Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 195 · 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) Shone over the lake. (b) My little brother broke his toy car. (c) Until the rain stopped. (d) Our cat.
2. 2.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The cake was too sweet nobody ate a second piece.” (a) after “ate” (b) after “was” (c) after “sweet” (d) after “a”
3. 3.Which of these is a question? (a) Please feed the cat. (b) How beautiful the garden is! (c) What is Farhan drawing in class? (d) Kabir kicks the ball in the garden.
4. 4.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Nisha has a new kite. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Her (b) It (c) She (d) He
5. 5.These words are mixed up: sings / song / morning / Ananya / in / a / the
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Ananya sings in the morning a song. (b) Ananya sings a song in the morning. (c) Ananya a song sings in the morning. (d) Sings Ananya a song in the morning.
6. 6.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
   “Ravi is only six ___ he can swim very well.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
7. 7.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Tenzin baked his cake. He shared it. (b) Tenzin baked Tenzin's cake. Tenzin shared it. (c) Tenzin baked his cake. Him shared it.
8. 8.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) Why is Tara crying? (b) What a cold morning! (c) Farhan sings a song in the morning. (d) Please pass the salt.
9. 9.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “Aisha plays cricket in the park” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) full stop (.) (c) question mark (?)
10. 10.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What is Kavya reading today?” (a) exclamation (b) statement (c) question (d) command
11. 11.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What a bright moon!” (a) question (b) statement (c) exclamation (d) command
12. 12.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Line up near the door.” (a) question (b) exclamation (c) statement (d) command
13. 13.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Omkar painted Omkar's pot. Omkar sold it. (b) Omkar painted his pot. Him sold it. (c) Omkar painted his pot. He sold it.
14. 14.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Yash visits the library on Fridays. (b) Visits Yash the library on Fridays. (c) Yash the library visits on Fridays. (d) Yash visits on Fridays the library.
15. 15.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Our team practised hard we won the match.” (a) after “Our” (b) after “hard” (c) after “team” (d) after “we”
16. 16.Aisha wrote “a wet towel on a wet floor”. Which word means the same as “wet” and can replace the second one? (a) purple (b) damp (c) dry
17. 17.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Why is Yash crying? (b) Yash is why crying? (c) Is why Yash crying? (d) Why Yash is crying?
18. 18.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The new student sat next to me. (b) My best friend gave me a pencil. (c) The doctor checked my throat. (d) The players.
19. 19.Which is the best way to join “The test was hard.” and “Zoya got full marks.”? (a) The test was hard so Zoya got full marks. (b) The test was hard because Zoya got full marks. (c) The test was hard but Zoya got full marks.
20. 20.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is how Kabir travelling to school? (b) How is Kabir travelling to school? (c) How Kabir is travelling to school? (d) Kabir is how travelling to school?
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Dev wore new clothes on holi.” (a) holi (b) clothes (c) wore (d) on
22. 22.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Packs Kavya the school bag at night. (b) Kavya the school bag packs at night. (c) Kavya packs at night the school bag. (d) Kavya packs the school bag at night.
23. 23.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.
24. 24.Which is the best way to join “Meera was hungry.” and “She ate a banana.”? (a) Meera was hungry but she ate a banana. (b) Meera was hungry because she ate a banana. (c) Meera was hungry so she ate a banana.
25. 25.Which sentence describes the pot best? (a) Kavya painted a small pot. (b) Kavya painted a pot. (c) Kavya painted an orange pot. (d) Kavya painted a small orange pot.
26. 26.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The wind blew the leaves away. (b) Our neighbours lit lamps on Diwali. (c) The cricket match. (d) A green parrot ate a ripe guava.
27. 27.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Please help me carry this box.” (a) question (b) statement (c) command (d) exclamation
28. 28.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) When the bell rang. (b) Put out the fire. (c) The brown cow. (d) A busy squirrel collected nuts.
29. 29.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “How long the train is” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
30. 30.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Waiting for the bus.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
31. 31.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Maria baked Maria's cake. Maria shared it. (b) Maria baked her cake. She shared it. (c) Maria baked her cake. Her shared it.
32. 32.“The tiny ant.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) who or what (subject) (c) nothing is missing
33. 33.Which is the best way to join “It started to rain.” and “We opened our umbrellas.”? (a) It started to rain so we opened our umbrellas. (b) It started to rain because we opened our umbrellas. (c) It started to rain but we opened our umbrellas.
34. 34.Which describing word fits best?
    “The rainbow looks ___.” (a) sticky (b) colourful (c) quiet (d) salty
35. 35.Which describing word fits best?
    “The tree bark feels ___.” (a) rough (b) bright (c) quiet (d) sour
36. 36.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Because the shop was closed. (b) My little brother. (c) The little puppy ran across the garden. (d) Brought a letter for Dad.
37. 37.Which of these is a question? (a) What a sweet mango! (b) Sneha cooks rice for lunch. (c) Where is Nisha playing cricket? (d) Please close the door.
38. 38.Which sentence describes the cap best? (a) Omkar wore a cap. (b) Omkar wore a blue cap. (c) Omkar wore a new blue cap. (d) Omkar wore a new cap.
39. 39.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Eats Kavya a banana after school. (b) Kavya a banana eats after school. (c) Kavya eats after school a banana. (d) Kavya eats a banana after school.
40. 40.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is where Rahul playing cricket? (b) Rahul is where playing cricket? (c) Where is Rahul playing cricket? (d) Where Rahul is playing cricket?

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