Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 903 · 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.These words are mixed up: banana / eats / a / Riya / after / school
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Riya eats after school a banana. (b) Riya a banana eats after school. (c) Eats Riya a banana after school. (d) Riya eats a banana after school.
2. 2.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) When is Saanvi leaving for Delhi? (b) How huge the elephant is! (c) Please close the door. (d) Simran eats a banana after school.
3. 3.Which sentence describes the house best? (a) Farhan drew a red house. (b) Farhan drew a small house. (c) Farhan drew a house. (d) Farhan drew a small red house.
4. 4.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) Ran onto the field. (b) The rain fell all night. (c) A busy squirrel collected nuts. (d) Our cat slept on the sofa.
5. 5.These words are mixed up: Arjun / picture / a / draws / in / class / art
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Draws Arjun a picture in art class. (b) Arjun draws in art class a picture. (c) Arjun draws a picture in art class. (d) Arjun a picture draws in art class.
6. 6.Which sentence describes the butterfly best? (a) Farhan saw a blue butterfly. (b) Farhan saw a butterfly. (c) Farhan saw a pretty butterfly. (d) Farhan saw a pretty blue butterfly.
7. 7.What kind of sentence is this?
   “How huge the elephant is!” (a) question (b) command (c) exclamation (d) statement
8. 8.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “We went to Bhopal for diwali last year.” (a) went (b) year (c) diwali (d) to
9. 9.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) A small mouse hid under the bed. (b) The firefighters put out the fire. (c) My father cooked dal for dinner. (d) Sat on the wall.
10. 10.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Lit lamps on Diwali. (b) My little brother. (c) The red kite flew high in the sky. (d) Since it was late.
11. 11.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My aunt made sweets for onam.” (a) aunt (b) for (c) onam (d) sweets
12. 12.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Rahul eats a banana after school. (b) Eats Rahul a banana after school. (c) Rahul a banana eats after school. (d) Rahul eats after school a banana.
13. 13.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my cousin and i visited a zoo in lucknow.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 3
14. 14.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Ananya has a new book. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) It (c) He (d) Her
15. 15.Dev wrote “happy children at a happy party”. Which word means the same as “happy” and can replace the second one? (a) glad (b) sad (c) purple
16. 16.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Last Friday I went to lucknow by train.” (a) train (b) went (c) lucknow (d) by
17. 17.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Where Pooja is going after school? (b) Pooja is where going after school? (c) Where is Pooja going after school? (d) Is where Pooja going after school?
18. 18.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What a tasty samosa” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) full stop (.) (c) question mark (?)
19. 19.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Pooja rides a bicycle to school.” (a) question (b) command (c) exclamation (d) statement
20. 20.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Ended at five o'clock. (b) Because it was raining. (c) Our cat slept on the sofa. (d) Grandpa.
21. 21.Which sentence describes the elephant best? (a) Dev saw an elephant. (b) Dev saw a big grey elephant. (c) Dev saw a big elephant. (d) Dev saw a grey elephant.
22. 22.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What a cute puppy” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
23. 23.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The ice cream seller rang his bell.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
24. 24.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Aarav is what reading today? (b) What Aarav is reading today? (c) What is Aarav reading today? (d) Is what Aarav reading today?
25. 25.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Diya has a new cake. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) He (c) It (d) Her
26. 26.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “How cute the puppy is” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
27. 27.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Yash draws a picture in art class” (a) full stop (.) (b) question mark (?) (c) exclamation mark (!)
28. 28.Which of these is a command? (a) Nisha plays cricket in the park. (b) How tasty the samosa is! (c) Who is Riya calling? (d) Open your books to page ten.
29. 29.Which is the best way to join “Meera was hungry.” and “She ate a banana.”? (a) Meera was hungry so she ate a banana. (b) Meera was hungry because she ate a banana. (c) Meera was hungry but she ate a banana.
30. 30.“My sister.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) who or what (subject) (c) nothing is missing
31. 31.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Simran fixed her toy car. She played with it. (b) Simran fixed her toy car. Her played with it. (c) Simran fixed Simran's toy car. Simran played with it.
32. 32.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Running in the park. (b) Made a rangoli. (c) The tall tree gave us cool shade. (d) The shopkeeper.
33. 33.“Ate a ripe guava.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) nothing is missing (c) who or what (subject)
34. 34.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The brown cow gave fresh milk. (b) The wind blew the leaves away. (c) The players. (d) The cricket match ended at five o'clock.
35. 35.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The train arrived people got on quickly.” (a) after “arrived” (b) after “on” (c) after “train” (d) after “got”
36. 36.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My birthday is on the first sunday of October.” (a) sunday (b) first (c) of (d) on
37. 37.Which sentence describes the pot best? (a) Omkar painted a pot. (b) Omkar painted a round pot. (c) Omkar painted a round blue pot. (d) Omkar painted a blue pot.
38. 38.Which sentence describes the dog best? (a) Zoya saw a big black dog. (b) Zoya saw a black dog. (c) Zoya saw a dog. (d) Zoya saw a big dog.
39. 39.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Joseph has a new sapling. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Him (b) It (c) She (d) He
40. 40.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Where is Yash going after school? (b) Yash is where going after school? (c) Where Yash is going after school? (d) Is where Yash going after school?

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