Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 889 · 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 describing word fits best?
   “The new coin looks ___.” (a) shiny (b) sour (c) loud (d) prickly
2. 2.Kabir wrote “an old fort near an old temple”. Which word means the same as “old” and can replace the second one? (a) purple (b) new (c) ancient
3. 3.Which is the best way to join “The garden has roses.” and “It has sunflowers.”? (a) The garden has roses because it has sunflowers. (b) The garden has roses and it has sunflowers. (c) The garden has roses but it has sunflowers.
4. 4.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Meera bought her book. Her read it. (b) Meera bought Meera's book. Meera read it. (c) Meera bought her book. She read it.
5. 5.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Who is Aisha calling?” (a) exclamation (b) statement (c) question (d) command
6. 6.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “What a lovely song” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) full stop (.) (c) question mark (?)
7. 7.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “last Saturday I went to Jaipur by train.” (a) train (b) by (c) last (d) to
8. 8.Which describing word fits best?
   “The pickle tastes ___.” (a) spicy (b) smooth (c) noisy (d) bright
9. 9.Which describing word fits best?
   “The library sounds ___.” (a) prickly (b) quiet (c) colourful (d) spicy
10. 10.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Diya a bicycle rides to school. (b) Diya rides to school a bicycle. (c) Diya rides a bicycle to school. (d) Rides Diya a bicycle to school.
11. 11.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Zoya has a new bicycle. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Her (b) It (c) He (d) She
12. 12.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The children. (b) Playing with my friends. (c) Broke his toy car. (d) The school bell rang loudly.
13. 13.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Who is Dev calling?” (a) question (b) statement (c) exclamation (d) command
14. 14.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Wait for me at the gate.” (a) exclamation (b) command (c) question (d) statement
15. 15.Which is the best way to join “Dev went to bed early.” and “He was tired.”? (a) Dev went to bed early because he was tired. (b) Dev went to bed early but he was tired. (c) Dev went to bed early so he was tired.
16. 16.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “rahul and i played in the park on sunday.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 4
17. 17.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The cricket match ended at five o'clock.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
18. 18.Which sentence describes the flower best? (a) Simran picked a yellow flower. (b) Simran picked a pretty flower. (c) Simran picked a pretty yellow flower. (d) Simran picked a flower.
19. 19.Which sentence describes the elephant best? (a) Joseph saw a grey elephant. (b) Joseph saw an elephant. (c) Joseph saw a huge grey elephant. (d) Joseph saw a huge elephant.
20. 20.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Why is Tara laughing?” (a) exclamation (b) question (c) command (d) statement
21. 21.“Put out the fire.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
22. 22.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Yash drinks warm milk before bed.” (a) statement (b) command (c) question (d) exclamation
23. 23.What kind of sentence is this?
    “How tall the tree is!” (a) statement (b) question (c) exclamation (d) command
24. 24.Rohan wrote “a cold wind on a cold night”. Which word means the same as “cold” and can replace the second one? (a) hot (b) wooden (c) chilly
25. 25.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The teacher smiled she liked our drawings.” (a) after “she” (b) after “teacher” (c) after “our” (d) after “smiled”
26. 26.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Gave me a pencil. (b) My sister made a rangoli. (c) If you come early. (d) The new student.
27. 27.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “The” (b) after “rang” (c) after “bell” (d) after “children”
28. 28.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The tall tree gave us cool shade. (b) Eating a big mango. (c) Shone over the lake. (d) The hungry monkey.
29. 29.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) My father cooked dal for dinner. (b) My grandmother. (c) Until the rain stopped. (d) Wrote a poem on the board.
30. 30.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “It was late. The shops were still open.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
31. 31.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for baisakhi.” (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
32. 32.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Ishaan washed Ishaan's bicycle. Ishaan rode it. (b) Ishaan washed his bicycle. Him rode it. (c) Ishaan washed his bicycle. He rode it.
33. 33.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The school bus stopped at the gate. (b) When the bell rang. (c) A green parrot ate a ripe guava. (d) The wind blew the leaves away.
34. 34.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 “beach” (c) after “We” (d) after “the”
35. 35.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The doctor checked my throat. (b) The old farmer planted rice in the field. (c) Two ducks swam in the pond. (d) Cooked dal for dinner.
36. 36.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The children.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
37. 37.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Ate a ripe guava.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
38. 38.Which of these is a statement? (a) Please feed the cat. (b) Why is Vikram crying? (c) How lovely the song is! (d) Rahul washes the car on Sundays.
39. 39.Which describing word fits best?
    “The tamarind tastes ___.” (a) noisy (b) colourful (c) sour (d) sticky
40. 40.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Aarav packed Aarav's bag. Aarav carried it. (b) Aarav packed his bag. He carried it. (c) Aarav packed his bag. Him carried it.

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