English Writing Skills Test Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 24: Final test: writing skills · Set 558 · 40 questions

Writing tip (Rule, then check): Decide which skill the question is testing. Use that lesson’s tip — subject and predicate, the link between ideas, the order, the topic, or the format. Read your choice aloud to check it.

1. 1.Which of these is a statement? (a) What a beautiful garden! (b) What is Pooja eating for lunch? (c) Put your books in the bag. (d) Arjun sings a song in the morning.
2. 2.Read the paragraph:
   1. The monsoon is my favourite season.
   2. Dark clouds gather and rain pours down.
   3. Frogs croak loudly in the wet fields.
   4. At night, people fly kites with small lights.
   5. The monsoon turns the dry fields green.
   
   Which sentence does NOT belong? (a) Sentence 5 (b) Sentence 2 (c) Sentence 3 (d) Sentence 4
3. 3.You are writing an email to tell your teacher you are unwell. Which subject line is best? (a) Photos from the school trip (b) Sports day date (c) Leave: unwell today (d) hi
4. 4.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “The hungry monkey.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
5. 5.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my aunt made sweets for onam.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
6. 6.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “Gave us cool shade.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
7. 7.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
   “Grandpa reads the paper ___ he drinks his tea.” (a) but (b) and (c) because
8. 8.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “A big black crow.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
9. 9.Which sentence is punctuated correctly? (a) “The bus is late today” said Zoya. (b) “The bus is late today.” said Zoya. (c) The bus is late today,” said Zoya. (d) “The bus is late today,” said Zoya.
10. 10.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Meera was hungry ___ she ate a banana.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
11. 11.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Planted rice in the field.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
12. 12.These words are mixed up: kitchen / in / Grandma / Meera / helps / the
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Meera helps in the kitchen Grandma. (b) Meera Grandma helps in the kitchen. (c) Helps Meera Grandma in the kitchen. (d) Meera helps Grandma in the kitchen.
13. 13.Choose the linking word for the gap:
    “The plants died ___ nobody watered them.” (a) finally (b) because (c) however
14. 14.Vikram is writing his diary about today. Which sentence fits best? (a) Every day I watch a puppet show. (b) Tomorrow I will watch a puppet show. (c) You watched a puppet show today. (d) Today I watched a puppet show.
15. 15.In a formal letter, what comes just before the receiver's address? (a) the body (b) the closing (c) the greeting (d) the date
16. 16.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 “late” (d) after “was”
17. 17.Which is the best way to join “Kabir has a cat.” and “He has a dog.”? (a) Kabir has a cat but he has a dog. (b) Kabir has a cat because he has a dog. (c) Kabir has a cat and he has a dog.
18. 18.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “zoya lives near the lake in patna.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 4
19. 19.Which part is missing from this message?
    
    MESSAGE
    Dear Mum,
    Grandma called. She will come home at 6 pm on Monday.
    Simran (a) the greeting (b) the word MESSAGE (c) the writer's name (d) the date and time
20. 20.Which sentence describes the pot best? (a) Maria painted a blue pot. (b) Maria painted a small pot. (c) Maria painted a pot. (d) Maria painted a small blue pot.
21. 21.Which is the best title for this paragraph?
    
    Elephants are the biggest land animals. An elephant picks up food with its trunk. Elephants eat grass, leaves and fruit. Baby elephants stay close to their mothers. (a) The Cricket Match (b) Making Rangoli (c) My Grandfather (d) Elephants
22. 22.Which sentence is punctuated correctly? (a) “The bus is late today.” said Priya. (b) The bus is late today,” said Priya. (c) “The bus is late today,” said Priya. (d) “The bus is late today” said Priya.
23. 23.Which sentence fits the gap? It is the BEGINNING of the story.
    
    ___
    He asked his friends to help clean the park.
    They picked up the rubbish and filled ten sacks.
    The park looked clean and green again. (a) One evening, the lights in Imran's house went out. (b) Yash saw a bird building a nest on his window. (c) Manav saw plastic bags all over the park.
24. 24.Which sentence is the best opening (topic sentence) for this paragraph?
    
    ___ The waves splashed over our feet. We built a big sandcastle. Dad bought us fresh coconuts. (a) My best friend is Farhan. (b) We spent a happy day at the beach. (c) Ants are tiny but very hard-working. (d) Ramesh is the postman in our area.
25. 25.Rahul is ending a letter to his elder sister. Which closing is written correctly? (a) Yours, lovingly (b) Yours lovingly. (c) Your's lovingly, (d) Yours lovingly,
26. 26.Imagine this picture:
    A library: tall shelves of books, a girl reading at a table, a librarian stamping a book and a “Silence” sign on the wall.
    
    Which sentence does NOT fit this picture? (a) A man is jogging along the path. (b) The librarian is stamping a book. (c) A girl is reading at a table. (d) Tall shelves are full of books.
27. 27.What is this paragraph mostly about?
    
    The railway station is always busy. Trains arrive and leave every few minutes. Porters in red shirts carry heavy luggage. Tea sellers walk up and down the platform. Loud announcements tell people about the trains. (a) a busy railway station (b) elephants (c) eating healthy food (d) our pet cat
28. 28.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “How is Rahul travelling to school” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
29. 29.Which is the best title for this story?
    
    Yash saw a bird building a nest on his window. Soon there were three small eggs in the nest. One morning, tiny chicks hatched from the eggs. Yash watched the chicks learn to fly. (a) The Model Volcano (b) The Kitten in the Tree (c) The Clean Park (d) The Nest on the Window
30. 30.Imagine this picture:
    A school garden: children planting saplings, a gardener holding a watering can, a butterfly on a flower and a heap of fresh soil.
    
    Which sentence describes this picture? (a) The big clock shows seven o'clock. (b) Fresh soil is piled in a corner. (c) An old man is holding a walking stick. (d) Two children are swinging happily.
31. 31.This notice leaves out an important detail. What is missing?
    
    Green Park Society
    NOTICE
    2 November 2026
    Tree Plantation Drive
    A tree plantation drive will be held in the society park. All are welcome.
    Omkar
    Secretary, Youth Club (a) where (the place) (b) when (date and time) (c) what is happening
32. 32.Tenzin answered the phone. Uncle Ravi said, “I will visit us at 11 am on Monday.” What should Tenzin write in the message for his brother? (a) I will visit us at 11 am on Monday. (b) Uncle Ravi will visit us at 7 pm on Monday. (c) You will visit us at 11 am on Monday. (d) Uncle Ravi will visit us at 11 am on Monday.
33. 33.Arjun is writing an email to his teacher. Which sentence is the most polite? (a) SHARE THE HOMEWORK!!! (b) Share the homework now. (c) Could you please share the homework?
34. 34.Which sentence fits the gap? It is the ENDING of the story.
    
    Aisha and her parents got on a train to Shimla.
    The train left the station with a loud whistle.
    Hours later, the train climbed into the hills.
    ___ (a) Tara's model won the first prize. (b) At last Aisha reached Shimla, cool and happy. (c) Kabir mended the kite and flew it again.
35. 35.Read the paragraph:
    1. Healthy food keeps our bodies strong.
    2. Take a quick bath with one bucket of water.
    3. Fruits give us many vitamins.
    4. Milk and curd make our bones strong.
    5. Too many sweets are bad for our teeth.
    
    Which sentence does NOT belong? (a) Sentence 4 (b) Sentence 5 (c) Sentence 2 (d) Sentence 3
36. 36.These words are mixed up: the / cat / Aisha / morning / every / feeds
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Aisha feeds the cat every morning. (b) Aisha the cat feeds every morning. (c) Feeds Aisha the cat every morning. (d) Aisha feeds every morning the cat.
37. 37.Which linking word shows the order of steps? (a) so (b) because (c) Finally (d) Although
38. 38.Which sentence fits the gap? It is the ENDING of the story.
    
    Manav saw plastic bags all over the park.
    He asked his friends to help clean the park.
    They picked up the rubbish and filled ten sacks.
    ___ (a) The park looked clean and green again. (b) Everyone clapped loudly for the queen. (c) Mum smiled when she tasted the cake.
39. 39.Which sentence is punctuated correctly? (a) Tenzin asked, “Who ate the last laddoo.” (b) Tenzin asked, “Who ate the last laddoo?” (c) Tenzin asked, Who ate the last laddoo? (d) Tenzin asked “Who ate the last laddoo?”
40. 40.Choose the linking word for the gap:
    “Nisha took an umbrella ___ the sky was cloudy.” (a) because (b) however (c) finally

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