Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 730 · 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.These words are mixed up: the / in / evening / the / Sneha / waters / plants
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Waters Sneha the plants in the evening. (b) Sneha the plants waters in the evening. (c) Sneha waters in the evening the plants. (d) Sneha waters the plants in the evening.
2. 2.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Maria kicks the ball in the garden.” (a) command (b) exclamation (c) question (d) statement
3. 3.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “We went to Kolkata for holi last year.” (a) went (b) last (c) year (d) holi
4. 4.“Carried a crumb.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) nothing is missing (c) who or what (subject)
5. 5.These words are mixed up: warm / drinks / milk / before / bed / Yash
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Yash drinks before bed warm milk. (b) Drinks Yash warm milk before bed. (c) Yash drinks warm milk before bed. (d) Yash warm milk drinks before bed.
6. 6.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “The doctor checked my throat.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
7. 7.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “We went to surat for Pongal last year.” (a) to (b) surat (c) year (d) went
8. 8.Which of these is a statement? (a) Please help me carry this box. (b) How tall the tree is! (c) Diya washes the car on Sundays. (d) What is Simran reading today?
9. 9.Joseph wrote “a big box in a big room”. Which word means the same as “big” and can replace the second one? (a) tiny (b) round (c) huge
10. 10.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What a bright moon!” (a) statement (b) command (c) question (d) exclamation
11. 11.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Sat on the wall. (b) The wind blew the leaves away. (c) The bright moon. (d) Although he was tired.
12. 12.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Riya wore a sweater ___ it was cold.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
13. 13.Which describing word fits best?
    “The lemon tastes ___.” (a) sour (b) bright (c) noisy (d) sticky
14. 14.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Where is Rahul playing cricket” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
15. 15.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The sun was shining ___ the birds were singing.” (a) but (b) because (c) and
16. 16.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Zoya has a new toy car. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Her (b) He (c) It (d) She
17. 17.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Please feed the cat.” (a) statement (b) exclamation (c) question (d) command
18. 18.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Farhan the school bag packs at night. (b) Farhan packs at night the school bag. (c) Packs Farhan the school bag at night. (d) Farhan packs the school bag at night.
19. 19.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The garden has roses. It has sunflowers.” (a) but (b) because (c) and
20. 20.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Aisha reads a storybook at night.” (a) question (b) exclamation (c) command (d) statement
21. 21.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Zoya bought Zoya's book. Zoya read it. (b) Zoya bought her book. She read it. (c) Zoya bought her book. Her read it.
22. 22.Which describing word fits best?
    “The tamarind tastes ___.” (a) sour (b) bright (c) quiet (d) sticky
23. 23.“Planted rice in the field.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) who or what (subject) (c) nothing is missing
24. 24.Which describing word fits best?
    “The kitten feels ___.” (a) colourful (b) fluffy (c) salty (d) loud
25. 25.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “We stayed indoors. It was raining.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
26. 26.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Was full of lotus flowers.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
27. 27.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Vikram has a new poem. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) It (c) He (d) Him
28. 28.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Joseph packed Joseph's bag. Joseph carried it. (b) Joseph packed his bag. Him carried it. (c) Joseph packed his bag. He carried it.
29. 29.Which describing word fits best?
    “The cactus feels ___.” (a) bright (b) loud (c) prickly (d) bitter
30. 30.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Why is Zoya crying?” (a) command (b) statement (c) question (d) exclamation
31. 31.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Eats Riya a banana after school. (b) Riya eats after school a banana. (c) Riya a banana eats after school. (d) Riya eats a banana after school.
32. 32.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) After we ate lunch. (b) The cricket match ended at five o'clock. (c) The ice cream seller rang his bell. (d) The hungry monkey grabbed a banana.
33. 33.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The old farmer.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
34. 34.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Rang loudly. (b) When the school bus came. (c) My little brother broke his toy car. (d) My best friend.
35. 35.These words are mixed up: after / banana / school / a / Joseph / eats
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Joseph eats a banana after school. (b) Eats Joseph a banana after school. (c) Joseph eats after school a banana. (d) Joseph a banana eats after school.
36. 36.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The cricket match ended at five o'clock. (b) My grandmother told us a story. (c) Our neighbours lit lamps on Diwali. (d) The children.
37. 37.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “It was very hot we drank cold water.” (a) after “It” (b) after “hot” (c) after “cold” (d) after “was”
38. 38.These words are mixed up: cooks / Tara / for / lunch / rice
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Tara cooks for lunch rice. (b) Tara cooks rice for lunch. (c) Tara rice cooks for lunch. (d) Cooks Tara rice for lunch.
39. 39.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Imran rides a bicycle to school. (b) Imran rides to school a bicycle. (c) Imran a bicycle rides to school. (d) Rides Imran a bicycle to school.
40. 40.These words are mixed up: in / cricket / plays / Isha / the / park
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Isha plays cricket in the park. (b) Isha cricket plays in the park. (c) Plays Isha cricket in the park. (d) Isha plays in the park cricket.

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