Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 745 · 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.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “our school reopens after the holidays in april.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
2. 2.Kavya wrote “a quiet room in a quiet house”. Which word means the same as “quiet” and can replace the second one? (a) purple (b) noisy (c) silent
3. 3.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Zoya waters in the evening the plants. (b) Zoya the plants waters in the evening. (c) Zoya waters the plants in the evening. (d) Waters Zoya the plants in the evening.
4. 4.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we went to jaipur for onam last year.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 4
5. 5.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) A busy squirrel collected nuts. (b) The tiny ant. (c) The school bus stopped at the gate. (d) The new student sat next to me.
6. 6.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
   “Arjun practised every day ___ he won the prize.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
7. 7.Which sentence describes the umbrella best? (a) Dev opened an umbrella. (b) Dev opened a yellow umbrella. (c) Dev opened a small umbrella. (d) Dev opened a small yellow umbrella.
8. 8.What kind of sentence is this?
   “What is Nisha drawing in class?” (a) statement (b) question (c) command (d) exclamation
9. 9.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “The ice cream seller.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
10. 10.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The puppy was hungry it barked for food.” (a) after “for” (b) after “barked” (c) after “hungry” (d) after “was”
11. 11.Which describing word fits best?
    “The busy market sounds ___.” (a) rough (b) noisy (c) shiny (d) sour
12. 12.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Ananya packed her bag. Her carried it. (b) Ananya packed her bag. She carried it. (c) Ananya packed Ananya's bag. Ananya carried it.
13. 13.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The shop was closed we went back home.” (a) after “closed” (b) after “we” (c) after “shop” (d) after “went”
14. 14.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The road was wet ___ we walked slowly.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
15. 15.“My best friend.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) nothing is missing (c) what happens (predicate)
16. 16.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Where is Kabir going after school” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
17. 17.“Put out the fire.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) nothing is missing (c) what happens (predicate)
18. 18.Which sentence describes the butterfly best? (a) Pooja saw a butterfly. (b) Pooja saw a pretty orange butterfly. (c) Pooja saw an orange butterfly. (d) Pooja saw a pretty butterfly.
19. 19.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in june.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 2
20. 20.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “As soon as we reached home.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
21. 21.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Dev went to bed early ___ he was tired.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
22. 22.Which of these is a question? (a) Sneha plays cricket in the park. (b) What a clever crow! (c) What is Diya eating for lunch? (d) Please close the door.
23. 23.Which sentence describes the elephant best? (a) Zoya saw a grey elephant. (b) Zoya saw a big grey elephant. (c) Zoya saw an elephant. (d) Zoya saw a big elephant.
24. 24.Which of these is a question? (a) Rohan brushes the dog on Sundays. (b) How lovely the song is! (c) What is Kavya drawing in class? (d) Open your books to page ten.
25. 25.Which of these is a command? (a) Turn left at the temple. (b) Tara reads a storybook at night. (c) What a sweet mango! (d) How is Manav travelling to school?
26. 26.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What is Ishaan reading today?” (a) command (b) exclamation (c) statement (d) question
27. 27.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “We bought apples ___ we bought grapes.” (a) because (b) and (c) but
28. 28.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The baby cried. She was hungry.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
29. 29.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Hid under the bed.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
30. 30.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) When the bell rang. (b) The children sang a song in the hall. (c) The firefighters put out the fire. (d) The baby elephant splashed in the river.
31. 31.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The children sang a song in the hall. (b) As soon as we reached home. (c) The doctor checked my throat. (d) A green parrot ate a ripe guava.
32. 32.“Planted rice in the field.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
33. 33.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Aisha writes every week a poem. (b) Writes Aisha a poem every week. (c) Aisha a poem writes every week. (d) Aisha writes a poem every week.
34. 34.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The cake was too sweet nobody ate a second piece.” (a) after “sweet” (b) after “The” (c) after “too” (d) after “cake”
35. 35.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Why is Yash crying?” (a) question (b) exclamation (c) statement (d) command
36. 36.Which describing word fits best?
    “The jalebi tastes ___.” (a) sweet (b) colourful (c) loud (d) prickly
37. 37.These words are mixed up: morning / Ishaan / the / cat / every / feeds
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Ishaan feeds the cat every morning. (b) Ishaan the cat feeds every morning. (c) Feeds Ishaan the cat every morning. (d) Ishaan feeds every morning the cat.
38. 38.“The peacock.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) what happens (predicate) (c) nothing is missing
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “last Friday I went to Indore by train.” (a) went (b) by (c) last (d) train
40. 40.Which sentence describes the bag best? (a) Sneha carried a heavy black bag. (b) Sneha carried a heavy bag. (c) Sneha carried a bag. (d) Sneha carried a black bag.

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