Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 716 · 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 describing word fits best?
   “The cactus feels ___.” (a) salty (b) colourful (c) noisy (d) prickly
2. 2.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Yash has a new bag. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) She (c) It (d) Him
3. 3.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Although he was tired. (b) Carried a crumb. (c) The tall tree. (d) A big black crow sat on the wall.
4. 4.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The postman brought a letter for Dad. (b) My little brother broke his toy car. (c) The new student. (d) A green parrot ate a ripe guava.
5. 5.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “aarav and i played in the park on monday.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
6. 6.These words are mixed up: plays / Kabir / cricket / in / park / the
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Kabir cricket plays in the park. (b) Kabir plays in the park cricket. (c) Plays Kabir cricket in the park. (d) Kabir plays cricket in the park.
7. 7.Arjun wrote “a rich king in a rich city”. Which word means the same as “rich” and can replace the second one? (a) wealthy (b) spicy (c) poor
8. 8.Isha wrote “a fast horse and a fast car”. Which word means the same as “fast” and can replace the second one? (a) wooden (b) slow (c) quick
9. 9.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Where Yash is playing cricket? (b) Is where Yash playing cricket? (c) Yash is where playing cricket? (d) Where is Yash playing cricket?
10. 10.These words are mixed up: a / sings / Farhan / morning / in / the / song
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Farhan sings in the morning a song. (b) Sings Farhan a song in the morning. (c) Farhan a song sings in the morning. (d) Farhan sings a song in the morning.
11. 11.These words are mixed up: the / a / morning / Priya / song / sings / in
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Sings Priya a song in the morning. (b) Priya sings in the morning a song. (c) Priya a song sings in the morning. (d) Priya sings a song in the morning.
12. 12.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Diya reads a storybook at night.” (a) exclamation (b) command (c) statement (d) question
13. 13.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Meera painted Meera's pot. Meera sold it. (b) Meera painted her pot. She sold it. (c) Meera painted her pot. Her sold it.
14. 14.“The children.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) what happens (predicate) (c) nothing is missing
15. 15.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Feeds Rohan the cat every morning. (b) Rohan the cat feeds every morning. (c) Rohan feeds every morning the cat. (d) Rohan feeds the cat every morning.
16. 16.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Yash is who calling? (b) Who Yash is calling? (c) Is who Yash calling? (d) Who is Yash calling?
17. 17.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “nisha and Pooja will come to my house on Saturday.” (a) will (b) and (c) nisha (d) on
18. 18.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Ishaan has a new pot. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) She (c) Him (d) It
19. 19.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Sat next to me. (b) The wind. (c) Our teacher wrote a poem on the board. (d) Waiting for the bus.
20. 20.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Told us a story. (b) The doctor. (c) Because it was raining. (d) The ice cream seller rang his bell.
21. 21.Which describing word fits best?
    “The busy market sounds ___.” (a) bright (b) fluffy (c) salty (d) noisy
22. 22.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Checked my throat.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
23. 23.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “How colourful the rangoli is” (a) question mark (?) (b) full stop (.) (c) exclamation mark (!)
24. 24.These words are mixed up: a / bicycle / rides / school / Yash / to
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Yash a bicycle rides to school. (b) Yash rides to school a bicycle. (c) Rides Yash a bicycle to school. (d) Yash rides a bicycle to school.
25. 25.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Because it was raining. (b) The little puppy. (c) Left the station at nine. (d) The wind blew the leaves away.
26. 26.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The mangoes were ripe we picked a basket full.” (a) after “picked” (b) after “ripe” (c) after “we” (d) after “mangoes”
27. 27.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in Pune on saturday.” (a) saturday (b) the (c) visited (d) old
28. 28.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Rohan baked Rohan's cake. Rohan shared it. (b) Rohan baked his cake. Him shared it. (c) Rohan baked his cake. He shared it.
29. 29.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “on thursday we have a test in maths.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 4
30. 30.Dev wrote “a clever girl with a clever plan”. Which word means the same as “clever” and can replace the second one? (a) silly (b) smart (c) round
31. 31.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Grandpa watered the plants. (b) As soon as we reached home. (c) The wind. (d) Grabbed a banana.
32. 32.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What a noisy market” (a) full stop (.) (b) question mark (?) (c) exclamation mark (!)
33. 33.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Ishaan fixed his toy car. Him played with it. (b) Ishaan fixed his toy car. He played with it. (c) Ishaan fixed Ishaan's toy car. Ishaan played with it.
34. 34.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Omkar drinks warm milk before bed. (b) Drinks Omkar warm milk before bed. (c) Omkar drinks before bed warm milk. (d) Omkar warm milk drinks before bed.
35. 35.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) A big black crow. (b) Swam in the pond. (c) Since it was late. (d) The baby elephant splashed in the river.
36. 36.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) After we ate lunch. (b) Two ducks swam in the pond. (c) Splashed in the river. (d) The red kite.
37. 37.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Manav waters the plants in the evening.” (a) exclamation (b) question (c) command (d) statement
38. 38.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Eating a big mango.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
39. 39.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Gave us cool shade. (b) The old farmer planted rice in the field. (c) Before the sun set. (d) The village pond.
40. 40.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) When is Riya leaving for Delhi? (b) Is when Riya leaving for Delhi? (c) Riya is when leaving for Delhi? (d) When Riya is leaving for Delhi?

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