Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 819 · 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.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “Since it was late.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
2. 2.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Playing with my friends. (b) The little puppy. (c) Watered the plants. (d) Our teacher wrote a poem on the board.
3. 3.What kind of sentence is this?
   “How cold the morning is!” (a) statement (b) exclamation (c) question (d) command
4. 4.Which describing word fits best?
   “The chips taste ___.” (a) loud (b) prickly (c) salty (d) bright
5. 5.Diya wrote “an old fort near an old temple”. Which word means the same as “old” and can replace the second one? (a) new (b) purple (c) ancient
6. 6.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Where is Maria going after school? (b) Is where Maria going after school? (c) Where Maria is going after school? (d) Maria is where going after school?
7. 7.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “my aunt made sweets for Christmas.” (a) aunt (b) my (c) for (d) sweets
8. 8.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
   “The ice cream melted ___ it was a hot day.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
9. 9.Kunal wrote “a wet towel on a wet floor”. Which word means the same as “wet” and can replace the second one? (a) dry (b) damp (c) wooden
10. 10.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Zoya washes the car on Sundays” (a) full stop (.) (b) question mark (?) (c) exclamation mark (!)
11. 11.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Mum cooked dal. She made rotis.” (a) because (b) but (c) and
12. 12.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Put your books in the bag.” (a) exclamation (b) statement (c) command (d) question
13. 13.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Cooks Yash rice for lunch. (b) Yash rice cooks for lunch. (c) Yash cooks for lunch rice. (d) Yash cooks rice for lunch.
14. 14.Which sentence describes the flower best? (a) Aarav picked a flower. (b) Aarav picked a tiny flower. (c) Aarav picked a tiny white flower. (d) Aarav picked a white flower.
15. 15.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What is Tenzin drawing in class?” (a) exclamation (b) statement (c) command (d) question
16. 16.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “maria met aisha at the station in kochi.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 2
17. 17.Which is the best way to join “Ravi is only six.” and “He can swim very well.”? (a) Ravi is only six so he can swim very well. (b) Ravi is only six because he can swim very well. (c) Ravi is only six but he can swim very well.
18. 18.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “kabir was born in the month of july.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 4
19. 19.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The garden has roses ___ it has sunflowers.” (a) because (b) and (c) but
20. 20.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) How is Vikram travelling to school? (b) Water the plants today. (c) What a bright moon! (d) Kunal rides a bicycle to school.
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for Holi.” (a) made (b) sweets (c) for (d) my
22. 22.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on pongal.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
23. 23.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Dev went to bed early ___ he was tired.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
24. 24.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Although he was tired.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
25. 25.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The bright moon shone over the lake. (b) Our teacher wrote a poem on the board. (c) The old farmer planted rice in the field. (d) Ended at five o'clock.
26. 26.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The road was wet ___ we walked slowly.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
27. 27.Which of these is a question? (a) Turn left at the temple. (b) What a clever crow! (c) Manav plays cricket in the park. (d) Where is Kunal going after school?
28. 28.These words are mixed up: Meera / the / on / a / roof / kite / flies
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Meera flies on the roof a kite. (b) Meera flies a kite on the roof. (c) Meera a kite flies on the roof. (d) Flies Meera a kite on the roof.
29. 29.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) How Sneha is travelling to school? (b) Sneha is how travelling to school? (c) How is Sneha travelling to school? (d) Is how Sneha travelling to school?
30. 30.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in october.” (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
31. 31.Which is the best way to join “The soup was hot.” and “It was not tasty.”? (a) The soup was hot so it was not tasty. (b) The soup was hot because it was not tasty. (c) The soup was hot but it was not tasty.
32. 32.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from lucknow in september.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 4
33. 33.“Two ducks.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) what happens (predicate) (c) nothing is missing
34. 34.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The road was wet. We walked slowly.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
35. 35.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Dev made his card. Him posted it. (b) Dev made his card. He posted it. (c) Dev made Dev's card. Dev posted it.
36. 36.Which describing word fits best?
    “The tree bark feels ___.” (a) quiet (b) shiny (c) rough (d) sweet
37. 37.Which of these is a question? (a) Where is Joseph playing cricket? (b) Water the plants today. (c) What a long train! (d) Isha writes a poem every week.
38. 38.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Ran onto the field.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
39. 39.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Feeds Nisha the cat every morning. (b) Nisha feeds the cat every morning. (c) Nisha feeds every morning the cat. (d) Nisha the cat feeds every morning.
40. 40.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Vikram feeds every morning the cat. (b) Vikram feeds the cat every morning. (c) Vikram the cat feeds every morning. (d) Feeds Vikram the cat every morning.

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