Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 339 · 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.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we went to mysuru for eid last year.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 3
2. 2.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) Drink a glass of milk. (b) Tenzin kicks the ball in the garden. (c) What a bright moon! (d) Why is Dev crying?
3. 3.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The puppy was hungry it barked for food.” (a) after “was” (b) after “puppy” (c) after “it” (d) after “hungry”
4. 4.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The sky turned dark soon it began to rain.” (a) after “sky” (b) after “to” (c) after “it” (d) after “dark”
5. 5.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Nisha washed her bicycle. She rode it. (b) Nisha washed her bicycle. Her rode it. (c) Nisha washed Nisha's bicycle. Nisha rode it.
6. 6.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “Tara likes to paint. She likes to draw.” (a) and (b) but (c) because
7. 7.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is how Aisha travelling to school? (b) Aisha is how travelling to school? (c) How is Aisha travelling to school? (d) How Aisha is travelling to school?
8. 8.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we met all our cousins on christmas.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 2
9. 9.Which sentence describes the cap best? (a) Simran wore a new blue cap. (b) Simran wore a blue cap. (c) Simran wore a cap. (d) Simran wore a new cap.
10. 10.Which sentence describes the umbrella best? (a) Tenzin opened a small umbrella. (b) Tenzin opened a striped umbrella. (c) Tenzin opened an umbrella. (d) Tenzin opened a small striped umbrella.
11. 11.Farhan wrote “a scared cat and a scared puppy”. Which word means the same as “scared” and can replace the second one? (a) hungry (b) brave (c) afraid
12. 12.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The wind blew the leaves away. (b) Splashed in the river. (c) If you come early. (d) The old farmer.
13. 13.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “the big fair in Bhopal starts in April.” (a) the (b) in (c) big (d) starts
14. 14.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Ananya rides a bicycle to school.” (a) exclamation (b) command (c) statement (d) question
15. 15.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Vikram painted Vikram's pot. Vikram sold it. (b) Vikram painted his pot. He sold it. (c) Vikram painted his pot. Him sold it.
16. 16.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in Delhi on Sunday.” (a) visited (b) the (c) fort (d) we
17. 17.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is when Arjun leaving for Delhi? (b) When is Arjun leaving for Delhi? (c) Arjun is when leaving for Delhi? (d) When Arjun is leaving for Delhi?
18. 18.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “It was late ___ the shops were still open.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
19. 19.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is why Ananya crying? (b) Why is Ananya crying? (c) Ananya is why crying? (d) Why Ananya is crying?
20. 20.Which is the best way to join “Kabir drank some water.” and “He was thirsty.”? (a) Kabir drank some water but he was thirsty. (b) Kabir drank some water so he was thirsty. (c) Kabir drank some water because he was thirsty.
21. 21.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “I finished my homework then I read a comic.” (a) after “my” (b) after “read” (c) after “I” (d) after “homework”
22. 22.These words are mixed up: a / eats / Pooja / after / school / banana
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Pooja a banana eats after school. (b) Eats Pooja a banana after school. (c) Pooja eats a banana after school. (d) Pooja eats after school a banana.
23. 23.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “on Sunday we have a test in maths.” (a) a (b) maths (c) test (d) on
24. 24.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “After we ate lunch.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
25. 25.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Dev rides a bicycle to school” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
26. 26.“The old farmer.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) what happens (predicate) (c) who or what (subject)
27. 27.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Meera was hungry. She ate a banana.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
28. 28.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What a colourful rangoli!” (a) statement (b) question (c) exclamation (d) command
29. 29.Which of these is a question? (a) Water the plants today. (b) How noisy the market is! (c) Tenzin visits the library on Fridays. (d) Where is Rahul playing cricket?
30. 30.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from mysuru in july.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 4
31. 31.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What a sweet mango” (a) full stop (.) (b) question mark (?) (c) exclamation mark (!)
32. 32.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bus was late we waited at the stop.” (a) after “The” (b) after “was” (c) after “late” (d) after “at”
33. 33.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Tara the cat feeds every morning. (b) Feeds Tara the cat every morning. (c) Tara feeds the cat every morning. (d) Tara feeds every morning the cat.
34. 34.Which of these is a statement? (a) Why is Sneha laughing? (b) Simran kicks the ball in the garden. (c) Drink a glass of milk. (d) How colourful the rangoli is!
35. 35.Which sentence describes the dog best? (a) Omkar saw a dog. (b) Omkar saw a brown dog. (c) Omkar saw a small brown dog. (d) Omkar saw a small dog.
36. 36.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Ananya kicks the ball in the garden” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
37. 37.Which of these is a command? (a) Arjun drinks warm milk before bed. (b) Why is Saanvi laughing? (c) Open your books to page ten. (d) What a beautiful garden!
38. 38.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “kabir and i played in the park on monday.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 4
39. 39.Which of these is a statement? (a) What is Kabir reading today? (b) How cute the puppy is! (c) Ananya cooks rice for lunch. (d) Turn left at the temple.
40. 40.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “When the bell rang.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence

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