Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 623 · 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 sentence describes the house best? (a) Rohan drew a small house. (b) Rohan drew a red house. (c) Rohan drew a small red house. (d) Rohan drew a house.
2. 2.“The new student.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) who or what (subject) (c) nothing is missing
3. 3.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “Who is Tara calling” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) full stop (.) (c) question mark (?)
4. 4.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Simran has a new bag. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) Her (c) It (d) He
5. 5.Which sentence describes the bag best? (a) Ananya carried a heavy blue bag. (b) Ananya carried a bag. (c) Ananya carried a heavy bag. (d) Ananya carried a blue bag.
6. 6.Which describing word fits best?
   “The tree bark feels ___.” (a) loud (b) rough (c) sour (d) colourful
7. 7.Zoya wrote “a shiny coin and a shiny ring”. Which word means the same as “shiny” and can replace the second one? (a) dull (b) bright (c) wooden
8. 8.“Swam in the pond.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) who or what (subject) (c) nothing is missing
9. 9.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “Carried a crumb.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
10. 10.Tenzin wrote “a pretty doll in a pretty dress”. Which word means the same as “pretty” and can replace the second one? (a) lovely (b) ugly (c) round
11. 11.“Ran onto the field.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) what happens (predicate) (c) nothing is missing
12. 12.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Imran packs the school bag at night.” (a) statement (b) exclamation (c) question (d) command
13. 13.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Brought a letter for Dad. (b) The bright moon shone over the lake. (c) Grandpa. (d) Because it was raining.
14. 14.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What is Rohan eating for lunch” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
15. 15.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my cousin and i visited a zoo in pune.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
16. 16.What kind of sentence is this?
    “How funny the joke is!” (a) command (b) question (c) exclamation (d) statement
17. 17.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What a lovely song” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
18. 18.These words are mixed up: writes / a / poem / every / Rahul / week
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Rahul writes every week a poem. (b) Rahul writes a poem every week. (c) Writes Rahul a poem every week. (d) Rahul a poem writes every week.
19. 19.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The puppy was hungry it barked for food.” (a) after “it” (b) after “hungry” (c) after “was” (d) after “for”
20. 20.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Cooks Saanvi rice for lunch. (b) Saanvi cooks rice for lunch. (c) Saanvi cooks for lunch rice. (d) Saanvi rice cooks for lunch.
21. 21.These words are mixed up: the / on / Zoya / brushes / Sundays / dog
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Brushes Zoya the dog on Sundays. (b) Zoya brushes on Sundays the dog. (c) Zoya brushes the dog on Sundays. (d) Zoya the dog brushes on Sundays.
22. 22.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Omkar made his card. Him posted it. (b) Omkar made his card. He posted it. (c) Omkar made Omkar's card. Omkar posted it.
23. 23.Which is the best way to join “It started to rain.” and “We opened our umbrellas.”? (a) It started to rain but we opened our umbrellas. (b) It started to rain because we opened our umbrellas. (c) It started to rain so we opened our umbrellas.
24. 24.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Zoya cooks for lunch rice. (b) Cooks Zoya rice for lunch. (c) Zoya cooks rice for lunch. (d) Zoya rice cooks for lunch.
25. 25.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “imran wore new clothes on onam.” (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 3
26. 26.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Rahul helps Grandma in the kitchen” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
27. 27.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Sneha a banana eats after school. (b) Sneha eats after school a banana. (c) Sneha eats a banana after school. (d) Eats Sneha a banana after school.
28. 28.Which sentence describes the pot best? (a) Omkar painted a blue pot. (b) Omkar painted a small pot. (c) Omkar painted a pot. (d) Omkar painted a small blue pot.
29. 29.Which describing word fits best?
    “The cactus feels ___.” (a) shiny (b) noisy (c) sour (d) prickly
30. 30.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on Friday.” (a) i (b) park (c) to (d) the
31. 31.Which is the best way to join “I brushed my teeth.” and “I washed my face.”? (a) I brushed my teeth because I washed my face. (b) I brushed my teeth but I washed my face. (c) I brushed my teeth and I washed my face.
32. 32.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Manav feeds the cat every morning.” (a) exclamation (b) question (c) command (d) statement
33. 33.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “imran and omkar will come to my house on tuesday.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
34. 34.Which describing word fits best?
    “The chips taste ___.” (a) loud (b) bright (c) rough (d) salty
35. 35.These words are mixed up: eats / after / Sneha / banana / a / school
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Sneha eats a banana after school. (b) Eats Sneha a banana after school. (c) Sneha eats after school a banana. (d) Sneha a banana eats after school.
36. 36.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Tara reads a storybook at night.” (a) command (b) statement (c) exclamation (d) question
37. 37.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My birthday is on the first Friday of february.” (a) february (b) of (c) the (d) is
38. 38.These words are mixed up: Saturday / the / Kavya / room / every / cleans
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Kavya cleans every Saturday the room. (b) Kavya cleans the room every Saturday. (c) Cleans Kavya the room every Saturday. (d) Kavya the room cleans every Saturday.
39. 39.Which sentence describes the bag best? (a) Zoya carried a bag. (b) Zoya carried a heavy bag. (c) Zoya carried a blue bag. (d) Zoya carried a heavy blue bag.
40. 40.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Arjun reads a storybook at night. (b) Arjun a storybook reads at night. (c) Arjun reads at night a storybook. (d) Reads Arjun a storybook at night.

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