Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 995 · 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) My grandmother. (b) The tiny ant carried a crumb. (c) The players ran onto the field. (d) The tall tree gave us cool shade.
2. 2.These words are mixed up: a / Kabir / art / picture / class / in / draws
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Kabir a picture draws in art class. (b) Kabir draws in art class a picture. (c) Kabir draws a picture in art class. (d) Draws Kabir a picture in art class.
3. 3.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Kavya packed her bag. She carried it. (b) Kavya packed her bag. Her carried it. (c) Kavya packed Kavya's bag. Kavya carried it.
4. 4.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The rain fell all night. (b) The doctor checked my throat. (c) Grandpa. (d) Two ducks swam in the pond.
5. 5.Which sentence describes the house best? (a) Riya drew a house. (b) Riya drew a green house. (c) Riya drew a tall green house. (d) Riya drew a tall house.
6. 6.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “We went to Agra for diwali last year.” (a) diwali (b) last (c) year (d) for
7. 7.Imran wrote “a pretty doll in a pretty dress”. Which word means the same as “pretty” and can replace the second one? (a) lovely (b) spicy (c) ugly
8. 8.Which sentence describes the shell best? (a) Kunal found a small shell. (b) Kunal found a shell. (c) Kunal found a white shell. (d) Kunal found a small white shell.
9. 9.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “simran lives near the lake in Chennai.” (a) lake (b) simran (c) near (d) in
10. 10.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Rahul draws in art class a picture. (b) Draws Rahul a picture in art class. (c) Rahul draws a picture in art class. (d) Rahul a picture draws in art class.
11. 11.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Riya writes a poem every week. (b) Writes Riya a poem every week. (c) Riya a poem writes every week. (d) Riya writes every week a poem.
12. 12.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What is Diya eating for lunch” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) full stop (.) (c) question mark (?)
13. 13.Which is the best way to join “The sun was shining.” and “The birds were singing.”? (a) The sun was shining and the birds were singing. (b) The sun was shining because the birds were singing. (c) The sun was shining but the birds were singing.
14. 14.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Aisha is what eating for lunch? (b) Is what Aisha eating for lunch? (c) What Aisha is eating for lunch? (d) What is Aisha eating for lunch?
15. 15.Which is the best way to join “The garden has roses.” and “It has sunflowers.”? (a) The garden has roses but it has sunflowers. (b) The garden has roses because it has sunflowers. (c) The garden has roses and it has sunflowers.
16. 16.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in June.” (a) reopens (b) after (c) in (d) our
17. 17.These words are mixed up: at / seven / bus / Ananya / the / catches
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Ananya the bus catches at seven. (b) Ananya catches at seven the bus. (c) Catches Ananya the bus at seven. (d) Ananya catches the bus at seven.
18. 18.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Writes Dev a poem every week. (b) Dev a poem writes every week. (c) Dev writes every week a poem. (d) Dev writes a poem every week.
19. 19.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) Dev cooks rice for lunch. (b) How noisy the market is! (c) Sit down quietly. (d) Who is Arjun calling?
20. 20.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Mum smiled ___ I had cleaned my room.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
21. 21.Which describing word fits best?
    “The sun looks ___.” (a) prickly (b) noisy (c) bright (d) bitter
22. 22.Which sentence describes the bag best? (a) Tara carried a blue bag. (b) Tara carried a heavy blue bag. (c) Tara carried a bag. (d) Tara carried a heavy bag.
23. 23.“A small mouse.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) who or what (subject) (c) nothing is missing
24. 24.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Checked my throat. (b) Grandpa watered the plants. (c) Two ducks. (d) Before the sun set.
25. 25.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “I brushed my teeth. I washed my face.” (a) but (b) and (c) because
26. 26.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The teacher smiled she liked our drawings.” (a) after “The” (b) after “teacher” (c) after “smiled” (d) after “she”
27. 27.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My aunt made sweets for pongal.” (a) sweets (b) pongal (c) aunt (d) for
28. 28.Which describing word fits best?
    “The bitter gourd tastes ___.” (a) shiny (b) loud (c) bitter (d) rough
29. 29.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Tenzin rice cooks for lunch. (b) Tenzin cooks for lunch rice. (c) Tenzin cooks rice for lunch. (d) Cooks Tenzin rice for lunch.
30. 30.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Although he was tired.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
31. 31.Which sentence describes the pot best? (a) Saanvi painted a round pot. (b) Saanvi painted a pot. (c) Saanvi painted a round blue pot. (d) Saanvi painted a blue pot.
32. 32.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Kabir has a cat. He has a dog.” (a) because (b) and (c) but
33. 33.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “arjun was born in the month of february.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
34. 34.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for Holi.” (a) aunt (b) sweets (c) made (d) my
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “I go to the park with my dog on thursday.” (a) on (b) the (c) to (d) thursday
36. 36.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “children” (b) after “bell” (c) after “The” (d) after “rang”
37. 37.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “It started to rain. We opened our umbrellas.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
38. 38.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) As soon as we reached home. (b) Rang loudly. (c) The wind. (d) My little brother broke his toy car.
39. 39.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Aisha plays in the park cricket. (b) Plays Aisha cricket in the park. (c) Aisha plays cricket in the park. (d) Aisha cricket plays in the park.
40. 40.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “zoya and i played in the park on monday.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5

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