Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 128 · 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 mark should end this sentence?
   “How is Saanvi travelling to school” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
2. 2.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) When the bell rang. (b) Our teacher. (c) Grabbed a banana. (d) My sister made a rangoli.
3. 3.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Rohan has a new poem. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) It (c) She (d) Him
4. 4.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Meera bought her book. Her read it. (b) Meera bought her book. She read it. (c) Meera bought Meera's book. Meera read it.
5. 5.Which describing word fits best?
   “The bitter gourd tastes ___.” (a) quiet (b) colourful (c) prickly (d) bitter
6. 6.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “aarav was born in the month of october.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 4
7. 7.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Dev sings in the morning a song. (b) Dev a song sings in the morning. (c) Dev sings a song in the morning. (d) Sings Dev a song in the morning.
8. 8.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “How sweet the mango is” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
9. 9.Which sentence describes the mango best? (a) Dev ate a mango. (b) Dev ate a juicy mango. (c) Dev ate a yellow mango. (d) Dev ate a juicy yellow mango.
10. 10.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Yash washed his bicycle. Him rode it. (b) Yash washed his bicycle. He rode it. (c) Yash washed Yash's bicycle. Yash rode it.
11. 11.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) My father cooked dal for dinner. (b) My grandmother told us a story. (c) Grandpa. (d) The shopkeeper counted the coins.
12. 12.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Saanvi plays in the park cricket. (b) Plays Saanvi cricket in the park. (c) Saanvi plays cricket in the park. (d) Saanvi cricket plays in the park.
13. 13.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “aarav and rahul will come to my house on monday.” (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 4
14. 14.Which describing word fits best?
    “The rainbow looks ___.” (a) colourful (b) fluffy (c) quiet (d) spicy
15. 15.Which describing word fits best?
    “The honey tastes ___.” (a) sweet (b) quiet (c) shiny (d) smooth
16. 16.Which sentence describes the cap best? (a) Maria wore a new cap. (b) Maria wore a cap. (c) Maria wore a new blue cap. (d) Maria wore a blue cap.
17. 17.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) Because it was raining. (b) The school bus stopped at the gate. (c) A busy squirrel collected nuts. (d) My father cooked dal for dinner.
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from Indore in August.” (a) uncle (b) my (c) came (d) in
19. 19.Which describing word fits best?
    “The pickle tastes ___.” (a) loud (b) sticky (c) spicy (d) bright
20. 20.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from indore in July.” (a) in (b) from (c) uncle (d) indore
21. 21.Which describing word fits best?
    “The tree bark feels ___.” (a) rough (b) sour (c) colourful (d) quiet
22. 22.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “kavya lives near the lake in jaipur.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 4
23. 23.Which of these is a statement? (a) Why is Tara crying? (b) What a sweet mango! (c) Sit down quietly. (d) Priya plays cricket in the park.
24. 24.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Aisha has a new mango. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) Her (c) She (d) It
25. 25.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “We bought apples. We bought grapes.” (a) because (b) but (c) and
26. 26.Which is the best way to join “The road was wet.” and “We walked slowly.”? (a) The road was wet but we walked slowly. (b) The road was wet so we walked slowly. (c) The road was wet because we walked slowly.
27. 27.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) My little brother broke his toy car. (b) The rain fell all night. (c) My grandmother told us a story. (d) Slept on the sofa.
28. 28.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Mum cooked dal. She made rotis.” (a) because (b) but (c) and
29. 29.Which of these is a command? (a) What a tall tree! (b) Vikram flies a kite on the roof. (c) How is Farhan travelling to school? (d) Sit down quietly.
30. 30.Which is the best way to join “Dev went to bed early.” and “He was tired.”? (a) Dev went to bed early but he was tired. (b) Dev went to bed early so he was tired. (c) Dev went to bed early because he was tired.
31. 31.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Zoya cleans every Saturday the room. (b) Zoya the room cleans every Saturday. (c) Cleans Zoya the room every Saturday. (d) Zoya cleans the room every Saturday.
32. 32.Which sentence describes the elephant best? (a) Ananya saw a huge elephant. (b) Ananya saw an elephant. (c) Ananya saw a huge grey elephant. (d) Ananya saw a grey elephant.
33. 33.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Why is Rohan crying” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
34. 34.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Arjun washed Arjun's bicycle. Arjun rode it. (b) Arjun washed his bicycle. He rode it. (c) Arjun washed his bicycle. Him rode it.
35. 35.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Tara the bus catches at seven. (b) Tara catches the bus at seven. (c) Tara catches at seven the bus. (d) Catches Tara the bus at seven.
36. 36.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “riya and I played in the park on Friday.” (a) in (b) riya (c) park (d) the
37. 37.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) As soon as we reached home. (b) The school bell rang loudly. (c) The little puppy ran across the garden. (d) My little brother broke his toy car.
38. 38.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 but we did not swim. (c) The water was too cold so we did not swim.
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Last Sunday I went to pune by train.” (a) train (b) to (c) went (d) pune
40. 40.Which sentence describes the mango best? (a) Dev ate a mango. (b) Dev ate a yellow mango. (c) Dev ate a big mango. (d) Dev ate a big yellow mango.

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