Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 959 · 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.“The old farmer.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) nothing is missing (c) who or what (subject)
2. 2.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The bus was late we waited at the stop.” (a) after “we” (b) after “waited” (c) after “was” (d) after “late”
3. 3.What kind of sentence is this?
   “How colourful the rangoli is!” (a) question (b) command (c) statement (d) exclamation
4. 4.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “While Mum was cooking.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
5. 5.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “Because it was raining.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
6. 6.Which sentence describes the pot best? (a) Yash painted a round blue pot. (b) Yash painted a blue pot. (c) Yash painted a pot. (d) Yash painted a round pot.
7. 7.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Zoya picked her mango. Her ate it. (b) Zoya picked Zoya's mango. Zoya ate it. (c) Zoya picked her mango. She ate it.
8. 8.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) What is Sneha eating for lunch? (b) Bring your notebook tomorrow. (c) How tasty the samosa is! (d) Nisha cleans the room every Saturday.
9. 9.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “The bag was heavy. Dad helped me carry it.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
10. 10.Which is the best way to join “Grandpa reads the paper.” and “He drinks his tea.”? (a) Grandpa reads the paper but he drinks his tea. (b) Grandpa reads the paper because he drinks his tea. (c) Grandpa reads the paper and he drinks his tea.
11. 11.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Rohan the car washes on Sundays. (b) Rohan washes the car on Sundays. (c) Washes Rohan the car on Sundays. (d) Rohan washes on Sundays the car.
12. 12.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Visits Riya the library on Fridays. (b) Riya the library visits on Fridays. (c) Riya visits on Fridays the library. (d) Riya visits the library on Fridays.
13. 13.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “I brushed my teeth. I washed my face.” (a) because (b) and (c) but
14. 14.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Farhan and I played in the park on wednesday.” (a) park (b) wednesday (c) and (d) played
15. 15.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “on Thursday we have a test in maths.” (a) test (b) in (c) on (d) maths
16. 16.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The shop was closed ___ we went home.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
17. 17.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for Holi.” (a) aunt (b) for (c) sweets (d) my
18. 18.Which describing word fits best?
    “The pickle tastes ___.” (a) spicy (b) loud (c) bright (d) smooth
19. 19.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Manav reads at night a storybook. (b) Manav reads a storybook at night. (c) Manav a storybook reads at night. (d) Reads Manav a storybook at night.
20. 20.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Arjun has a new pot. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) He (c) It (d) Him
21. 21.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What is Sneha eating for lunch? (b) Is what Sneha eating for lunch? (c) What Sneha is eating for lunch? (d) Sneha is what eating for lunch?
22. 22.These words are mixed up: room / cleans / Saturday / the / every / Rohan
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Rohan cleans the room every Saturday. (b) Cleans Rohan the room every Saturday. (c) Rohan the room cleans every Saturday. (d) Rohan cleans every Saturday the room.
23. 23.Which is the best way to join “Mum cooked dal.” and “She made rotis.”? (a) Mum cooked dal and she made rotis. (b) Mum cooked dal but she made rotis. (c) Mum cooked dal because she made rotis.
24. 24.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Sat next to me.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
25. 25.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Kicks Yash the ball in the garden. (b) Yash the ball kicks in the garden. (c) Yash kicks in the garden the ball. (d) Yash kicks the ball in the garden.
26. 26.Which sentence describes the shell best? (a) Imran found a white shell. (b) Imran found a tiny shell. (c) Imran found a shell. (d) Imran found a tiny white shell.
27. 27.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in jaipur on Saturday.” (a) the (b) jaipur (c) old (d) visited
28. 28.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Kabir has a cat. He has a dog.” (a) but (b) and (c) because
29. 29.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The plants died. Nobody watered them.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
30. 30.Which sentence describes the mango best? (a) Farhan ate a big mango. (b) Farhan ate a ripe mango. (c) Farhan ate a mango. (d) Farhan ate a big ripe mango.
31. 31.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We went to delhi for Onam last year.” (a) for (b) delhi (c) last (d) went
32. 32.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in pune starts in september.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 2
33. 33.Joseph wrote “an old fort near an old temple”. Which word means the same as “old” and can replace the second one? (a) purple (b) new (c) ancient
34. 34.Which sentence describes the balloon best? (a) Aisha bought a purple balloon. (b) Aisha bought a round purple balloon. (c) Aisha bought a balloon. (d) Aisha bought a round balloon.
35. 35.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Ran across the garden. (b) My best friend gave me a pencil. (c) The hungry monkey. (d) Because it was raining.
36. 36.Which is the best way to join “We ran fast.” and “We missed the train.”? (a) We ran fast but we missed the train. (b) We ran fast so we missed the train. (c) We ran fast because we missed the train.
37. 37.These words are mixed up: bag / Sneha / packs / the / at / night / school
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Sneha packs at night the school bag. (b) Sneha the school bag packs at night. (c) Packs Sneha the school bag at night. (d) Sneha packs the school bag at night.
38. 38.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) Grandpa watered the plants. (b) The brown cow gave fresh milk. (c) Cooked dal for dinner. (d) A big black crow sat on the wall.
39. 39.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Nisha bought her book. She read it. (b) Nisha bought Nisha's book. Nisha read it. (c) Nisha bought her book. Her read it.
40. 40.These words are mixed up: a / kite / roof / flies / Simran / the / on
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Simran flies a kite on the roof. (b) Simran flies on the roof a kite. (c) Simran a kite flies on the roof. (d) Flies Simran a kite on the roof.

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