold morning! (d) Ishaan feeds the cat every morning.
27. 27.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is what Nisha reading today? (b) What Nisha is reading today? (c) Nisha is what reading today? (d) What is Nisha reading today?
28. 28.“The baby elephant.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) what happens (predicate) (c) who or what (subject)
29. 29.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is where Kunal going after school? (b) Where Kunal is going after school? (c) Kunal is where going after school? (d) Where is Kunal going after school?
30. 30.These words are mixed up: evening / waters / in / Joseph / plants / the / the
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Joseph the plants waters in the evening. (b) Joseph waters in the evening the plants. (c) Waters Joseph the plants in the evening. (d) Joseph waters the plants in the evening.
31. 31.Which is the best way to join “The bag was heavy.” and “Dad helped me carry it.”? (a) The bag was heavy so Dad helped me carry it. (b) The bag was heavy because Dad helped me carry it. (c) The bag was heavy but Dad helped me carry it.
32. 32.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Riya wore new clothes on pongal.” (a) on (b) clothes (c) new (d) pongal
33. 33.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Our cat slept on the sofa.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
34. 34.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my cousin and i visited a zoo in kolkata.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 2
35. 35.Which sentence describes the house best? (a) Sneha drew a green house. (b) Sneha drew a small green house. (c) Sneha drew a small house. (d) Sneha drew a house.
36. 36.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Riya sings a song in the morning” (a) question mark (?) (b) full stop (.) (c) exclamation mark (!)
37. 37.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The school bell rang loudly. (b) Our neighbours. (c) When the bell rang. (d) Gave us cool shade.
38. 38.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What is Omkar drawing in class” (a) full stop (.) (b) question mark (?) (c) exclamation mark (!)
39. 39.These words are mixed up: the / kicks / in / the / garden / Isha / ball
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Isha kicks the ball in the garden. (b) Isha the ball kicks in the garden. (c) Kicks Isha the ball in the garden. (d) Isha kicks in the garden the ball.
40. 40.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The baby elephant splashed in the river. (b) The brown cow. (c) The village pond was full of lotus flowers. (d) The ice cream seller rang his bell.

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