Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 100 · 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 word needs a capital letter?
   “We visited the old fort in patna on Sunday.” (a) on (b) patna (c) visited (d) in
2. 2.These words are mixed up: in / class / picture / draws / art / a / Rahul
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Draws Rahul a picture in art class. (b) Rahul draws a picture in art class. (c) Rahul a picture draws in art class. (d) Rahul draws in art class a picture.
3. 3.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “The sun was shining. The birds were singing.” (a) and (b) because (c) but
4. 4.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The cake was too sweet nobody ate a second piece.” (a) after “The” (b) after “was” (c) after “too” (d) after “sweet”
5. 5.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Arjun planted his sapling. Him watered it. (b) Arjun planted Arjun's sapling. Arjun watered it. (c) Arjun planted his sapling. He watered it.
6. 6.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Where is Rahul playing cricket? (b) Is where Rahul playing cricket? (c) Rahul is where playing cricket? (d) Where Rahul is playing cricket?
7. 7.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Wrote a poem on the board. (b) The cricket match ended at five o'clock. (c) The players. (d) Eating a big mango.
8. 8.Which of these is a statement? (a) What is Kabir eating for lunch? (b) What a sweet mango! (c) Dev feeds the cat every morning. (d) Open your books to page ten.
9. 9.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “It was very hot. We went for a swim.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
10. 10.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Why Kabir is crying? (b) Is why Kabir crying? (c) Kabir is why crying? (d) Why is Kabir crying?
11. 11.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Washes Sneha the car on Sundays. (b) Sneha washes the car on Sundays. (c) Sneha the car washes on Sundays. (d) Sneha washes on Sundays the car.
12. 12.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Arjun has a new pot. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) It (c) Him (d) She
13. 13.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) My father cooked dal for dinner. (b) The shopkeeper counted the coins. (c) After we ate lunch. (d) The red kite flew high in the sky.
14. 14.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) How Aarav is travelling to school? (b) Is how Aarav travelling to school? (c) How is Aarav travelling to school? (d) Aarav is how travelling to school?
15. 15.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to pune for pongal last year.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
16. 16.These words are mixed up: feeds / morning / every / cat / the / Tenzin
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Feeds Tenzin the cat every morning. (b) Tenzin feeds the cat every morning. (c) Tenzin the cat feeds every morning. (d) Tenzin feeds every morning the cat.
17. 17.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Aisha catches at seven the bus. (b) Catches Aisha the bus at seven. (c) Aisha the bus catches at seven. (d) Aisha catches the bus at seven.
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “On wednesday we have a test in maths.” (a) wednesday (b) in (c) a (d) have
19. 19.Which sentence describes the umbrella best? (a) Simran opened a yellow umbrella. (b) Simran opened a big yellow umbrella. (c) Simran opened a big umbrella. (d) Simran opened an umbrella.
20. 20.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Water the plants today.” (a) exclamation (b) command (c) statement (d) question
21. 21.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my cousin and i visited a zoo in patna.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
22. 22.These words are mixed up: every / a / poem / week / writes / Rohan
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Writes Rohan a poem every week. (b) Rohan writes a poem every week. (c) Rohan writes every week a poem. (d) Rohan a poem writes every week.
23. 23.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on wednesday.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
24. 24.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Kabir flies a kite on the roof” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
25. 25.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The puppy was hungry it barked for food.” (a) after “it” (b) after “for” (c) after “hungry” (d) after “barked”
26. 26.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Aarav helps Grandma in the kitchen” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
27. 27.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “ishaan lives near the lake in Delhi.” (a) lake (b) lives (c) the (d) ishaan
28. 28.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Kunal has a new kite. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) Him (c) He (d) She
29. 29.Which is the best way to join “The water was too cold.” and “We did not swim.”? (a) The water was too cold because we did not swim. (b) The water was too cold so we did not swim. (c) The water was too cold but we did not swim.
30. 30.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The box was small. It was very heavy.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
31. 31.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) My grandmother told us a story. (b) The new student sat next to me. (c) Before the sun set. (d) The brown cow gave fresh milk.
32. 32.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Kavya has a new kite. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) It (c) Her (d) He
33. 33.Which describing word fits best?
    “The new coin looks ___.” (a) quiet (b) shiny (c) sweet (d) fluffy
34. 34.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “pooja met Zoya at the station in Lucknow.” (a) pooja (b) in (c) met (d) at
35. 35.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Farhan a banana eats after school. (b) Farhan eats after school a banana. (c) Eats Farhan a banana after school. (d) Farhan eats a banana after school.
36. 36.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The sky was cloudy ___ it did not rain.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
37. 37.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Running in the park. (b) The little puppy ran across the garden. (c) Our neighbours. (d) Sent me a gift.
38. 38.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What a huge elephant!” (a) statement (b) exclamation (c) question (d) command
39. 39.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Meera has a new book. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Her (b) It (c) She (d) He
40. 40.Which describing word fits best?
    “The thunder sounds ___.” (a) smooth (b) bitter (c) colourful (d) loud

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