Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 751 · 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 sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Dev helps in the kitchen Grandma. (b) Helps Dev Grandma in the kitchen. (c) Dev Grandma helps in the kitchen. (d) Dev helps Grandma in the kitchen.
2. 2.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
   “The plants died ___ nobody watered them.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
3. 3.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Saanvi has a new toy car. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) It (c) He (d) Her
4. 4.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “i go to the park with my dog on tuesday.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
5. 5.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “Kabir drank some water. He was thirsty.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
6. 6.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “Mum smiled. I had cleaned my room.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
7. 7.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my cousin and i visited a zoo in agra.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 3
8. 8.These words are mixed up: for / lunch / Imran / cooks / rice
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Imran cooks rice for lunch. (b) Cooks Imran rice for lunch. (c) Imran cooks for lunch rice. (d) Imran rice cooks for lunch.
9. 9.Which sentence describes the mango best? (a) Riya ate a mango. (b) Riya ate a yellow mango. (c) Riya ate a juicy yellow mango. (d) Riya ate a juicy mango.
10. 10.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Aarav reads a storybook at night. (b) Aarav a storybook reads at night. (c) Aarav reads at night a storybook. (d) Reads Aarav a storybook at night.
11. 11.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What is Kabir drawing in class?” (a) question (b) exclamation (c) command (d) statement
12. 12.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Nisha bought her book. Her read it. (b) Nisha bought Nisha's book. Nisha read it. (c) Nisha bought her book. She read it.
13. 13.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Planted rice in the field. (b) The bright moon. (c) As soon as we reached home. (d) The firefighters put out the fire.
14. 14.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The water was too cold. We did not swim.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
15. 15.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “How cute the puppy is” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) full stop (.) (c) question mark (?)
16. 16.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The train left the station at nine. (b) Since it was late. (c) My sister made a rangoli. (d) My little brother broke his toy car.
17. 17.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Rohan cooks rice for lunch.” (a) question (b) command (c) statement (d) exclamation
18. 18.Which describing word fits best?
    “The library sounds ___.” (a) colourful (b) rough (c) sour (d) quiet
19. 19.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Imran helps Grandma in the kitchen.” (a) exclamation (b) command (c) question (d) statement
20. 20.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “On tuesday we have a test in maths.” (a) tuesday (b) have (c) we (d) maths
21. 21.Which sentence describes the bicycle best? (a) Farhan rode a shiny red bicycle. (b) Farhan rode a bicycle. (c) Farhan rode a shiny bicycle. (d) Farhan rode a red bicycle.
22. 22.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The ice cream melted ___ it was a hot day.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
23. 23.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) As soon as we reached home. (b) Swam in the pond. (c) The new student sat next to me. (d) My best friend.
24. 24.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The road was wet. We walked slowly.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “I go to the park with my dog on monday.” (a) the (b) monday (c) go (d) dog
26. 26.These words are mixed up: park / in / cricket / the / Simran / plays
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Simran cricket plays in the park. (b) Plays Simran cricket in the park. (c) Simran plays cricket in the park. (d) Simran plays in the park cricket.
27. 27.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The players ran onto the field. (b) The old farmer. (c) The tall tree gave us cool shade. (d) Grandpa watered the plants.
28. 28.These words are mixed up: kite / a / on / Arjun / roof / the / flies
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Arjun a kite flies on the roof. (b) Flies Arjun a kite on the roof. (c) Arjun flies a kite on the roof. (d) Arjun flies on the roof a kite.
29. 29.Which is the best way to join “It started to rain.” and “We opened our umbrellas.”? (a) It started to rain so we opened our umbrellas. (b) It started to rain but we opened our umbrellas. (c) It started to rain because we opened our umbrellas.
30. 30.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Where is Rahul playing cricket?” (a) exclamation (b) statement (c) question (d) command
31. 31.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on sunday.” (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 3
32. 32.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Arjun cleans the room every Saturday.” (a) question (b) exclamation (c) command (d) statement
33. 33.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in pune on friday.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 3
34. 34.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The puppy was cold. We gave it a blanket.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
35. 35.“The old farmer.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) what happens (predicate) (c) who or what (subject)
36. 36.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “kabir met yash at the station in pune.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 3
37. 37.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Ananya flies a kite on the roof.” (a) exclamation (b) command (c) statement (d) question
38. 38.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Manav reads a storybook at night.” (a) question (b) command (c) exclamation (d) statement
39. 39.Which of these is a statement? (a) What is Zoya reading today? (b) What a big cake! (c) Sneha rides a bicycle to school. (d) Please speak slowly.
40. 40.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The peacock danced in the rain.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence

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