Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 972 · 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.“Ran across the garden.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
2. 2.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Sneha the ball kicks in the garden. (b) Sneha kicks in the garden the ball. (c) Kicks Sneha the ball in the garden. (d) Sneha kicks the ball in the garden.
3. 3.Which describing word fits best?
   “The sun looks ___.” (a) salty (b) bright (c) quiet (d) fluffy
4. 4.Which sentence describes the bicycle best? (a) Simran rode a bicycle. (b) Simran rode a new bicycle. (c) Simran rode a new red bicycle. (d) Simran rode a red bicycle.
5. 5.Which is the best way to join “Priya can sing.” and “She can dance too.”? (a) Priya can sing because she can dance too. (b) Priya can sing and she can dance too. (c) Priya can sing but she can dance too.
6. 6.These words are mixed up: Rahul / eats / after / a / banana / school
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Eats Rahul a banana after school. (b) Rahul a banana eats after school. (c) Rahul eats a banana after school. (d) Rahul eats after school a banana.
7. 7.These words are mixed up: cooks / for / lunch / Riya / rice
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Riya cooks for lunch rice. (b) Cooks Riya rice for lunch. (c) Riya rice cooks for lunch. (d) Riya cooks rice for lunch.
8. 8.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “The children sang a song in the hall.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
9. 9.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The firefighters. (b) After we ate lunch. (c) Left the station at nine. (d) A big black crow sat on the wall.
10. 10.Which of these is a question? (a) Open your books to page ten. (b) What a sweet mango! (c) Aisha sings a song in the morning. (d) Where is Manav playing cricket?
11. 11.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “I finished my homework then I read a comic.” (a) after “read” (b) after “homework” (c) after “then” (d) after “my”
12. 12.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Kabir has a cat ___ he has a dog.” (a) because (b) but (c) and
13. 13.Which sentence describes the umbrella best? (a) Sneha opened a small yellow umbrella. (b) Sneha opened an umbrella. (c) Sneha opened a small umbrella. (d) Sneha opened a yellow umbrella.
14. 14.What kind of sentence is this?
    “How tasty the samosa is!” (a) statement (b) exclamation (c) command (d) question
15. 15.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Zoya found her kite. She flew it. (b) Zoya found her kite. Her flew it. (c) Zoya found Zoya's kite. Zoya flew it.
16. 16.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Tara is where going after school? (b) Where Tara is going after school? (c) Is where Tara going after school? (d) Where is Tara going after school?
17. 17.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The cricket match. (b) The wind blew the leaves away. (c) Counted the coins. (d) Because it was raining.
18. 18.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Planted rice in the field. (b) While Mum was cooking. (c) My grandmother told us a story. (d) The firefighters.
19. 19.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Meera was hungry ___ she ate a banana.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
20. 20.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Isha the library visits on Fridays. (b) Visits Isha the library on Fridays. (c) Isha visits the library on Fridays. (d) Isha visits on Fridays the library.
21. 21.Imran wrote “a wet towel on a wet floor”. Which word means the same as “wet” and can replace the second one? (a) damp (b) spicy (c) dry
22. 22.Which sentence describes the shell best? (a) Vikram found a shell. (b) Vikram found a tiny shell. (c) Vikram found a white shell. (d) Vikram found a tiny white shell.
23. 23.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The little puppy. (b) The train left the station at nine. (c) Collected nuts. (d) As soon as we reached home.
24. 24.Rahul wrote “a cold wind on a cold night”. Which word means the same as “cold” and can replace the second one? (a) hot (b) chilly (c) purple
25. 25.These words are mixed up: every / Saturday / room / cleans / the / Tara
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Tara the room cleans every Saturday. (b) Cleans Tara the room every Saturday. (c) Tara cleans every Saturday the room. (d) Tara cleans the room every Saturday.
26. 26.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Joseph rides a bicycle to school.” (a) statement (b) exclamation (c) command (d) question
27. 27.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Last Friday I went to kochi by train.” (a) kochi (b) by (c) to (d) train
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from shimla in August.” (a) from (b) uncle (c) shimla (d) in
29. 29.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The tall tree. (b) Before the sun set. (c) The village pond was full of lotus flowers. (d) Danced in the rain.
30. 30.Isha wrote “an old fort near an old temple”. Which word means the same as “old” and can replace the second one? (a) ancient (b) new (c) purple
31. 31.Which is the best way to join “The sun was shining.” and “The birds were singing.”? (a) The sun was shining but the birds were singing. (b) The sun was shining because the birds were singing. (c) The sun was shining and the birds were singing.
32. 32.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Ananya packed Ananya's bag. Ananya carried it. (b) Ananya packed her bag. She carried it. (c) Ananya packed her bag. Her carried it.
33. 33.Which describing word fits best?
    “The peacock looks ___.” (a) sour (b) quiet (c) prickly (d) colourful
34. 34.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Imran painted Imran's pot. Imran sold it. (b) Imran painted his pot. Him sold it. (c) Imran painted his pot. He sold it.
35. 35.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Switch off the fan.” (a) statement (b) question (c) exclamation (d) command
36. 36.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Mum smiled ___ I had cleaned my room.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
37. 37.Which sentence describes the kite best? (a) Imran flew a yellow kite. (b) Imran flew a big yellow kite. (c) Imran flew a big kite. (d) Imran flew a kite.
38. 38.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The mangoes were ripe we picked a basket full.” (a) after “ripe” (b) after “basket” (c) after “were” (d) after “The”
39. 39.Which sentence describes the shell best? (a) Vikram found a shell. (b) Vikram found a tiny pink shell. (c) Vikram found a pink shell. (d) Vikram found a tiny shell.
40. 40.Which sentence describes the flower best? (a) Kunal picked a flower. (b) Kunal picked a tiny yellow flower. (c) Kunal picked a yellow flower. (d) Kunal picked a tiny flower.

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