Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 14 · 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 word needs a capital letter?
   “I go to the park with my dog on saturday.” (a) park (b) go (c) on (d) saturday
2. 2.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Why is Yash laughing?” (a) command (b) question (c) statement (d) exclamation
3. 3.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Simran has a new poem. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Her (b) It (c) She (d) He
4. 4.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Ishaan drinks before bed warm milk. (b) Ishaan drinks warm milk before bed. (c) Ishaan warm milk drinks before bed. (d) Drinks Ishaan warm milk before bed.
5. 5.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Cleans Dev the room every Saturday. (b) Dev the room cleans every Saturday. (c) Dev cleans the room every Saturday. (d) Dev cleans every Saturday the room.
6. 6.Which sentence describes the mango best? (a) Manav ate a ripe mango. (b) Manav ate a mango. (c) Manav ate a juicy mango. (d) Manav ate a juicy ripe mango.
7. 7.Which sentence describes the mango best? (a) Kunal ate a mango. (b) Kunal ate a juicy yellow mango. (c) Kunal ate a yellow mango. (d) Kunal ate a juicy mango.
8. 8.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Diya is why crying? (b) Why Diya is crying? (c) Is why Diya crying? (d) Why is Diya crying?
9. 9.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “Kabir has a cat. He has a dog.” (a) but (b) and (c) because
10. 10.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Grabbed a banana. (b) Playing with my friends. (c) The old farmer. (d) The baby elephant splashed in the river.
11. 11.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) My grandmother. (b) While Mum was cooking. (c) The peacock danced in the rain. (d) Was full of lotus flowers.
12. 12.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “My kite got stuck a kind man got it down.” (a) after “kite” (b) after “My” (c) after “stuck” (d) after “kind”
13. 13.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Ananya is why crying? (b) Why is Ananya crying? (c) Is why Ananya crying? (d) Why Ananya is crying?
14. 14.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Meera packs at night the school bag. (b) Meera packs the school bag at night. (c) Meera the school bag packs at night. (d) Packs Meera the school bag at night.
15. 15.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Kabir drank some water ___ he was thirsty.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
16. 16.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Where is Meera playing cricket?” (a) exclamation (b) command (c) question (d) statement
17. 17.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “When is Arjun leaving for Delhi” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) full stop (.) (c) question mark (?)
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Baisakhi.” (a) all (b) our (c) on (d) we
19. 19.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Kabir bought Kabir's book. Kabir read it. (b) Kabir bought his book. Him read it. (c) Kabir bought his book. He read it.
20. 20.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Tara likes to paint ___ she likes to draw.” (a) because (b) and (c) but
21. 21.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in november.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3
22. 22.Which sentence describes the butterfly best? (a) Isha saw a butterfly. (b) Isha saw a pretty butterfly. (c) Isha saw a blue butterfly. (d) Isha saw a pretty blue butterfly.
23. 23.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bus was late we waited at the stop.” (a) after “late” (b) after “was” (c) after “at” (d) after “waited”
24. 24.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Although he was tired. (b) A big black crow sat on the wall. (c) Slept on the sofa. (d) My sister.
25. 25.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Kunal bought his book. He read it. (b) Kunal bought his book. Him read it. (c) Kunal bought Kunal's book. Kunal read it.
26. 26.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Isha bought her book. Her read it. (b) Isha bought Isha's book. Isha read it. (c) Isha bought her book. She read it.
27. 27.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The plants died. Nobody watered them.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
28. 28.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The wind blew the leaves away. (b) The village pond was full of lotus flowers. (c) My father. (d) The rain fell all night.
29. 29.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The village pond was full of lotus flowers. (b) My father cooked dal for dinner. (c) The players ran onto the field. (d) Ran across the garden.
30. 30.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Tenzin has a new mango. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) Him (c) She (d) He
31. 31.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “We ran to the bus stop. We were late.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
32. 32.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “bell” (b) after “children” (c) after “The” (d) after “rang”
33. 33.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 because he was thirsty. (c) Kabir drank some water but he was thirsty.
34. 34.Which describing word fits best?
    “The jalebi tastes ___.” (a) noisy (b) sweet (c) bright (d) smooth
35. 35.These words are mixed up: on / library / Zoya / Fridays / the / visits
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Zoya the library visits on Fridays. (b) Zoya visits on Fridays the library. (c) Zoya visits the library on Fridays. (d) Visits Zoya the library on Fridays.
36. 36.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) How Farhan is travelling to school? (b) How is Farhan travelling to school? (c) Farhan is how travelling to school? (d) Is how Farhan travelling to school?
37. 37.Which sentence describes the bicycle best? (a) Kavya rode a bicycle. (b) Kavya rode a shiny red bicycle. (c) Kavya rode a shiny bicycle. (d) Kavya rode a red bicycle.
38. 38.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first Thursday of January.” (a) the (b) first (c) birthday (d) my
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in Delhi on sunday.” (a) old (b) the (c) fort (d) sunday
40. 40.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Riya the school bag packs at night. (b) Packs Riya the school bag at night. (c) Riya packs the school bag at night. (d) Riya packs at night the school bag.

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