Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 144 · 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 sentence describes the mango best? (a) Arjun ate a yellow mango. (b) Arjun ate a big mango. (c) Arjun ate a mango. (d) Arjun ate a big yellow mango.
2. 2.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) When the school bus came. (b) The shopkeeper counted the coins. (c) My grandmother. (d) Watered the plants.
3. 3.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) My father. (b) A big black crow sat on the wall. (c) Since it was late. (d) Wrote a poem on the board.
4. 4.Which describing word fits best?
   “The new coin looks ___.” (a) shiny (b) rough (c) quiet (d) bitter
5. 5.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
   “We ran fast ___ we missed the train.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
6. 6.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we met all our cousins on diwali.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 1
7. 7.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “Kabir drank some water. He was thirsty.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
8. 8.“The players.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
9. 9.“The ice cream seller.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) what happens (predicate) (c) who or what (subject)
10. 10.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “on thursday we have a test in maths.” (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 4
11. 11.Which describing word fits best?
    “The sun looks ___.” (a) salty (b) quiet (c) sticky (d) bright
12. 12.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The train. (b) Stopped at the gate. (c) While Mum was cooking. (d) Our neighbours lit lamps on Diwali.
13. 13.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “My little brother broke his toy car.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
14. 14.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “It started to rain ___ we opened our umbrellas.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
15. 15.Which of these is a statement? (a) Manav draws a picture in art class. (b) When is Omkar leaving for Delhi? (c) Turn left at the temple. (d) What a huge elephant!
16. 16.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Meera wrote her poem. She read it. (b) Meera wrote Meera's poem. Meera read it. (c) Meera wrote her poem. Her read it.
17. 17.Which sentence describes the shell best? (a) Joseph found a tiny shell. (b) Joseph found a shell. (c) Joseph found a pink shell. (d) Joseph found a tiny pink shell.
18. 18.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Riya has a new bag. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) It (c) Her (d) She
19. 19.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Sings Sneha a song in the morning. (b) Sneha a song sings in the morning. (c) Sneha sings a song in the morning. (d) Sneha sings in the morning a song.
20. 20.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “We bought apples. We bought grapes.” (a) and (b) because (c) but
21. 21.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The garden has roses ___ it has sunflowers.” (a) and (b) but (c) because
22. 22.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The shopkeeper. (b) Playing with my friends. (c) Broke his toy car. (d) The school bell rang loudly.
23. 23.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Cleans Dev the room every Saturday. (b) Dev cleans the room every Saturday. (c) Dev the room cleans every Saturday. (d) Dev cleans every Saturday the room.
24. 24.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in Chennai on Monday.” (a) the (b) old (c) we (d) visited
25. 25.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Who is Manav calling?” (a) command (b) question (c) statement (d) exclamation
26. 26.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Omkar lives near the lake in shimla.” (a) the (b) shimla (c) in (d) near
27. 27.Which sentence describes the house best? (a) Vikram drew a house. (b) Vikram drew a small red house. (c) Vikram drew a small house. (d) Vikram drew a red house.
28. 28.“Gave us cool shade.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) nothing is missing (c) who or what (subject)
29. 29.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in patna on friday.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 3
30. 30.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Aarav baked his cake. He shared it. (b) Aarav baked Aarav's cake. Aarav shared it. (c) Aarav baked his cake. Him shared it.
31. 31.Which is the best way to join “The water was too cold.” and “We did not swim.”? (a) The water was too cold but we did not swim. (b) The water was too cold because we did not swim. (c) The water was too cold so we did not swim.
32. 32.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in Indore on Sunday.” (a) on (b) fort (c) the (d) we
33. 33.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Tenzin plays cricket in the park.” (a) question (b) exclamation (c) statement (d) command
34. 34.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Simran is when leaving for Delhi? (b) Is when Simran leaving for Delhi? (c) When Simran is leaving for Delhi? (d) When is Simran leaving for Delhi?
35. 35.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Simran rides a bicycle to school.” (a) exclamation (b) statement (c) question (d) command
36. 36.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Meera was hungry. She ate a banana.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
37. 37.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Gave us cool shade. (b) Waiting for the bus. (c) Two ducks swam in the pond. (d) My aunt.
38. 38.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Maria reads a storybook at night. (b) Maria reads at night a storybook. (c) Maria a storybook reads at night. (d) Reads Maria a storybook at night.
39. 39.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Riya packs at night the school bag. (b) Riya the school bag packs at night. (c) Riya packs the school bag at night. (d) Packs Riya the school bag at night.
40. 40.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The baby was sleeping we spoke softly.” (a) after “baby” (b) after “we” (c) after “sleeping” (d) after “The”

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