Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 429 · 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?
   “Line up near the door.” (a) exclamation (b) question (c) statement (d) command
2. 2.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “Grandma baked a cake it smelled lovely.” (a) after “a” (b) after “baked” (c) after “cake” (d) after “Grandma”
3. 3.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Simran planted Simran's sapling. Simran watered it. (b) Simran planted her sapling. Her watered it. (c) Simran planted her sapling. She watered it.
4. 4.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Our school reopens after the holidays in february.” (a) reopens (b) february (c) school (d) after
5. 5.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is why Diya crying? (b) Why is Diya crying? (c) Diya is why crying? (d) Why Diya is crying?
6. 6.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Swam in the pond. (b) The baby elephant splashed in the river. (c) Running in the park. (d) Our cat.
7. 7.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “The ice cream seller.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
8. 8.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “our school reopens after the holidays in february.” (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 3
9. 9.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “The new student.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
10. 10.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “We ran to the bus stop. We were late.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
11. 11.Farhan wrote “a pretty doll in a pretty dress”. Which word means the same as “pretty” and can replace the second one? (a) ugly (b) square (c) lovely
12. 12.Dev wrote “an angry man and an angry dog”. Which word means the same as “angry” and can replace the second one? (a) square (b) calm (c) cross
13. 13.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) When the bell rang. (b) The wind blew the leaves away. (c) Put out the fire. (d) The ice cream seller.
14. 14.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first Saturday of December.” (a) the (b) birthday (c) my (d) is
15. 15.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Arjun is where playing cricket? (b) Where Arjun is playing cricket? (c) Where is Arjun playing cricket? (d) Is where Arjun playing cricket?
16. 16.Manav wrote “an old fort near an old temple”. Which word means the same as “old” and can replace the second one? (a) ancient (b) new (c) spicy
17. 17.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “yash was born in the month of january.” (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 3
18. 18.“The little puppy.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) nothing is missing (c) who or what (subject)
19. 19.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The ice cream seller rang his bell. (b) The school bell rang loudly. (c) The wind blew the leaves away. (d) Playing with my friends.
20. 20.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Kabir is why laughing? (b) Is why Kabir laughing? (c) Why Kabir is laughing? (d) Why is Kabir laughing?
21. 21.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) A big black crow. (b) My aunt sent me a gift. (c) Gave me a pencil. (d) Since it was late.
22. 22.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Sneha is where going after school? (b) Is where Sneha going after school? (c) Where Sneha is going after school? (d) Where is Sneha going after school?
23. 23.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my cousin and I visited a zoo in Shimla.” (a) visited (b) and (c) in (d) my
24. 24.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Ananya found her kite. Her flew it. (b) Ananya found Ananya's kite. Ananya flew it. (c) Ananya found her kite. She flew it.
25. 25.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Why is Kunal crying” (a) full stop (.) (b) question mark (?) (c) exclamation mark (!)
26. 26.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Where Maria is playing cricket? (b) Where is Maria playing cricket? (c) Maria is where playing cricket? (d) Is where Maria playing cricket?
27. 27.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The shopkeeper. (b) The train left the station at nine. (c) Ran across the garden. (d) As soon as we reached home.
28. 28.Which sentence describes the mango best? (a) Arjun ate a mango. (b) Arjun ate a yellow mango. (c) Arjun ate a big yellow mango. (d) Arjun ate a big mango.
29. 29.Which of these is a command? (a) Manav eats a banana after school. (b) How tall the tree is! (c) Water the plants today. (d) What is Simran eating for lunch?
30. 30.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The garden has roses. It has sunflowers.” (a) because (b) but (c) and
31. 31.These words are mixed up: lunch / rice / Kavya / for / cooks
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Cooks Kavya rice for lunch. (b) Kavya cooks for lunch rice. (c) Kavya rice cooks for lunch. (d) Kavya cooks rice for lunch.
32. 32.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my cousin and i visited a zoo in agra.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 3
33. 33.Joseph wrote “an old fort near an old temple”. Which word means the same as “old” and can replace the second one? (a) new (b) round (c) ancient
34. 34.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Maria visits the library on Fridays” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
35. 35.“Lit lamps on Diwali.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) nothing is missing (c) who or what (subject)
36. 36.Which sentence describes the bag best? (a) Rahul carried a black bag. (b) Rahul carried a bag. (c) Rahul carried a big bag. (d) Rahul carried a big black bag.
37. 37.Rahul wrote “a small cup on a small plate”. Which word means the same as “small” and can replace the second one? (a) square (b) huge (c) tiny
38. 38.Which sentence describes the umbrella best? (a) Farhan opened a big yellow umbrella. (b) Farhan opened an umbrella. (c) Farhan opened a big umbrella. (d) Farhan opened a yellow umbrella.
39. 39.Which sentence describes the flower best? (a) Isha picked a tiny flower. (b) Isha picked a yellow flower. (c) Isha picked a flower. (d) Isha picked a tiny yellow flower.
40. 40.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bus was late we waited at the stop.” (a) after “was” (b) after “late” (c) after “The” (d) after “bus”

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