Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 431 · 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?
   “What is Ishaan reading today?” (a) question (b) statement (c) exclamation (d) command
2. 2.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “Ishaan plays cricket in the park” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
3. 3.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “simran and I played in the park on Thursday.” (a) park (b) the (c) and (d) simran
4. 4.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Brushes Imran the dog on Sundays. (b) Imran brushes the dog on Sundays. (c) Imran the dog brushes on Sundays. (d) Imran brushes on Sundays the dog.
5. 5.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Dev is how travelling to school? (b) Is how Dev travelling to school? (c) How is Dev travelling to school? (d) How Dev is travelling to school?
6. 6.Which describing word fits best?
   “The honey tastes ___.” (a) prickly (b) sweet (c) shiny (d) loud
7. 7.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) A green parrot ate a ripe guava. (b) The firefighters put out the fire. (c) Rang his bell. (d) The school bus stopped at the gate.
8. 8.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we met all our cousins on holi.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3
9. 9.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “Tara eats a banana after school” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
10. 10.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Where is Aisha playing cricket?” (a) exclamation (b) question (c) command (d) statement
11. 11.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Ishaan reads at night a storybook. (b) Ishaan reads a storybook at night. (c) Reads Ishaan a storybook at night. (d) Ishaan a storybook reads at night.
12. 12.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first tuesday of october.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5
13. 13.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Aarav picked his mango. He ate it. (b) Aarav picked Aarav's mango. Aarav ate it. (c) Aarav picked his mango. Him ate it.
14. 14.Which describing word fits best?
    “The cactus feels ___.” (a) quiet (b) shiny (c) prickly (d) spicy
15. 15.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Sneha catches the bus at seven. (b) Sneha the bus catches at seven. (c) Sneha catches at seven the bus. (d) Catches Sneha the bus at seven.
16. 16.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Sit down quietly.” (a) exclamation (b) command (c) question (d) statement
17. 17.Which is the best way to join “The room was dark.” and “I switched on the light.”? (a) The room was dark so I switched on the light. (b) The room was dark but I switched on the light. (c) The room was dark because I switched on the light.
18. 18.Which describing word fits best?
    “The chips taste ___.” (a) salty (b) colourful (c) loud (d) smooth
19. 19.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Grabbed a banana. (b) The children. (c) Since it was late. (d) The cricket match ended at five o'clock.
20. 20.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Bring your notebook tomorrow.” (a) question (b) statement (c) exclamation (d) command
21. 21.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Vikram found his kite. He flew it. (b) Vikram found Vikram's kite. Vikram flew it. (c) Vikram found his kite. Him flew it.
22. 22.Manav 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
23. 23.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Isha has a new bicycle. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) Her (c) He (d) She
24. 24.Omkar wrote “a quiet room in a quiet house”. Which word means the same as “quiet” and can replace the second one? (a) hungry (b) silent (c) noisy
25. 25.Which sentence describes the flower best? (a) Isha picked a white flower. (b) Isha picked a tiny white flower. (c) Isha picked a flower. (d) Isha picked a tiny flower.
26. 26.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Rahul made his card. He posted it. (b) Rahul made his card. Him posted it. (c) Rahul made Rahul's card. Rahul posted it.
27. 27.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Why is Dev laughing?” (a) exclamation (b) command (c) statement (d) question
28. 28.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) A small mouse hid under the bed. (b) Wrote a poem on the board. (c) A green parrot ate a ripe guava. (d) Our cat slept on the sofa.
29. 29.Farhan wrote “a shiny coin and a shiny ring”. Which word means the same as “shiny” and can replace the second one? (a) wooden (b) bright (c) dull
30. 30.These words are mixed up: at / seven / catches / the / bus / Rahul
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Rahul catches the bus at seven. (b) Rahul the bus catches at seven. (c) Catches Rahul the bus at seven. (d) Rahul catches at seven the bus.
31. 31.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What is Aarav eating for lunch” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) full stop (.) (c) question mark (?)
32. 32.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The children sang a song in the hall. (b) Running in the park. (c) The tall tree gave us cool shade. (d) My grandmother told us a story.
33. 33.Which describing word fits best?
    “The jalebi tastes ___.” (a) loud (b) rough (c) sweet (d) shiny
34. 34.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Open your books to page ten.” (a) exclamation (b) question (c) command (d) statement
35. 35.Which is the best way to join “Mum cooked dal.” and “She made rotis.”? (a) Mum cooked dal and she made rotis. (b) Mum cooked dal but she made rotis. (c) Mum cooked dal because she made rotis.
36. 36.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in bhopal on Saturday.” (a) visited (b) on (c) bhopal (d) the
37. 37.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What is Imran drawing in class? (b) Imran is what drawing in class? (c) Is what Imran drawing in class? (d) What Imran is drawing in class?
38. 38.Which of these is a statement? (a) Zoya reads a storybook at night. (b) What a lovely song! (c) Why is Aisha laughing? (d) Please speak slowly.
39. 39.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Why is Rahul crying? (b) Why Rahul is crying? (c) Is why Rahul crying? (d) Rahul is why crying?
40. 40.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Aarav a kite flies on the roof. (b) Aarav flies on the roof a kite. (c) Flies Aarav a kite on the roof. (d) Aarav flies a kite on the roof.

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