Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 931 · 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 word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Joseph has a new poem. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) She (c) It (d) Him
2. 2.Which describing word fits best?
   “The bitter gourd tastes ___.” (a) sticky (b) colourful (c) bitter (d) loud
3. 3.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “diya wore new clothes on holi.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
4. 4.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “diya and i played in the park on friday.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 5
5. 5.What kind of sentence is this?
   “What a long train!” (a) statement (b) question (c) command (d) exclamation
6. 6.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The train left the station at nine. (b) The village pond was full of lotus flowers. (c) The hungry monkey. (d) The players ran onto the field.
7. 7.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “How is Meera travelling to school” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
8. 8.Rahul wrote “a small cup on a small plate”. Which word means the same as “small” and can replace the second one? (a) huge (b) round (c) tiny
9. 9.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “How big the cake is” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) full stop (.) (c) question mark (?)
10. 10.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Riya packs the school bag at night.” (a) statement (b) exclamation (c) command (d) question
11. 11.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Dev cooks for lunch rice. (b) Dev cooks rice for lunch. (c) Cooks Dev rice for lunch. (d) Dev rice cooks for lunch.
12. 12.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Dev went to bed early ___ he was tired.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
13. 13.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Last Tuesday i went to Mysuru by train.” (a) i (b) by (c) went (d) train
14. 14.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “How sweet the mango is” (a) question mark (?) (b) full stop (.) (c) exclamation mark (!)
15. 15.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The cricket match ended at five o'clock.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
16. 16.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Where is Maria going after school?” (a) command (b) statement (c) question (d) exclamation
17. 17.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Our school reopens after the holidays in august.” (a) holidays (b) in (c) august (d) reopens
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from pune in December.” (a) uncle (b) pune (c) came (d) from
19. 19.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Flies Dev a kite on the roof. (b) Dev flies on the roof a kite. (c) Dev a kite flies on the roof. (d) Dev flies a kite on the roof.
20. 20.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Why is Tenzin laughing? (b) Tenzin is why laughing? (c) Why Tenzin is laughing? (d) Is why Tenzin laughing?
21. 21.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Although he was tired. (b) The tiny ant. (c) The train left the station at nine. (d) Ended at five o'clock.
22. 22.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) Our cat slept on the sofa. (b) The school bell rang loudly. (c) The baby elephant splashed in the river. (d) Sent me a gift.
23. 23.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) After we ate lunch. (b) Ate a ripe guava. (c) The rain. (d) The cricket match ended at five o'clock.
24. 24.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Zoya cricket plays in the park. (b) Zoya plays cricket in the park. (c) Zoya plays in the park cricket. (d) Plays Zoya cricket in the park.
25. 25.These words are mixed up: Vikram / feeds / cat / morning / the / every
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Vikram feeds the cat every morning. (b) Feeds Vikram the cat every morning. (c) Vikram feeds every morning the cat. (d) Vikram the cat feeds every morning.
26. 26.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “If you come early.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
27. 27.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Kabir the school bag packs at night. (b) Packs Kabir the school bag at night. (c) Kabir packs the school bag at night. (d) Kabir packs at night the school bag.
28. 28.Which sentence describes the bag best? (a) Imran carried a blue bag. (b) Imran carried a heavy bag. (c) Imran carried a heavy blue bag. (d) Imran carried a bag.
29. 29.Which is the best way to join “We ran fast.” and “We missed the train.”? (a) We ran fast but we missed the train. (b) We ran fast because we missed the train. (c) We ran fast so we missed the train.
30. 30.These words are mixed up: on / the / Sundays / car / washes / Kunal
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Kunal washes the car on Sundays. (b) Washes Kunal the car on Sundays. (c) Kunal the car washes on Sundays. (d) Kunal washes on Sundays the car.
31. 31.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The road was wet ___ we walked slowly.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
32. 32.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Tara packs the school bag at night.” (a) command (b) exclamation (c) question (d) statement
33. 33.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The baby was sleeping we spoke softly.” (a) after “we” (b) after “The” (c) after “sleeping” (d) after “was”
34. 34.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Rahul flies a kite on the roof. (b) Rahul flies on the roof a kite. (c) Rahul a kite flies on the roof. (d) Flies Rahul a kite on the roof.
35. 35.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “How tasty the samosa is” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
36. 36.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Priya can sing ___ she can dance too.” (a) but (b) because (c) and
37. 37.Which describing word fits best?
    “The sun looks ___.” (a) sour (b) noisy (c) bright (d) rough
38. 38.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The mango looked green ___ it was very sweet.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
39. 39.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Mum smiled. I had cleaned my room.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
40. 40.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The old farmer planted rice in the field.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence

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