Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 121 · 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 of these is a statement? (a) What a sweet mango! (b) Turn left at the temple. (c) Why is Ishaan crying? (d) Diya writes a poem every week.
2. 2.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Maria is what eating for lunch? (b) What Maria is eating for lunch? (c) What is Maria eating for lunch? (d) Is what Maria eating for lunch?
3. 3.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “i go to the park with my dog on monday.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 1
4. 4.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Kavya reads at night a storybook. (b) Kavya reads a storybook at night. (c) Reads Kavya a storybook at night. (d) Kavya a storybook reads at night.
5. 5.Rahul wrote “a cold wind on a cold night”. Which word means the same as “cold” and can replace the second one? (a) chilly (b) hot (c) hungry
6. 6.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “on wednesday we have a test in maths.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 3
7. 7.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Waiting for the bus. (b) Broke his toy car. (c) The hungry monkey. (d) The red kite flew high in the sky.
8. 8.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “arjun wore new clothes on christmas.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
9. 9.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “We stayed indoors. It was raining.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
10. 10.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The garden has roses. It has sunflowers.” (a) but (b) and (c) because
11. 11.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) Grandpa watered the plants. (b) The school bus stopped at the gate. (c) The tiny ant. (d) My little brother broke his toy car.
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Imran wore new clothes on holi.” (a) on (b) holi (c) clothes (d) new
13. 13.Which describing word fits best?
    “The pickle tastes ___.” (a) bright (b) spicy (c) prickly (d) quiet
14. 14.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The baby elephant.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
15. 15.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Simran draws in art class a picture. (b) Simran a picture draws in art class. (c) Simran draws a picture in art class. (d) Draws Simran a picture in art class.
16. 16.“The shopkeeper.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) who or what (subject) (c) nothing is missing
17. 17.These words are mixed up: Priya / night / a / storybook / at / reads
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Priya a storybook reads at night. (b) Priya reads a storybook at night. (c) Priya reads at night a storybook. (d) Reads Priya a storybook at night.
18. 18.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Mum smiled. I had cleaned my room.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
19. 19.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The tall tree gave us cool shade. (b) The cricket match ended at five o'clock. (c) My sister made a rangoli. (d) Rang his bell.
20. 20.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Since it was late.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
21. 21.Dev wrote “a pretty doll in a pretty dress”. Which word means the same as “pretty” and can replace the second one? (a) lovely (b) hungry (c) ugly
22. 22.Which sentence describes the flower best? (a) Tenzin picked a flower. (b) Tenzin picked a yellow flower. (c) Tenzin picked a pretty yellow flower. (d) Tenzin picked a pretty flower.
23. 23.Vikram wrote “a scared cat and a scared puppy”. Which word means the same as “scared” and can replace the second one? (a) brave (b) afraid (c) hungry
24. 24.“My aunt.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “On monday we have a test in maths.” (a) have (b) maths (c) we (d) monday
26. 26.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “The big fair in Kolkata starts in october.” (a) october (b) starts (c) fair (d) big
27. 27.Which sentence describes the balloon best? (a) Ishaan bought a red balloon. (b) Ishaan bought a big red balloon. (c) Ishaan bought a big balloon. (d) Ishaan bought a balloon.
28. 28.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The sky turned dark soon it began to rain.” (a) after “dark” (b) after “The” (c) after “soon” (d) after “turned”
29. 29.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Rides Farhan a bicycle to school. (b) Farhan rides a bicycle to school. (c) Farhan a bicycle rides to school. (d) Farhan rides to school a bicycle.
30. 30.Which describing word fits best?
    “The roasted peanuts taste ___.” (a) loud (b) salty (c) smooth (d) shiny
31. 31.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is where Yash going after school? (b) Yash is where going after school? (c) Where Yash is going after school? (d) Where is Yash going after school?
32. 32.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Manav has a new bag. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) He (c) Him (d) She
33. 33.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Sneha bought her book. She read it. (b) Sneha bought her book. Her read it. (c) Sneha bought Sneha's book. Sneha read it.
34. 34.“The ice cream seller.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) who or what (subject) (c) nothing is missing
35. 35.Which describing word fits best?
    “The sun looks ___.” (a) noisy (b) rough (c) spicy (d) bright
36. 36.Which sentence describes the mango best? (a) Diya ate a big yellow mango. (b) Diya ate a mango. (c) Diya ate a yellow mango. (d) Diya ate a big mango.
37. 37.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Tara and priya will come to my house on Tuesday.” (a) on (b) house (c) come (d) priya
38. 38.Which describing word fits best?
    “The chips taste ___.” (a) prickly (b) bright (c) loud (d) salty
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “rohan wore new clothes on Onam.” (a) new (b) rohan (c) wore (d) on
40. 40.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The wind. (b) Hid under the bed. (c) Our teacher wrote a poem on the board. (d) Because the shop was closed.

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