Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 762 · 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) Aarav the school bag packs at night. (b) Aarav packs at night the school bag. (c) Packs Aarav the school bag at night. (d) Aarav packs the school bag at night.
2. 2.These words are mixed up: writes / poem / every / Aarav / a / week
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Aarav writes every week a poem. (b) Aarav a poem writes every week. (c) Writes Aarav a poem every week. (d) Aarav writes a poem every week.
3. 3.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Yash rice cooks for lunch. (b) Cooks Yash rice for lunch. (c) Yash cooks for lunch rice. (d) Yash cooks rice for lunch.
4. 4.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Pooja drinks warm milk before bed. (b) Pooja warm milk drinks before bed. (c) Drinks Pooja warm milk before bed. (d) Pooja drinks before bed warm milk.
5. 5.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Where is Meera going after school?” (a) command (b) exclamation (c) statement (d) question
6. 6.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Who is Zoya calling? (b) Zoya is who calling? (c) Is who Zoya calling? (d) Who Zoya is calling?
7. 7.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “What a cute puppy” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
8. 8.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “we met all our cousins on Pongal.” (a) our (b) cousins (c) met (d) we
9. 9.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Arjun helps Grandma in the kitchen.” (a) question (b) exclamation (c) command (d) statement
10. 10.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Dev has a new kite. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) It (c) He (d) Him
11. 11.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Rahul has a new pencil. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) It (c) Him (d) She
12. 12.Which sentence describes the mango best? (a) Tenzin ate a ripe mango. (b) Tenzin ate a mango. (c) Tenzin ate a big mango. (d) Tenzin ate a big ripe mango.
13. 13.Yash wrote “an old fort near an old temple”. Which word means the same as “old” and can replace the second one? (a) square (b) new (c) ancient
14. 14.Which sentence describes the dog best? (a) Zoya saw a brown dog. (b) Zoya saw a big brown dog. (c) Zoya saw a dog. (d) Zoya saw a big dog.
15. 15.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Our team practised hard we won the match.” (a) after “hard” (b) after “the” (c) after “Our” (d) after “we”
16. 16.Which describing word fits best?
    “The jalebi tastes ___.” (a) rough (b) shiny (c) loud (d) sweet
17. 17.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The firefighters put out the fire. (b) Playing with my friends. (c) The wind blew the leaves away. (d) The baby elephant splashed in the river.
18. 18.These words are mixed up: storybook / night / at / a / Kunal / reads
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Kunal a storybook reads at night. (b) Kunal reads at night a storybook. (c) Reads Kunal a storybook at night. (d) Kunal reads a storybook at night.
19. 19.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Why is Priya crying” (a) question mark (?) (b) full stop (.) (c) exclamation mark (!)
20. 20.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) Joseph catches the bus at seven. (b) Where is Simran playing cricket? (c) How tall the tree is! (d) Water the plants today.
21. 21.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last saturday i went to surat by train.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 3
22. 22.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Joseph has a new pot. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) It (c) Him (d) She
23. 23.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) How is Arjun travelling to school? (b) Arjun is how travelling to school? (c) How Arjun is travelling to school? (d) Is how Arjun travelling to school?
24. 24.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The sun was shining ___ the birds were singing.” (a) and (b) because (c) but
25. 25.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The milk boiled over we turned off the stove.” (a) after “we” (b) after “turned” (c) after “over” (d) after “milk”
26. 26.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) My best friend gave me a pencil. (b) The tiny ant carried a crumb. (c) The hungry monkey grabbed a banana. (d) Told us a story.
27. 27.“The postman.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
28. 28.“Rang his bell.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) what happens (predicate) (c) nothing is missing
29. 29.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Wait for me at the gate.” (a) command (b) exclamation (c) question (d) statement
30. 30.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “We ran to the bus stop ___ we were late.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
31. 31.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Sneha has a new pot. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) She (c) Her (d) He
32. 32.Simran wrote “a big box in a big room”. Which word means the same as “big” and can replace the second one? (a) wooden (b) tiny (c) huge
33. 33.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The children sang a song in the hall. (b) The hungry monkey grabbed a banana. (c) Since it was late. (d) A busy squirrel collected nuts.
34. 34.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “manav wore new clothes on Christmas.” (a) new (b) wore (c) manav (d) clothes
35. 35.Which sentence describes the dog best? (a) Pooja saw a little dog. (b) Pooja saw a brown dog. (c) Pooja saw a dog. (d) Pooja saw a little brown dog.
36. 36.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The baby cried ___ she was hungry.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
37. 37.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bus was late we waited at the stop.” (a) after “waited” (b) after “we” (c) after “was” (d) after “late”
38. 38.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “My grandmother told us a story.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My cousin and i visited a zoo in Shimla.” (a) visited (b) a (c) i (d) cousin
40. 40.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “pooja and ananya will come to my house on friday.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 4

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