Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 452 · 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.Which is the best way to join “Mum smiled.” and “I had cleaned my room.”? (a) Mum smiled but I had cleaned my room. (b) Mum smiled because I had cleaned my room. (c) Mum smiled so I had cleaned my room.
2. 2.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The milk boiled over we turned off the stove.” (a) after “off” (b) after “boiled” (c) after “turned” (d) after “over”
3. 3.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Wash your hands before lunch.” (a) exclamation (b) statement (c) command (d) question
4. 4.These words are mixed up: the / washes / Sundays / Kabir / car / on
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Kabir the car washes on Sundays. (b) Kabir washes on Sundays the car. (c) Washes Kabir the car on Sundays. (d) Kabir washes the car on Sundays.
5. 5.Which describing word fits best?
   “The cactus feels ___.” (a) shiny (b) sweet (c) prickly (d) loud
6. 6.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The sky turned dark soon it began to rain.” (a) after “to” (b) after “The” (c) after “dark” (d) after “it”
7. 7.These words are mixed up: cleans / Kavya / the / Saturday / every / room
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Kavya cleans every Saturday the room. (b) Kavya cleans the room every Saturday. (c) Kavya the room cleans every Saturday. (d) Cleans Kavya the room every Saturday.
8. 8.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we went to pune for christmas last year.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
9. 9.These words are mixed up: Meera / the / room / every / Saturday / cleans
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Meera the room cleans every Saturday. (b) Meera cleans every Saturday the room. (c) Cleans Meera the room every Saturday. (d) Meera cleans the room every Saturday.
10. 10.Which of these is a question? (a) Omkar plays cricket in the park. (b) Sit down quietly. (c) What a noisy market! (d) Why is Kavya laughing?
11. 11.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Before the sun set.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
12. 12.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Where Maria is going after school? (b) Where is Maria going after school? (c) Maria is where going after school? (d) Is where Maria going after school?
13. 13.Which of these is a statement? (a) Put your books in the bag. (b) How beautiful the garden is! (c) How is Joseph travelling to school? (d) Manav eats a banana after school.
14. 14.Which sentence describes the bag best? (a) Meera carried a black bag. (b) Meera carried a heavy black bag. (c) Meera carried a bag. (d) Meera carried a heavy bag.
15. 15.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What is Zoya eating for lunch” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
16. 16.Which sentence describes the bicycle best? (a) Riya rode a red bicycle. (b) Riya rode a bicycle. (c) Riya rode a shiny bicycle. (d) Riya rode a shiny red bicycle.
17. 17.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.
18. 18.Which describing word fits best?
    “The tree bark feels ___.” (a) noisy (b) shiny (c) rough (d) sweet
19. 19.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Waiting for the bus. (b) My father. (c) Put out the fire. (d) The bright moon shone over the lake.
20. 20.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The test was hard. Zoya got full marks.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
21. 21.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Wrote a poem on the board. (b) Our neighbours. (c) Grandpa watered the plants. (d) Because the shop was closed.
22. 22.Which is the best way to join “We stayed indoors.” and “It was raining.”? (a) We stayed indoors so it was raining. (b) We stayed indoors because it was raining. (c) We stayed indoors but it was raining.
23. 23.Which sentence describes the dog best? (a) Riya saw a black dog. (b) Riya saw a little dog. (c) Riya saw a dog. (d) Riya saw a little black dog.
24. 24.Which is the best way to join “The test was hard.” and “Zoya got full marks.”? (a) The test was hard but Zoya got full marks. (b) The test was hard because Zoya got full marks. (c) The test was hard so Zoya got full marks.
25. 25.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Diya fixed her toy car. Her played with it. (b) Diya fixed her toy car. She played with it. (c) Diya fixed Diya's toy car. Diya played with it.
26. 26.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “aarav and riya will come to my house on wednesday.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
27. 27.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The tall tree.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
28. 28.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Ended at five o'clock. (b) The players. (c) The children sang a song in the hall. (d) Playing with my friends.
29. 29.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) How Farhan is travelling to school? (b) Is how Farhan travelling to school? (c) Farhan is how travelling to school? (d) How is Farhan travelling to school?
30. 30.Which sentence describes the bicycle best? (a) Dev rode a shiny bicycle. (b) Dev rode a bicycle. (c) Dev rode a shiny green bicycle. (d) Dev rode a green bicycle.
31. 31.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “kavya wore new clothes on baisakhi.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 4
32. 32.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The road was wet. We walked slowly.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
33. 33.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Ananya washed Ananya's bicycle. Ananya rode it. (b) Ananya washed her bicycle. She rode it. (c) Ananya washed her bicycle. Her rode it.
34. 34.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Zoya washed her bicycle. She rode it. (b) Zoya washed Zoya's bicycle. Zoya rode it. (c) Zoya washed her bicycle. Her rode it.
35. 35.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on diwali.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 1
36. 36.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The puppy was hungry it barked for food.” (a) after “hungry” (b) after “for” (c) after “puppy” (d) after “was”
37. 37.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “kunal lives near the lake in Bhopal.” (a) kunal (b) near (c) in (d) lake
38. 38.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Ishaan draws a picture in art class.” (a) command (b) statement (c) question (d) exclamation
39. 39.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from shimla in july.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 3
40. 40.Which of these is a statement? (a) How is Manav travelling to school? (b) How bright the moon is! (c) Rohan feeds the cat every morning. (d) Open your books to page ten.

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