Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 118 · 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 mark should end this sentence?
   “Simran feeds the cat every morning” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
2. 2.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
   “I like mangoes ___ my sister likes apples.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
3. 3.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “last Saturday I went to Lucknow by train.” (a) train (b) last (c) to (d) by
4. 4.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Where is Rahul going after school? (b) Rahul is where going after school? (c) Is where Rahul going after school? (d) Where Rahul is going after school?
5. 5.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “bell” (b) after “The” (c) after “rang” (d) after “children”
6. 6.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “Playing with my friends.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
7. 7.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Kabir is where playing cricket? (b) Where is Kabir playing cricket? (c) Is where Kabir playing cricket? (d) Where Kabir is playing cricket?
8. 8.Which sentence describes the bag best? (a) Diya carried a blue bag. (b) Diya carried a bag. (c) Diya carried a heavy blue bag. (d) Diya carried a heavy bag.
9. 9.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Cleans Isha the room every Saturday. (b) Isha cleans every Saturday the room. (c) Isha cleans the room every Saturday. (d) Isha the room cleans every Saturday.
10. 10.Which is the best way to join “The water was too cold.” and “We did not swim.”? (a) The water was too cold but we did not swim. (b) The water was too cold because we did not swim. (c) The water was too cold so we did not swim.
11. 11.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What a cute puppy!” (a) command (b) statement (c) exclamation (d) question
12. 12.Which of these is a question? (a) Manav brushes the dog on Sundays. (b) How lovely the song is! (c) Why is Arjun crying? (d) Wait for me at the gate.
13. 13.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Zoya feeds the cat every morning. (b) Zoya the cat feeds every morning. (c) Zoya feeds every morning the cat. (d) Feeds Zoya the cat every morning.
14. 14.What kind of sentence is this?
    “How is Joseph travelling to school?” (a) command (b) statement (c) exclamation (d) question
15. 15.Which is the best way to join “Ravi is only six.” and “He can swim very well.”? (a) Ravi is only six because he can swim very well. (b) Ravi is only six but he can swim very well. (c) Ravi is only six so he can swim very well.
16. 16.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “the big fair in Kolkata starts in April.” (a) the (b) fair (c) starts (d) big
17. 17.Which sentence describes the butterfly best? (a) Rahul saw an orange butterfly. (b) Rahul saw a pretty orange butterfly. (c) Rahul saw a pretty butterfly. (d) Rahul saw a butterfly.
18. 18.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The sun was shining. The birds were singing.” (a) and (b) but (c) because
19. 19.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first sunday of april.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
20. 20.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Why is Nisha laughing?” (a) question (b) command (c) statement (d) exclamation
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “the big fair in Bhopal starts in October.” (a) big (b) fair (c) the (d) in
22. 22.Saanvi wrote “a small cup on a small plate”. Which word means the same as “small” and can replace the second one? (a) huge (b) tiny (c) wooden
23. 23.Which of these is a command? (a) Please feed the cat. (b) How big the cake is! (c) What is Tara eating for lunch? (d) Omkar rides a bicycle to school.
24. 24.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Lit lamps on Diwali.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
25. 25.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “on monday we have a test in maths.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 1
26. 26.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The children sang a song in the hall.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
27. 27.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) After we ate lunch. (b) Ran across the garden. (c) The school bus stopped at the gate. (d) My sister.
28. 28.These words are mixed up: library / the / on / Fridays / Arjun / visits
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Visits Arjun the library on Fridays. (b) Arjun visits on Fridays the library. (c) Arjun visits the library on Fridays. (d) Arjun the library visits on Fridays.
29. 29.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “We reached the beach the sand was warm.” (a) after “sand” (b) after “reached” (c) after “beach” (d) after “the”
30. 30.“Sang a song in the hall.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) what happens (predicate) (c) who or what (subject)
31. 31.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Our teacher.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
32. 32.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Aisha cooks rice for lunch” (a) question mark (?) (b) full stop (.) (c) exclamation mark (!)
33. 33.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to bhopal for diwali last year.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 3
34. 34.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “sneha and i played in the park on friday.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 3
35. 35.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What Yash is eating for lunch? (b) Is what Yash eating for lunch? (c) What is Yash eating for lunch? (d) Yash is what eating for lunch?
36. 36.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “A big black crow.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
37. 37.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in june.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
38. 38.Which describing word fits best?
    “The honey tastes ___.” (a) sweet (b) quiet (c) colourful (d) prickly
39. 39.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Maria rides to school a bicycle. (b) Rides Maria a bicycle to school. (c) Maria rides a bicycle to school. (d) Maria a bicycle rides to school.
40. 40.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The test was hard. Zoya got full marks.” (a) but (b) because (c) so

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