Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 938 · 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 describing word fits best?
   “The honey tastes ___.” (a) sticky (b) quiet (c) colourful (d) sweet
2. 2.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “Wrote a poem on the board.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
3. 3.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “arjun and rohan will come to my house on thursday.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 4
4. 4.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Where Aisha is going after school? (b) Where is Aisha going after school? (c) Is where Aisha going after school? (d) Aisha is where going after school?
5. 5.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “The baby cried. She was hungry.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
6. 6.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The children. (b) Our cat slept on the sofa. (c) Because it was raining. (d) Wrote a poem on the board.
7. 7.“Cooked dal for dinner.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) nothing is missing (c) who or what (subject)
8. 8.Which sentence describes the shell best? (a) Yash found a tiny shell. (b) Yash found a tiny white shell. (c) Yash found a white shell. (d) Yash found a shell.
9. 9.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “Dev sings a song in the morning” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
10. 10.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Meera was hungry ___ she ate a banana.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
11. 11.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first tuesday of december.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
12. 12.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Arjun won the race everyone cheered for him.” (a) after “for” (b) after “race” (c) after “everyone” (d) after “won”
13. 13.“The tall tree.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) nothing is missing (c) who or what (subject)
14. 14.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “ananya was born in the month of february.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 2
15. 15.Rahul wrote “a cold wind on a cold night”. Which word means the same as “cold” and can replace the second one? (a) hot (b) chilly (c) hungry
16. 16.Which of these is a command? (a) Aisha drinks warm milk before bed. (b) Wait for me at the gate. (c) What a long train! (d) What is Joseph reading today?
17. 17.Which describing word fits best?
    “The thunder sounds ___.” (a) bright (b) bitter (c) rough (d) loud
18. 18.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Aisha plays in the park cricket. (b) Aisha plays cricket in the park. (c) Aisha cricket plays in the park. (d) Plays Aisha cricket in the park.
19. 19.Which of these is a question? (a) What a tasty samosa! (b) Zoya draws a picture in art class. (c) Please speak slowly. (d) Why is Kavya laughing?
20. 20.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in July.” (a) the (b) after (c) holidays (d) our
21. 21.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Sneha reads a storybook at night.” (a) exclamation (b) command (c) question (d) statement
22. 22.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “ananya and farhan will come to my house on sunday.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 2
23. 23.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Ishaan brushes the dog on Sundays” (a) full stop (.) (b) question mark (?) (c) exclamation mark (!)
24. 24.These words are mixed up: park / cricket / the / in / Saanvi / plays
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Plays Saanvi cricket in the park. (b) Saanvi plays in the park cricket. (c) Saanvi cricket plays in the park. (d) Saanvi plays cricket in the park.
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Last Thursday i went to Delhi by train.” (a) train (b) went (c) to (d) i
26. 26.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Ananya is why laughing? (b) Why is Ananya laughing? (c) Is why Ananya laughing? (d) Why Ananya is laughing?
27. 27.Rahul wrote “a fast horse and a fast car”. Which word means the same as “fast” and can replace the second one? (a) quick (b) round (c) slow
28. 28.Which of these is a statement? (a) Wait for me at the gate. (b) What is Isha reading today? (c) What a bright moon! (d) Aisha brushes the dog on Sundays.
29. 29.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Rahul cooks rice for lunch. (b) Rahul rice cooks for lunch. (c) Cooks Rahul rice for lunch. (d) Rahul cooks for lunch rice.
30. 30.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Why is Nisha crying?” (a) statement (b) question (c) exclamation (d) command
31. 31.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The tall tree gave us cool shade.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
32. 32.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Nisha eats a banana after school. (b) Eats Nisha a banana after school. (c) Nisha a banana eats after school. (d) Nisha eats after school a banana.
33. 33.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Brushes Tenzin the dog on Sundays. (b) Tenzin brushes on Sundays the dog. (c) Tenzin brushes the dog on Sundays. (d) Tenzin the dog brushes on Sundays.
34. 34.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first thursday of april.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 3
35. 35.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The train arrived people got on quickly.” (a) after “got” (b) after “train” (c) after “arrived” (d) after “people”
36. 36.Which is the best way to join “Mum cooked dal.” and “She made rotis.”? (a) Mum cooked dal but she made rotis. (b) Mum cooked dal because she made rotis. (c) Mum cooked dal and she made rotis.
37. 37.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) If you come early. (b) Two ducks swam in the pond. (c) My father cooked dal for dinner. (d) Our teacher wrote a poem on the board.
38. 38.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What a beautiful garden” (a) full stop (.) (b) question mark (?) (c) exclamation mark (!)
39. 39.“Was full of lotus flowers.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) nothing is missing (c) who or what (subject)
40. 40.Which describing word fits best?
    “The busy market sounds ___.” (a) sour (b) noisy (c) rough (d) colourful

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