Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 141 · 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 word needs a capital letter?
   “My birthday is on the first Sunday of july.” (a) july (b) first (c) is (d) birthday
2. 2.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Sit down quietly.” (a) command (b) question (c) exclamation (d) statement
3. 3.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “While Mum was cooking.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
4. 4.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “The baby cried. She was hungry.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
5. 5.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Nisha rice cooks for lunch. (b) Cooks Nisha rice for lunch. (c) Nisha cooks rice for lunch. (d) Nisha cooks for lunch rice.
6. 6.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “The big fair in agra starts in February.” (a) fair (b) in (c) agra (d) big
7. 7.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Simran has a new book. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) She (c) Her (d) It
8. 8.Which sentence describes the bag best? (a) Ishaan carried a bag. (b) Ishaan carried a big black bag. (c) Ishaan carried a black bag. (d) Ishaan carried a big bag.
9. 9.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “on Sunday we have a test in maths.” (a) have (b) test (c) on (d) in
10. 10.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Omkar has a new cake. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) She (c) Him (d) It
11. 11.Which of these is a command? (a) Where is Dev playing cricket? (b) Manav feeds the cat every morning. (c) Bring your notebook tomorrow. (d) How cute the puppy is!
12. 12.These words are mixed up: evening / the / Simran / the / in / waters / plants
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Waters Simran the plants in the evening. (b) Simran the plants waters in the evening. (c) Simran waters in the evening the plants. (d) Simran waters the plants in the evening.
13. 13.Which sentence describes the mango best? (a) Farhan ate a mango. (b) Farhan ate a juicy mango. (c) Farhan ate a ripe mango. (d) Farhan ate a juicy ripe mango.
14. 14.Which of these is a statement? (a) Rohan catches the bus at seven. (b) Please pass the salt. (c) What a beautiful garden! (d) Who is Imran calling?
15. 15.Which sentence describes the pot best? (a) Manav painted a round pot. (b) Manav painted a round blue pot. (c) Manav painted a blue pot. (d) Manav painted a pot.
16. 16.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The village pond was full of lotus flowers. (b) Our cat slept on the sofa. (c) As soon as we reached home. (d) The postman brought a letter for Dad.
17. 17.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The mango looked green ___ it was very sweet.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
18. 18.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Our cat.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
19. 19.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) Because it was raining. (b) A big black crow sat on the wall. (c) The children sang a song in the hall. (d) The tiny ant carried a crumb.
20. 20.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in july.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
21. 21.Which sentence describes the house best? (a) Manav drew a tall red house. (b) Manav drew a house. (c) Manav drew a red house. (d) Manav drew a tall house.
22. 22.“Gave fresh milk.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) what happens (predicate) (c) nothing is missing
23. 23.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 “watered” (c) after “planted” (d) after “she”
24. 24.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “We stayed indoors. It was raining.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
25. 25.Aarav 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) spicy
26. 26.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Stopped at the gate. (b) Although he was tired. (c) The firefighters. (d) Our cat slept on the sofa.
27. 27.These words are mixed up: Riya / Grandma / the / in / kitchen / helps
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Helps Riya Grandma in the kitchen. (b) Riya helps in the kitchen Grandma. (c) Riya helps Grandma in the kitchen. (d) Riya Grandma helps in the kitchen.
28. 28.Which sentence describes the kite best? (a) Imran flew a kite. (b) Imran flew a yellow kite. (c) Imran flew a small yellow kite. (d) Imran flew a small kite.
29. 29.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Kabir fell off his bicycle he hurt his knee.” (a) after “bicycle” (b) after “fell” (c) after “hurt” (d) after “Kabir”
30. 30.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) A small mouse. (b) Although he was tired. (c) The baby elephant splashed in the river. (d) Ate a ripe guava.
31. 31.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The children sang a song in the hall. (b) A green parrot ate a ripe guava. (c) The peacock danced in the rain. (d) The rain.
32. 32.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in September.” (a) in (b) our (c) reopens (d) school
33. 33.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “As soon as we reached home.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
34. 34.These words are mixed up: the / morning / song / in / a / Ananya / sings
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Ananya sings a song in the morning. (b) Ananya sings in the morning a song. (c) Sings Ananya a song in the morning. (d) Ananya a song sings in the morning.
35. 35.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Who is Priya calling? (b) Is who Priya calling? (c) Who Priya is calling? (d) Priya is who calling?
36. 36.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from mysuru in november.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
37. 37.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The baby elephant.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
38. 38.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Meera and I played in the park on sunday.” (a) played (b) sunday (c) the (d) on
39. 39.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Because it was raining. (b) Hid under the bed. (c) My best friend gave me a pencil. (d) A busy squirrel.
40. 40.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Where is Priya playing cricket?” (a) question (b) command (c) statement (d) exclamation

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