Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 426 · 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?
   “Open your books to page ten.” (a) question (b) command (c) exclamation (d) statement
2. 2.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Omkar has a new bag. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Him (b) It (c) He (d) She
3. 3.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my cousin and i visited a zoo in agra.” (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 3
4. 4.Riya wrote “a fast horse and a fast car”. Which word means the same as “fast” and can replace the second one? (a) quick (b) slow (c) square
5. 5.Which describing word fits best?
   “The new coin looks ___.” (a) bitter (b) rough (c) noisy (d) shiny
6. 6.Which describing word fits best?
   “The library sounds ___.” (a) bright (b) sour (c) quiet (d) sticky
7. 7.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Until the rain stopped. (b) Flew high in the sky. (c) The train left the station at nine. (d) My best friend.
8. 8.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Maria baked her cake. Her shared it. (b) Maria baked Maria's cake. Maria shared it. (c) Maria baked her cake. She shared it.
9. 9.Which describing word fits best?
   “The honey tastes ___.” (a) loud (b) bright (c) prickly (d) sweet
10. 10.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The players ran onto the field. (b) Our cat slept on the sofa. (c) The ice cream seller rang his bell. (d) Put out the fire.
11. 11.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Aarav has a new card. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) He (c) She (d) Him
12. 12.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) A big black crow sat on the wall. (b) The village pond was full of lotus flowers. (c) The tiny ant carried a crumb. (d) Broke his toy car.
13. 13.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Diya has a new bag. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) She (c) It (d) Her
14. 14.Which sentence describes the kite best? (a) Pooja flew a kite. (b) Pooja flew a big green kite. (c) Pooja flew a green kite. (d) Pooja flew a big kite.
15. 15.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Watered the plants.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
16. 16.Which describing word fits best?
    “The lemon tastes ___.” (a) fluffy (b) quiet (c) colourful (d) sour
17. 17.Which sentence describes the flower best? (a) Yash picked a flower. (b) Yash picked a white flower. (c) Yash picked a pretty flower. (d) Yash picked a pretty white flower.
18. 18.Aarav wrote “a quiet room in a quiet house”. Which word means the same as “quiet” and can replace the second one? (a) silent (b) purple (c) noisy
19. 19.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) How noisy the market is! (b) Who is Meera calling? (c) Please pass the salt. (d) Maria packs the school bag at night.
20. 20.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “I like mangoes ___ my sister likes apples.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
21. 21.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Aisha is how travelling to school? (b) How is Aisha travelling to school? (c) Is how Aisha travelling to school? (d) How Aisha is travelling to school?
22. 22.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Our teacher wrote a poem on the board. (b) The hungry monkey. (c) Because it was raining. (d) Gave me a pencil.
23. 23.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “How long the train is” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
24. 24.These words are mixed up: eats / a / school / banana / Pooja / after
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Eats Pooja a banana after school. (b) Pooja a banana eats after school. (c) Pooja eats a banana after school. (d) Pooja eats after school a banana.
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Rahul and nisha will come to my house on Friday.” (a) come (b) to (c) nisha (d) my
26. 26.Which sentence describes the bicycle best? (a) Rahul rode a green bicycle. (b) Rahul rode a new green bicycle. (c) Rahul rode a bicycle. (d) Rahul rode a new bicycle.
27. 27.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The rain. (b) Since it was late. (c) Rang loudly. (d) The peacock danced in the rain.
28. 28.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.
29. 29.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Tara packs the school bag at night.” (a) command (b) exclamation (c) statement (d) question
30. 30.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “on Sunday we have a test in maths.” (a) on (b) maths (c) a (d) test
31. 31.Which describing word fits best?
    “The jam feels ___.” (a) bitter (b) sticky (c) quiet (d) shiny
32. 32.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Diya found her kite. She flew it. (b) Diya found Diya's kite. Diya flew it. (c) Diya found her kite. Her flew it.
33. 33.Which sentence describes the dog best? (a) Ishaan saw a dog. (b) Ishaan saw a big dog. (c) Ishaan saw a brown dog. (d) Ishaan saw a big brown dog.
34. 34.These words are mixed up: a / Aarav / at / storybook / reads / night
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Reads Aarav a storybook at night. (b) Aarav a storybook reads at night. (c) Aarav reads at night a storybook. (d) Aarav reads a storybook at night.
35. 35.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is who Imran calling? (b) Imran is who calling? (c) Who Imran is calling? (d) Who is Imran calling?
36. 36.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Where is Sneha going after school? (b) Sneha is where going after school? (c) Is where Sneha going after school? (d) Where Sneha is going after school?
37. 37.Omkar 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
38. 38.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Kunal made his card. Him posted it. (b) Kunal made Kunal's card. Kunal posted it. (c) Kunal made his card. He posted it.
39. 39.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Imran washes the car on Sundays.” (a) command (b) exclamation (c) question (d) statement
40. 40.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Tenzin packs the school bag at night” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) full stop (.) (c) question mark (?)

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