Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 135 · 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?
   “Who is Joseph calling” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
2. 2.Which of these is a question? (a) Please pass the salt. (b) Why is Saanvi crying? (c) How beautiful the garden is! (d) Manav eats a banana after school.
3. 3.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we visited the old fort in delhi on saturday.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 5
4. 4.Which describing word fits best?
   “The honey tastes ___.” (a) rough (b) colourful (c) loud (d) sweet
5. 5.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we met all our cousins on christmas.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
6. 6.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “Arjun won the race everyone cheered for him.” (a) after “won” (b) after “the” (c) after “race” (d) after “everyone”
7. 7.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Grandpa. (b) Swam in the pond. (c) A small mouse hid under the bed. (d) Playing with my friends.
8. 8.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Switch off the fan.” (a) command (b) exclamation (c) question (d) statement
9. 9.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “My uncle came from Mysuru in december.” (a) came (b) december (c) from (d) uncle
10. 10.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for christmas.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
11. 11.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on Monday.” (a) park (b) on (c) i (d) my
12. 12.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The brown cow gave fresh milk. (b) My sister made a rangoli. (c) The old farmer planted rice in the field. (d) Ended at five o'clock.
13. 13.“The school bus.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) what happens (predicate) (c) who or what (subject)
14. 14.Which sentence describes the butterfly best? (a) Tenzin saw a tiny orange butterfly. (b) Tenzin saw a butterfly. (c) Tenzin saw a tiny butterfly. (d) Tenzin saw an orange butterfly.
15. 15.These words are mixed up: plants / evening / the / the / Pooja / in / waters
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Pooja the plants waters in the evening. (b) Waters Pooja the plants in the evening. (c) Pooja waters in the evening the plants. (d) Pooja waters the plants in the evening.
16. 16.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What is Meera eating for lunch?” (a) statement (b) question (c) exclamation (d) command
17. 17.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Ravi is only six ___ he can swim very well.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
18. 18.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Aarav packs the school bag at night. (b) Packs Aarav the school bag at night. (c) Aarav packs at night the school bag. (d) Aarav the school bag packs at night.
19. 19.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Pooja has a new mango. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Her (b) It (c) She (d) He
20. 20.Which of these is a statement? (a) Switch off the fan. (b) Rahul flies a kite on the roof. (c) What is Rahul reading today? (d) How noisy the market is!
21. 21.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Grabbed a banana. (b) The players. (c) When the school bus came. (d) The tiny ant carried a crumb.
22. 22.Which sentence describes the cap best? (a) Diya wore a cap. (b) Diya wore a blue cap. (c) Diya wore a new blue cap. (d) Diya wore a new cap.
23. 23.“Hid under the bed.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
24. 24.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first saturday of august.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 3
25. 25.These words are mixed up: class / in / a / Joseph / art / picture / draws
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Draws Joseph a picture in art class. (b) Joseph draws in art class a picture. (c) Joseph a picture draws in art class. (d) Joseph draws a picture in art class.
26. 26.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The children sang a song in the hall. (b) The tiny ant carried a crumb. (c) The shopkeeper. (d) Our teacher wrote a poem on the board.
27. 27.These words are mixed up: Fridays / on / Yash / library / the / visits
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Visits Yash the library on Fridays. (b) Yash visits on Fridays the library. (c) Yash visits the library on Fridays. (d) Yash the library visits on Fridays.
28. 28.Which describing word fits best?
    “The busy market sounds ___.” (a) fluffy (b) bitter (c) colourful (d) noisy
29. 29.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Ananya drinks warm milk before bed. (b) Drinks Ananya warm milk before bed. (c) Ananya drinks before bed warm milk. (d) Ananya warm milk drinks before bed.
30. 30.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) Our cat slept on the sofa. (b) The red kite. (c) The baby elephant splashed in the river. (d) The doctor checked my throat.
31. 31.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Rohan planted his sapling. Him watered it. (b) Rohan planted his sapling. He watered it. (c) Rohan planted Rohan's sapling. Rohan watered it.
32. 32.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Pooja has a new toy car. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) It (c) Her (d) She
33. 33.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The rain fell all night. (b) Because it was raining. (c) The school bus stopped at the gate. (d) My sister made a rangoli.
34. 34.“The doctor.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) nothing is missing (c) what happens (predicate)
35. 35.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Omkar eats a banana after school.” (a) command (b) exclamation (c) question (d) statement
36. 36.Which is the best way to join “Ravi is only six.” and “He can swim very well.”? (a) Ravi is only six so he can swim very well. (b) Ravi is only six but he can swim very well. (c) Ravi is only six because he can swim very well.
37. 37.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “kabir lives near the lake in jaipur.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 2
38. 38.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Why is Aarav laughing? (b) Why Aarav is laughing? (c) Aarav is why laughing? (d) Is why Aarav laughing?
39. 39.Which describing word fits best?
    “The thunder sounds ___.” (a) sour (b) fluffy (c) shiny (d) loud
40. 40.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last monday i went to jaipur by train.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 6 (d) 5

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