Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 970 · 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 describing word fits best?
   “The rainbow looks ___.” (a) rough (b) loud (c) colourful (d) spicy
2. 2.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “last Thursday I went to Patna by train.” (a) last (b) by (c) to (d) train
3. 3.Which is the best way to join “The shop was closed.” and “We went home.”? (a) The shop was closed because we went home. (b) The shop was closed but we went home. (c) The shop was closed so we went home.
4. 4.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is what Arjun drawing in class? (b) What is Arjun drawing in class? (c) Arjun is what drawing in class? (d) What Arjun is drawing in class?
5. 5.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “The sky was cloudy. It did not rain.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
6. 6.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “What a clever crow” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
7. 7.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “It started to rain. We opened our umbrellas.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
8. 8.Which is the best way to join “Riya wore a sweater.” and “It was cold.”? (a) Riya wore a sweater but it was cold. (b) Riya wore a sweater because it was cold. (c) Riya wore a sweater so it was cold.
9. 9.These words are mixed up: milk / before / drinks / warm / Isha / bed
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Isha warm milk drinks before bed. (b) Isha drinks warm milk before bed. (c) Isha drinks before bed warm milk. (d) Drinks Isha warm milk before bed.
10. 10.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Two ducks.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
11. 11.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Imran has a new cake. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) She (c) Him (d) It
12. 12.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The teacher smiled she liked our drawings.” (a) after “our” (b) after “liked” (c) after “smiled” (d) after “teacher”
13. 13.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Why is Zoya laughing? (b) Zoya is why laughing? (c) Why Zoya is laughing? (d) Is why Zoya laughing?
14. 14.Which is the best way to join “The puppy was cold.” and “We gave it a blanket.”? (a) The puppy was cold so we gave it a blanket. (b) The puppy was cold because we gave it a blanket. (c) The puppy was cold but we gave it a blanket.
15. 15.Which describing word fits best?
    “The tree bark feels ___.” (a) bitter (b) loud (c) colourful (d) rough
16. 16.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from bhopal in august.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 5
17. 17.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Kabir fell off his bicycle he hurt his knee.” (a) after “Kabir” (b) after “bicycle” (c) after “he” (d) after “his”
18. 18.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Tara baked her cake. Her shared it. (b) Tara baked Tara's cake. Tara shared it. (c) Tara baked her cake. She shared it.
19. 19.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Priya can sing ___ she can dance too.” (a) but (b) and (c) because
20. 20.Which describing word fits best?
    “The pickle tastes ___.” (a) bright (b) noisy (c) spicy (d) prickly
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in July.” (a) reopens (b) our (c) after (d) in
22. 22.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Zoya painted her pot. She sold it. (b) Zoya painted her pot. Her sold it. (c) Zoya painted Zoya's pot. Zoya sold it.
23. 23.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The sun was shining. The birds were singing.” (a) because (b) but (c) and
24. 24.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The wind was strong our umbrella turned inside out.” (a) after “wind” (b) after “turned” (c) after “strong” (d) after “was”
25. 25.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The little puppy ran across the garden. (b) My sister. (c) When the bell rang. (d) Slept on the sofa.
26. 26.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Tenzin painted his pot. He sold it. (b) Tenzin painted his pot. Him sold it. (c) Tenzin painted Tenzin's pot. Tenzin sold it.
27. 27.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The peacock. (b) The rain fell all night. (c) Hid under the bed. (d) Although he was tired.
28. 28.“My grandmother.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
29. 29.These words are mixed up: song / a / sings / the / Saanvi / morning / in
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Sings Saanvi a song in the morning. (b) Saanvi sings a song in the morning. (c) Saanvi sings in the morning a song. (d) Saanvi a song sings in the morning.
30. 30.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Kabir found his kite. He flew it. (b) Kabir found Kabir's kite. Kabir flew it. (c) Kabir found his kite. Him flew it.
31. 31.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Maria writes a poem every week.” (a) command (b) question (c) statement (d) exclamation
32. 32.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The parrot can talk it says hello every morning.” (a) after “talk” (b) after “can” (c) after “every” (d) after “parrot”
33. 33.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Pooja has a new toy car. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) Her (c) She (d) It
34. 34.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The new student sat next to me. (b) Playing with my friends. (c) The hungry monkey grabbed a banana. (d) Our neighbours lit lamps on Diwali.
35. 35.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Grandpa reads the paper. He drinks his tea.” (a) and (b) because (c) but
36. 36.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The cake was too sweet nobody ate a second piece.” (a) after “The” (b) after “sweet” (c) after “was” (d) after “too”
37. 37.Aarav wrote “a scared cat and a scared puppy”. Which word means the same as “scared” and can replace the second one? (a) brave (b) hungry (c) afraid
38. 38.“The wind.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) what happens (predicate) (c) nothing is missing
39. 39.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Broke his toy car. (b) Although he was tired. (c) The baby elephant. (d) The old farmer planted rice in the field.
40. 40.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Brought a letter for Dad. (b) The cricket match. (c) When the school bus came. (d) The firefighters put out the fire.

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