Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 944 · 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 sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Catches Sneha the bus at seven. (b) Sneha catches the bus at seven. (c) Sneha the bus catches at seven. (d) Sneha catches at seven the bus.
2. 2.These words are mixed up: writes / week / a / poem / every / Nisha
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Nisha a poem writes every week. (b) Nisha writes every week a poem. (c) Nisha writes a poem every week. (d) Writes Nisha a poem every week.
3. 3.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “My uncle came from Bhopal in january.” (a) came (b) january (c) from (d) uncle
4. 4.“The peacock.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) who or what (subject) (c) nothing is missing
5. 5.Which is the best way to join “Nisha took an umbrella.” and “The sky was cloudy.”? (a) Nisha took an umbrella so the sky was cloudy. (b) Nisha took an umbrella because the sky was cloudy. (c) Nisha took an umbrella but the sky was cloudy.
6. 6.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “The new student sat next to me.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
7. 7.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “Grandpa.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
8. 8.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “kunal and i played in the park on thursday.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 3
9. 9.These words are mixed up: waters / in / evening / plants / the / the / Arjun
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Arjun the plants waters in the evening. (b) Arjun waters the plants in the evening. (c) Arjun waters in the evening the plants. (d) Waters Arjun the plants in the evening.
10. 10.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “It started to rain. We opened our umbrellas.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
11. 11.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What a bright moon!” (a) command (b) statement (c) question (d) exclamation
12. 12.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Why is Simran crying” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) full stop (.) (c) question mark (?)
13. 13.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from kochi in december.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 4
14. 14.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The teacher smiled she liked our drawings.” (a) after “she” (b) after “The” (c) after “teacher” (d) after “smiled”
15. 15.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What is Ishaan eating for lunch? (b) Ishaan is what eating for lunch? (c) Is what Ishaan eating for lunch? (d) What Ishaan is eating for lunch?
16. 16.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Manav cooks rice for lunch” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
17. 17.Which of these is a statement? (a) Put your books in the bag. (b) Isha cleans the room every Saturday. (c) How colourful the rangoli is! (d) Why is Saanvi laughing?
18. 18.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Manav bought Manav's book. Manav read it. (b) Manav bought his book. Him read it. (c) Manav bought his book. He read it.
19. 19.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The puppy was hungry it barked for food.” (a) after “barked” (b) after “The” (c) after “it” (d) after “hungry”
20. 20.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Ananya wore new clothes on holi.” (a) new (b) wore (c) clothes (d) holi
21. 21.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “After we ate lunch.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
22. 22.Which describing word fits best?
    “The cactus feels ___.” (a) prickly (b) sour (c) quiet (d) shiny
23. 23.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Feeds Maria the cat every morning. (b) Maria feeds every morning the cat. (c) Maria feeds the cat every morning. (d) Maria the cat feeds every morning.
24. 24.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Our team practised hard we won the match.” (a) after “hard” (b) after “we” (c) after “Our” (d) after “the”
25. 25.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The cake was too sweet nobody ate a second piece.” (a) after “too” (b) after “second” (c) after “was” (d) after “sweet”
26. 26.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Our school reopens after the holidays in january.” (a) after (b) january (c) reopens (d) school
27. 27.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Waters Isha the plants in the evening. (b) Isha waters in the evening the plants. (c) Isha waters the plants in the evening. (d) Isha the plants waters in the evening.
28. 28.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The shopkeeper counted the coins.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
29. 29.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “ananya and tenzin will come to my house on friday.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 3
30. 30.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The puppy was cold ___ we gave it a blanket.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
31. 31.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Tenzin visits the library on Fridays. (b) Tenzin visits on Fridays the library. (c) Tenzin the library visits on Fridays. (d) Visits Tenzin the library on Fridays.
32. 32.“Broke his toy car.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) nothing is missing (c) who or what (subject)
33. 33.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Why Ishaan is crying? (b) Is why Ishaan crying? (c) Ishaan is why crying? (d) Why is Ishaan crying?
34. 34.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The sun was shining ___ the birds were singing.” (a) because (b) and (c) but
35. 35.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Rohan found Rohan's kite. Rohan flew it. (b) Rohan found his kite. Him flew it. (c) Rohan found his kite. He flew it.
36. 36.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 so we walked slowly. (c) The road was wet but we walked slowly.
37. 37.Which is the best way to join “Riya wore a sweater.” and “It was cold.”? (a) Riya wore a sweater so it was cold. (b) Riya wore a sweater but it was cold. (c) Riya wore a sweater because it was cold.
38. 38.These words are mixed up: the / the / evening / waters / plants / in / Aisha
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Waters Aisha the plants in the evening. (b) Aisha the plants waters in the evening. (c) Aisha waters the plants in the evening. (d) Aisha waters in the evening the plants.
39. 39.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Zoya catches the bus at seven.” (a) command (b) statement (c) exclamation (d) question
40. 40.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on monday.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 1

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