Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 980 · 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 a complete sentence? (a) Gave me a pencil. (b) Waiting for the bus. (c) The school bus. (d) The children sang a song in the hall.
2. 2.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Sings Rahul a song in the morning. (b) Rahul a song sings in the morning. (c) Rahul sings in the morning a song. (d) Rahul sings a song in the morning.
3. 3.Which of these is a statement? (a) What is Ishaan eating for lunch? (b) Ishaan reads a storybook at night. (c) Switch off the fan. (d) How tasty the samosa is!
4. 4.Which describing word fits best?
   “The jam feels ___.” (a) colourful (b) sweet (c) loud (d) sticky
5. 5.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Ananya made her card. Her posted it. (b) Ananya made Ananya's card. Ananya posted it. (c) Ananya made her card. She posted it.
6. 6.These words are mixed up: storybook / at / reads / night / a / Kunal
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Kunal reads a storybook at night. (b) Kunal a storybook reads at night. (c) Kunal reads at night a storybook. (d) Reads Kunal a storybook at night.
7. 7.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Aisha fixed her toy car. Her played with it. (b) Aisha fixed her toy car. She played with it. (c) Aisha fixed Aisha's toy car. Aisha played with it.
8. 8.“A green parrot.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) what happens (predicate) (c) nothing is missing
9. 9.Which describing word fits best?
   “The pickle tastes ___.” (a) loud (b) smooth (c) spicy (d) colourful
10. 10.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Who is Riya calling” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
11. 11.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “zoya and Farhan will come to my house on Saturday.” (a) zoya (b) come (c) and (d) my
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “The big fair in agra starts in September.” (a) in (b) big (c) starts (d) agra
13. 13.Which is the best way to join “The shop was closed.” and “We went home.”? (a) The shop was closed but we went home. (b) The shop was closed because we went home. (c) The shop was closed so we went home.
14. 14.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What is Isha reading today? (b) Is what Isha reading today? (c) Isha is what reading today? (d) What Isha is reading today?
15. 15.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The players ran onto the field. (b) The red kite. (c) My father cooked dal for dinner. (d) The postman brought a letter for Dad.
16. 16.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Yash a banana eats after school. (b) Yash eats a banana after school. (c) Eats Yash a banana after school. (d) Yash eats after school a banana.
17. 17.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Diya baked Diya's cake. Diya shared it. (b) Diya baked her cake. Her shared it. (c) Diya baked her cake. She shared it.
18. 18.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The ice cream melted ___ it was a hot day.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
19. 19.Which is the best way to join “The soup was hot.” and “It was not tasty.”? (a) The soup was hot but it was not tasty. (b) The soup was hot so it was not tasty. (c) The soup was hot because it was not tasty.
20. 20.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Maria is how travelling to school? (b) How is Maria travelling to school? (c) Is how Maria travelling to school? (d) How Maria is travelling to school?
21. 21.Which of these is a statement? (a) Drink a glass of milk. (b) How is Sneha travelling to school? (c) Kavya helps Grandma in the kitchen. (d) What a sweet mango!
22. 22.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The parrot can talk it says hello every morning.” (a) after “every” (b) after “it” (c) after “The” (d) after “talk”
23. 23.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “It was very hot ___ we went for a swim.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
24. 24.“Watered the plants.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) who or what (subject) (c) nothing is missing
25. 25.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in kolkata starts in september.” (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 4
26. 26.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “We bought apples ___ we bought grapes.” (a) but (b) and (c) because
27. 27.Imran wrote “a scared cat and a scared puppy”. Which word means the same as “scared” and can replace the second one? (a) brave (b) spicy (c) afraid
28. 28.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Manav rides to school a bicycle. (b) Manav a bicycle rides to school. (c) Manav rides a bicycle to school. (d) Rides Manav a bicycle to school.
29. 29.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from Patna in october.” (a) in (b) from (c) came (d) october
30. 30.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is why Riya laughing? (b) Why Riya is laughing? (c) Why is Riya laughing? (d) Riya is why laughing?
31. 31.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Why Yash is laughing? (b) Yash is why laughing? (c) Why is Yash laughing? (d) Is why Yash laughing?
32. 32.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Priya the room cleans every Saturday. (b) Priya cleans the room every Saturday. (c) Cleans Priya the room every Saturday. (d) Priya cleans every Saturday the room.
33. 33.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “rang” (b) after “ran” (c) after “children” (d) after “bell”
34. 34.“Blew the leaves away.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) nothing is missing (c) who or what (subject)
35. 35.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What a huge elephant” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
36. 36.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The doctor checked my throat. (b) A big black crow sat on the wall. (c) My grandmother told us a story. (d) After we ate lunch.
37. 37.Which is the best way to join “The sky was cloudy.” and “It did not rain.”? (a) The sky was cloudy so it did not rain. (b) The sky was cloudy because it did not rain. (c) The sky was cloudy but it did not rain.
38. 38.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for baisakhi.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
39. 39.Which is the best way to join “It started to rain.” and “We opened our umbrellas.”? (a) It started to rain so we opened our umbrellas. (b) It started to rain but we opened our umbrellas. (c) It started to rain because we opened our umbrellas.
40. 40.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on thursday.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2

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