Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 13 · 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 a complete sentence? (a) As soon as we reached home. (b) The new student sat next to me. (c) Planted rice in the field. (d) Grandpa.
2. 2.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) My father. (b) The school bell rang loudly. (c) My grandmother told us a story. (d) The baby elephant splashed in the river.
3. 3.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Brushes Farhan the dog on Sundays. (b) Farhan brushes on Sundays the dog. (c) Farhan brushes the dog on Sundays. (d) Farhan the dog brushes on Sundays.
4. 4.Which sentence describes the dog best? (a) Aisha saw a white dog. (b) Aisha saw a dog. (c) Aisha saw a big dog. (d) Aisha saw a big white dog.
5. 5.Arjun wrote “happy children at a happy party”. Which word means the same as “happy” and can replace the second one? (a) glad (b) sad (c) spicy
6. 6.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “Kunal kicks the ball in the garden” (a) question mark (?) (b) full stop (.) (c) exclamation mark (!)
7. 7.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “kavya met yash at the station in pune.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 4
8. 8.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Wash your hands before lunch.” (a) command (b) exclamation (c) question (d) statement
9. 9.Which of these is a command? (a) Tenzin cooks rice for lunch. (b) How cute the puppy is! (c) Open your books to page ten. (d) What is Tenzin drawing in class?
10. 10.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in pune starts in september.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 3
11. 11.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The shop was closed. We went home.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
12. 12.Which of these is a question? (a) Switch off the fan. (b) Why is Manav crying? (c) Dev brushes the dog on Sundays. (d) What a long train!
13. 13.Rahul wrote “happy children at a happy party”. Which word means the same as “happy” and can replace the second one? (a) wooden (b) sad (c) glad
14. 14.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from jaipur in December.” (a) jaipur (b) in (c) came (d) from
15. 15.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in august.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 2
16. 16.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “How colourful the rangoli is” (a) question mark (?) (b) full stop (.) (c) exclamation mark (!)
17. 17.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “omkar and pooja will come to my house on saturday.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 2
18. 18.Which sentence describes the shell best? (a) Dev found a small shell. (b) Dev found a white shell. (c) Dev found a shell. (d) Dev found a small white shell.
19. 19.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The school bell.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
20. 20.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “arjun and aisha will come to my house on wednesday.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 4
21. 21.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Joseph eats a banana after school” (a) full stop (.) (b) question mark (?) (c) exclamation mark (!)
22. 22.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “We ran to the bus stop ___ we were late.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
23. 23.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Joseph has a new pencil. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) It (c) He (d) Him
24. 24.What kind of sentence is this?
    “How lovely the song is!” (a) command (b) exclamation (c) statement (d) question
25. 25.Which is the best way to join “The plants died.” and “Nobody watered them.”? (a) The plants died but nobody watered them. (b) The plants died because nobody watered them. (c) The plants died so nobody watered them.
26. 26.Which sentence describes the bag best? (a) Zoya carried a bag. (b) Zoya carried a big bag. (c) Zoya carried a black bag. (d) Zoya carried a big black bag.
27. 27.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Meera planted a seed she watered it daily.” (a) after “seed” (b) after “she” (c) after “it” (d) after “planted”
28. 28.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “The” (b) after “rang” (c) after “ran” (d) after “children”
29. 29.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Rohan has a new kite. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) It (c) Him (d) She
30. 30.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The teacher smiled she liked our drawings.” (a) after “smiled” (b) after “The” (c) after “liked” (d) after “she”
31. 31.Imran wrote “a quiet room in a quiet house”. Which word means the same as “quiet” and can replace the second one? (a) square (b) silent (c) noisy
32. 32.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bus was late we waited at the stop.” (a) after “late” (b) after “we” (c) after “The” (d) after “bus”
33. 33.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Eating a big mango.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
34. 34.“The hungry monkey.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) nothing is missing (c) what happens (predicate)
35. 35.Which describing word fits best?
    “The pickle tastes ___.” (a) smooth (b) spicy (c) loud (d) colourful
36. 36.These words are mixed up: the / ball / the / garden / Dev / kicks / in
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Kicks Dev the ball in the garden. (b) Dev kicks in the garden the ball. (c) Dev the ball kicks in the garden. (d) Dev kicks the ball in the garden.
37. 37.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “sneha was born in the month of october.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 1
38. 38.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What a colourful rangoli!” (a) exclamation (b) statement (c) question (d) command
39. 39.Which sentence describes the kite best? (a) Arjun flew a small red kite. (b) Arjun flew a small kite. (c) Arjun flew a red kite. (d) Arjun flew a kite.
40. 40.Which sentence describes the elephant best? (a) Kunal saw a huge elephant. (b) Kunal saw a grey elephant. (c) Kunal saw an elephant. (d) Kunal saw a huge grey elephant.

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