Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 814 · 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 complete sentence? (a) As soon as we reached home. (b) A green parrot ate a ripe guava. (c) A busy squirrel. (d) Grabbed a banana.
2. 2.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Manav has a new card. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Him (b) He (c) It (d) She
3. 3.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Where is Rahul playing cricket?” (a) command (b) exclamation (c) statement (d) question
4. 4.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) A big black crow sat on the wall. (b) The postman. (c) The cricket match ended at five o'clock. (d) Our neighbours lit lamps on Diwali.
5. 5.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Aisha plays in the park cricket. (b) Aisha plays cricket in the park. (c) Plays Aisha cricket in the park. (d) Aisha cricket plays in the park.
6. 6.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “My birthday is on the first wednesday of October.” (a) first (b) on (c) wednesday (d) of
7. 7.Which of these is a statement? (a) Aisha waters the plants in the evening. (b) Where is Maria playing cricket? (c) Turn left at the temple. (d) How bright the moon is!
8. 8.Which describing word fits best?
   “The rainbow looks ___.” (a) sticky (b) quiet (c) colourful (d) sour
9. 9.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Drink a glass of milk.” (a) question (b) statement (c) command (d) exclamation
10. 10.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Our neighbours. (b) Counted the coins. (c) The hungry monkey grabbed a banana. (d) After we ate lunch.
11. 11.Which describing word fits best?
    “The tamarind tastes ___.” (a) noisy (b) sour (c) shiny (d) fluffy
12. 12.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Mum cooked dal. She made rotis.” (a) because (b) and (c) but
13. 13.Which is the best way to join “Kabir drank some water.” and “He was thirsty.”? (a) Kabir drank some water so he was thirsty. (b) Kabir drank some water but he was thirsty. (c) Kabir drank some water because he was thirsty.
14. 14.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) Diya cooks rice for lunch. (b) Drink a glass of milk. (c) What is Ishaan eating for lunch? (d) How big the cake is!
15. 15.What kind of sentence is this?
    “How noisy the market is!” (a) question (b) statement (c) exclamation (d) command
16. 16.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “vikram lives near the lake in Lucknow.” (a) the (b) vikram (c) lake (d) lives
17. 17.“Gave fresh milk.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
18. 18.Which sentence describes the kite best? (a) Farhan flew a green kite. (b) Farhan flew a small kite. (c) Farhan flew a small green kite. (d) Farhan flew a kite.
19. 19.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Running in the park.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
20. 20.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The shop was closed. We went home.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
21. 21.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Riya draws a picture in art class” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
22. 22.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Last thursday I went to Chennai by train.” (a) thursday (b) by (c) train (d) went
23. 23.Which describing word fits best?
    “The busy market sounds ___.” (a) bright (b) bitter (c) noisy (d) rough
24. 24.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) A big black crow. (b) The brown cow gave fresh milk. (c) Because the shop was closed. (d) Left the station at nine.
25. 25.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Ananya bought Ananya's book. Ananya read it. (b) Ananya bought her book. She read it. (c) Ananya bought her book. Her read it.
26. 26.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Dev has a new card. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) Him (c) It (d) He
27. 27.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Rahul a banana eats after school. (b) Eats Rahul a banana after school. (c) Rahul eats a banana after school. (d) Rahul eats after school a banana.
28. 28.Which sentence describes the pot best? (a) Vikram painted an orange pot. (b) Vikram painted a small pot. (c) Vikram painted a pot. (d) Vikram painted a small orange pot.
29. 29.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we went to Bhopal for Christmas last year.” (a) went (b) year (c) we (d) last
30. 30.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) Because the shop was closed. (b) My aunt sent me a gift. (c) The postman brought a letter for Dad. (d) The wind blew the leaves away.
31. 31.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Sneha the library visits on Fridays. (b) Visits Sneha the library on Fridays. (c) Sneha visits the library on Fridays. (d) Sneha visits on Fridays the library.
32. 32.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Diya bought her book. She read it. (b) Diya bought Diya's book. Diya read it. (c) Diya bought her book. Her read it.
33. 33.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The parrot can talk it says hello every morning.” (a) after “hello” (b) after “can” (c) after “talk” (d) after “it”
34. 34.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Arjun lost Arjun's pencil. Arjun found it. (b) Arjun lost his pencil. Him found it. (c) Arjun lost his pencil. He found it.
35. 35.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The wind blew the leaves away. (b) While Mum was cooking. (c) The children sang a song in the hall. (d) The old farmer planted rice in the field.
36. 36.Which is the best way to join “Tara likes to paint.” and “She likes to draw.”? (a) Tara likes to paint and she likes to draw. (b) Tara likes to paint because she likes to draw. (c) Tara likes to paint but she likes to draw.
37. 37.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Priya can sing. She can dance too.” (a) but (b) because (c) and
38. 38.“Sat on the wall.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
39. 39.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The baby cried. She was hungry.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
40. 40.Which sentence describes the house best? (a) Simran drew a tall house. (b) Simran drew a red house. (c) Simran drew a house. (d) Simran drew a tall red house.

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