Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 282 · 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.These words are mixed up: Tara / a / night / at / storybook / reads
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Reads Tara a storybook at night. (b) Tara reads at night a storybook. (c) Tara reads a storybook at night. (d) Tara a storybook reads at night.
2. 2.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is where Saanvi playing cricket? (b) Where Saanvi is playing cricket? (c) Saanvi is where playing cricket? (d) Where is Saanvi playing cricket?
3. 3.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Maria rides a bicycle to school.” (a) statement (b) command (c) question (d) exclamation
4. 4.Which sentence describes the pot best? (a) Nisha painted a round pot. (b) Nisha painted an orange pot. (c) Nisha painted a round orange pot. (d) Nisha painted a pot.
5. 5.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Our neighbours. (b) Blew the leaves away. (c) As soon as we reached home. (d) My grandmother told us a story.
6. 6.Which sentence describes the shell best? (a) Pooja found a shell. (b) Pooja found a tiny white shell. (c) Pooja found a tiny shell. (d) Pooja found a white shell.
7. 7.“The train.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) what happens (predicate) (c) who or what (subject)
8. 8.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Rahul has a new kite. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) Him (c) She (d) He
9. 9.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Aarav has a new sapling. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) He (c) It (d) Him
10. 10.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Rohan cooks rice for lunch.” (a) exclamation (b) statement (c) question (d) command
11. 11.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Arjun practised every day ___ he won the prize.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “The big fair in surat starts in September.” (a) big (b) starts (c) surat (d) in
13. 13.“Two ducks.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) what happens (predicate) (c) who or what (subject)
14. 14.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Manav cleans the room every Saturday. (b) Manav cleans every Saturday the room. (c) Cleans Manav the room every Saturday. (d) Manav the room cleans every Saturday.
15. 15.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Feeds Zoya the cat every morning. (b) Zoya the cat feeds every morning. (c) Zoya feeds every morning the cat. (d) Zoya feeds the cat every morning.
16. 16.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “I go to the park with my dog on monday.” (a) with (b) the (c) monday (d) to
17. 17.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) When the school bus came. (b) Ran onto the field. (c) The shopkeeper counted the coins. (d) The postman.
18. 18.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) How cold the morning is! (b) When is Priya leaving for Delhi? (c) Put your books in the bag. (d) Joseph brushes the dog on Sundays.
19. 19.Yash wrote “a big box in a big room”. Which word means the same as “big” and can replace the second one? (a) purple (b) huge (c) tiny
20. 20.Pooja wrote “a small cup on a small plate”. Which word means the same as “small” and can replace the second one? (a) round (b) tiny (c) huge
21. 21.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “The” (b) after “children” (c) after “rang” (d) after “bell”
22. 22.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) My sister made a rangoli. (b) Gave fresh milk. (c) Grandpa. (d) Although he was tired.
23. 23.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Sings Farhan a song in the morning. (b) Farhan sings a song in the morning. (c) Farhan sings in the morning a song. (d) Farhan a song sings in the morning.
24. 24.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Arjun has a new pencil. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) Him (c) She (d) He
25. 25.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Saanvi a kite flies on the roof. (b) Saanvi flies on the roof a kite. (c) Flies Saanvi a kite on the roof. (d) Saanvi flies a kite on the roof.
26. 26.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Riya feeds the cat every morning” (a) question mark (?) (b) full stop (.) (c) exclamation mark (!)
27. 27.Which describing word fits best?
    “The lemon tastes ___.” (a) prickly (b) quiet (c) bright (d) sour
28. 28.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “sneha and imran will come to my house on monday.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5
29. 29.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The shopkeeper counted the coins. (b) The doctor checked my throat. (c) The peacock. (d) My best friend gave me a pencil.
30. 30.What kind of sentence is this?
    “How sweet the mango is!” (a) statement (b) question (c) exclamation (d) command
31. 31.Which describing word fits best?
    “The drum sounds ___.” (a) rough (b) shiny (c) bitter (d) loud
32. 32.Which sentence describes the dog best? (a) Ananya saw a big dog. (b) Ananya saw a brown dog. (c) Ananya saw a dog. (d) Ananya saw a big brown dog.
33. 33.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is where Meera going after school? (b) Where Meera is going after school? (c) Meera is where going after school? (d) Where is Meera going after school?
34. 34.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Who Aarav is calling? (b) Aarav is who calling? (c) Is who Aarav calling? (d) Who is Aarav calling?
35. 35.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from chennai in october.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 4
36. 36.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Cooks Isha rice for lunch. (b) Isha rice cooks for lunch. (c) Isha cooks for lunch rice. (d) Isha cooks rice for lunch.
37. 37.“Lit lamps on Diwali.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) nothing is missing (c) what happens (predicate)
38. 38.Which of these is a question? (a) Simran draws a picture in art class. (b) Put your books in the bag. (c) Where is Nisha playing cricket? (d) What a funny joke!
39. 39.Which describing word fits best?
    “The rainbow looks ___.” (a) loud (b) colourful (c) salty (d) smooth
40. 40.These words are mixed up: eats / Aisha / after / banana / a / school
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Aisha eats after school a banana. (b) Aisha a banana eats after school. (c) Aisha eats a banana after school. (d) Eats Aisha a banana after school.

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