Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 787 · 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) Writes Ishaan a poem every week. (b) Ishaan writes every week a poem. (c) Ishaan writes a poem every week. (d) Ishaan a poem writes every week.
2. 2.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The new student sat next to me. (b) The shopkeeper counted the coins. (c) The old farmer planted rice in the field. (d) The peacock.
3. 3.Which sentence describes the elephant best? (a) Ishaan saw a huge grey elephant. (b) Ishaan saw an elephant. (c) Ishaan saw a huge elephant. (d) Ishaan saw a grey elephant.
4. 4.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Rohan packed his bag. Him carried it. (b) Rohan packed his bag. He carried it. (c) Rohan packed Rohan's bag. Rohan carried it.
5. 5.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “The road was wet. We walked slowly.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
6. 6.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 “practised” (c) after “we” (d) after “team”
7. 7.Which describing word fits best?
   “The jalebi tastes ___.” (a) noisy (b) colourful (c) sweet (d) fluffy
8. 8.Which sentence describes the pot best? (a) Ishaan painted a pot. (b) Ishaan painted an orange pot. (c) Ishaan painted a small pot. (d) Ishaan painted a small orange pot.
9. 9.What kind of sentence is this?
   “What a long train!” (a) question (b) statement (c) exclamation (d) command
10. 10.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Turn left at the temple.” (a) command (b) exclamation (c) statement (d) question
11. 11.Which of these is a question? (a) What a cute puppy! (b) Dev packs the school bag at night. (c) Turn left at the temple. (d) What is Manav drawing in class?
12. 12.Which of these is a command? (a) Farhan reads a storybook at night. (b) Why is Vikram laughing? (c) How lovely the song is! (d) Please speak slowly.
13. 13.Which describing word fits best?
    “The bitter gourd tastes ___.” (a) noisy (b) rough (c) bitter (d) shiny
14. 14.These words are mixed up: warm / Pooja / drinks / milk / before / bed
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Pooja warm milk drinks before bed. (b) Drinks Pooja warm milk before bed. (c) Pooja drinks before bed warm milk. (d) Pooja drinks warm milk before bed.
15. 15.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What a huge elephant” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
16. 16.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The box was small. It was very heavy.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
17. 17.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “on tuesday we have a test in maths.” (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 3
18. 18.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What a sweet mango!” (a) command (b) question (c) exclamation (d) statement
19. 19.Which is the best way to join “We bought apples.” and “We bought grapes.”? (a) We bought apples but we bought grapes. (b) We bought apples because we bought grapes. (c) We bought apples and we bought grapes.
20. 20.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Simran brushes the dog on Sundays” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
21. 21.Which describing word fits best?
    “The rainbow looks ___.” (a) colourful (b) rough (c) spicy (d) quiet
22. 22.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “We ran to the bus stop ___ we were late.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
23. 23.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) Bring your notebook tomorrow. (b) Rahul writes a poem every week. (c) What a tasty samosa! (d) When is Manav leaving for Delhi?
24. 24.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on pongal.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 1
25. 25.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Manav cricket plays in the park. (b) Plays Manav cricket in the park. (c) Manav plays cricket in the park. (d) Manav plays in the park cricket.
26. 26.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Why is Nisha laughing? (b) Is why Nisha laughing? (c) Nisha is why laughing? (d) Why Nisha is laughing?
27. 27.Which of these is a statement? (a) Simran kicks the ball in the garden. (b) What is Riya drawing in class? (c) How tall the tree is! (d) Sit down quietly.
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “simran wore new clothes on Baisakhi.” (a) on (b) wore (c) new (d) simran
29. 29.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) A small mouse. (b) Because it was raining. (c) Was full of lotus flowers. (d) Two ducks swam in the pond.
30. 30.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Where Manav is going after school? (b) Manav is where going after school? (c) Is where Manav going after school? (d) Where is Manav going after school?
31. 31.Which sentence describes the butterfly best? (a) Aisha saw an orange butterfly. (b) Aisha saw a butterfly. (c) Aisha saw a tiny orange butterfly. (d) Aisha saw a tiny butterfly.
32. 32.Which is the best way to join “The mango looked green.” and “It was very sweet.”? (a) The mango looked green so it was very sweet. (b) The mango looked green but it was very sweet. (c) The mango looked green because it was very sweet.
33. 33.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Grandpa watered the plants. (b) The new student. (c) When the school bus came. (d) Put out the fire.
34. 34.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) Please feed the cat. (b) What is Isha eating for lunch? (c) Yash sings a song in the morning. (d) What a huge elephant!
35. 35.Which sentence describes the dog best? (a) Tenzin saw a big dog. (b) Tenzin saw a dog. (c) Tenzin saw a brown dog. (d) Tenzin saw a big brown dog.
36. 36.Which sentence describes the bag best? (a) Zoya carried a bag. (b) Zoya carried a big bag. (c) Zoya carried a black bag. (d) Zoya carried a big black bag.
37. 37.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Where is Pooja going after school?” (a) command (b) statement (c) question (d) exclamation
38. 38.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What a tall tree” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
39. 39.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What is Dev drawing in class” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
40. 40.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Grandma baked a cake it smelled lovely.” (a) after “baked” (b) after “smelled” (c) after “Grandma” (d) after “cake”

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