Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 740 · 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?
   “Water the plants today.” (a) command (b) exclamation (c) statement (d) question
2. 2.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Kabir met Isha at the station in kochi.” (a) station (b) kochi (c) the (d) in
3. 3.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The cricket match ended at five o'clock. (b) After we ate lunch. (c) The baby elephant. (d) Sang a song in the hall.
4. 4.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Tara has a new pencil. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Her (b) It (c) She (d) He
5. 5.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “we visited the old fort in Surat on Sunday.” (a) we (b) on (c) old (d) the
6. 6.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “We met all our cousins on christmas.” (a) our (b) cousins (c) christmas (d) met
7. 7.Which describing word fits best?
   “The chips taste ___.” (a) shiny (b) fluffy (c) quiet (d) salty
8. 8.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The old farmer planted rice in the field. (b) Checked my throat. (c) The school bell rang loudly. (d) The hungry monkey grabbed a banana.
9. 9.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “The big fair in Kolkata starts in december.” (a) big (b) december (c) fair (d) starts
10. 10.Which sentence describes the kite best? (a) Zoya flew a yellow kite. (b) Zoya flew a big kite. (c) Zoya flew a big yellow kite. (d) Zoya flew a kite.
11. 11.“Wrote a poem on the board.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) nothing is missing (c) what happens (predicate)
12. 12.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “diya and manav will come to my house on tuesday.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 5
13. 13.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The plants died ___ nobody watered them.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
14. 14.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What a long train!” (a) statement (b) exclamation (c) command (d) question
15. 15.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from Patna in October.” (a) uncle (b) from (c) my (d) came
16. 16.“The wind.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
17. 17.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Arjun a kite flies on the roof. (b) Flies Arjun a kite on the roof. (c) Arjun flies on the roof a kite. (d) Arjun flies a kite on the roof.
18. 18.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Nisha picked her mango. Her ate it. (b) Nisha picked her mango. She ate it. (c) Nisha picked Nisha's mango. Nisha ate it.
19. 19.Which of these is a statement? (a) Where is Tenzin playing cricket? (b) Kabir drinks warm milk before bed. (c) Wash your hands before lunch. (d) How noisy the market is!
20. 20.Kabir wrote “a big box in a big room”. Which word means the same as “big” and can replace the second one? (a) tiny (b) huge (c) round
21. 21.Which of these is a command? (a) Sit down quietly. (b) Where is Meera playing cricket? (c) Yash writes a poem every week. (d) How clever the crow is!
22. 22.Arjun wrote “a quiet room in a quiet house”. Which word means the same as “quiet” and can replace the second one? (a) spicy (b) silent (c) noisy
23. 23.What kind of sentence is this?
    “How tasty the samosa is!” (a) exclamation (b) question (c) command (d) statement
24. 24.Priya wrote “a loud bell and a loud drum”. Which word means the same as “loud” and can replace the second one? (a) noisy (b) quiet (c) purple
25. 25.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Riya waters in the evening the plants. (b) Riya the plants waters in the evening. (c) Waters Riya the plants in the evening. (d) Riya waters the plants in the evening.
26. 26.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The ice cream melted. It was a hot day.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
27. 27.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Nisha took an umbrella. The sky was cloudy.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
28. 28.These words are mixed up: a / Farhan / poem / week / writes / every
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Writes Farhan a poem every week. (b) Farhan writes a poem every week. (c) Farhan writes every week a poem. (d) Farhan a poem writes every week.
29. 29.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) My aunt sent me a gift. (b) Playing with my friends. (c) Carried a crumb. (d) A small mouse.
30. 30.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Kabir has a cat ___ he has a dog.” (a) but (b) and (c) because
31. 31.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Ishaan wrote his poem. He read it. (b) Ishaan wrote his poem. Him read it. (c) Ishaan wrote Ishaan's poem. Ishaan read it.
32. 32.These words are mixed up: every / a / Arjun / writes / week / poem
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Arjun a poem writes every week. (b) Arjun writes every week a poem. (c) Writes Arjun a poem every week. (d) Arjun writes a poem every week.
33. 33.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Kabir lost Kabir's pencil. Kabir found it. (b) Kabir lost his pencil. He found it. (c) Kabir lost his pencil. Him found it.
34. 34.Which of these is a command? (a) How funny the joke is! (b) When is Maria leaving for Delhi? (c) Arjun brushes the dog on Sundays. (d) Open your books to page ten.
35. 35.“A green parrot.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
36. 36.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Kavya washes the car on Sundays” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
37. 37.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Nisha fixed her toy car. She played with it. (b) Nisha fixed Nisha's toy car. Nisha played with it. (c) Nisha fixed her toy car. Her played with it.
38. 38.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Aarav has a new cake. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) Him (c) He (d) It
39. 39.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “If you come early.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
40. 40.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The teacher smiled she liked our drawings.” (a) after “our” (b) after “liked” (c) after “she” (d) after “smiled”

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