Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 259 · 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.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Why is Yash laughing?” (a) exclamation (b) question (c) command (d) statement
2. 2.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is how Sneha travelling to school? (b) How is Sneha travelling to school? (c) Sneha is how travelling to school? (d) How Sneha is travelling to school?
3. 3.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Who Aisha is calling? (b) Aisha is who calling? (c) Is who Aisha calling? (d) Who is Aisha calling?
4. 4.Which describing word fits best?
   “The chips taste ___.” (a) smooth (b) shiny (c) noisy (d) salty
5. 5.Which is the best way to join “Mum smiled.” and “I had cleaned my room.”? (a) Mum smiled but I had cleaned my room. (b) Mum smiled because I had cleaned my room. (c) Mum smiled so I had cleaned my room.
6. 6.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “Ravi is only six. He can swim very well.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
7. 7.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Eats Dev a banana after school. (b) Dev eats after school a banana. (c) Dev a banana eats after school. (d) Dev eats a banana after school.
8. 8.Which describing word fits best?
   “The honey tastes ___.” (a) rough (b) quiet (c) colourful (d) sweet
9. 9.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) My little brother broke his toy car. (b) The peacock. (c) Told us a story. (d) Because it was raining.
10. 10.“The new student.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) what happens (predicate) (c) nothing is missing
11. 11.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “The big fair in Pune starts in july.” (a) in (b) july (c) big (d) starts
12. 12.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What a long train” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) full stop (.) (c) question mark (?)
13. 13.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “My father cooked dal for dinner.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
14. 14.Which is the best way to join “Meera was hungry.” and “She ate a banana.”? (a) Meera was hungry so she ate a banana. (b) Meera was hungry but she ate a banana. (c) Meera was hungry because she ate a banana.
15. 15.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Kabir fell off his bicycle he hurt his knee.” (a) after “hurt” (b) after “bicycle” (c) after “his” (d) after “fell”
16. 16.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The room was dark. I switched on the light.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
17. 17.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Saanvi washes the car on Sundays” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
18. 18.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “priya was born in the month of november.” (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 3
19. 19.Which is the best way to join “We stayed indoors.” and “It was raining.”? (a) We stayed indoors so it was raining. (b) We stayed indoors but it was raining. (c) We stayed indoors because it was raining.
20. 20.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Simran picked her mango. She ate it. (b) Simran picked Simran's mango. Simran ate it. (c) Simran picked her mango. Her ate it.
21. 21.These words are mixed up: waters / plants / the / in / the / Ishaan / evening
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Ishaan the plants waters in the evening. (b) Ishaan waters in the evening the plants. (c) Ishaan waters the plants in the evening. (d) Waters Ishaan the plants in the evening.
22. 22.Which describing word fits best?
    “The rainbow looks ___.” (a) bitter (b) prickly (c) colourful (d) noisy
23. 23.Which of these is a command? (a) Vikram rides a bicycle to school. (b) What is Meera drawing in class? (c) Sit down quietly. (d) How colourful the rangoli is!
24. 24.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My cousin and i visited a zoo in Delhi.” (a) i (b) cousin (c) a (d) and
25. 25.Which sentence describes the kite best? (a) Kunal flew a small kite. (b) Kunal flew a small yellow kite. (c) Kunal flew a yellow kite. (d) Kunal flew a kite.
26. 26.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “We ran to the bus stop. We were late.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
27. 27.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The brown cow gave fresh milk.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in Chennai on thursday.” (a) the (b) fort (c) visited (d) thursday
29. 29.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Although he was tired. (b) Fell all night. (c) The old farmer. (d) Our neighbours lit lamps on Diwali.
30. 30.Which sentence describes the butterfly best? (a) Meera saw an orange butterfly. (b) Meera saw a pretty butterfly. (c) Meera saw a butterfly. (d) Meera saw a pretty orange butterfly.
31. 31.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Dev went to bed early. He was tired.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
32. 32.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Last Wednesday i went to Patna by train.” (a) by (b) went (c) to (d) i
33. 33.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What is Zoya drawing in class? (b) Is what Zoya drawing in class? (c) Zoya is what drawing in class? (d) What Zoya is drawing in class?
34. 34.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in june.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 3
35. 35.Which describing word fits best?
    “The glass feels ___.” (a) colourful (b) bitter (c) noisy (d) smooth
36. 36.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “My best friend.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
37. 37.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The sky was cloudy. It did not rain.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
38. 38.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The doctor.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
39. 39.Ananya wrote “an angry man and an angry dog”. Which word means the same as “angry” and can replace the second one? (a) cross (b) purple (c) calm
40. 40.Which describing word fits best?
    “The sun looks ___.” (a) sweet (b) smooth (c) quiet (d) bright

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