Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 774 · 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 of these is a statement? (a) What is Meera drawing in class? (b) Saanvi helps Grandma in the kitchen. (c) What a long train! (d) Please help me carry this box.
2. 2.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Dev cooks for lunch rice. (b) Dev cooks rice for lunch. (c) Dev rice cooks for lunch. (d) Cooks Dev rice for lunch.
3. 3.Which sentence describes the elephant best? (a) Rohan saw a huge elephant. (b) Rohan saw a huge grey elephant. (c) Rohan saw an elephant. (d) Rohan saw a grey elephant.
4. 4.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “Ran across the garden.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
5. 5.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “It was late. The shops were still open.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
6. 6.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Drink a glass of milk.” (a) statement (b) command (c) question (d) exclamation
7. 7.Which is the best way to join “Arjun practised every day.” and “He won the prize.”? (a) Arjun practised every day because he won the prize. (b) Arjun practised every day but he won the prize. (c) Arjun practised every day so he won the prize.
8. 8.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “The sky was cloudy. It did not rain.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
9. 9.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Farhan waters the plants in the evening.” (a) question (b) statement (c) command (d) exclamation
10. 10.“Gave us cool shade.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) what happens (predicate) (c) who or what (subject)
11. 11.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Kunal painted his pot. He sold it. (b) Kunal painted Kunal's pot. Kunal sold it. (c) Kunal painted his pot. Him sold it.
12. 12.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The bright moon shone over the lake. (b) My father cooked dal for dinner. (c) Running in the park. (d) Our teacher wrote a poem on the board.
13. 13.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The test was hard ___ Zoya got full marks.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
14. 14.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in pune starts in january.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5
15. 15.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in jaipur starts in august.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 3
16. 16.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Meera was hungry. She ate a banana.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
17. 17.Which sentence describes the shell best? (a) Zoya found a tiny pink shell. (b) Zoya found a shell. (c) Zoya found a pink shell. (d) Zoya found a tiny shell.
18. 18.These words are mixed up: seven / at / Priya / the / catches / bus
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Catches Priya the bus at seven. (b) Priya catches at seven the bus. (c) Priya the bus catches at seven. (d) Priya catches the bus at seven.
19. 19.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) When Manav is leaving for Delhi? (b) Manav is when leaving for Delhi? (c) When is Manav leaving for Delhi? (d) Is when Manav leaving for Delhi?
20. 20.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from bhopal in September.” (a) in (b) from (c) bhopal (d) came
21. 21.These words are mixed up: a / draws / picture / in / art / class / Riya
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Riya draws a picture in art class. (b) Riya draws in art class a picture. (c) Riya a picture draws in art class. (d) Draws Riya a picture in art class.
22. 22.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The school bell rang loudly. (b) The baby elephant splashed in the river. (c) The new student sat next to me. (d) Two ducks.
23. 23.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “How is Yash travelling to school” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
24. 24.Which sentence describes the umbrella best? (a) Priya opened a small umbrella. (b) Priya opened an umbrella. (c) Priya opened a small yellow umbrella. (d) Priya opened a yellow umbrella.
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “farhan and Meera will come to my house on Monday.” (a) house (b) and (c) farhan (d) will
26. 26.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The village pond was full of lotus flowers. (b) The hungry monkey grabbed a banana. (c) My grandmother told us a story. (d) My father.
27. 27.Which of these is a command? (a) How colourful the rangoli is! (b) Put your books in the bag. (c) What is Manav eating for lunch? (d) Aarav feeds the cat every morning.
28. 28.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Kunal cleans the room every Saturday” (a) question mark (?) (b) full stop (.) (c) exclamation mark (!)
29. 29.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Rahul has a new bag. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Him (b) She (c) It (d) He
30. 30.“A big black crow.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) what happens (predicate) (c) nothing is missing
31. 31.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “on wednesday we have a test in maths.” (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 4
32. 32.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Pooja cleans the room every Saturday. (b) Pooja cleans every Saturday the room. (c) Pooja the room cleans every Saturday. (d) Cleans Pooja the room every Saturday.
33. 33.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Cleans Isha the room every Saturday. (b) Isha the room cleans every Saturday. (c) Isha cleans the room every Saturday. (d) Isha cleans every Saturday the room.
34. 34.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The puppy was cold ___ we gave it a blanket.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
35. 35.What kind of sentence is this?
    “How big the cake is!” (a) command (b) statement (c) exclamation (d) question
36. 36.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Rahul is what drawing in class? (b) What Rahul is drawing in class? (c) What is Rahul drawing in class? (d) Is what Rahul drawing in class?
37. 37.Which describing word fits best?
    “The tree bark feels ___.” (a) loud (b) rough (c) bright (d) salty
38. 38.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Where is Omkar playing cricket?” (a) statement (b) question (c) exclamation (d) command
39. 39.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Isha bought her book. Her read it. (b) Isha bought her book. She read it. (c) Isha bought Isha's book. Isha read it.
40. 40.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The wind blew the leaves away. (b) The bright moon shone over the lake. (c) The tall tree gave us cool shade. (d) The brown cow.

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