Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 279 · 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 question has the words in the correct order? (a) Who Imran is calling? (b) Is who Imran calling? (c) Imran is who calling? (d) Who is Imran calling?
2. 2.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Imran helps in the kitchen Grandma. (b) Imran helps Grandma in the kitchen. (c) Imran Grandma helps in the kitchen. (d) Helps Imran Grandma in the kitchen.
3. 3.What kind of sentence is this?
   “How clever the crow is!” (a) question (b) exclamation (c) statement (d) command
4. 4.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) What a tasty samosa! (b) Please help me carry this box. (c) Tenzin packs the school bag at night. (d) Where is Isha going after school?
5. 5.Kavya wrote “a big box in a big room”. Which word means the same as “big” and can replace the second one? (a) tiny (b) huge (c) square
6. 6.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Put your books in the bag.” (a) question (b) command (c) exclamation (d) statement
7. 7.Which of these is a command? (a) What a lovely song! (b) Drink a glass of milk. (c) How is Omkar travelling to school? (d) Dev washes the car on Sundays.
8. 8.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Where is Ishaan playing cricket? (b) Is where Ishaan playing cricket? (c) Where Ishaan is playing cricket? (d) Ishaan is where playing cricket?
9. 9.These words are mixed up: car / the / washes / Maria / on / Sundays
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Maria the car washes on Sundays. (b) Maria washes the car on Sundays. (c) Washes Maria the car on Sundays. (d) Maria washes on Sundays the car.
10. 10.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “My kite got stuck a kind man got it down.” (a) after “got” (b) after “stuck” (c) after “My” (d) after “a”
11. 11.“Our teacher.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) nothing is missing (c) what happens (predicate)
12. 12.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “It was late. The shops were still open.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
13. 13.Which is the best way to join “We bought apples.” and “We bought grapes.”? (a) We bought apples but we bought grapes. (b) We bought apples because we bought grapes. (c) We bought apples and we bought grapes.
14. 14.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What Priya is reading today? (b) What is Priya reading today? (c) Priya is what reading today? (d) Is what Priya reading today?
15. 15.Aarav wrote “a shiny coin and a shiny ring”. Which word means the same as “shiny” and can replace the second one? (a) hungry (b) bright (c) dull
16. 16.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What a tasty samosa!” (a) command (b) question (c) exclamation (d) statement
17. 17.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Pongal.” (a) we (b) on (c) met (d) all
18. 18.Which is the best way to join “The plants died.” and “Nobody watered them.”? (a) The plants died because nobody watered them. (b) The plants died so nobody watered them. (c) The plants died but nobody watered them.
19. 19.Which of these is a question? (a) Bring your notebook tomorrow. (b) What a big cake! (c) How is Priya travelling to school? (d) Diya reads a storybook at night.
20. 20.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bus was late we waited at the stop.” (a) after “late” (b) after “waited” (c) after “bus” (d) after “The”
21. 21.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) A big black crow sat on the wall. (b) Slept on the sofa. (c) The school bus stopped at the gate. (d) My aunt sent me a gift.
22. 22.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Aarav a banana eats after school. (b) Eats Aarav a banana after school. (c) Aarav eats a banana after school. (d) Aarav eats after school a banana.
23. 23.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) A green parrot ate a ripe guava. (b) Our teacher wrote a poem on the board. (c) Shone over the lake. (d) The ice cream seller rang his bell.
24. 24.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Although he was tired.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
25. 25.Which sentence describes the kite best? (a) Rahul flew a big kite. (b) Rahul flew a red kite. (c) Rahul flew a big red kite. (d) Rahul flew a kite.
26. 26.Which is the best way to join “The road was wet.” and “We walked slowly.”? (a) The road was wet but we walked slowly. (b) The road was wet because we walked slowly. (c) The road was wet so we walked slowly.
27. 27.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The road was wet ___ we walked slowly.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
28. 28.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Meera has a new sapling. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) Her (c) She (d) It
29. 29.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The cake was too sweet nobody ate a second piece.” (a) after “sweet” (b) after “was” (c) after “second” (d) after “nobody”
30. 30.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The puppy was hungry it barked for food.” (a) after “puppy” (b) after “The” (c) after “hungry” (d) after “for”
31. 31.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Why is Rahul crying? (b) Is why Rahul crying? (c) Rahul is why crying? (d) Why Rahul is crying?
32. 32.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “After we ate lunch.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
33. 33.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Made a rangoli. (b) If you come early. (c) My grandmother. (d) The new student sat next to me.
34. 34.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Where is Nisha playing cricket” (a) question mark (?) (b) full stop (.) (c) exclamation mark (!)
35. 35.These words are mixed up: poem / a / every / writes / week / Aarav
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Writes Aarav a poem every week. (b) Aarav a poem writes every week. (c) Aarav writes a poem every week. (d) Aarav writes every week a poem.
36. 36.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Our teacher. (b) My grandmother told us a story. (c) If you come early. (d) Sang a song in the hall.
37. 37.Pooja wrote “a clever girl with a clever plan”. Which word means the same as “clever” and can replace the second one? (a) smart (b) wooden (c) silly
38. 38.“Ended at five o'clock.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) nothing is missing (c) what happens (predicate)
39. 39.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Aisha flies a kite on the roof.” (a) statement (b) question (c) exclamation (d) command
40. 40.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Arjun found his kite. Him flew it. (b) Arjun found Arjun's kite. Arjun flew it. (c) Arjun found his kite. He flew it.

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