Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 725 · 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.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Pooja visits the library on Fridays.” (a) command (b) exclamation (c) statement (d) question
2. 2.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Kavya eats after school a banana. (b) Eats Kavya a banana after school. (c) Kavya a banana eats after school. (d) Kavya eats a banana after school.
3. 3.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “The bag was heavy. Dad helped me carry it.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
4. 4.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “diya lives near the lake in agra.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
5. 5.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Kabir packs the school bag at night.” (a) question (b) exclamation (c) command (d) statement
6. 6.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The ice cream seller rang his bell. (b) My aunt sent me a gift. (c) The cricket match ended at five o'clock. (d) The little puppy.
7. 7.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) My best friend gave me a pencil. (b) Our teacher wrote a poem on the board. (c) The old farmer planted rice in the field. (d) The school bell.
8. 8.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The baby was sleeping we spoke softly.” (a) after “sleeping” (b) after “The” (c) after “baby” (d) after “we”
9. 9.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “Kabir fell off his bicycle he hurt his knee.” (a) after “he” (b) after “off” (c) after “bicycle” (d) after “his”
10. 10.These words are mixed up: the / plants / waters / the / in / evening / Ananya
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Waters Ananya the plants in the evening. (b) Ananya the plants waters in the evening. (c) Ananya waters the plants in the evening. (d) Ananya waters in the evening the plants.
11. 11.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “It was late ___ the shops were still open.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
12. 12.Which sentence describes the bicycle best? (a) Riya rode a green bicycle. (b) Riya rode a new bicycle. (c) Riya rode a bicycle. (d) Riya rode a new green bicycle.
13. 13.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Tara cleans the room every Saturday.” (a) question (b) statement (c) command (d) exclamation
14. 14.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The old farmer. (b) Until the rain stopped. (c) The hungry monkey grabbed a banana. (d) Gave me a pencil.
15. 15.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The parrot can talk it says hello every morning.” (a) after “can” (b) after “talk” (c) after “The” (d) after “it”
16. 16.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Priya and I played in the park on thursday.” (a) in (b) the (c) and (d) thursday
17. 17.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Sneha kicks the ball in the garden.” (a) statement (b) command (c) question (d) exclamation
18. 18.Which sentence describes the house best? (a) Yash drew a tall house. (b) Yash drew a green house. (c) Yash drew a tall green house. (d) Yash drew a house.
19. 19.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Manav has a new kite. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Him (b) She (c) He (d) It
20. 20.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “on thursday we have a test in maths.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 2
21. 21.“Watered the plants.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) what happens (predicate) (c) nothing is missing
22. 22.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) Eating a big mango. (b) The new student sat next to me. (c) A big black crow sat on the wall. (d) Two ducks swam in the pond.
23. 23.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my cousin and i visited a zoo in surat.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5
24. 24.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) A busy squirrel collected nuts. (b) When the school bus came. (c) A big black crow. (d) Gave us cool shade.
25. 25.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The teacher smiled she liked our drawings.” (a) after “liked” (b) after “smiled” (c) after “our” (d) after “teacher”
26. 26.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The sky was cloudy ___ it did not rain.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
27. 27.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Kabir feeds the cat every morning” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
28. 28.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Simran brushes the dog on Sundays.” (a) question (b) exclamation (c) statement (d) command
29. 29.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The water was too cold ___ we did not swim.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
30. 30.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Imran has a new kite. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) He (c) She (d) Him
31. 31.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for Holi.” (a) my (b) for (c) aunt (d) made
32. 32.Which of these is a statement? (a) Please pass the salt. (b) Why is Farhan crying? (c) How tasty the samosa is! (d) Aarav visits the library on Fridays.
33. 33.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The milk boiled over we turned off the stove.” (a) after “The” (b) after “off” (c) after “over” (d) after “we”
34. 34.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Kunal has a new cake. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) He (c) Him (d) She
35. 35.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Ishaan bought his book. He read it. (b) Ishaan bought Ishaan's book. Ishaan read it. (c) Ishaan bought his book. Him read it.
36. 36.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Why is Pooja laughing” (a) full stop (.) (b) question mark (?) (c) exclamation mark (!)
37. 37.Which sentence describes the balloon best? (a) Tara bought a purple balloon. (b) Tara bought a round balloon. (c) Tara bought a round purple balloon. (d) Tara bought a balloon.
38. 38.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is where Diya playing cricket? (b) Diya is where playing cricket? (c) Where is Diya playing cricket? (d) Where Diya is playing cricket?
39. 39.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The baby elephant. (b) The little puppy ran across the garden. (c) The new student sat next to me. (d) Grandpa watered the plants.
40. 40.These words are mixed up: morning / cat / Zoya / every / the / feeds
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Zoya feeds the cat every morning. (b) Zoya the cat feeds every morning. (c) Zoya feeds every morning the cat. (d) Feeds Zoya the cat every morning.

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