Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 940 · 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 sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Rides Omkar a bicycle to school. (b) Omkar a bicycle rides to school. (c) Omkar rides to school a bicycle. (d) Omkar rides a bicycle to school.
2. 2.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The bus was late we waited at the stop.” (a) after “we” (b) after “The” (c) after “bus” (d) after “late”
3. 3.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Why is Rohan crying?” (a) statement (b) command (c) exclamation (d) question
4. 4.Which sentence describes the cap best? (a) Rohan wore an old cap. (b) Rohan wore a cap. (c) Rohan wore an old blue cap. (d) Rohan wore a blue cap.
5. 5.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “Grandpa reads the paper. He drinks his tea.” (a) but (b) and (c) because
6. 6.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “The red kite.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
7. 7.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Sneha has a new bicycle. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) He (c) She (d) Her
8. 8.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “riya lives near the lake in Patna.” (a) lives (b) the (c) riya (d) near
9. 9.Which sentence describes the pot best? (a) Kabir painted a small orange pot. (b) Kabir painted a pot. (c) Kabir painted a small pot. (d) Kabir painted an orange pot.
10. 10.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Pooja washes the car on Sundays. (b) Washes Pooja the car on Sundays. (c) Pooja the car washes on Sundays. (d) Pooja washes on Sundays the car.
11. 11.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Where Farhan is playing cricket? (b) Farhan is where playing cricket? (c) Where is Farhan playing cricket? (d) Is where Farhan playing cricket?
12. 12.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “on monday we have a test in maths.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 2
13. 13.Simran wrote “happy children at a happy party”. Which word means the same as “happy” and can replace the second one? (a) sad (b) spicy (c) glad
14. 14.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Broke his toy car. (b) The little puppy. (c) Until the rain stopped. (d) The old farmer planted rice in the field.
15. 15.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The rain. (b) Playing with my friends. (c) Stopped at the gate. (d) Two ducks swam in the pond.
16. 16.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Our school reopens after the holidays in june.” (a) in (b) holidays (c) june (d) reopens
17. 17.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Kabir has a cat. He has a dog.” (a) but (b) because (c) and
18. 18.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The school bus.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
19. 19.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Farhan has a new mango. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) He (c) Him (d) She
20. 20.These words are mixed up: Diya / on / dog / Sundays / brushes / the
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Brushes Diya the dog on Sundays. (b) Diya brushes on Sundays the dog. (c) Diya brushes the dog on Sundays. (d) Diya the dog brushes on Sundays.
21. 21.Which describing word fits best?
    “The bitter gourd tastes ___.” (a) noisy (b) bitter (c) sticky (d) bright
22. 22.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Tenzin has a new bag. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Him (b) It (c) She (d) He
23. 23.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Until the rain stopped.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
24. 24.Joseph wrote “a cold wind on a cold night”. Which word means the same as “cold” and can replace the second one? (a) square (b) hot (c) chilly
25. 25.These words are mixed up: in / kicks / ball / the / Yash / the / garden
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Yash the ball kicks in the garden. (b) Kicks Yash the ball in the garden. (c) Yash kicks in the garden the ball. (d) Yash kicks the ball in the garden.
26. 26.Which sentence describes the umbrella best? (a) Maria opened an umbrella. (b) Maria opened a small yellow umbrella. (c) Maria opened a yellow umbrella. (d) Maria opened a small umbrella.
27. 27.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The wind was strong our umbrella turned inside out.” (a) after “was” (b) after “strong” (c) after “our” (d) after “turned”
28. 28.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Please speak slowly.” (a) statement (b) question (c) exclamation (d) command
29. 29.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Tara found her kite. Her flew it. (b) Tara found her kite. She flew it. (c) Tara found Tara's kite. Tara flew it.
30. 30.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Wash your hands before lunch.” (a) exclamation (b) statement (c) command (d) question
31. 31.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Slept on the sofa. (b) The tall tree. (c) The players ran onto the field. (d) Playing with my friends.
32. 32.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for Holi.” (a) aunt (b) sweets (c) made (d) my
33. 33.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The postman.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
34. 34.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Waters Aisha the plants in the evening. (b) Aisha waters the plants in the evening. (c) Aisha the plants waters in the evening. (d) Aisha waters in the evening the plants.
35. 35.Which of these is a question? (a) Rohan brushes the dog on Sundays. (b) Please feed the cat. (c) How tasty the samosa is! (d) Where is Aisha playing cricket?
36. 36.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Where is Rohan going after school?” (a) question (b) command (c) exclamation (d) statement
37. 37.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Tenzin washed his bicycle. Him rode it. (b) Tenzin washed Tenzin's bicycle. Tenzin rode it. (c) Tenzin washed his bicycle. He rode it.
38. 38.Which sentence describes the balloon best? (a) Kunal bought a big balloon. (b) Kunal bought a balloon. (c) Kunal bought a purple balloon. (d) Kunal bought a big purple balloon.
39. 39.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Riya wore a sweater ___ it was cold.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
40. 40.Which sentence describes the umbrella best? (a) Farhan opened a yellow umbrella. (b) Farhan opened an umbrella. (c) Farhan opened a big umbrella. (d) Farhan opened a big yellow umbrella.

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