Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 669 · 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 of these is a complete sentence? (a) Because the shop was closed. (b) The little puppy. (c) Ended at five o'clock. (d) A big black crow sat on the wall.
2. 2.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) When Omkar is leaving for Delhi? (b) Omkar is when leaving for Delhi? (c) Is when Omkar leaving for Delhi? (d) When is Omkar leaving for Delhi?
3. 3.These words are mixed up: waters / the / the / in / Yash / evening / plants
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Yash waters in the evening the plants. (b) Waters Yash the plants in the evening. (c) Yash the plants waters in the evening. (d) Yash waters the plants in the evening.
4. 4.Which is the best way to join “Kabir has a cat.” and “He has a dog.”? (a) Kabir has a cat and he has a dog. (b) Kabir has a cat because he has a dog. (c) Kabir has a cat but he has a dog.
5. 5.These words are mixed up: storybook / at / a / reads / Priya / night
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Reads Priya a storybook at night. (b) Priya a storybook reads at night. (c) Priya reads a storybook at night. (d) Priya reads at night a storybook.
6. 6.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Riya a picture draws in art class. (b) Riya draws in art class a picture. (c) Draws Riya a picture in art class. (d) Riya draws a picture in art class.
7. 7.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Simran waters the plants in the evening.” (a) command (b) exclamation (c) statement (d) question
8. 8.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Line up near the door.” (a) command (b) question (c) exclamation (d) statement
9. 9.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Simran fixed Simran's toy car. Simran played with it. (b) Simran fixed her toy car. She played with it. (c) Simran fixed her toy car. Her played with it.
10. 10.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “rohan and maria will come to my house on thursday.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 4
11. 11.Which sentence describes the pot best? (a) Vikram painted a small pot. (b) Vikram painted a pot. (c) Vikram painted a small orange pot. (d) Vikram painted an orange pot.
12. 12.These words are mixed up: kitchen / the / in / helps / Grandma / Arjun
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Arjun helps in the kitchen Grandma. (b) Helps Arjun Grandma in the kitchen. (c) Arjun helps Grandma in the kitchen. (d) Arjun Grandma helps in the kitchen.
13. 13.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The train left the station at nine.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
14. 14.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from Indore in september.” (a) september (b) uncle (c) in (d) came
15. 15.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) My father cooked dal for dinner. (b) The peacock danced in the rain. (c) Sent me a gift. (d) The rain fell all night.
16. 16.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The wind was strong our umbrella turned inside out.” (a) after “wind” (b) after “The” (c) after “strong” (d) after “turned”
17. 17.These words are mixed up: Imran / a / writes / poem / week / every
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Imran writes a poem every week. (b) Imran writes every week a poem. (c) Imran a poem writes every week. (d) Writes Imran a poem every week.
18. 18.Which describing word fits best?
    “The busy market sounds ___.” (a) noisy (b) prickly (c) shiny (d) sweet
19. 19.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Last Thursday i went to Lucknow by train.” (a) i (b) went (c) train (d) to
20. 20.Which sentence describes the mango best? (a) Farhan ate a mango. (b) Farhan ate a big mango. (c) Farhan ate a big ripe mango. (d) Farhan ate a ripe mango.
21. 21.“Our teacher.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) nothing is missing (c) what happens (predicate)
22. 22.Which describing word fits best?
    “The honey tastes ___.” (a) colourful (b) quiet (c) fluffy (d) sweet
23. 23.These words are mixed up: sings / morning / Ishaan / a / song / in / the
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Ishaan sings a song in the morning. (b) Sings Ishaan a song in the morning. (c) Ishaan sings in the morning a song. (d) Ishaan a song sings in the morning.
24. 24.Which of these is a statement? (a) Who is Zoya calling? (b) Aisha sings a song in the morning. (c) Please close the door. (d) What a clever crow!
25. 25.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The garden has roses. It has sunflowers.” (a) because (b) and (c) but
26. 26.Which of these is a command? (a) When is Yash leaving for Delhi? (b) Dev reads a storybook at night. (c) What a colourful rangoli! (d) Put your books in the bag.
27. 27.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Simran cleans every Saturday the room. (b) Cleans Simran the room every Saturday. (c) Simran the room cleans every Saturday. (d) Simran cleans the room every Saturday.
28. 28.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Running in the park. (b) The little puppy. (c) Collected nuts. (d) My little brother broke his toy car.
29. 29.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Eats Kabir a banana after school. (b) Kabir eats a banana after school. (c) Kabir a banana eats after school. (d) Kabir eats after school a banana.
30. 30.Which of these is a statement? (a) Where is Manav going after school? (b) Please speak slowly. (c) Maria cooks rice for lunch. (d) How huge the elephant is!
31. 31.Which sentence describes the kite best? (a) Riya flew a kite. (b) Riya flew a small kite. (c) Riya flew a yellow kite. (d) Riya flew a small yellow kite.
32. 32.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my cousin and I visited a zoo in Lucknow.” (a) zoo (b) my (c) cousin (d) and
33. 33.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) Kavya feeds the cat every morning. (b) What a tall tree! (c) Bring your notebook tomorrow. (d) Where is Aarav playing cricket?
34. 34.Kavya wrote “a loud bell and a loud drum”. Which word means the same as “loud” and can replace the second one? (a) purple (b) quiet (c) noisy
35. 35.These words are mixed up: the / Omkar / car / on / washes / Sundays
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Omkar washes on Sundays the car. (b) Omkar washes the car on Sundays. (c) Omkar the car washes on Sundays. (d) Washes Omkar the car on Sundays.
36. 36.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is why Maria crying? (b) Maria is why crying? (c) Why is Maria crying? (d) Why Maria is crying?
37. 37.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What a colourful rangoli” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
38. 38.Nisha wrote “happy children at a happy party”. Which word means the same as “happy” and can replace the second one? (a) glad (b) purple (c) sad
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “dev wore new clothes on Eid.” (a) on (b) new (c) dev (d) wore
40. 40.Which of these is a statement? (a) Imran visits the library on Fridays. (b) Why is Meera laughing? (c) What a colourful rangoli! (d) Please pass the salt.

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