Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 120 · 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.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Sit down quietly.” (a) exclamation (b) command (c) question (d) statement
2. 2.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) Because it was raining. (b) Grandpa watered the plants. (c) The school bell rang loudly. (d) The doctor checked my throat.
3. 3.Which describing word fits best?
   “The jalebi tastes ___.” (a) bright (b) sweet (c) fluffy (d) loud
4. 4.Which is the best way to join “We ran fast.” and “We missed the train.”? (a) We ran fast because we missed the train. (b) We ran fast so we missed the train. (c) We ran fast but we missed the train.
5. 5.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Arjun has a new poem. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) Him (c) It (d) She
6. 6.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Dev feeds every morning the cat. (b) Dev the cat feeds every morning. (c) Dev feeds the cat every morning. (d) Feeds Dev the cat every morning.
7. 7.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.
8. 8.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is who Zoya calling? (b) Who is Zoya calling? (c) Zoya is who calling? (d) Who Zoya is calling?
9. 9.What kind of sentence is this?
   “What is Manav drawing in class?” (a) exclamation (b) statement (c) question (d) command
10. 10.Rohan wrote “a fast horse and a fast car”. Which word means the same as “fast” and can replace the second one? (a) slow (b) round (c) quick
11. 11.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Eats Rahul a banana after school. (b) Rahul eats after school a banana. (c) Rahul eats a banana after school. (d) Rahul a banana eats after school.
12. 12.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “How tall the tree is” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
13. 13.Which sentence describes the balloon best? (a) Yash bought a round purple balloon. (b) Yash bought a round balloon. (c) Yash bought a purple balloon. (d) Yash bought a balloon.
14. 14.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What a big cake” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
15. 15.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “How beautiful the garden is” (a) full stop (.) (b) question mark (?) (c) exclamation mark (!)
16. 16.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Our school reopens after the holidays in october.” (a) reopens (b) school (c) october (d) after
17. 17.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The red kite flew high in the sky. (b) The rain. (c) Until the rain stopped. (d) Stopped at the gate.
18. 18.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Kunal has a new sapling. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Him (b) It (c) He (d) She
19. 19.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Where is Manav playing cricket” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
20. 20.These words are mixed up: the / ball / garden / the / kicks / in / Farhan
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Farhan the ball kicks in the garden. (b) Farhan kicks in the garden the ball. (c) Farhan kicks the ball in the garden. (d) Kicks Farhan the ball in the garden.
21. 21.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Turn left at the temple.” (a) command (b) statement (c) exclamation (d) question
22. 22.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Sneha draws a picture in art class. (b) Sneha draws in art class a picture. (c) Sneha a picture draws in art class. (d) Draws Sneha a picture in art class.
23. 23.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Arjun eats a banana after school” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
24. 24.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in pune on tuesday.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 4
25. 25.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) When the bell rang. (b) Broke his toy car. (c) The new student. (d) Our cat slept on the sofa.
26. 26.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Joseph is where playing cricket? (b) Where Joseph is playing cricket? (c) Where is Joseph playing cricket? (d) Is where Joseph playing cricket?
27. 27.Tara wrote “a shiny coin and a shiny ring”. Which word means the same as “shiny” and can replace the second one? (a) bright (b) wooden (c) dull
28. 28.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Kabir has a new book. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) Him (c) He (d) She
29. 29.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The cricket match. (b) While Mum was cooking. (c) A green parrot ate a ripe guava. (d) Slept on the sofa.
30. 30.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “kavya met omkar at the station in jaipur.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 3
31. 31.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Until the rain stopped. (b) Was full of lotus flowers. (c) Our neighbours. (d) A big black crow sat on the wall.
32. 32.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from indore in April.” (a) indore (b) came (c) from (d) uncle
33. 33.Which describing word fits best?
    “The chips taste ___.” (a) fluffy (b) noisy (c) salty (d) bright
34. 34.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is where Tenzin playing cricket? (b) Tenzin is where playing cricket? (c) Where is Tenzin playing cricket? (d) Where Tenzin is playing cricket?
35. 35.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Who is Rohan calling? (b) Who Rohan is calling? (c) Is who Rohan calling? (d) Rohan is who calling?
36. 36.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The firefighters put out the fire. (b) My aunt sent me a gift. (c) Grandpa watered the plants. (d) The cricket match.
37. 37.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Kunal washed his bicycle. He rode it. (b) Kunal washed Kunal's bicycle. Kunal rode it. (c) Kunal washed his bicycle. Him rode it.
38. 38.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The new student.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
39. 39.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Aisha is why crying? (b) Why is Aisha crying? (c) Is why Aisha crying? (d) Why Aisha is crying?
40. 40.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The plants died. Nobody watered them.” (a) so (b) because (c) but

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