Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 976 · 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 of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) Sang a song in the hall. (b) The tall tree gave us cool shade. (c) The baby elephant splashed in the river. (d) Two ducks swam in the pond.
2. 2.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “Playing with my friends.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
3. 3.Which is the best way to join “The plants died.” and “Nobody watered them.”? (a) The plants died because nobody watered them. (b) The plants died but nobody watered them. (c) The plants died so nobody watered them.
4. 4.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Isha feeds the cat every morning. (b) Feeds Isha the cat every morning. (c) Isha feeds every morning the cat. (d) Isha the cat feeds every morning.
5. 5.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “manav and i played in the park on thursday.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 5
6. 6.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Tenzin baked his cake. He shared it. (b) Tenzin baked his cake. Him shared it. (c) Tenzin baked Tenzin's cake. Tenzin shared it.
7. 7.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) My father. (b) Planted rice in the field. (c) The shopkeeper counted the coins. (d) As soon as we reached home.
8. 8.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The cake was too sweet nobody ate a second piece.” (a) after “sweet” (b) after “second” (c) after “a” (d) after “The”
9. 9.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “The children.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
10. 10.Which is the best way to join “Ravi is only six.” and “He can swim very well.”? (a) Ravi is only six so he can swim very well. (b) Ravi is only six because he can swim very well. (c) Ravi is only six but he can swim very well.
11. 11.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Arjun wore new clothes on onam.” (a) new (b) clothes (c) on (d) onam
12. 12.Which is the best way to join “Tara likes to paint.” and “She likes to draw.”? (a) Tara likes to paint because she likes to draw. (b) Tara likes to paint and she likes to draw. (c) Tara likes to paint but she likes to draw.
13. 13.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “I go to the park with my dog on thursday.” (a) go (b) on (c) the (d) thursday
14. 14.Which of these is a statement? (a) What is Aarav eating for lunch? (b) Priya catches the bus at seven. (c) What a tall tree! (d) Please feed the cat.
15. 15.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Farhan packed Farhan's bag. Farhan carried it. (b) Farhan packed his bag. Him carried it. (c) Farhan packed his bag. He carried it.
16. 16.Which describing word fits best?
    “The tree bark feels ___.” (a) noisy (b) sour (c) rough (d) bright
17. 17.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Where is Saanvi going after school? (b) Is where Saanvi going after school? (c) Saanvi is where going after school? (d) Where Saanvi is going after school?
18. 18.Manav wrote “a big box in a big room”. Which word means the same as “big” and can replace the second one? (a) spicy (b) huge (c) tiny
19. 19.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “How tall the tree is” (a) full stop (.) (b) question mark (?) (c) exclamation mark (!)
20. 20.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What a sweet mango!” (a) statement (b) question (c) command (d) exclamation
21. 21.These words are mixed up: Grandma / kitchen / helps / Kavya / in / the
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Kavya Grandma helps in the kitchen. (b) Helps Kavya Grandma in the kitchen. (c) Kavya helps Grandma in the kitchen. (d) Kavya helps in the kitchen Grandma.
22. 22.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in January.” (a) reopens (b) school (c) the (d) our
23. 23.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “I finished my homework then I read a comic.” (a) after “then” (b) after “read” (c) after “I” (d) after “homework”
24. 24.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The shop was closed we went back home.” (a) after “closed” (b) after “shop” (c) after “was” (d) after “we”
25. 25.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on diwali.” (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
26. 26.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) A green parrot ate a ripe guava. (b) The wind blew the leaves away. (c) The players. (d) The tall tree gave us cool shade.
27. 27.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Riya wore a sweater. It was cold.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
28. 28.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Isha has a new pencil. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Her (b) She (c) He (d) It
29. 29.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Dev has a new kite. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Him (b) It (c) She (d) He
30. 30.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “We bought apples. We bought grapes.” (a) and (b) because (c) but
31. 31.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Catches Tara the bus at seven. (b) Tara the bus catches at seven. (c) Tara catches at seven the bus. (d) Tara catches the bus at seven.
32. 32.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Tara was born in the month of june.” (a) month (b) born (c) june (d) of
33. 33.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “It was very hot we drank cold water.” (a) after “hot” (b) after “It” (c) after “was” (d) after “drank”
34. 34.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is where Rohan going after school? (b) Rohan is where going after school? (c) Where is Rohan going after school? (d) Where Rohan is going after school?
35. 35.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The rain.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
36. 36.Which of these is a statement? (a) Why is Riya laughing? (b) How tall the tree is! (c) Kabir waters the plants in the evening. (d) Line up near the door.
37. 37.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Counted the coins. (b) Grandpa. (c) The hungry monkey grabbed a banana. (d) Running in the park.
38. 38.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “It was late. The shops were still open.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
39. 39.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Rahul has a new pencil. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) Him (c) It (d) He
40. 40.“Gave me a pencil.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) what happens (predicate) (c) who or what (subject)

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