Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 107 · 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.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
   “We stayed indoors ___ it was raining.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
2. 2.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my cousin and i visited a zoo in patna.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 5
3. 3.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The baby elephant splashed in the river. (b) Our cat slept on the sofa. (c) Two ducks swam in the pond. (d) The firefighters.
4. 4.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “The hungry monkey grabbed a banana.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
5. 5.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we met all our cousins on pongal.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
6. 6.These words are mixed up: Aisha / school / a / to / rides / bicycle
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Aisha rides to school a bicycle. (b) Rides Aisha a bicycle to school. (c) Aisha rides a bicycle to school. (d) Aisha a bicycle rides to school.
7. 7.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Rides Pooja a bicycle to school. (b) Pooja a bicycle rides to school. (c) Pooja rides to school a bicycle. (d) Pooja rides a bicycle to school.
8. 8.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Because the shop was closed. (b) Two ducks. (c) A small mouse hid under the bed. (d) Blew the leaves away.
9. 9.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Zoya and I played in the park on wednesday.” (a) played (b) wednesday (c) park (d) and
10. 10.Which describing word fits best?
    “The kitten feels ___.” (a) fluffy (b) sour (c) colourful (d) quiet
11. 11.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Sings Kunal a song in the morning. (b) Kunal sings a song in the morning. (c) Kunal sings in the morning a song. (d) Kunal a song sings in the morning.
12. 12.Which sentence describes the dog best? (a) Kavya saw a little dog. (b) Kavya saw a little black dog. (c) Kavya saw a black dog. (d) Kavya saw a dog.
13. 13.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is how Ishaan travelling to school? (b) How Ishaan is travelling to school? (c) How is Ishaan travelling to school? (d) Ishaan is how travelling to school?
14. 14.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Ananya has a new toy car. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Her (b) He (c) It (d) She
15. 15.Which of these is a statement? (a) Manav brushes the dog on Sundays. (b) Open your books to page ten. (c) How tall the tree is! (d) How is Imran travelling to school?
16. 16.These words are mixed up: a / sings / in / morning / Joseph / the / song
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Joseph a song sings in the morning. (b) Joseph sings a song in the morning. (c) Joseph sings in the morning a song. (d) Sings Joseph a song in the morning.
17. 17.Which of these is a statement? (a) Turn left at the temple. (b) Where is Manav going after school? (c) What a big cake! (d) Sneha cooks rice for lunch.
18. 18.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Because it was raining. (b) My father. (c) The new student sat next to me. (d) Danced in the rain.
19. 19.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Rahul feeds every morning the cat. (b) Feeds Rahul the cat every morning. (c) Rahul feeds the cat every morning. (d) Rahul the cat feeds every morning.
20. 20.Which sentence describes the dog best? (a) Imran saw a dog. (b) Imran saw a black dog. (c) Imran saw a little black dog. (d) Imran saw a little dog.
21. 21.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “A small mouse hid under the bed.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
22. 22.Which of these is a question? (a) Aarav packs the school bag at night. (b) What a lovely song! (c) Please speak slowly. (d) Why is Riya laughing?
23. 23.Which sentence describes the butterfly best? (a) Farhan saw a pretty butterfly. (b) Farhan saw a butterfly. (c) Farhan saw a pretty orange butterfly. (d) Farhan saw an orange butterfly.
24. 24.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The teacher smiled she liked our drawings.” (a) after “The” (b) after “liked” (c) after “she” (d) after “smiled”
25. 25.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Priya reads at night a storybook. (b) Reads Priya a storybook at night. (c) Priya a storybook reads at night. (d) Priya reads a storybook at night.
26. 26.Kunal wrote “a fast horse and a fast car”. Which word means the same as “fast” and can replace the second one? (a) slow (b) spicy (c) quick
27. 27.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Gave me a pencil.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
28. 28.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is who Zoya calling? (b) Who is Zoya calling? (c) Who Zoya is calling? (d) Zoya is who calling?
29. 29.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Why is Aisha laughing? (b) Aisha is why laughing? (c) Is why Aisha laughing? (d) Why Aisha is laughing?
30. 30.Which sentence describes the kite best? (a) Farhan flew a big kite. (b) Farhan flew a kite. (c) Farhan flew a big yellow kite. (d) Farhan flew a yellow kite.
31. 31.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in Agra on Friday.” (a) visited (b) in (c) the (d) we
32. 32.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in delhi on monday.” (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 3
33. 33.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Aisha has a new mango. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Her (b) She (c) It (d) He
34. 34.Which sentence describes the elephant best? (a) Kabir saw a grey elephant. (b) Kabir saw an elephant. (c) Kabir saw a big elephant. (d) Kabir saw a big grey elephant.
35. 35.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Dev went to bed early ___ he was tired.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
36. 36.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.
37. 37.Which of these is a statement? (a) Turn left at the temple. (b) What a tall tree! (c) Farhan plays cricket in the park. (d) What is Tara reading today?
38. 38.Which is the best way to join “It was very hot.” and “We went for a swim.”? (a) It was very hot but we went for a swim. (b) It was very hot so we went for a swim. (c) It was very hot because we went for a swim.
39. 39.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in bhopal starts in april.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 2
40. 40.Which of these is a statement? (a) What is Kavya eating for lunch? (b) Water the plants today. (c) How beautiful the garden is! (d) Arjun feeds the cat every morning.

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