Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 450 · 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 a big cake!” (a) question (b) exclamation (c) command (d) statement
2. 2.Which of these is a command? (a) Where is Sneha going after school? (b) How huge the elephant is! (c) Farhan visits the library on Fridays. (d) Please feed the cat.
3. 3.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is where Priya playing cricket? (b) Priya is where playing cricket? (c) Where is Priya playing cricket? (d) Where Priya is playing cricket?
4. 4.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “the big fair in kochi starts in february.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5
5. 5.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Farhan packed his bag. Him carried it. (b) Farhan packed his bag. He carried it. (c) Farhan packed Farhan's bag. Farhan carried it.
6. 6.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “kunal met meera at the station in delhi.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 4
7. 7.Which sentence describes the house best? (a) Zoya drew a house. (b) Zoya drew a tall house. (c) Zoya drew a red house. (d) Zoya drew a tall red house.
8. 8.Priya wrote “a clever girl with a clever plan”. Which word means the same as “clever” and can replace the second one? (a) hungry (b) smart (c) silly
9. 9.“A green parrot.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) who or what (subject) (c) nothing is missing
10. 10.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Since it was late. (b) Checked my throat. (c) My best friend gave me a pencil. (d) The school bell.
11. 11.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Please help me carry this box.” (a) command (b) statement (c) exclamation (d) question
12. 12.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Saanvi has a new pot. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) She (c) He (d) Her
13. 13.Zoya wrote “a big box in a big room”. Which word means the same as “big” and can replace the second one? (a) tiny (b) huge (c) purple
14. 14.Which sentence describes the dog best? (a) Kunal saw a black dog. (b) Kunal saw a small dog. (c) Kunal saw a dog. (d) Kunal saw a small black dog.
15. 15.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The puppy was hungry it barked for food.” (a) after “was” (b) after “for” (c) after “hungry” (d) after “it”
16. 16.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The soup was hot ___ it was not tasty.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
17. 17.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “We stayed indoors. It was raining.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
18. 18.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) Farhan feeds the cat every morning. (b) What is Riya eating for lunch? (c) Please pass the salt. (d) How lovely the song is!
19. 19.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “ran” (b) after “bell” (c) after “rang” (d) after “The”
20. 20.Which sentence describes the dog best? (a) Ishaan saw a little brown dog. (b) Ishaan saw a dog. (c) Ishaan saw a little dog. (d) Ishaan saw a brown dog.
21. 21.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The soup was hot. It was not tasty.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
22. 22.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The ice cream melted. It was a hot day.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
23. 23.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is what Manav drawing in class? (b) What Manav is drawing in class? (c) Manav is what drawing in class? (d) What is Manav drawing in class?
24. 24.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Arjun wrote his poem. He read it. (b) Arjun wrote Arjun's poem. Arjun read it. (c) Arjun wrote his poem. Him read it.
25. 25.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Arjun visits the library on Fridays. (b) Arjun visits on Fridays the library. (c) Visits Arjun the library on Fridays. (d) Arjun the library visits on Fridays.
26. 26.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Grandpa reads the paper. He drinks his tea.” (a) and (b) because (c) but
27. 27.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “manav met priya at the station in kochi.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 5
28. 28.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Where is Rahul going after school?” (a) statement (b) command (c) exclamation (d) question
29. 29.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Rahul has a new pencil. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Him (b) She (c) It (d) He
30. 30.Which is the best way to join “Tara likes to paint.” and “She likes to draw.”? (a) Tara likes to paint because she likes to draw. (b) Tara likes to paint but she likes to draw. (c) Tara likes to paint and she likes to draw.
31. 31.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Isha reads a storybook at night. (b) Isha reads at night a storybook. (c) Isha a storybook reads at night. (d) Reads Isha a storybook at night.
32. 32.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The milk boiled over we turned off the stove.” (a) after “over” (b) after “turned” (c) after “The” (d) after “boiled”
33. 33.“Cooked dal for dinner.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) what happens (predicate) (c) who or what (subject)
34. 34.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “It was very hot we drank cold water.” (a) after “very” (b) after “drank” (c) after “was” (d) after “hot”
35. 35.These words are mixed up: catches / bus / seven / the / at / Saanvi
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Saanvi catches at seven the bus. (b) Catches Saanvi the bus at seven. (c) Saanvi the bus catches at seven. (d) Saanvi catches the bus at seven.
36. 36.Sneha wrote “a wet towel on a wet floor”. Which word means the same as “wet” and can replace the second one? (a) purple (b) dry (c) damp
37. 37.Which sentence describes the balloon best? (a) Nisha bought a big balloon. (b) Nisha bought a balloon. (c) Nisha bought a red balloon. (d) Nisha bought a big red balloon.
38. 38.Which describing word fits best?
    “The roasted peanuts taste ___.” (a) fluffy (b) colourful (c) quiet (d) salty
39. 39.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Kabir fell off his bicycle he hurt his knee.” (a) after “off” (b) after “he” (c) after “Kabir” (d) after “bicycle”
40. 40.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Gave me a pencil. (b) Our neighbours. (c) Until the rain stopped. (d) The train left the station at nine.

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