Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 321 · 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) Is what Dev reading today? (b) Dev is what reading today? (c) What Dev is reading today? (d) What is Dev reading today?
2. 2.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The new student sat next to me. (b) The postman brought a letter for Dad. (c) The doctor checked my throat. (d) My sister.
3. 3.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Diya washed her bicycle. She rode it. (b) Diya washed her bicycle. Her rode it. (c) Diya washed Diya's bicycle. Diya rode it.
4. 4.These words are mixed up: week / a / every / poem / Vikram / writes
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Vikram writes a poem every week. (b) Vikram writes every week a poem. (c) Writes Vikram a poem every week. (d) Vikram a poem writes every week.
5. 5.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “Kunal reads a storybook at night” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
6. 6.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) Our teacher wrote a poem on the board. (b) My father cooked dal for dinner. (c) Our neighbours. (d) The players ran onto the field.
7. 7.Which sentence describes the cap best? (a) Meera wore a cap. (b) Meera wore a new cap. (c) Meera wore a new red cap. (d) Meera wore a red cap.
8. 8.Which sentence describes the shell best? (a) Meera found a white shell. (b) Meera found a small shell. (c) Meera found a shell. (d) Meera found a small white shell.
9. 9.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “My birthday is on the first sunday of February.” (a) sunday (b) the (c) birthday (d) is
10. 10.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What a beautiful garden!” (a) question (b) command (c) exclamation (d) statement
11. 11.Which of these is a command? (a) Isha kicks the ball in the garden. (b) Wash your hands before lunch. (c) What a bright moon! (d) How is Kavya travelling to school?
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in April.” (a) after (b) the (c) in (d) our
13. 13.Which sentence describes the cap best? (a) Yash wore a cap. (b) Yash wore a red cap. (c) Yash wore a new cap. (d) Yash wore a new red cap.
14. 14.Which is the best way to join “Dev went to bed early.” and “He was tired.”? (a) Dev went to bed early because he was tired. (b) Dev went to bed early so he was tired. (c) Dev went to bed early but he was tired.
15. 15.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) My father cooked dal for dinner. (b) The hungry monkey grabbed a banana. (c) The shopkeeper counted the coins. (d) Our teacher.
16. 16.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Riya wore a sweater. It was cold.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
17. 17.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What is Simran drawing in class?” (a) exclamation (b) statement (c) question (d) command
18. 18.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The school bell rang loudly. (b) After we ate lunch. (c) The brown cow gave fresh milk. (d) The tiny ant carried a crumb.
19. 19.These words are mixed up: Kabir / warm / bed / drinks / milk / before
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Drinks Kabir warm milk before bed. (b) Kabir drinks warm milk before bed. (c) Kabir drinks before bed warm milk. (d) Kabir warm milk drinks before bed.
20. 20.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Aisha was born in the month of august.” (a) born (b) of (c) in (d) august
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first Friday of June.” (a) my (b) first (c) of (d) the
22. 22.These words are mixed up: lunch / cooks / rice / for / Priya
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Cooks Priya rice for lunch. (b) Priya cooks rice for lunch. (c) Priya rice cooks for lunch. (d) Priya cooks for lunch rice.
23. 23.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Kunal cooks rice for lunch. (b) Kunal rice cooks for lunch. (c) Kunal cooks for lunch rice. (d) Cooks Kunal rice for lunch.
24. 24.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for Baisakhi.” (a) for (b) sweets (c) my (d) aunt
25. 25.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Blew the leaves away. (b) Eating a big mango. (c) The baby elephant. (d) The new student sat next to me.
26. 26.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first sunday of january.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
27. 27.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Ishaan found Ishaan's kite. Ishaan flew it. (b) Ishaan found his kite. Him flew it. (c) Ishaan found his kite. He flew it.
28. 28.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The hungry monkey grabbed a banana. (b) The rain fell all night. (c) The bright moon shone over the lake. (d) A big black crow.
29. 29.Which of these is a command? (a) When is Aisha leaving for Delhi? (b) Rahul rides a bicycle to school. (c) Please feed the cat. (d) What a long train!
30. 30.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) As soon as we reached home. (b) The old farmer planted rice in the field. (c) My grandmother told us a story. (d) The shopkeeper counted the coins.
31. 31.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Simran wrote her poem. Her read it. (b) Simran wrote Simran's poem. Simran read it. (c) Simran wrote her poem. She read it.
32. 32.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Rahul has a new bicycle. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) He (c) Him (d) She
33. 33.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Isha washes the car on Sundays.” (a) command (b) exclamation (c) question (d) statement
34. 34.Which describing word fits best?
    “The kitten feels ___.” (a) loud (b) fluffy (c) sour (d) colourful
35. 35.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “My little brother broke his toy car.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
36. 36.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The red kite. (b) Gave us cool shade. (c) Because it was raining. (d) The ice cream seller rang his bell.
37. 37.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What is Priya reading today?” (a) question (b) exclamation (c) command (d) statement
38. 38.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The plants died. Nobody watered them.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
39. 39.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “It was very hot ___ we went for a swim.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
40. 40.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Priya washes the car on Sundays” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)

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