Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 671 · 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 is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Aisha wrote her poem. She read it. (b) Aisha wrote Aisha's poem. Aisha read it. (c) Aisha wrote her poem. Her read it.
2. 2.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Saanvi plays cricket in the park.” (a) exclamation (b) command (c) question (d) statement
3. 3.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The village pond was full of lotus flowers. (b) The old farmer planted rice in the field. (c) Grandpa. (d) The red kite flew high in the sky.
4. 4.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The red kite flew high in the sky. (b) The new student sat next to me. (c) If you come early. (d) Our neighbours lit lamps on Diwali.
5. 5.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “The baby elephant.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
6. 6.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Visits Tenzin the library on Fridays. (b) Tenzin visits on Fridays the library. (c) Tenzin visits the library on Fridays. (d) Tenzin the library visits on Fridays.
7. 7.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Why is Ishaan laughing?” (a) exclamation (b) command (c) statement (d) question
8. 8.“Brought a letter for Dad.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) what happens (predicate) (c) nothing is missing
9. 9.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Joseph the library visits on Fridays. (b) Joseph visits on Fridays the library. (c) Joseph visits the library on Fridays. (d) Visits Joseph the library on Fridays.
10. 10.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “How cute the puppy is” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
11. 11.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Manav has a new toy car. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Him (b) He (c) She (d) It
12. 12.Which sentence describes the mango best? (a) Ananya ate a big mango. (b) Ananya ate a big ripe mango. (c) Ananya ate a ripe mango. (d) Ananya ate a mango.
13. 13.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Tara a banana eats after school. (b) Tara eats after school a banana. (c) Tara eats a banana after school. (d) Eats Tara a banana after school.
14. 14.Which sentence describes the pot best? (a) Sneha painted a round pot. (b) Sneha painted an orange pot. (c) Sneha painted a pot. (d) Sneha painted a round orange pot.
15. 15.Which sentence describes the house best? (a) Aarav drew a red house. (b) Aarav drew a tall house. (c) Aarav drew a house. (d) Aarav drew a tall red house.
16. 16.Which sentence describes the elephant best? (a) Pooja saw a big elephant. (b) Pooja saw a big grey elephant. (c) Pooja saw a grey elephant. (d) Pooja saw an elephant.
17. 17.Dev wrote “a fast horse and a fast car”. Which word means the same as “fast” and can replace the second one? (a) spicy (b) quick (c) slow
18. 18.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Ishaan is why laughing? (b) Is why Ishaan laughing? (c) Why is Ishaan laughing? (d) Why Ishaan is laughing?
19. 19.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The postman brought a letter for Dad. (b) The peacock danced in the rain. (c) The old farmer planted rice in the field. (d) The school bus.
20. 20.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Ishaan is what drawing in class? (b) What Ishaan is drawing in class? (c) What is Ishaan drawing in class? (d) Is what Ishaan drawing in class?
21. 21.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Priya helps in the kitchen Grandma. (b) Helps Priya Grandma in the kitchen. (c) Priya helps Grandma in the kitchen. (d) Priya Grandma helps in the kitchen.
22. 22.These words are mixed up: night / school / packs / bag / at / Dev / the
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Dev the school bag packs at night. (b) Dev packs at night the school bag. (c) Dev packs the school bag at night. (d) Packs Dev the school bag at night.
23. 23.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My birthday is on the first Friday of november.” (a) november (b) of (c) the (d) birthday
24. 24.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “on Monday we have a test in maths.” (a) a (b) maths (c) we (d) on
25. 25.Which of these is a command? (a) Put your books in the bag. (b) Zoya sings a song in the morning. (c) What is Joseph reading today? (d) What a cute puppy!
26. 26.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The tiny ant carried a crumb.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
27. 27.Which describing word fits best?
    “The thunder sounds ___.” (a) colourful (b) fluffy (c) sour (d) loud
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Rohan and i played in the park on Friday.” (a) and (b) played (c) the (d) i
29. 29.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) How cold the morning is! (b) Kavya reads a storybook at night. (c) Why is Aisha crying? (d) Please close the door.
30. 30.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Onam.” (a) cousins (b) met (c) we (d) our
31. 31.Which describing word fits best?
    “The drum sounds ___.” (a) salty (b) sticky (c) shiny (d) loud
32. 32.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Helps Manav Grandma in the kitchen. (b) Manav helps in the kitchen Grandma. (c) Manav Grandma helps in the kitchen. (d) Manav helps Grandma in the kitchen.
33. 33.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Tara and maria will come to my house on Thursday.” (a) will (b) come (c) maria (d) on
34. 34.Which is the best way to join “We bought apples.” and “We bought grapes.”? (a) We bought apples and we bought grapes. (b) We bought apples but we bought grapes. (c) We bought apples because we bought grapes.
35. 35.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Where is Riya going after school” (a) full stop (.) (b) question mark (?) (c) exclamation mark (!)
36. 36.These words are mixed up: picture / in / a / art / Rahul / class / draws
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Rahul draws in art class a picture. (b) Rahul draws a picture in art class. (c) Draws Rahul a picture in art class. (d) Rahul a picture draws in art class.
37. 37.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Ran onto the field. (b) Two ducks. (c) The brown cow gave fresh milk. (d) Since it was late.
38. 38.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in June.” (a) in (b) the (c) our (d) school
39. 39.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Simran flies a kite on the roof.” (a) command (b) statement (c) exclamation (d) question
40. 40.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The baby elephant splashed in the river.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment

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