Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 119 · 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) Ishaan is why crying? (b) Is why Ishaan crying? (c) Why Ishaan is crying? (d) Why is Ishaan crying?
2. 2.Which is the best way to join “We ran to the bus stop.” and “We were late.”? (a) We ran to the bus stop so we were late. (b) We ran to the bus stop because we were late. (c) We ran to the bus stop but we were late.
3. 3.Ishaan wrote “a clever girl with a clever plan”. Which word means the same as “clever” and can replace the second one? (a) smart (b) purple (c) silly
4. 4.Which sentence describes the umbrella best? (a) Vikram opened an umbrella. (b) Vikram opened a small umbrella. (c) Vikram opened a yellow umbrella. (d) Vikram opened a small yellow umbrella.
5. 5.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Tenzin eats a banana after school. (b) Eats Tenzin a banana after school. (c) Tenzin a banana eats after school. (d) Tenzin eats after school a banana.
6. 6.Which sentence describes the kite best? (a) Ishaan flew a kite. (b) Ishaan flew a big kite. (c) Ishaan flew a big red kite. (d) Ishaan flew a red kite.
7. 7.What kind of sentence is this?
   “How beautiful the garden is!” (a) command (b) question (c) statement (d) exclamation
8. 8.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The cake was too sweet nobody ate a second piece.” (a) after “second” (b) after “The” (c) after “ate” (d) after “sweet”
9. 9.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Joseph eats after school a banana. (b) Joseph a banana eats after school. (c) Joseph eats a banana after school. (d) Eats Joseph a banana after school.
10. 10.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Riya waters the plants in the evening” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) full stop (.) (c) question mark (?)
11. 11.Which is the best way to join “Kabir drank some water.” and “He was thirsty.”? (a) Kabir drank some water so he was thirsty. (b) Kabir drank some water but he was thirsty. (c) Kabir drank some water because he was thirsty.
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in Shimla on tuesday.” (a) tuesday (b) fort (c) the (d) old
13. 13.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Dev made Dev's card. Dev posted it. (b) Dev made his card. He posted it. (c) Dev made his card. Him posted it.
14. 14.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on monday.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
15. 15.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Kabir has a cat ___ he has a dog.” (a) but (b) and (c) because
16. 16.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) A small mouse. (b) Planted rice in the field. (c) Although he was tired. (d) The rain fell all night.
17. 17.Which describing word fits best?
    “The chips taste ___.” (a) sticky (b) loud (c) shiny (d) salty
18. 18.Maria wrote “a shiny coin and a shiny ring”. Which word means the same as “shiny” and can replace the second one? (a) purple (b) dull (c) bright
19. 19.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The puppy was cold ___ we gave it a blanket.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
20. 20.These words are mixed up: before / drinks / warm / Tara / milk / bed
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Tara drinks warm milk before bed. (b) Tara warm milk drinks before bed. (c) Tara drinks before bed warm milk. (d) Drinks Tara warm milk before bed.
21. 21.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The hungry monkey. (b) Sat next to me. (c) Because the shop was closed. (d) The little puppy ran across the garden.
22. 22.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The hungry monkey grabbed a banana. (b) The red kite flew high in the sky. (c) A big black crow sat on the wall. (d) The baby elephant.
23. 23.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Our team practised hard we won the match.” (a) after “team” (b) after “hard” (c) after “the” (d) after “practised”
24. 24.“The firefighters.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) what happens (predicate) (c) who or what (subject)
25. 25.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Priya can sing ___ she can dance too.” (a) and (b) because (c) but
26. 26.Which sentence describes the kite best? (a) Simran flew a big kite. (b) Simran flew a red kite. (c) Simran flew a kite. (d) Simran flew a big red kite.
27. 27.Which describing word fits best?
    “The pickle tastes ___.” (a) rough (b) spicy (c) shiny (d) noisy
28. 28.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “simran and tenzin will come to my house on wednesday.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 3
29. 29.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Waters Ananya the plants in the evening. (b) Ananya the plants waters in the evening. (c) Ananya waters in the evening the plants. (d) Ananya waters the plants in the evening.
30. 30.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Rohan fixed his toy car. Him played with it. (b) Rohan fixed his toy car. He played with it. (c) Rohan fixed Rohan's toy car. Rohan played with it.
31. 31.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Omkar rides a bicycle to school.” (a) question (b) exclamation (c) command (d) statement
32. 32.Rahul wrote “a big box in a big room”. Which word means the same as “big” and can replace the second one? (a) purple (b) tiny (c) huge
33. 33.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Eats Pooja a banana after school. (b) Pooja a banana eats after school. (c) Pooja eats after school a banana. (d) Pooja eats a banana after school.
34. 34.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Rohan has a new pencil. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Him (b) She (c) He (d) It
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “on Wednesday we have a test in maths.” (a) a (b) we (c) on (d) maths
36. 36.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Eats Nisha a banana after school. (b) Nisha eats after school a banana. (c) Nisha eats a banana after school. (d) Nisha a banana eats after school.
37. 37.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from mysuru in september.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 2
38. 38.What kind of sentence is this?
    “How cute the puppy is!” (a) exclamation (b) question (c) command (d) statement
39. 39.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to mysuru for christmas last year.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 3
40. 40.Which of these is a command? (a) Who is Ishaan calling? (b) Ananya drinks warm milk before bed. (c) Please close the door. (d) What a cold morning!

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