Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 397 · 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 a statement? (a) Put your books in the bag. (b) What is Diya drawing in class? (c) Dev plays cricket in the park. (d) How clever the crow is!
2. 2.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Diya has a new mango. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Her (b) He (c) She (d) It
3. 3.These words are mixed up: cooks / for / lunch / rice / Kavya
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Kavya rice cooks for lunch. (b) Cooks Kavya rice for lunch. (c) Kavya cooks rice for lunch. (d) Kavya cooks for lunch rice.
4. 4.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Why is Arjun crying? (b) Why Arjun is crying? (c) Arjun is why crying? (d) Is why Arjun crying?
5. 5.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “Sang a song in the hall.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
6. 6.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
   “The bag was heavy ___ Dad helped me carry it.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
7. 7.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “Meera planted a seed she watered it daily.” (a) after “seed” (b) after “watered” (c) after “a” (d) after “it”
8. 8.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) My little brother broke his toy car. (b) The red kite flew high in the sky. (c) Grandpa watered the plants. (d) My grandmother.
9. 9.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Dev feeds the cat every morning.” (a) statement (b) command (c) question (d) exclamation
10. 10.Which sentence describes the dog best? (a) Kunal saw a black dog. (b) Kunal saw a dog. (c) Kunal saw a small dog. (d) Kunal saw a small black dog.
11. 11.Which describing word fits best?
    “The honey tastes ___.” (a) quiet (b) sweet (c) smooth (d) shiny
12. 12.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Sneha has a new sapling. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Her (b) She (c) He (d) It
13. 13.“Carried a crumb.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) who or what (subject) (c) nothing is missing
14. 14.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Line up near the door.” (a) question (b) statement (c) command (d) exclamation
15. 15.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Manav feeds the cat every morning.” (a) statement (b) command (c) question (d) exclamation
16. 16.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “My aunt.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
17. 17.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “aarav was born in the month of november.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
18. 18.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Gave fresh milk.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
19. 19.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “My kite got stuck a kind man got it down.” (a) after “man” (b) after “stuck” (c) after “kind” (d) after “it”
20. 20.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) Since it was late. (b) A busy squirrel collected nuts. (c) Our teacher wrote a poem on the board. (d) The tall tree gave us cool shade.
21. 21.Which sentence describes the dog best? (a) Priya saw a little dog. (b) Priya saw a little black dog. (c) Priya saw a black dog. (d) Priya saw a dog.
22. 22.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Diya helps in the kitchen Grandma. (b) Diya Grandma helps in the kitchen. (c) Diya helps Grandma in the kitchen. (d) Helps Diya Grandma in the kitchen.
23. 23.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Dev waters in the evening the plants. (b) Dev the plants waters in the evening. (c) Dev waters the plants in the evening. (d) Waters Dev the plants in the evening.
24. 24.Which is the best way to join “Mum cooked dal.” and “She made rotis.”? (a) Mum cooked dal because she made rotis. (b) Mum cooked dal but she made rotis. (c) Mum cooked dal and she made rotis.
25. 25.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The test was hard. Zoya got full marks.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
26. 26.“Gave us cool shade.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) nothing is missing (c) what happens (predicate)
27. 27.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Turn left at the temple.” (a) statement (b) question (c) command (d) exclamation
28. 28.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The tall tree gave us cool shade.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
29. 29.Rohan wrote “a cold wind on a cold night”. Which word means the same as “cold” and can replace the second one? (a) chilly (b) hot (c) spicy
30. 30.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The parrot can talk it says hello every morning.” (a) after “says” (b) after “it” (c) after “talk” (d) after “The”
31. 31.Which is the best way to join “Grandpa reads the paper.” and “He drinks his tea.”? (a) Grandpa reads the paper and he drinks his tea. (b) Grandpa reads the paper but he drinks his tea. (c) Grandpa reads the paper because he drinks his tea.
32. 32.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My cousin and I visited a zoo in jaipur.” (a) and (b) zoo (c) visited (d) jaipur
33. 33.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) My grandmother told us a story. (b) The school bell rang loudly. (c) The doctor checked my throat. (d) The cricket match.
34. 34.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Aarav is how travelling to school? (b) How Aarav is travelling to school? (c) Is how Aarav travelling to school? (d) How is Aarav travelling to school?
35. 35.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on thursday.” (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 3
36. 36.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Simran waters the plants in the evening.” (a) command (b) exclamation (c) statement (d) question
37. 37.Which sentence describes the umbrella best? (a) Arjun opened a yellow umbrella. (b) Arjun opened a big yellow umbrella. (c) Arjun opened a big umbrella. (d) Arjun opened an umbrella.
38. 38.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Our team practised hard we won the match.” (a) after “team” (b) after “practised” (c) after “won” (d) after “hard”
39. 39.Vikram wrote “a clever girl with a clever plan”. Which word means the same as “clever” and can replace the second one? (a) purple (b) silly (c) smart
40. 40.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is why Zoya crying? (b) Why Zoya is crying? (c) Why is Zoya crying? (d) Zoya is why crying?

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