Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 760 · 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) Ishaan the plants waters in the evening. (b) Ishaan waters in the evening the plants. (c) Ishaan waters the plants in the evening. (d) Waters Ishaan the plants in the evening.
2. 2.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Vikram waters the plants in the evening. (b) Vikram waters in the evening the plants. (c) Vikram the plants waters in the evening. (d) Waters Vikram the plants in the evening.
3. 3.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “Carried a crumb.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
4. 4.What kind of sentence is this?
   “What a beautiful garden!” (a) question (b) command (c) statement (d) exclamation
5. 5.Which sentence describes the cap best? (a) Tenzin wore a red cap. (b) Tenzin wore a cap. (c) Tenzin wore a new cap. (d) Tenzin wore a new red cap.
6. 6.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “on thursday we have a test in maths.” (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 4
7. 7.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) Please feed the cat. (b) How noisy the market is! (c) What is Joseph reading today? (d) Maria sings a song in the morning.
8. 8.Which of these is a command? (a) Ananya eats a banana after school. (b) Where is Farhan playing cricket? (c) How sweet the mango is! (d) Put your books in the bag.
9. 9.Which is the best way to join “Kabir has a cat.” and “He has a dog.”? (a) Kabir has a cat and he has a dog. (b) Kabir has a cat because he has a dog. (c) Kabir has a cat but he has a dog.
10. 10.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The road was wet. We walked slowly.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
11. 11.What kind of sentence is this?
    “How funny the joke is!” (a) command (b) statement (c) question (d) exclamation
12. 12.Which describing word fits best?
    “The silk scarf feels ___.” (a) quiet (b) smooth (c) sweet (d) colourful
13. 13.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “yash was born in the month of april.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
14. 14.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Meera was hungry ___ she ate a banana.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
15. 15.Which is the best way to join “The road was wet.” and “We walked slowly.”? (a) The road was wet but we walked slowly. (b) The road was wet because we walked slowly. (c) The road was wet so we walked slowly.
16. 16.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Ananya made her card. She posted it. (b) Ananya made her card. Her posted it. (c) Ananya made Ananya's card. Ananya posted it.
17. 17.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The wind blew the leaves away. (b) My best friend. (c) Our cat slept on the sofa. (d) The baby elephant splashed in the river.
18. 18.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What a bright moon” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
19. 19.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Who Kavya is calling? (b) Kavya is who calling? (c) Is who Kavya calling? (d) Who is Kavya calling?
20. 20.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “How sweet the mango is” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
21. 21.These words are mixed up: morning / every / the / cat / feeds / Priya
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Feeds Priya the cat every morning. (b) Priya feeds every morning the cat. (c) Priya the cat feeds every morning. (d) Priya feeds the cat every morning.
22. 22.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Sneha washed Sneha's bicycle. Sneha rode it. (b) Sneha washed her bicycle. Her rode it. (c) Sneha washed her bicycle. She rode it.
23. 23.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What is Vikram drawing in class? (b) What Vikram is drawing in class? (c) Is what Vikram drawing in class? (d) Vikram is what drawing in class?
24. 24.Which describing word fits best?
    “The drum sounds ___.” (a) salty (b) prickly (c) bright (d) loud
25. 25.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Kabir has a cat ___ he has a dog.” (a) because (b) and (c) but
26. 26.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Meera was hungry. She ate a banana.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
27. 27.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in june.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
28. 28.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Because it was raining.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
29. 29.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Tenzin wrote his poem. Him read it. (b) Tenzin wrote his poem. He read it. (c) Tenzin wrote Tenzin's poem. Tenzin read it.
30. 30.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “nisha lives near the lake in Chennai.” (a) the (b) nisha (c) near (d) lives
31. 31.“Splashed in the river.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) what happens (predicate) (c) who or what (subject)
32. 32.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What Dev is drawing in class? (b) Is what Dev drawing in class? (c) What is Dev drawing in class? (d) Dev is what drawing in class?
33. 33.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Tara lost her pencil. She found it. (b) Tara lost Tara's pencil. Tara found it. (c) Tara lost her pencil. Her found it.
34. 34.Which describing word fits best?
    “The bitter gourd tastes ___.” (a) rough (b) shiny (c) bitter (d) loud
35. 35.Which sentence describes the balloon best? (a) Meera bought a purple balloon. (b) Meera bought a balloon. (c) Meera bought a big purple balloon. (d) Meera bought a big balloon.
36. 36.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Nisha the cat feeds every morning. (b) Nisha feeds every morning the cat. (c) Nisha feeds the cat every morning. (d) Feeds Nisha the cat every morning.
37. 37.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Ran across the garden.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
38. 38.Which of these is a command? (a) Switch off the fan. (b) Omkar rides a bicycle to school. (c) What a big cake! (d) What is Vikram reading today?
39. 39.Which sentence describes the house best? (a) Saanvi drew a tall house. (b) Saanvi drew a red house. (c) Saanvi drew a house. (d) Saanvi drew a tall red house.
40. 40.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Two ducks. (b) Wrote a poem on the board. (c) If you come early. (d) My grandmother told us a story.

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