Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 108 · 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.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “yash and omkar will come to my house on tuesday.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 5
2. 2.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) How cute the puppy is! (b) Where is Dev playing cricket? (c) Imran writes a poem every week. (d) Turn left at the temple.
3. 3.What kind of sentence is this?
   “When is Dev leaving for Delhi?” (a) question (b) statement (c) exclamation (d) command
4. 4.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “It started to rain. We opened our umbrellas.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
5. 5.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The peacock. (b) Splashed in the river. (c) The tiny ant carried a crumb. (d) Because the shop was closed.
6. 6.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Aarav bought Aarav's book. Aarav read it. (b) Aarav bought his book. He read it. (c) Aarav bought his book. Him read it.
7. 7.Which sentence describes the umbrella best? (a) Arjun opened a yellow umbrella. (b) Arjun opened an umbrella. (c) Arjun opened a small yellow umbrella. (d) Arjun opened a small umbrella.
8. 8.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) A green parrot ate a ripe guava. (b) Was full of lotus flowers. (c) My aunt sent me a gift. (d) Our teacher wrote a poem on the board.
9. 9.These words are mixed up: Fridays / Manav / library / on / the / visits
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Manav the library visits on Fridays. (b) Visits Manav the library on Fridays. (c) Manav visits on Fridays the library. (d) Manav visits the library on Fridays.
10. 10.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Playing with my friends.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
11. 11.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) What a tasty samosa! (b) Kavya flies a kite on the roof. (c) Please speak slowly. (d) How is Priya travelling to school?
12. 12.Which describing word fits best?
    “The silk scarf feels ___.” (a) colourful (b) smooth (c) loud (d) bitter
13. 13.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The firefighters put out the fire. (b) Ate a ripe guava. (c) My aunt. (d) When the bell rang.
14. 14.“The bright moon.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
15. 15.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Why is Joseph crying?” (a) command (b) question (c) statement (d) exclamation
16. 16.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What a tall tree” (a) question mark (?) (b) full stop (.) (c) exclamation mark (!)
17. 17.Priya wrote “a small cup on a small plate”. Which word means the same as “small” and can replace the second one? (a) tiny (b) purple (c) huge
18. 18.Which sentence describes the cap best? (a) Rahul wore an old cap. (b) Rahul wore a cap. (c) Rahul wore a blue cap. (d) Rahul wore an old blue cap.
19. 19.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Bring your notebook tomorrow.” (a) statement (b) exclamation (c) command (d) question
20. 20.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What a long train!” (a) question (b) command (c) statement (d) exclamation
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in January.” (a) our (b) in (c) school (d) reopens
22. 22.Aisha wrote “a wet towel on a wet floor”. Which word means the same as “wet” and can replace the second one? (a) hungry (b) dry (c) damp
23. 23.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The doctor checked my throat. (b) My best friend. (c) A big black crow sat on the wall. (d) The brown cow gave fresh milk.
24. 24.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) How Kavya is travelling to school? (b) How is Kavya travelling to school? (c) Kavya is how travelling to school? (d) Is how Kavya travelling to school?
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we went to Jaipur for Eid last year.” (a) year (b) went (c) we (d) to
26. 26.Which is the best way to join “Grandpa reads the paper.” and “He drinks his tea.”? (a) Grandpa reads the paper but he drinks his tea. (b) Grandpa reads the paper and he drinks his tea. (c) Grandpa reads the paper because he drinks his tea.
27. 27.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What is Yash drawing in class” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
28. 28.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Ananya the cat feeds every morning. (b) Feeds Ananya the cat every morning. (c) Ananya feeds every morning the cat. (d) Ananya feeds the cat every morning.
29. 29.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we went to Chennai for Holi last year.” (a) for (b) to (c) went (d) we
30. 30.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Water the plants today.” (a) question (b) command (c) statement (d) exclamation
31. 31.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Reads Isha a storybook at night. (b) Isha reads at night a storybook. (c) Isha reads a storybook at night. (d) Isha a storybook reads at night.
32. 32.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) Drink a glass of milk. (b) Joseph sings a song in the morning. (c) How lovely the song is! (d) What is Manav reading today?
33. 33.Which describing word fits best?
    “The jalebi tastes ___.” (a) sweet (b) shiny (c) quiet (d) sticky
34. 34.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The sky turned dark soon it began to rain.” (a) after “began” (b) after “turned” (c) after “The” (d) after “dark”
35. 35.Which sentence describes the butterfly best? (a) Manav saw a butterfly. (b) Manav saw a tiny butterfly. (c) Manav saw a tiny blue butterfly. (d) Manav saw a blue butterfly.
36. 36.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “It was very hot ___ we went for a swim.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
37. 37.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What Joseph is reading today? (b) What is Joseph reading today? (c) Joseph is what reading today? (d) Is what Joseph reading today?
38. 38.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) After we ate lunch. (b) The train left the station at nine. (c) Our cat slept on the sofa. (d) The cricket match ended at five o'clock.
39. 39.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is who Maria calling? (b) Maria is who calling? (c) Who is Maria calling? (d) Who Maria is calling?
40. 40.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from indore in September.” (a) from (b) uncle (c) indore (d) in

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