Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 138 · 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) What Kabir is eating for lunch? (b) Kabir is what eating for lunch? (c) What is Kabir eating for lunch? (d) Is what Kabir eating for lunch?
2. 2.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “Manav flies a kite on the roof” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
3. 3.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “our school reopens after the holidays in june.” (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 3
4. 4.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “rahul and saanvi will come to my house on wednesday.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 3
5. 5.Which of these is a statement? (a) How tall the tree is! (b) Rohan rides a bicycle to school. (c) What is Ishaan reading today? (d) Please pass the salt.
6. 6.Aisha 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) square
7. 7.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Ishaan has a new pencil. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) Him (c) He (d) She
8. 8.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Dev has a new pot. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Him (b) She (c) It (d) He
9. 9.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “Watered the plants.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
10. 10.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Wash your hands before lunch.” (a) question (b) command (c) statement (d) exclamation
11. 11.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “ananya and i played in the park on sunday.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 4
12. 12.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Meera has a new toy car. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) She (c) He (d) Her
13. 13.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Rohan a kite flies on the roof. (b) Flies Rohan a kite on the roof. (c) Rohan flies a kite on the roof. (d) Rohan flies on the roof a kite.
14. 14.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What a cold morning” (a) full stop (.) (b) question mark (?) (c) exclamation mark (!)
15. 15.“A small mouse.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
16. 16.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on saturday.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 3
17. 17.Which describing word fits best?
    “The library sounds ___.” (a) colourful (b) sweet (c) quiet (d) rough
18. 18.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “simran wore new clothes on holi.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 4
19. 19.Which is the best way to join “Mum smiled.” and “I had cleaned my room.”? (a) Mum smiled so I had cleaned my room. (b) Mum smiled but I had cleaned my room. (c) Mum smiled because I had cleaned my room.
20. 20.Which describing word fits best?
    “The bitter gourd tastes ___.” (a) loud (b) prickly (c) shiny (d) bitter
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My birthday is on the first monday of June.” (a) first (b) of (c) monday (d) the
22. 22.Kunal wrote “an angry man and an angry dog”. Which word means the same as “angry” and can replace the second one? (a) calm (b) cross (c) square
23. 23.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The water was too cold. We did not swim.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
24. 24.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “It was very hot. We went for a swim.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
25. 25.Rohan wrote “a scared cat and a scared puppy”. Which word means the same as “scared” and can replace the second one? (a) afraid (b) round (c) brave
26. 26.Which of these is a statement? (a) Switch off the fan. (b) Why is Kavya crying? (c) Aisha cleans the room every Saturday. (d) What a cold morning!
27. 27.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Ananya writes a poem every week” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
28. 28.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Mum smiled ___ I had cleaned my room.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
29. 29.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “arjun was born in the month of december.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
30. 30.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Gave us cool shade. (b) My best friend gave me a pencil. (c) The village pond. (d) Playing with my friends.
31. 31.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The road was wet ___ we walked slowly.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
32. 32.“Shone over the lake.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) what happens (predicate) (c) nothing is missing
33. 33.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “How cute the puppy is” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
34. 34.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “isha and I played in the park on Thursday.” (a) on (b) isha (c) played (d) and
35. 35.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The little puppy ran across the garden. (b) The old farmer. (c) The bright moon shone over the lake. (d) Grandpa watered the plants.
36. 36.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The bag was heavy ___ Dad helped me carry it.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
37. 37.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Omkar was born in the month of september.” (a) in (b) born (c) september (d) was
38. 38.“Carried a crumb.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) nothing is missing (c) what happens (predicate)
39. 39.Which sentence describes the bicycle best? (a) Farhan rode a red bicycle. (b) Farhan rode a new red bicycle. (c) Farhan rode a bicycle. (d) Farhan rode a new bicycle.
40. 40.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Ananya washed her bicycle. Her rode it. (b) Ananya washed Ananya's bicycle. Ananya rode it. (c) Ananya washed her bicycle. She rode it.

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