Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 899 · 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 sentence describes the kite best? (a) Nisha flew a yellow kite. (b) Nisha flew a kite. (c) Nisha flew a small kite. (d) Nisha flew a small yellow kite.
2. 2.Yash wrote “a small cup on a small plate”. Which word means the same as “small” and can replace the second one? (a) tiny (b) square (c) huge
3. 3.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What is Farhan drawing in class? (b) What Farhan is drawing in class? (c) Is what Farhan drawing in class? (d) Farhan is what drawing in class?
4. 4.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Farhan painted his pot. Him sold it. (b) Farhan painted Farhan's pot. Farhan sold it. (c) Farhan painted his pot. He sold it.
5. 5.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) Waiting for the bus. (b) My aunt sent me a gift. (c) The old farmer planted rice in the field. (d) My best friend gave me a pencil.
6. 6.Which describing word fits best?
   “The pickle tastes ___.” (a) spicy (b) bright (c) noisy (d) fluffy
7. 7.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Although he was tired. (b) The red kite. (c) The bright moon shone over the lake. (d) Planted rice in the field.
8. 8.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “i go to the park with my dog on Saturday.” (a) i (b) to (c) the (d) go
9. 9.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “We visited the old fort in agra on Tuesday.” (a) visited (b) agra (c) in (d) on
10. 10.“Was full of lotus flowers.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
11. 11.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) Water the plants today. (b) Where is Kavya going after school? (c) Farhan cleans the room every Saturday. (d) What a lovely song!
12. 12.Which of these is a command? (a) Ishaan reads a storybook at night. (b) Where is Pooja going after school? (c) What a noisy market! (d) Sit down quietly.
13. 13.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Dev draws a picture in art class.” (a) exclamation (b) statement (c) command (d) question
14. 14.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “dev was born in the month of July.” (a) dev (b) was (c) in (d) month
15. 15.Which sentence describes the butterfly best? (a) Zoya saw a tiny butterfly. (b) Zoya saw a butterfly. (c) Zoya saw a tiny orange butterfly. (d) Zoya saw an orange butterfly.
16. 16.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “children” (b) after “The” (c) after “rang” (d) after “bell”
17. 17.Which sentence describes the kite best? (a) Manav flew a green kite. (b) Manav flew a kite. (c) Manav flew a big green kite. (d) Manav flew a big kite.
18. 18.These words are mixed up: library / visits / on / Fridays / Diya / the
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Diya visits on Fridays the library. (b) Diya visits the library on Fridays. (c) Visits Diya the library on Fridays. (d) Diya the library visits on Fridays.
19. 19.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on pongal.” (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
20. 20.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The bright moon. (b) When the bell rang. (c) The shopkeeper counted the coins. (d) Stopped at the gate.
21. 21.Which of these is a question? (a) Ishaan cleans the room every Saturday. (b) How huge the elephant is! (c) What is Nisha eating for lunch? (d) Bring your notebook tomorrow.
22. 22.“Checked my throat.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) nothing is missing (c) who or what (subject)
23. 23.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The soup was hot. It was not tasty.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
24. 24.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Saanvi kicks the ball in the garden” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Sneha and I played in the park on sunday.” (a) park (b) and (c) in (d) sunday
26. 26.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “The big fair in Bhopal starts in april.” (a) starts (b) fair (c) april (d) in
27. 27.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Arjun is when leaving for Delhi? (b) When Arjun is leaving for Delhi? (c) When is Arjun leaving for Delhi? (d) Is when Arjun leaving for Delhi?
28. 28.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) My aunt sent me a gift. (b) Gave fresh milk. (c) The wind. (d) After we ate lunch.
29. 29.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Meera has a new bicycle. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Her (b) He (c) It (d) She
30. 30.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Kavya packs the school bag at night” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
31. 31.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The soup was hot ___ it was not tasty.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
32. 32.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Please close the door.” (a) exclamation (b) command (c) question (d) statement
33. 33.These words are mixed up: ball / kicks / Diya / the / the / in / garden
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Diya kicks the ball in the garden. (b) Kicks Diya the ball in the garden. (c) Diya the ball kicks in the garden. (d) Diya kicks in the garden the ball.
34. 34.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Please pass the salt.” (a) question (b) statement (c) exclamation (d) command
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from Patna in january.” (a) came (b) in (c) january (d) uncle
36. 36.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Slept on the sofa. (b) When the bell rang. (c) Two ducks swam in the pond. (d) The hungry monkey.
37. 37.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Where Aisha is playing cricket? (b) Where is Aisha playing cricket? (c) Is where Aisha playing cricket? (d) Aisha is where playing cricket?
38. 38.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Arjun visits the library on Fridays.” (a) command (b) statement (c) question (d) exclamation
39. 39.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “How noisy the market is” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
40. 40.Which sentence describes the bag best? (a) Tenzin carried a bag. (b) Tenzin carried a heavy blue bag. (c) Tenzin carried a blue bag. (d) Tenzin carried a heavy bag.

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