Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 987 · 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.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “our school reopens after the holidays in january.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 4
2. 2.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we visited the old fort in agra on wednesday.” (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 3
3. 3.Which of these is a statement? (a) Who is Ananya calling? (b) Saanvi waters the plants in the evening. (c) Water the plants today. (d) How funny the joke is!
4. 4.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Sings Yash a song in the morning. (b) Yash a song sings in the morning. (c) Yash sings a song in the morning. (d) Yash sings in the morning a song.
5. 5.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The baby elephant splashed in the river. (b) My aunt. (c) The peacock danced in the rain. (d) The brown cow gave fresh milk.
6. 6.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “children” (b) after “bell” (c) after “rang” (d) after “The”
7. 7.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Brought a letter for Dad. (b) The players. (c) After we ate lunch. (d) The rain fell all night.
8. 8.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The school bus. (b) The red kite flew high in the sky. (c) A busy squirrel collected nuts. (d) Our teacher wrote a poem on the board.
9. 9.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Until the rain stopped. (b) Gave me a pencil. (c) Grandpa. (d) A small mouse hid under the bed.
10. 10.Which describing word fits best?
    “The thunder sounds ___.” (a) shiny (b) sour (c) loud (d) prickly
11. 11.Joseph wrote “a scared cat and a scared puppy”. Which word means the same as “scared” and can replace the second one? (a) afraid (b) brave (c) purple
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in Bhopal on Sunday.” (a) visited (b) the (c) we (d) on
13. 13.These words are mixed up: Diya / at / packs / bag / the / night / school
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Diya the school bag packs at night. (b) Packs Diya the school bag at night. (c) Diya packs at night the school bag. (d) Diya packs the school bag at night.
14. 14.Which is the best way to join “Dev went to bed early.” and “He was tired.”? (a) Dev went to bed early because he was tired. (b) Dev went to bed early so he was tired. (c) Dev went to bed early but he was tired.
15. 15.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “I go to the park with my dog on monday.” (a) my (b) the (c) park (d) monday
16. 16.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The mangoes were ripe we picked a basket full.” (a) after “The” (b) after “basket” (c) after “a” (d) after “ripe”
17. 17.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Grabbed a banana. (b) The postman brought a letter for Dad. (c) As soon as we reached home. (d) The village pond.
18. 18.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) Farhan cooks rice for lunch. (b) What a bright moon! (c) How is Tara travelling to school? (d) Please close the door.
19. 19.Which describing word fits best?
    “The rainbow looks ___.” (a) quiet (b) sticky (c) colourful (d) bitter
20. 20.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What Pooja is drawing in class? (b) Pooja is what drawing in class? (c) Is what Pooja drawing in class? (d) What is Pooja drawing in class?
21. 21.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) Why is Rahul crying? (b) How tall the tree is! (c) Please feed the cat. (d) Kavya washes the car on Sundays.
22. 22.“The school bus.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) what happens (predicate) (c) who or what (subject)
23. 23.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The sun was shining ___ the birds were singing.” (a) because (b) and (c) but
24. 24.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Dev went to bed early. He was tired.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
25. 25.Which sentence describes the pot best? (a) Kavya painted a round blue pot. (b) Kavya painted a pot. (c) Kavya painted a blue pot. (d) Kavya painted a round pot.
26. 26.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Why is Pooja laughing?” (a) statement (b) exclamation (c) command (d) question
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 “stuck” (b) after “kind” (c) after “kite” (d) after “My”
28. 28.Joseph wrote “a quiet room in a quiet house”. Which word means the same as “quiet” and can replace the second one? (a) purple (b) noisy (c) silent
29. 29.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to lucknow for holi last year.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 5
30. 30.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) As soon as we reached home. (b) The wind blew the leaves away. (c) The little puppy. (d) Danced in the rain.
31. 31.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) My best friend gave me a pencil. (b) Sat on the wall. (c) The cricket match. (d) Because it was raining.
32. 32.Which describing word fits best?
    “The silk scarf feels ___.” (a) sweet (b) loud (c) colourful (d) smooth
33. 33.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Who Kabir is calling? (b) Kabir is who calling? (c) Is who Kabir calling? (d) Who is Kabir calling?
34. 34.These words are mixed up: night / storybook / Riya / a / reads / at
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Riya a storybook reads at night. (b) Riya reads at night a storybook. (c) Reads Riya a storybook at night. (d) Riya reads a storybook at night.
35. 35.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) A busy squirrel collected nuts. (b) Our cat slept on the sofa. (c) The peacock danced in the rain. (d) Ate a ripe guava.
36. 36.Which describing word fits best?
    “The tree bark feels ___.” (a) rough (b) shiny (c) loud (d) bitter
37. 37.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Kunal kicks the ball in the garden.” (a) statement (b) question (c) command (d) exclamation
38. 38.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Ishaan has a new mango. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) She (c) Him (d) It
39. 39.What kind of sentence is this?
    “How cute the puppy is!” (a) question (b) command (c) statement (d) exclamation
40. 40.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Planted rice in the field.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment

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