Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 990 · 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.Zoya wrote “happy children at a happy party”. Which word means the same as “happy” and can replace the second one? (a) sad (b) glad (c) square
2. 2.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Manav the ball kicks in the garden. (b) Manav kicks in the garden the ball. (c) Manav kicks the ball in the garden. (d) Kicks Manav the ball in the garden.
3. 3.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “ishaan and I played in the park on Sunday.” (a) ishaan (b) and (c) park (d) played
4. 4.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The mangoes were ripe we picked a basket full.” (a) after “The” (b) after “a” (c) after “ripe” (d) after “mangoes”
5. 5.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Yash the school bag packs at night. (b) Yash packs the school bag at night. (c) Packs Yash the school bag at night. (d) Yash packs at night the school bag.
6. 6.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “Since it was late.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
7. 7.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Meera packed her bag. Her carried it. (b) Meera packed her bag. She carried it. (c) Meera packed Meera's bag. Meera carried it.
8. 8.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “The old farmer.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
9. 9.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Rahul rides to school a bicycle. (b) Rahul a bicycle rides to school. (c) Rahul rides a bicycle to school. (d) Rides Rahul a bicycle to school.
10. 10.Which of these is a command? (a) Saanvi visits the library on Fridays. (b) How big the cake is! (c) How is Priya travelling to school? (d) Sit down quietly.
11. 11.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “My kite got stuck a kind man got it down.” (a) after “got” (b) after “kite” (c) after “stuck” (d) after “it”
12. 12.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The baby elephant splashed in the river. (b) My sister. (c) Swam in the pond. (d) Before the sun set.
13. 13.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The soup was hot. It was not tasty.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
14. 14.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Kavya planted her sapling. Her watered it. (b) Kavya planted Kavya's sapling. Kavya watered it. (c) Kavya planted her sapling. She watered it.
15. 15.“Sat on the wall.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) who or what (subject) (c) nothing is missing
16. 16.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in jaipur on wednesday.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
17. 17.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Grandpa.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Pongal.” (a) cousins (b) our (c) met (d) we
19. 19.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Isha cooks rice for lunch” (a) question mark (?) (b) full stop (.) (c) exclamation mark (!)
20. 20.These words are mixed up: bicycle / rides / school / to / Imran / a
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Imran a bicycle rides to school. (b) Imran rides to school a bicycle. (c) Imran rides a bicycle to school. (d) Rides Imran a bicycle to school.
21. 21.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) How is Saanvi travelling to school? (b) Switch off the fan. (c) What a colourful rangoli! (d) Joseph flies a kite on the roof.
22. 22.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “It was late ___ the shops were still open.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
23. 23.Which is the best way to join “The test was hard.” and “Zoya got full marks.”? (a) The test was hard because Zoya got full marks. (b) The test was hard but Zoya got full marks. (c) The test was hard so Zoya got full marks.
24. 24.Which of these is a command? (a) What a bright moon! (b) Vikram kicks the ball in the garden. (c) Please feed the cat. (d) Where is Ishaan playing cricket?
25. 25.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Ishaan has a new pot. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) It (c) Him (d) He
26. 26.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Before the sun set. (b) Made a rangoli. (c) The school bus stopped at the gate. (d) The hungry monkey.
27. 27.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The teacher smiled she liked our drawings.” (a) after “she” (b) after “our” (c) after “smiled” (d) after “teacher”
28. 28.“The hungry monkey.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) who or what (subject) (c) nothing is missing
29. 29.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Manav has a new bicycle. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Him (b) She (c) It (d) He
30. 30.Which is the best way to join “It was late.” and “The shops were still open.”? (a) It was late so the shops were still open. (b) It was late because the shops were still open. (c) It was late but the shops were still open.
31. 31.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
32. 32.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on pongal.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
33. 33.These words are mixed up: the / feeds / every / morning / Aarav / cat
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Feeds Aarav the cat every morning. (b) Aarav feeds every morning the cat. (c) Aarav the cat feeds every morning. (d) Aarav feeds the cat every morning.
34. 34.Which sentence describes the bag best? (a) Riya carried a heavy bag. (b) Riya carried a bag. (c) Riya carried a heavy blue bag. (d) Riya carried a blue bag.
35. 35.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Pooja packed her bag. Her carried it. (b) Pooja packed Pooja's bag. Pooja carried it. (c) Pooja packed her bag. She carried it.
36. 36.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Aisha feeds the cat every morning” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
37. 37.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Tenzin lives near the lake in indore.” (a) the (b) near (c) indore (d) lake
38. 38.Rahul wrote “a fast horse and a fast car”. Which word means the same as “fast” and can replace the second one? (a) spicy (b) slow (c) quick
39. 39.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Vikram packed Vikram's bag. Vikram carried it. (b) Vikram packed his bag. He carried it. (c) Vikram packed his bag. Him carried it.
40. 40.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on eid.” (a) eid (b) all (c) our (d) on

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