Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 396 · 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 is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Riya made her card. She posted it. (b) Riya made her card. Her posted it. (c) Riya made Riya's card. Riya posted it.
2. 2.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Who is Omkar calling? (b) Who Omkar is calling? (c) Is who Omkar calling? (d) Omkar is who calling?
3. 3.Which of these is a command? (a) How noisy the market is! (b) Diya waters the plants in the evening. (c) Where is Kunal playing cricket? (d) Wash your hands before lunch.
4. 4.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Waiting for the bus. (b) The doctor checked my throat. (c) Gave us cool shade. (d) The shopkeeper.
5. 5.“Danced in the rain.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) nothing is missing (c) who or what (subject)
6. 6.Which sentence describes the bag best? (a) Omkar carried a black bag. (b) Omkar carried a heavy bag. (c) Omkar carried a heavy black bag. (d) Omkar carried a bag.
7. 7.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “Riya lost her pen she looked everywhere.” (a) after “lost” (b) after “looked” (c) after “her” (d) after “pen”
8. 8.These words are mixed up: feeds / the / Diya / cat / every / morning
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Diya the cat feeds every morning. (b) Diya feeds the cat every morning. (c) Diya feeds every morning the cat. (d) Feeds Diya the cat every morning.
9. 9.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “rang” (b) after “children” (c) after “ran” (d) after “The”
10. 10.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Turn left at the temple.” (a) command (b) statement (c) question (d) exclamation
11. 11.Which is the best way to join “The soup was hot.” and “It was not tasty.”? (a) The soup was hot but it was not tasty. (b) The soup was hot so it was not tasty. (c) The soup was hot because it was not tasty.
12. 12.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Kabir has a new bicycle. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) It (c) She (d) Him
13. 13.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The baby cried. She was hungry.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
14. 14.Farhan wrote “a quiet room in a quiet house”. Which word means the same as “quiet” and can replace the second one? (a) noisy (b) silent (c) wooden
15. 15.Which is the best way to join “Priya can sing.” and “She can dance too.”? (a) Priya can sing but she can dance too. (b) Priya can sing and she can dance too. (c) Priya can sing because she can dance too.
16. 16.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Manav is what drawing in class? (b) What is Manav drawing in class? (c) What Manav is drawing in class? (d) Is what Manav drawing in class?
17. 17.Which sentence describes the dog best? (a) Meera saw a big black dog. (b) Meera saw a black dog. (c) Meera saw a dog. (d) Meera saw a big dog.
18. 18.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The red kite flew high in the sky. (b) Carried a crumb. (c) The brown cow gave fresh milk. (d) The postman brought a letter for Dad.
19. 19.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The sky turned dark soon it began to rain.” (a) after “to” (b) after “The” (c) after “dark” (d) after “began”
20. 20.Which is the best way to join “The road was wet.” and “We walked slowly.”? (a) The road was wet because we walked slowly. (b) The road was wet so we walked slowly. (c) The road was wet but we walked slowly.
21. 21.Which sentence describes the bag best? (a) Simran carried a big blue bag. (b) Simran carried a big bag. (c) Simran carried a bag. (d) Simran carried a blue bag.
22. 22.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) Who is Aarav calling? (b) How sweet the mango is! (c) Kavya helps Grandma in the kitchen. (d) Switch off the fan.
23. 23.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Line up near the door.” (a) question (b) exclamation (c) command (d) statement
24. 24.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “isha and i played in the park on friday.” (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 4
25. 25.“The village pond.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
26. 26.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Why is Meera crying?” (a) command (b) exclamation (c) statement (d) question
27. 27.Nisha wrote “a pretty doll in a pretty dress”. Which word means the same as “pretty” and can replace the second one? (a) lovely (b) ugly (c) wooden
28. 28.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “It was late. The shops were still open.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
29. 29.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The rain. (b) Counted the coins. (c) While Mum was cooking. (d) The firefighters put out the fire.
30. 30.These words are mixed up: at / the / catches / bus / seven / Omkar
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Catches Omkar the bus at seven. (b) Omkar the bus catches at seven. (c) Omkar catches the bus at seven. (d) Omkar catches at seven the bus.
31. 31.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Sit down quietly.” (a) exclamation (b) command (c) question (d) statement
32. 32.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Kabir fixed his toy car. Him played with it. (b) Kabir fixed his toy car. He played with it. (c) Kabir fixed Kabir's toy car. Kabir played with it.
33. 33.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The cake was too sweet nobody ate a second piece.” (a) after “nobody” (b) after “cake” (c) after “too” (d) after “sweet”
34. 34.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Manav flies a kite on the roof.” (a) question (b) statement (c) command (d) exclamation
35. 35.Which is the best way to join “It was very hot.” and “We went for a swim.”? (a) It was very hot but we went for a swim. (b) It was very hot because we went for a swim. (c) It was very hot so we went for a swim.
36. 36.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “I finished my homework then I read a comic.” (a) after “then” (b) after “I” (c) after “homework” (d) after “finished”
37. 37.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “We bought apples ___ we bought grapes.” (a) but (b) and (c) because
38. 38.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Waters Maria the plants in the evening. (b) Maria waters in the evening the plants. (c) Maria the plants waters in the evening. (d) Maria waters the plants in the evening.
39. 39.Which sentence describes the house best? (a) Manav drew a tall house. (b) Manav drew a tall red house. (c) Manav drew a red house. (d) Manav drew a house.
40. 40.Which of these is a command? (a) Arjun brushes the dog on Sundays. (b) What a noisy market! (c) Please pass the salt. (d) Where is Meera going after school?

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