Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 23 · 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.Vikram wrote “a wet towel on a wet floor”. Which word means the same as “wet” and can replace the second one? (a) dry (b) damp (c) wooden
2. 2.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Dev wrote his poem. Him read it. (b) Dev wrote his poem. He read it. (c) Dev wrote Dev's poem. Dev read it.
3. 3.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Sneha rides a bicycle to school.” (a) statement (b) exclamation (c) question (d) command
4. 4.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) Why is Diya crying? (b) Vikram reads a storybook at night. (c) Drink a glass of milk. (d) How tall the tree is!
5. 5.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The little puppy ran across the garden. (b) Fell all night. (c) Before the sun set. (d) A big black crow.
6. 6.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “It was very hot we drank cold water.” (a) after “very” (b) after “It” (c) after “was” (d) after “hot”
7. 7.These words are mixed up: the / night / bag / Priya / at / school / packs
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Priya packs at night the school bag. (b) Packs Priya the school bag at night. (c) Priya the school bag packs at night. (d) Priya packs the school bag at night.
8. 8.Which sentence describes the pot best? (a) Kunal painted a blue pot. (b) Kunal painted a round pot. (c) Kunal painted a pot. (d) Kunal painted a round blue pot.
9. 9.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) My best friend gave me a pencil. (b) A green parrot ate a ripe guava. (c) The players ran onto the field. (d) The baby elephant.
10. 10.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Riya lost her pen she looked everywhere.” (a) after “Riya” (b) after “she” (c) after “pen” (d) after “looked”
11. 11.Which of these is a statement? (a) Nisha reads a storybook at night. (b) Why is Arjun crying? (c) What a cold morning! (d) Please close the door.
12. 12.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Our teacher wrote a poem on the board.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
13. 13.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The old farmer planted rice in the field.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
14. 14.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The garden has roses. It has sunflowers.” (a) and (b) but (c) because
15. 15.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Water the plants today.” (a) command (b) exclamation (c) question (d) statement
16. 16.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Reads Pooja a storybook at night. (b) Pooja a storybook reads at night. (c) Pooja reads at night a storybook. (d) Pooja reads a storybook at night.
17. 17.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “on Friday we have a test in maths.” (a) maths (b) we (c) on (d) a
18. 18.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is where Isha playing cricket? (b) Where is Isha playing cricket? (c) Isha is where playing cricket? (d) Where Isha is playing cricket?
19. 19.Which sentence describes the flower best? (a) Simran picked a yellow flower. (b) Simran picked a tiny flower. (c) Simran picked a tiny yellow flower. (d) Simran picked a flower.
20. 20.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Why is Yash laughing?” (a) statement (b) command (c) question (d) exclamation
21. 21.These words are mixed up: waters / Ananya / in / plants / evening / the / the
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Ananya waters the plants in the evening. (b) Ananya the plants waters in the evening. (c) Ananya waters in the evening the plants. (d) Waters Ananya the plants in the evening.
22. 22.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Aarav drinks warm milk before bed.” (a) command (b) exclamation (c) statement (d) question
23. 23.Which sentence describes the pot best? (a) Sneha painted a small pot. (b) Sneha painted a small orange pot. (c) Sneha painted a pot. (d) Sneha painted an orange pot.
24. 24.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The sky was cloudy ___ it did not rain.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
25. 25.Which is the best way to join “Priya can sing.” and “She can dance too.”? (a) Priya can sing and she can dance too. (b) Priya can sing but she can dance too. (c) Priya can sing because she can dance too.
26. 26.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Playing with my friends. (b) Planted rice in the field. (c) Two ducks swam in the pond. (d) The tall tree.
27. 27.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Meera packs the school bag at night. (b) Meera the school bag packs at night. (c) Packs Meera the school bag at night. (d) Meera packs at night the school bag.
28. 28.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Arjun practised every day. He won the prize.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
29. 29.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) Rang his bell. (b) The school bell rang loudly. (c) Our teacher wrote a poem on the board. (d) The doctor checked my throat.
30. 30.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “kabir was born in the month of December.” (a) in (b) kabir (c) born (d) of
31. 31.These words are mixed up: Sundays / on / Vikram / the / dog / brushes
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Brushes Vikram the dog on Sundays. (b) Vikram the dog brushes on Sundays. (c) Vikram brushes on Sundays the dog. (d) Vikram brushes the dog on Sundays.
32. 32.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from kolkata in February.” (a) in (b) uncle (c) kolkata (d) came
33. 33.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The wind. (b) Gave me a pencil. (c) My little brother broke his toy car. (d) Running in the park.
34. 34.Priya wrote “a loud bell and a loud drum”. Which word means the same as “loud” and can replace the second one? (a) noisy (b) quiet (c) square
35. 35.Which is the best way to join “Arjun practised every day.” and “He won the prize.”? (a) Arjun practised every day but he won the prize. (b) Arjun practised every day so he won the prize. (c) Arjun practised every day because he won the prize.
36. 36.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Priya can sing. She can dance too.” (a) but (b) because (c) and
37. 37.Which sentence describes the house best? (a) Joseph drew a small house. (b) Joseph drew a green house. (c) Joseph drew a house. (d) Joseph drew a small green house.
38. 38.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from kochi in february.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 5
39. 39.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Meera has a new pencil. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) She (c) It (d) Her
40. 40.Which sentence describes the butterfly best? (a) Yash saw a pretty orange butterfly. (b) Yash saw a butterfly. (c) Yash saw a pretty butterfly. (d) Yash saw an orange butterfly.

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