Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 292 · 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 an exclamation? (a) Where is Kunal playing cricket? (b) Line up near the door. (c) How tasty the samosa is! (d) Omkar waters the plants in the evening.
2. 2.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “Why is Maria laughing” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
3. 3.Which describing word fits best?
   “The honey tastes ___.” (a) smooth (b) loud (c) colourful (d) sweet
4. 4.Which sentence describes the umbrella best? (a) Vikram opened a striped umbrella. (b) Vikram opened a big umbrella. (c) Vikram opened a big striped umbrella. (d) Vikram opened an umbrella.
5. 5.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “kabir wore new clothes on christmas.” (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 3
6. 6.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “Kabir fell off his bicycle he hurt his knee.” (a) after “Kabir” (b) after “bicycle” (c) after “his” (d) after “off”
7. 7.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What Isha is eating for lunch? (b) What is Isha eating for lunch? (c) Is what Isha eating for lunch? (d) Isha is what eating for lunch?
8. 8.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “The soup was hot. It was not tasty.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
9. 9.Nisha wrote “a rich king in a rich city”. Which word means the same as “rich” and can replace the second one? (a) poor (b) wealthy (c) purple
10. 10.Which sentence describes the umbrella best? (a) Tara opened a big yellow umbrella. (b) Tara opened a yellow umbrella. (c) Tara opened a big umbrella. (d) Tara opened an umbrella.
11. 11.Which of these is a command? (a) What is Kavya reading today? (b) How lovely the song is! (c) Wash your hands before lunch. (d) Riya visits the library on Fridays.
12. 12.Which sentence describes the dog best? (a) Kabir saw a dog. (b) Kabir saw a brown dog. (c) Kabir saw a little dog. (d) Kabir saw a little brown dog.
13. 13.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “It was late. The shops were still open.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
14. 14.“Sent me a gift.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) who or what (subject) (c) nothing is missing
15. 15.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for holi.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
16. 16.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We went to Delhi for eid last year.” (a) went (b) eid (c) year (d) for
17. 17.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) How is Arjun travelling to school? (b) Is how Arjun travelling to school? (c) How Arjun is travelling to school? (d) Arjun is how travelling to school?
18. 18.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Pooja kicks the ball in the garden.” (a) command (b) statement (c) question (d) exclamation
19. 19.These words are mixed up: the / plays / cricket / in / park / Ishaan
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Plays Ishaan cricket in the park. (b) Ishaan plays in the park cricket. (c) Ishaan cricket plays in the park. (d) Ishaan plays cricket in the park.
20. 20.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Checked my throat.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
21. 21.Which describing word fits best?
    “The busy market sounds ___.” (a) noisy (b) salty (c) fluffy (d) colourful
22. 22.Which describing word fits best?
    “The glass feels ___.” (a) smooth (b) bright (c) salty (d) noisy
23. 23.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Priya bought her book. She read it. (b) Priya bought Priya's book. Priya read it. (c) Priya bought her book. Her read it.
24. 24.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 “was” (c) after “we” (d) after “bus”
25. 25.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Tara has a new bag. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) Her (c) He (d) She
26. 26.These words are mixed up: washes / car / Imran / on / the / Sundays
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Washes Imran the car on Sundays. (b) Imran washes the car on Sundays. (c) Imran washes on Sundays the car. (d) Imran the car washes on Sundays.
27. 27.Diya wrote “a quiet room in a quiet house”. Which word means the same as “quiet” and can replace the second one? (a) spicy (b) silent (c) noisy
28. 28.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What Ananya is drawing in class? (b) Ananya is what drawing in class? (c) What is Ananya drawing in class? (d) Is what Ananya drawing in class?
29. 29.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The train left the station at nine. (b) The red kite flew high in the sky. (c) Stopped at the gate. (d) Our neighbours lit lamps on Diwali.
30. 30.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Priya has a new kite. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) It (c) Her (d) He
31. 31.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Tara a picture draws in art class. (b) Tara draws a picture in art class. (c) Draws Tara a picture in art class. (d) Tara draws in art class a picture.
32. 32.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What Maria is reading today? (b) Maria is what reading today? (c) Is what Maria reading today? (d) What is Maria reading today?
33. 33.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “aarav and saanvi will come to my house on monday.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
34. 34.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on pongal.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 1
35. 35.What kind of sentence is this?
    “How cute the puppy is!” (a) command (b) question (c) exclamation (d) statement
36. 36.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Dev feeds the cat every morning. (b) Dev feeds every morning the cat. (c) Dev the cat feeds every morning. (d) Feeds Dev the cat every morning.
37. 37.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The lights went out we lit a candle.” (a) after “went” (b) after “lights” (c) after “lit” (d) after “out”
38. 38.These words are mixed up: after / Kavya / a / school / banana / eats
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Eats Kavya a banana after school. (b) Kavya eats after school a banana. (c) Kavya a banana eats after school. (d) Kavya eats a banana after school.
39. 39.What kind of sentence is this?
    “How sweet the mango is!” (a) command (b) question (c) statement (d) exclamation
40. 40.Which sentence describes the kite best? (a) Saanvi flew a green kite. (b) Saanvi flew a big kite. (c) Saanvi flew a kite. (d) Saanvi flew a big green kite.

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