Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 553 · 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 mark should end this sentence?
   “Isha eats a banana after school” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
2. 2.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is what Manav reading today? (b) Manav is what reading today? (c) What Manav is reading today? (d) What is Manav reading today?
3. 3.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) What is Meera eating for lunch? (b) How huge the elephant is! (c) Priya catches the bus at seven. (d) Bring your notebook tomorrow.
4. 4.Manav wrote “happy children at a happy party”. Which word means the same as “happy” and can replace the second one? (a) sad (b) square (c) glad
5. 5.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Writes Kavya a poem every week. (b) Kavya writes a poem every week. (c) Kavya writes every week a poem. (d) Kavya a poem writes every week.
6. 6.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “Arjun won the race everyone cheered for him.” (a) after “Arjun” (b) after “everyone” (c) after “cheered” (d) after “race”
7. 7.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) After we ate lunch. (b) My sister. (c) My little brother broke his toy car. (d) Hid under the bed.
8. 8.Which of these is a command? (a) What a lovely song! (b) What is Simran drawing in class? (c) Zoya feeds the cat every morning. (d) Line up near the door.
9. 9.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “Isha visits the library on Fridays” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
10. 10.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Dev rides a bicycle to school.” (a) exclamation (b) statement (c) command (d) question
11. 11.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Cooked dal for dinner. (b) The wind blew the leaves away. (c) The hungry monkey. (d) Before the sun set.
12. 12.These words are mixed up: dog / the / on / brushes / Rahul / Sundays
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Rahul brushes the dog on Sundays. (b) Rahul the dog brushes on Sundays. (c) Brushes Rahul the dog on Sundays. (d) Rahul brushes on Sundays the dog.
13. 13.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Manav has a new cake. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) It (c) Him (d) She
14. 14.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Tenzin packed Tenzin's bag. Tenzin carried it. (b) Tenzin packed his bag. Him carried it. (c) Tenzin packed his bag. He carried it.
15. 15.These words are mixed up: car / Dev / washes / on / Sundays / the
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Dev the car washes on Sundays. (b) Washes Dev the car on Sundays. (c) Dev washes the car on Sundays. (d) Dev washes on Sundays the car.
16. 16.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The players.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
17. 17.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “I finished my homework then I read a comic.” (a) after “finished” (b) after “I” (c) after “homework” (d) after “my”
18. 18.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Kabir eats a banana after school.” (a) command (b) statement (c) question (d) exclamation
19. 19.Which describing word fits best?
    “The jalebi tastes ___.” (a) bright (b) rough (c) sweet (d) quiet
20. 20.Which sentence describes the cap best? (a) Kavya wore a cap. (b) Kavya wore a blue cap. (c) Kavya wore a new cap. (d) Kavya wore a new blue cap.
21. 21.Which is the best way to join “The water was too cold.” and “We did not swim.”? (a) The water was too cold because we did not swim. (b) The water was too cold but we did not swim. (c) The water was too cold so we did not swim.
22. 22.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) When Omkar is leaving for Delhi? (b) Is when Omkar leaving for Delhi? (c) Omkar is when leaving for Delhi? (d) When is Omkar leaving for Delhi?
23. 23.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The baby was sleeping we spoke softly.” (a) after “we” (b) after “sleeping” (c) after “spoke” (d) after “baby”
24. 24.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my cousin and i visited a zoo in kolkata.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 4
25. 25.Which of these is a command? (a) Tara cooks rice for lunch. (b) What a funny joke! (c) Turn left at the temple. (d) What is Imran eating for lunch?
26. 26.“The peacock.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
27. 27.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Last monday I went to Delhi by train.” (a) train (b) monday (c) by (d) went
28. 28.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The postman brought a letter for Dad. (b) The ice cream seller. (c) The rain fell all night. (d) My father cooked dal for dinner.
29. 29.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) Sit down quietly. (b) Tara plays cricket in the park. (c) How funny the joke is! (d) What is Priya drawing in class?
30. 30.Which sentence describes the elephant best? (a) Priya saw a grey elephant. (b) Priya saw a huge elephant. (c) Priya saw an elephant. (d) Priya saw a huge grey elephant.
31. 31.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What is Yash eating for lunch? (b) What Yash is eating for lunch? (c) Is what Yash eating for lunch? (d) Yash is what eating for lunch?
32. 32.These words are mixed up: the / room / cleans / Saturday / Priya / every
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Cleans Priya the room every Saturday. (b) Priya the room cleans every Saturday. (c) Priya cleans the room every Saturday. (d) Priya cleans every Saturday the room.
33. 33.Which is the best way to join “Arjun practised every day.” and “He won the prize.”? (a) Arjun practised every day because he won the prize. (b) Arjun practised every day but he won the prize. (c) Arjun practised every day so he won the prize.
34. 34.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Tara likes to paint ___ she likes to draw.” (a) and (b) but (c) because
35. 35.These words are mixed up: every / Saturday / Tara / the / cleans / room
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Tara the room cleans every Saturday. (b) Tara cleans the room every Saturday. (c) Cleans Tara the room every Saturday. (d) Tara cleans every Saturday the room.
36. 36.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “My father cooked dal for dinner.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
37. 37.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What is Kunal drawing in class?” (a) question (b) command (c) statement (d) exclamation
38. 38.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Maria packs the school bag at night. (b) Packs Maria the school bag at night. (c) Maria packs at night the school bag. (d) Maria the school bag packs at night.
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we went to Shimla for Holi last year.” (a) to (b) for (c) we (d) last
40. 40.Arjun wrote “a loud bell and a loud drum”. Which word means the same as “loud” and can replace the second one? (a) wooden (b) quiet (c) noisy

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