Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 937 · 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 of these is a statement? (a) How tasty the samosa is! (b) How is Aarav travelling to school? (c) Please close the door. (d) Ishaan plays cricket in the park.
2. 2.Which describing word fits best?
   “The tamarind tastes ___.” (a) smooth (b) quiet (c) shiny (d) sour
3. 3.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Simran a song sings in the morning. (b) Sings Simran a song in the morning. (c) Simran sings in the morning a song. (d) Simran sings a song in the morning.
4. 4.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Zoya is when leaving for Delhi? (b) When is Zoya leaving for Delhi? (c) When Zoya is leaving for Delhi? (d) Is when Zoya leaving for Delhi?
5. 5.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Kabir and i played in the park on Sunday.” (a) the (b) park (c) played (d) i
6. 6.Maria wrote “a rich king in a rich city”. Which word means the same as “rich” and can replace the second one? (a) round (b) wealthy (c) poor
7. 7.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “What a cute puppy” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
8. 8.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we visited the old fort in pune on sunday.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
9. 9.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “The” (b) after “rang” (c) after “children” (d) after “ran”
10. 10.Which is the best way to join “We stayed indoors.” and “It was raining.”? (a) We stayed indoors because it was raining. (b) We stayed indoors so it was raining. (c) We stayed indoors but it was raining.
11. 11.Which describing word fits best?
    “The sun looks ___.” (a) fluffy (b) spicy (c) noisy (d) bright
12. 12.Which sentence describes the balloon best? (a) Ishaan bought a round red balloon. (b) Ishaan bought a red balloon. (c) Ishaan bought a round balloon. (d) Ishaan bought a balloon.
13. 13.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Kunal has a new bicycle. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) Him (c) He (d) She
14. 14.Vikram 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) round
15. 15.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Ananya visits the library on Fridays” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
16. 16.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Grandma baked a cake it smelled lovely.” (a) after “smelled” (b) after “a” (c) after “cake” (d) after “baked”
17. 17.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What a cute puppy!” (a) question (b) exclamation (c) command (d) statement
18. 18.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) If you come early. (b) Sat next to me. (c) The tall tree. (d) My little brother broke his toy car.
19. 19.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The plants died. Nobody watered them.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
20. 20.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Imran has a new kite. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) It (c) She (d) Him
21. 21.Which sentence describes the shell best? (a) Riya found a shell. (b) Riya found a tiny pink shell. (c) Riya found a pink shell. (d) Riya found a tiny shell.
22. 22.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “How big the cake is” (a) question mark (?) (b) full stop (.) (c) exclamation mark (!)
23. 23.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “My best friend.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
24. 24.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) Sat on the wall. (b) My grandmother told us a story. (c) The baby elephant splashed in the river. (d) The new student sat next to me.
25. 25.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The test was hard. Zoya got full marks.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
26. 26.Ishaan wrote “a pretty doll in a pretty dress”. Which word means the same as “pretty” and can replace the second one? (a) lovely (b) hungry (c) ugly
27. 27.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Priya feeds the cat every morning.” (a) question (b) statement (c) exclamation (d) command
28. 28.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Where is Imran going after school?” (a) exclamation (b) command (c) question (d) statement
29. 29.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The cricket match. (b) The wind blew the leaves away. (c) Gave me a pencil. (d) Waiting for the bus.
30. 30.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “I brushed my teeth. I washed my face.” (a) but (b) because (c) and
31. 31.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) Planted rice in the field. (b) Two ducks swam in the pond. (c) The firefighters put out the fire. (d) My father cooked dal for dinner.
32. 32.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Dev a kite flies on the roof. (b) Flies Dev a kite on the roof. (c) Dev flies a kite on the roof. (d) Dev flies on the roof a kite.
33. 33.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The school bell rang loudly. (b) A small mouse. (c) Playing with my friends. (d) Sang a song in the hall.
34. 34.Omkar wrote “a pretty doll in a pretty dress”. Which word means the same as “pretty” and can replace the second one? (a) lovely (b) ugly (c) round
35. 35.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “kavya was born in the month of april.” (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
36. 36.Which is the best way to join “It started to rain.” and “We opened our umbrellas.”? (a) It started to rain because we opened our umbrellas. (b) It started to rain but we opened our umbrellas. (c) It started to rain so we opened our umbrellas.
37. 37.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What is Isha eating for lunch” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
38. 38.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “rahul lives near the lake in patna.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 1
39. 39.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Meera has a new poem. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Her (b) She (c) It (d) He
40. 40.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “A busy squirrel collected nuts.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence

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