Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 878 · 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) Shone over the lake. (b) My best friend. (c) Eating a big mango. (d) The children sang a song in the hall.
2. 2.Which of these is a question? (a) What a funny joke! (b) What is Joseph eating for lunch? (c) Turn left at the temple. (d) Kavya visits the library on Fridays.
3. 3.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “i go to the park with my dog on Saturday.” (a) i (b) with (c) my (d) dog
4. 4.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Vikram waters the plants in the evening.” (a) statement (b) exclamation (c) command (d) question
5. 5.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The baby was sleeping we spoke softly.” (a) after “spoke” (b) after “was” (c) after “sleeping” (d) after “The”
6. 6.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “How beautiful the garden is” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
7. 7.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “Riya wore a sweater. It was cold.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
8. 8.Which describing word fits best?
   “The kitten feels ___.” (a) noisy (b) bright (c) fluffy (d) spicy
9. 9.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “Kabir flies a kite on the roof” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) full stop (.) (c) question mark (?)
10. 10.Which of these is a command? (a) Who is Arjun calling? (b) Switch off the fan. (c) How tasty the samosa is! (d) Kabir flies a kite on the roof.
11. 11.Which describing word fits best?
    “The lemon tastes ___.” (a) colourful (b) sour (c) quiet (d) smooth
12. 12.Which sentence describes the bag best? (a) Aisha carried a big blue bag. (b) Aisha carried a blue bag. (c) Aisha carried a bag. (d) Aisha carried a big bag.
13. 13.What kind of sentence is this?
    “How clever the crow is!” (a) exclamation (b) statement (c) command (d) question
14. 14.These words are mixed up: week / every / poem / Joseph / writes / a
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Joseph a poem writes every week. (b) Joseph writes a poem every week. (c) Joseph writes every week a poem. (d) Writes Joseph a poem every week.
15. 15.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What a lovely song!” (a) command (b) exclamation (c) statement (d) question
16. 16.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Omkar has a new cake. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) He (c) It (d) Him
17. 17.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What is Rohan drawing in class” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
18. 18.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “It was very hot ___ we went for a swim.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
19. 19.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Simran bought her book. She read it. (b) Simran bought her book. Her read it. (c) Simran bought Simran's book. Simran read it.
20. 20.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The village pond was full of lotus flowers.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
21. 21.“My father.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
22. 22.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Visits Saanvi the library on Fridays. (b) Saanvi visits the library on Fridays. (c) Saanvi the library visits on Fridays. (d) Saanvi visits on Fridays the library.
23. 23.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Kabir has a cat ___ he has a dog.” (a) but (b) because (c) and
24. 24.Which describing word fits best?
    “The silk scarf feels ___.” (a) smooth (b) colourful (c) loud (d) sweet
25. 25.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The shop was closed we went back home.” (a) after “closed” (b) after “was” (c) after “back” (d) after “we”
26. 26.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Running in the park. (b) Blew the leaves away. (c) The firefighters put out the fire. (d) The old farmer.
27. 27.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Maria kicks the ball in the garden.” (a) command (b) question (c) statement (d) exclamation
28. 28.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What a funny joke!” (a) question (b) exclamation (c) command (d) statement
29. 29.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Rahul a poem writes every week. (b) Rahul writes a poem every week. (c) Rahul writes every week a poem. (d) Writes Rahul a poem every week.
30. 30.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is what Diya reading today? (b) Diya is what reading today? (c) What Diya is reading today? (d) What is Diya reading today?
31. 31.Which sentence describes the bag best? (a) Rahul carried a bag. (b) Rahul carried a black bag. (c) Rahul carried a heavy bag. (d) Rahul carried a heavy black bag.
32. 32.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Why Rahul is laughing? (b) Is why Rahul laughing? (c) Why is Rahul laughing? (d) Rahul is why laughing?
33. 33.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Rohan met Imran at the station in kochi.” (a) station (b) kochi (c) at (d) met
34. 34.These words are mixed up: kitchen / in / Grandma / helps / the / Pooja
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Pooja Grandma helps in the kitchen. (b) Helps Pooja Grandma in the kitchen. (c) Pooja helps in the kitchen Grandma. (d) Pooja helps Grandma in the kitchen.
35. 35.Vikram wrote “a cold wind on a cold night”. Which word means the same as “cold” and can replace the second one? (a) hungry (b) chilly (c) hot
36. 36.Which of these is a question? (a) Ishaan rides a bicycle to school. (b) Line up near the door. (c) Who is Kabir calling? (d) What a sweet mango!
37. 37.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Tenzin the ball kicks in the garden. (b) Kicks Tenzin the ball in the garden. (c) Tenzin kicks the ball in the garden. (d) Tenzin kicks in the garden the ball.
38. 38.These words are mixed up: morning / Omkar / cat / every / the / feeds
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Omkar feeds every morning the cat. (b) Omkar feeds the cat every morning. (c) Omkar the cat feeds every morning. (d) Feeds Omkar the cat every morning.
39. 39.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Kabir is how travelling to school? (b) Is how Kabir travelling to school? (c) How Kabir is travelling to school? (d) How is Kabir travelling to school?
40. 40.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Arjun painted Arjun's pot. Arjun sold it. (b) Arjun painted his pot. He sold it. (c) Arjun painted his pot. Him sold it.

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