Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 928 · 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.What kind of sentence is this?
   “What a tall tree!” (a) exclamation (b) question (c) statement (d) command
2. 2.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The new student sat next to me. (b) Running in the park. (c) The old farmer planted rice in the field. (d) The children sang a song in the hall.
3. 3.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “Aarav catches the bus at seven” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
4. 4.Dev wrote “a clever girl with a clever plan”. Which word means the same as “clever” and can replace the second one? (a) silly (b) smart (c) hungry
5. 5.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) My aunt sent me a gift. (b) Gave me a pencil. (c) The children sang a song in the hall. (d) A green parrot ate a ripe guava.
6. 6.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “A big black crow.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
7. 7.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “The train left the station at nine.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
8. 8.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is what Sneha drawing in class? (b) Sneha is what drawing in class? (c) What is Sneha drawing in class? (d) What Sneha is drawing in class?
9. 9.Which is the best way to join “The bag was heavy.” and “Dad helped me carry it.”? (a) The bag was heavy but Dad helped me carry it. (b) The bag was heavy because Dad helped me carry it. (c) The bag was heavy so Dad helped me carry it.
10. 10.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Meera has a new toy car. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) Her (c) He (d) It
11. 11.Which of these is a command? (a) Switch off the fan. (b) Vikram plays cricket in the park. (c) How beautiful the garden is! (d) Where is Farhan playing cricket?
12. 12.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) A big black crow sat on the wall. (b) Two ducks swam in the pond. (c) Danced in the rain. (d) The players ran onto the field.
13. 13.Which describing word fits best?
    “The new coin looks ___.” (a) sweet (b) shiny (c) sticky (d) noisy
14. 14.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The box was small. It was very heavy.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
15. 15.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “After we ate lunch.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
16. 16.Which sentence describes the mango best? (a) Saanvi ate a big yellow mango. (b) Saanvi ate a mango. (c) Saanvi ate a big mango. (d) Saanvi ate a yellow mango.
17. 17.These words are mixed up: roof / the / Yash / on / flies / kite / a
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Yash flies on the roof a kite. (b) Yash a kite flies on the roof. (c) Yash flies a kite on the roof. (d) Flies Yash a kite on the roof.
18. 18.“Swam in the pond.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) what happens (predicate) (c) who or what (subject)
19. 19.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Isha packed her bag. Her carried it. (b) Isha packed Isha's bag. Isha carried it. (c) Isha packed her bag. She carried it.
20. 20.Which is the best way to join “It was late.” and “The shops were still open.”? (a) It was late because the shops were still open. (b) It was late but the shops were still open. (c) It was late so the shops were still open.
21. 21.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The school bell.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
22. 22.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Where is Riya going after school? (b) Is where Riya going after school? (c) Where Riya is going after school? (d) Riya is where going after school?
23. 23.What kind of sentence is this?
    “When is Rohan leaving for Delhi?” (a) exclamation (b) command (c) question (d) statement
24. 24.Which of these is a question? (a) Turn left at the temple. (b) Meera writes a poem every week. (c) How funny the joke is! (d) What is Isha eating for lunch?
25. 25.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The red kite. (b) Broke his toy car. (c) After we ate lunch. (d) The little puppy ran across the garden.
26. 26.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Maria lives near the lake in chennai.” (a) lives (b) near (c) chennai (d) the
27. 27.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What Priya is reading today? (b) Is what Priya reading today? (c) What is Priya reading today? (d) Priya is what reading today?
28. 28.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The peacock. (b) Because it was raining. (c) Our teacher wrote a poem on the board. (d) Gave us cool shade.
29. 29.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Open your books to page ten.” (a) question (b) exclamation (c) statement (d) command
30. 30.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The tall tree gave us cool shade. (b) When the bell rang. (c) Stopped at the gate. (d) My little brother.
31. 31.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Where is Aarav playing cricket? (b) Aarav is where playing cricket? (c) Where Aarav is playing cricket? (d) Is where Aarav playing cricket?
32. 32.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What is Diya eating for lunch? (b) Diya is what eating for lunch? (c) Is what Diya eating for lunch? (d) What Diya is eating for lunch?
33. 33.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in september.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
34. 34.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Kabir has a new poem. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) She (c) Him (d) He
35. 35.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The cake was too sweet nobody ate a second piece.” (a) after “ate” (b) after “cake” (c) after “sweet” (d) after “was”
36. 36.“Gave fresh milk.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) who or what (subject) (c) nothing is missing
37. 37.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “How huge the elephant is” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
38. 38.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Vikram has a new card. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) He (c) Him (d) It
39. 39.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What Riya is reading today? (b) What is Riya reading today? (c) Riya is what reading today? (d) Is what Riya reading today?
40. 40.Which of these is a statement? (a) Omkar feeds the cat every morning. (b) How clever the crow is! (c) Water the plants today. (d) Where is Meera going after school?

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