Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 98 · 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 question has the words in the correct order? (a) What Maria is eating for lunch? (b) What is Maria eating for lunch? (c) Is what Maria eating for lunch? (d) Maria is what eating for lunch?
2. 2.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Aisha rides to school a bicycle. (b) Aisha rides a bicycle to school. (c) Rides Aisha a bicycle to school. (d) Aisha a bicycle rides to school.
3. 3.Which of these is a question? (a) How noisy the market is! (b) Where is Ananya playing cricket? (c) Bring your notebook tomorrow. (d) Dev cooks rice for lunch.
4. 4.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Rahul is who calling? (b) Is who Rahul calling? (c) Who is Rahul calling? (d) Who Rahul is calling?
5. 5.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “Where is Imran going after school” (a) question mark (?) (b) full stop (.) (c) exclamation mark (!)
6. 6.What kind of sentence is this?
   “What a clever crow!” (a) statement (b) question (c) exclamation (d) command
7. 7.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Kavya and I played in the park on thursday.” (a) and (b) in (c) park (d) thursday
8. 8.These words are mixed up: on / visits / Imran / the / Fridays / library
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Imran visits the library on Fridays. (b) Imran visits on Fridays the library. (c) Visits Imran the library on Fridays. (d) Imran the library visits on Fridays.
9. 9.Priya wrote “a rich king in a rich city”. Which word means the same as “rich” and can replace the second one? (a) wealthy (b) poor (c) purple
10. 10.Which sentence describes the umbrella best? (a) Kunal opened a big yellow umbrella. (b) Kunal opened a big umbrella. (c) Kunal opened an umbrella. (d) Kunal opened a yellow umbrella.
11. 11.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Aisha drinks before bed warm milk. (b) Drinks Aisha warm milk before bed. (c) Aisha warm milk drinks before bed. (d) Aisha drinks warm milk before bed.
12. 12.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Omkar baked Omkar's cake. Omkar shared it. (b) Omkar baked his cake. He shared it. (c) Omkar baked his cake. Him shared it.
13. 13.Which is the best way to join “We bought apples.” and “We bought grapes.”? (a) We bought apples and we bought grapes. (b) We bought apples but we bought grapes. (c) We bought apples because we bought grapes.
14. 14.“Collected nuts.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) what happens (predicate) (c) who or what (subject)
15. 15.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “simran lives near the lake in jaipur.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 2
16. 16.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Please help me carry this box.” (a) exclamation (b) statement (c) command (d) question
17. 17.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) My grandmother told us a story. (b) The rain fell all night. (c) Collected nuts. (d) The postman brought a letter for Dad.
18. 18.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “We ran fast ___ we missed the train.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
19. 19.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Riya wore a sweater. It was cold.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
20. 20.“The firefighters.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) what happens (predicate) (c) nothing is missing
21. 21.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Saanvi packed her bag. Her carried it. (b) Saanvi packed her bag. She carried it. (c) Saanvi packed Saanvi's bag. Saanvi carried it.
22. 22.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What is Imran reading today? (b) What Imran is reading today? (c) Is what Imran reading today? (d) Imran is what reading today?
23. 23.Which is the best way to join “Nisha took an umbrella.” and “The sky was cloudy.”? (a) Nisha took an umbrella because the sky was cloudy. (b) Nisha took an umbrella so the sky was cloudy. (c) Nisha took an umbrella but the sky was cloudy.
24. 24.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Grandpa reads the paper ___ he drinks his tea.” (a) but (b) because (c) and
25. 25.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) After we ate lunch. (b) A green parrot. (c) Planted rice in the field. (d) The village pond was full of lotus flowers.
26. 26.Which of these is a command? (a) How is Rahul travelling to school? (b) Dev kicks the ball in the garden. (c) Water the plants today. (d) What a noisy market!
27. 27.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “My kite got stuck a kind man got it down.” (a) after “My” (b) after “it” (c) after “man” (d) after “stuck”
28. 28.What kind of sentence is this?
    “How sweet the mango is!” (a) question (b) command (c) exclamation (d) statement
29. 29.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in lucknow starts in april.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 2
30. 30.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What is Priya reading today” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
31. 31.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Ananya found Ananya's kite. Ananya flew it. (b) Ananya found her kite. Her flew it. (c) Ananya found her kite. She flew it.
32. 32.“The little puppy.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) nothing is missing (c) what happens (predicate)
33. 33.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from mysuru in february.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
34. 34.“The new student.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) nothing is missing (c) what happens (predicate)
35. 35.Aisha wrote “a fast horse and a fast car”. Which word means the same as “fast” and can replace the second one? (a) slow (b) quick (c) wooden
36. 36.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on holi.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
37. 37.“Splashed in the river.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) nothing is missing (c) who or what (subject)
38. 38.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My birthday is on the first Thursday of june.” (a) june (b) on (c) first (d) of
39. 39.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my cousin and i visited a zoo in kochi.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 3
40. 40.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Sneha the dog brushes on Sundays. (b) Sneha brushes the dog on Sundays. (c) Brushes Sneha the dog on Sundays. (d) Sneha brushes on Sundays the dog.

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