Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 91 · 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 question has the words in the correct order? (a) Why Zoya is crying? (b) Zoya is why crying? (c) Is why Zoya crying? (d) Why is Zoya crying?
2. 2.Which of these is a statement? (a) Switch off the fan. (b) What a colourful rangoli! (c) Rahul drinks warm milk before bed. (d) What is Rahul reading today?
3. 3.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The shopkeeper counted the coins. (b) The wind blew the leaves away. (c) Our teacher. (d) My grandmother told us a story.
4. 4.Which sentence describes the pot best? (a) Farhan painted a round pot. (b) Farhan painted a round orange pot. (c) Farhan painted an orange pot. (d) Farhan painted a pot.
5. 5.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “Our team practised hard we won the match.” (a) after “the” (b) after “won” (c) after “we” (d) after “hard”
6. 6.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “my aunt made sweets for Pongal.” (a) sweets (b) my (c) for (d) made
7. 7.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Cleans Dev the room every Saturday. (b) Dev the room cleans every Saturday. (c) Dev cleans the room every Saturday. (d) Dev cleans every Saturday the room.
8. 8.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “I finished my homework then I read a comic.” (a) after “finished” (b) after “homework” (c) after “read” (d) after “my”
9. 9.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) How colourful the rangoli is! (b) What is Kunal reading today? (c) Omkar cooks rice for lunch. (d) Please speak slowly.
10. 10.Which sentence describes the kite best? (a) Kunal flew a kite. (b) Kunal flew a small green kite. (c) Kunal flew a green kite. (d) Kunal flew a small kite.
11. 11.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The tall tree gave us cool shade.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
12. 12.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) While Mum was cooking. (b) The school bus stopped at the gate. (c) The train left the station at nine. (d) The firefighters put out the fire.
13. 13.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Kavya draws a picture in art class” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
14. 14.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Gave fresh milk.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
15. 15.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The shop was closed we went back home.” (a) after “was” (b) after “shop” (c) after “The” (d) after “closed”
16. 16.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The train left the station at nine.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
17. 17.“Sang a song in the hall.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
18. 18.Which describing word fits best?
    “The jam feels ___.” (a) bright (b) salty (c) loud (d) sticky
19. 19.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The soup was hot. It was not tasty.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
20. 20.Which describing word fits best?
    “The thunder sounds ___.” (a) loud (b) spicy (c) prickly (d) colourful
21. 21.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Arjun baked his cake. Him shared it. (b) Arjun baked Arjun's cake. Arjun shared it. (c) Arjun baked his cake. He shared it.
22. 22.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) If you come early. (b) The shopkeeper. (c) Told us a story. (d) The tiny ant carried a crumb.
23. 23.Farhan wrote “an angry man and an angry dog”. Which word means the same as “angry” and can replace the second one? (a) calm (b) cross (c) wooden
24. 24.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Our teacher. (b) Sang a song in the hall. (c) The school bell rang loudly. (d) After we ate lunch.
25. 25.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) When the bell rang. (b) The ice cream seller. (c) Two ducks swam in the pond. (d) Cooked dal for dinner.
26. 26.Which is the best way to join “It was very hot.” and “We went for a swim.”? (a) It was very hot because we went for a swim. (b) It was very hot so we went for a swim. (c) It was very hot but we went for a swim.
27. 27.These words are mixed up: a / in / class / draws / art / picture / Nisha
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Nisha draws a picture in art class. (b) Draws Nisha a picture in art class. (c) Nisha draws in art class a picture. (d) Nisha a picture draws in art class.
28. 28.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The tiny ant carried a crumb. (b) Left the station at nine. (c) Our cat slept on the sofa. (d) My little brother broke his toy car.
29. 29.Which is the best way to join “The sun was shining.” and “The birds were singing.”? (a) The sun was shining because the birds were singing. (b) The sun was shining but the birds were singing. (c) The sun was shining and the birds were singing.
30. 30.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Ananya a banana eats after school. (b) Ananya eats after school a banana. (c) Eats Ananya a banana after school. (d) Ananya eats a banana after school.
31. 31.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Nisha rides a bicycle to school” (a) full stop (.) (b) question mark (?) (c) exclamation mark (!)
32. 32.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Arjun has a new kite. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) She (c) He (d) Him
33. 33.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “We bought apples ___ we bought grapes.” (a) and (b) but (c) because
34. 34.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Yash is how travelling to school? (b) Is how Yash travelling to school? (c) How is Yash travelling to school? (d) How Yash is travelling to school?
35. 35.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “kunal was born in the month of february.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 4
36. 36.Which sentence describes the butterfly best? (a) Yash saw a tiny orange butterfly. (b) Yash saw a butterfly. (c) Yash saw a tiny butterfly. (d) Yash saw an orange butterfly.
37. 37.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “The big fair in jaipur starts in June.” (a) jaipur (b) in (c) fair (d) starts
38. 38.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is how Isha travelling to school? (b) Isha is how travelling to school? (c) How Isha is travelling to school? (d) How is Isha travelling to school?
39. 39.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “imran and kunal will come to my house on thursday.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 5
40. 40.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in chennai starts in october.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5

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