Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 846 · 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.“Ran onto the field.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) what happens (predicate) (c) nothing is missing
2. 2.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Drinks Simran warm milk before bed. (b) Simran drinks before bed warm milk. (c) Simran warm milk drinks before bed. (d) Simran drinks warm milk before bed.
3. 3.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Why is Aisha crying? (b) Why Aisha is crying? (c) Aisha is why crying? (d) Is why Aisha crying?
4. 4.Which of these is a statement? (a) Why is Tara crying? (b) Switch off the fan. (c) Riya draws a picture in art class. (d) What a funny joke!
5. 5.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “our school reopens after the holidays in october.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 3
6. 6.Which sentence describes the house best? (a) Aisha drew a small house. (b) Aisha drew a small red house. (c) Aisha drew a house. (d) Aisha drew a red house.
7. 7.Which sentence describes the cap best? (a) Dev wore an old cap. (b) Dev wore a cap. (c) Dev wore an old red cap. (d) Dev wore a red cap.
8. 8.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Who Dev is calling? (b) Dev is who calling? (c) Is who Dev calling? (d) Who is Dev calling?
9. 9.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Maria has a new poem. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) Her (c) It (d) He
10. 10.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last sunday i went to kolkata by train.” (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 3 (d) 5
11. 11.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) A small mouse. (b) When the bell rang. (c) Sang a song in the hall. (d) The village pond was full of lotus flowers.
12. 12.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Farhan has a new pencil. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) It (c) Him (d) He
13. 13.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in Pune on Monday.” (a) in (b) fort (c) on (d) we
14. 14.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Aarav drinks warm milk before bed” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
15. 15.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Omkar feeds the cat every morning.” (a) command (b) question (c) exclamation (d) statement
16. 16.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Kabir fell off his bicycle he hurt his knee.” (a) after “off” (b) after “fell” (c) after “bicycle” (d) after “his”
17. 17.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “A green parrot ate a ripe guava.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
18. 18.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Arjun a bicycle rides to school. (b) Arjun rides a bicycle to school. (c) Rides Arjun a bicycle to school. (d) Arjun rides to school a bicycle.
19. 19.Which sentence describes the dog best? (a) Yash saw a little dog. (b) Yash saw a brown dog. (c) Yash saw a dog. (d) Yash saw a little brown dog.
20. 20.Which sentence describes the cap best? (a) Aisha wore an old cap. (b) Aisha wore a red cap. (c) Aisha wore a cap. (d) Aisha wore an old red cap.
21. 21.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first sunday of december.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5
22. 22.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Kabir brushes on Sundays the dog. (b) Kabir brushes the dog on Sundays. (c) Brushes Kabir the dog on Sundays. (d) Kabir the dog brushes on Sundays.
23. 23.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Sat next to me. (b) Since it was late. (c) The little puppy ran across the garden. (d) The postman.
24. 24.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) Meera reads a storybook at night. (b) Please close the door. (c) What a tasty samosa! (d) When is Kunal leaving for Delhi?
25. 25.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The cake was too sweet nobody ate a second piece.” (a) after “sweet” (b) after “nobody” (c) after “cake” (d) after “ate”
26. 26.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “We reached the beach the sand was warm.” (a) after “sand” (b) after “was” (c) after “beach” (d) after “We”
27. 27.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Our team practised hard we won the match.” (a) after “practised” (b) after “team” (c) after “hard” (d) after “the”
28. 28.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “It was very hot. We went for a swim.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
29. 29.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Priya draws a picture in art class. (b) Priya draws in art class a picture. (c) Priya a picture draws in art class. (d) Draws Priya a picture in art class.
30. 30.Which of these is a statement? (a) What is Aarav eating for lunch? (b) Put your books in the bag. (c) How bright the moon is! (d) Maria plays cricket in the park.
31. 31.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) My best friend. (b) If you come early. (c) The red kite flew high in the sky. (d) Ran onto the field.
32. 32.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in january.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
33. 33.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Saanvi flies a kite on the roof” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) full stop (.) (c) question mark (?)
34. 34.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Cleans Arjun the room every Saturday. (b) Arjun cleans every Saturday the room. (c) Arjun the room cleans every Saturday. (d) Arjun cleans the room every Saturday.
35. 35.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Kabir drank some water ___ he was thirsty.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
36. 36.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Ananya made her card. Her posted it. (b) Ananya made her card. She posted it. (c) Ananya made Ananya's card. Ananya posted it.
37. 37.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The train left the station at nine. (b) While Mum was cooking. (c) Was full of lotus flowers. (d) The ice cream seller.
38. 38.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “How tall the tree is” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
39. 39.Which sentence describes the umbrella best? (a) Riya opened an umbrella. (b) Riya opened a big umbrella. (c) Riya opened a striped umbrella. (d) Riya opened a big striped umbrella.
40. 40.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Arjun practised every day ___ he won the prize.” (a) but (b) because (c) so

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