Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 466 · 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?
   “Who is Kabir calling?” (a) command (b) question (c) statement (d) exclamation
2. 2.These words are mixed up: eats / after / banana / Ananya / school / a
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Ananya eats a banana after school. (b) Ananya a banana eats after school. (c) Ananya eats after school a banana. (d) Eats Ananya a banana after school.
3. 3.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “Although he was tired.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
4. 4.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Priya has a new bag. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) Her (c) It (d) She
5. 5.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) Put out the fire. (b) The wind blew the leaves away. (c) The little puppy ran across the garden. (d) Our neighbours lit lamps on Diwali.
6. 6.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Eating a big mango. (b) Sat on the wall. (c) A small mouse. (d) My little brother broke his toy car.
7. 7.Imran wrote “a rich king in a rich city”. Which word means the same as “rich” and can replace the second one? (a) square (b) wealthy (c) poor
8. 8.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “Why is Diya crying” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
9. 9.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Why is Riya crying?” (a) statement (b) command (c) question (d) exclamation
10. 10.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What is Riya reading today?” (a) command (b) question (c) statement (d) exclamation
11. 11.Which of these is a question? (a) Riya drinks warm milk before bed. (b) Switch off the fan. (c) How lovely the song is! (d) Where is Manav playing cricket?
12. 12.Which of these is a command? (a) Yash writes a poem every week. (b) Where is Aarav going after school? (c) Wash your hands before lunch. (d) What a lovely song!
13. 13.These words are mixed up: a / banana / school / after / Ishaan / eats
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Eats Ishaan a banana after school. (b) Ishaan eats a banana after school. (c) Ishaan eats after school a banana. (d) Ishaan a banana eats after school.
14. 14.These words are mixed up: Rohan / warm / drinks / before / bed / milk
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Rohan drinks before bed warm milk. (b) Drinks Rohan warm milk before bed. (c) Rohan drinks warm milk before bed. (d) Rohan warm milk drinks before bed.
15. 15.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “How beautiful the garden is” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
16. 16.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) How cold the morning is! (b) Kunal sings a song in the morning. (c) Why is Diya laughing? (d) Bring your notebook tomorrow.
17. 17.Which of these is a statement? (a) Rahul feeds the cat every morning. (b) How beautiful the garden is! (c) When is Tenzin leaving for Delhi? (d) Wash your hands before lunch.
18. 18.Which of these is a statement? (a) Where is Rahul playing cricket? (b) Please speak slowly. (c) Yash packs the school bag at night. (d) What a tasty samosa!
19. 19.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The players ran onto the field. (b) Two ducks swam in the pond. (c) My grandmother. (d) The school bus stopped at the gate.
20. 20.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from shimla in September.” (a) came (b) in (c) shimla (d) uncle
21. 21.Which describing word fits best?
    “The jam feels ___.” (a) sweet (b) colourful (c) sticky (d) loud
22. 22.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Zoya packed her bag. She carried it. (b) Zoya packed Zoya's bag. Zoya carried it. (c) Zoya packed her bag. Her carried it.
23. 23.Which of these is a command? (a) What is Manav drawing in class? (b) Kabir eats a banana after school. (c) What a bright moon! (d) Please close the door.
24. 24.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The mango looked green. It was very sweet.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
25. 25.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Yash packed Yash's bag. Yash carried it. (b) Yash packed his bag. He carried it. (c) Yash packed his bag. Him carried it.
26. 26.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on tuesday.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 4
27. 27.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “My aunt sent me a gift.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Omkar and vikram will come to my house on Wednesday.” (a) come (b) and (c) will (d) vikram
29. 29.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Kunal found Kunal's kite. Kunal flew it. (b) Kunal found his kite. He flew it. (c) Kunal found his kite. Him flew it.
30. 30.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The room was dark. I switched on the light.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
31. 31.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for diwali.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
32. 32.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The plants died. Nobody watered them.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
33. 33.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “We stayed indoors. It was raining.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
34. 34.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Sang a song in the hall. (b) When the school bus came. (c) The school bus stopped at the gate. (d) The postman.
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “last Thursday I went to Patna by train.” (a) to (b) train (c) went (d) last
36. 36.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Pooja has a new card. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) He (c) Her (d) She
37. 37.Which sentence describes the umbrella best? (a) Aarav opened a big umbrella. (b) Aarav opened an umbrella. (c) Aarav opened a striped umbrella. (d) Aarav opened a big striped umbrella.
38. 38.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Flies Farhan a kite on the roof. (b) Farhan flies a kite on the roof. (c) Farhan flies on the roof a kite. (d) Farhan a kite flies on the roof.
39. 39.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Ananya wrote Ananya's poem. Ananya read it. (b) Ananya wrote her poem. She read it. (c) Ananya wrote her poem. Her read it.
40. 40.Which of these is a command? (a) Where is Tara playing cricket? (b) How funny the joke is! (c) Saanvi washes the car on Sundays. (d) Wait for me at the gate.

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