Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 418 · 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.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Where is Kabir going after school?” (a) question (b) exclamation (c) command (d) statement
2. 2.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “We reached the beach the sand was warm.” (a) after “sand” (b) after “reached” (c) after “the” (d) after “beach”
3. 3.Which sentence describes the house best? (a) Saanvi drew a small red house. (b) Saanvi drew a red house. (c) Saanvi drew a house. (d) Saanvi drew a small house.
4. 4.Which of these is a question? (a) Rahul eats a banana after school. (b) How lovely the song is! (c) Water the plants today. (d) Who is Ananya calling?
5. 5.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “Arjun flies a kite on the roof” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
6. 6.These words are mixed up: school / Simran / banana / a / eats / after
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Eats Simran a banana after school. (b) Simran a banana eats after school. (c) Simran eats a banana after school. (d) Simran eats after school a banana.
7. 7.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “While Mum was cooking.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
8. 8.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Dev has a new bicycle. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) It (c) Him (d) She
9. 9.These words are mixed up: cleans / the / Saturday / room / Pooja / every
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Cleans Pooja the room every Saturday. (b) Pooja cleans the room every Saturday. (c) Pooja the room cleans every Saturday. (d) Pooja cleans every Saturday the room.
10. 10.These words are mixed up: writes / a / week / every / Manav / poem
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Writes Manav a poem every week. (b) Manav writes a poem every week. (c) Manav a poem writes every week. (d) Manav writes every week a poem.
11. 11.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Before the sun set. (b) My aunt sent me a gift. (c) The shopkeeper. (d) Sat on the wall.
12. 12.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Kavya has a new kite. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Her (b) It (c) She (d) He
13. 13.Which describing word fits best?
    “The jalebi tastes ___.” (a) loud (b) colourful (c) sweet (d) smooth
14. 14.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The ice cream melted. It was a hot day.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
15. 15.Which describing word fits best?
    “The pickle tastes ___.” (a) shiny (b) rough (c) spicy (d) quiet
16. 16.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is who Ananya calling? (b) Who is Ananya calling? (c) Ananya is who calling? (d) Who Ananya is calling?
17. 17.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from lucknow in January.” (a) lucknow (b) uncle (c) in (d) came
18. 18.Which of these is a command? (a) Wash your hands before lunch. (b) Kunal visits the library on Fridays. (c) Where is Sneha playing cricket? (d) What a tall tree!
19. 19.Rahul wrote “a rich king in a rich city”. Which word means the same as “rich” and can replace the second one? (a) poor (b) spicy (c) wealthy
20. 20.Kavya wrote “happy children at a happy party”. Which word means the same as “happy” and can replace the second one? (a) purple (b) sad (c) glad
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Holi.” (a) met (b) our (c) cousins (d) we
22. 22.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Farhan has a new toy car. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Him (b) She (c) He (d) It
23. 23.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “My kite got stuck a kind man got it down.” (a) after “got” (b) after “kind” (c) after “My” (d) after “stuck”
24. 24.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The train arrived people got on quickly.” (a) after “on” (b) after “train” (c) after “got” (d) after “arrived”
25. 25.Which describing word fits best?
    “The drum sounds ___.” (a) bitter (b) loud (c) rough (d) colourful
26. 26.Which sentence describes the kite best? (a) Yash flew a small green kite. (b) Yash flew a small kite. (c) Yash flew a green kite. (d) Yash flew a kite.
27. 27.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The shop was closed we went back home.” (a) after “we” (b) after “closed” (c) after “went” (d) after “shop”
28. 28.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Joseph planted his sapling. He watered it. (b) Joseph planted Joseph's sapling. Joseph watered it. (c) Joseph planted his sapling. Him watered it.
29. 29.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The children. (b) My best friend gave me a pencil. (c) Put out the fire. (d) While Mum was cooking.
30. 30.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 because he drinks his tea. (c) Grandpa reads the paper but he drinks his tea.
31. 31.Which sentence describes the shell best? (a) Diya found a tiny white shell. (b) Diya found a tiny shell. (c) Diya found a shell. (d) Diya found a white shell.
32. 32.Which of these is a command? (a) Why is Dev laughing? (b) Turn left at the temple. (c) What a tasty samosa! (d) Zoya writes a poem every week.
33. 33.Which is the best way to join “The test was hard.” and “Zoya got full marks.”? (a) The test was hard so Zoya got full marks. (b) The test was hard but Zoya got full marks. (c) The test was hard because Zoya got full marks.
34. 34.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The wind was strong our umbrella turned inside out.” (a) after “strong” (b) after “umbrella” (c) after “turned” (d) after “wind”
35. 35.Which sentence describes the dog best? (a) Simran saw a big brown dog. (b) Simran saw a brown dog. (c) Simran saw a dog. (d) Simran saw a big dog.
36. 36.“Counted the coins.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) what happens (predicate) (c) who or what (subject)
37. 37.Yash wrote “a loud bell and a loud drum”. Which word means the same as “loud” and can replace the second one? (a) quiet (b) noisy (c) wooden
38. 38.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The shop was closed. We went home.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
39. 39.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Kunal cleans the room every Saturday” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
40. 40.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The little puppy.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment

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