Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 489 · 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?
   “Why is Pooja laughing?” (a) question (b) command (c) exclamation (d) statement
2. 2.Which is the best way to join “We bought apples.” and “We bought grapes.”? (a) We bought apples because we bought grapes. (b) We bought apples and we bought grapes. (c) We bought apples but we bought grapes.
3. 3.Which sentence describes the cap best? (a) Sneha wore an old blue cap. (b) Sneha wore a cap. (c) Sneha wore an old cap. (d) Sneha wore a blue cap.
4. 4.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “My kite got stuck a kind man got it down.” (a) after “a” (b) after “stuck” (c) after “it” (d) after “kite”
5. 5.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Zoya has a new cake. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) Her (c) She (d) He
6. 6.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “I brushed my teeth. I washed my face.” (a) and (b) but (c) because
7. 7.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Ananya packed her bag. Her carried it. (b) Ananya packed Ananya's bag. Ananya carried it. (c) Ananya packed her bag. She carried it.
8. 8.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “Kabir drank some water. He was thirsty.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
9. 9.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “the big fair in delhi starts in december.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 5
10. 10.Which of these is a statement? (a) How colourful the rangoli is! (b) Open your books to page ten. (c) What is Joseph eating for lunch? (d) Dev reads a storybook at night.
11. 11.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Maria has a new pencil. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) He (c) Her (d) She
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Rahul and Vikram will come to my house on monday.” (a) and (b) come (c) monday (d) to
13. 13.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Priya can sing ___ she can dance too.” (a) because (b) and (c) but
14. 14.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “on tuesday we have a test in maths.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3
15. 15.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from pune in september.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 4
16. 16.Which sentence describes the mango best? (a) Kabir ate a yellow mango. (b) Kabir ate a juicy mango. (c) Kabir ate a juicy yellow mango. (d) Kabir ate a mango.
17. 17.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Last Tuesday i went to Pune by train.” (a) went (b) to (c) i (d) train
18. 18.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “nisha wore new clothes on baisakhi.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 1
19. 19.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The cake was too sweet nobody ate a second piece.” (a) after “sweet” (b) after “a” (c) after “too” (d) after “The”
20. 20.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Diwali.” (a) we (b) met (c) on (d) cousins
21. 21.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Writes Riya a poem every week. (b) Riya a poem writes every week. (c) Riya writes every week a poem. (d) Riya writes a poem every week.
22. 22.Which of these is a command? (a) How colourful the rangoli is! (b) Water the plants today. (c) How is Sneha travelling to school? (d) Dev catches the bus at seven.
23. 23.Which of these is a question? (a) When is Kabir leaving for Delhi? (b) Please feed the cat. (c) Rahul drinks warm milk before bed. (d) How clever the crow is!
24. 24.These words are mixed up: cooks / Simran / rice / for / lunch
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Simran rice cooks for lunch. (b) Simran cooks for lunch rice. (c) Cooks Simran rice for lunch. (d) Simran cooks rice for lunch.
25. 25.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Please feed the cat.” (a) statement (b) command (c) exclamation (d) question
26. 26.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is where Aisha playing cricket? (b) Where is Aisha playing cricket? (c) Where Aisha is playing cricket? (d) Aisha is where playing cricket?
27. 27.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “The big fair in indore starts in November.” (a) starts (b) fair (c) indore (d) big
28. 28.Which sentence describes the balloon best? (a) Yash bought a balloon. (b) Yash bought a big purple balloon. (c) Yash bought a purple balloon. (d) Yash bought a big balloon.
29. 29.Which sentence describes the dog best? (a) Yash saw a little dog. (b) Yash saw a little brown dog. (c) Yash saw a dog. (d) Yash saw a brown dog.
30. 30.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “While Mum was cooking.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
31. 31.Ananya wrote “a small cup on a small plate”. Which word means the same as “small” and can replace the second one? (a) huge (b) tiny (c) purple
32. 32.“Slept on the sofa.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) what happens (predicate) (c) who or what (subject)
33. 33.Which describing word fits best?
    “The sun looks ___.” (a) bright (b) sour (c) sticky (d) quiet
34. 34.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What is Yash eating for lunch?” (a) command (b) statement (c) exclamation (d) question
35. 35.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Priya catches the bus at seven.” (a) question (b) statement (c) command (d) exclamation
36. 36.Tenzin wrote “a big box in a big room”. Which word means the same as “big” and can replace the second one? (a) huge (b) wooden (c) tiny
37. 37.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The milk boiled over we turned off the stove.” (a) after “The” (b) after “milk” (c) after “over” (d) after “off”
38. 38.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Aisha washed her bicycle. She rode it. (b) Aisha washed her bicycle. Her rode it. (c) Aisha washed Aisha's bicycle. Aisha rode it.
39. 39.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The brown cow. (b) Swam in the pond. (c) The players ran onto the field. (d) When the school bus came.
40. 40.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from Kochi in january.” (a) from (b) in (c) uncle (d) january

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