Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 152 · 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 describing word fits best?
   “The chips taste ___.” (a) quiet (b) salty (c) rough (d) colourful
2. 2.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “What is Priya eating for lunch” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) full stop (.) (c) question mark (?)
3. 3.Which is the best way to join “It was late.” and “The shops were still open.”? (a) It was late but the shops were still open. (b) It was late because the shops were still open. (c) It was late so the shops were still open.
4. 4.Imran wrote “happy children at a happy party”. Which word means the same as “happy” and can replace the second one? (a) glad (b) purple (c) sad
5. 5.Which is the best way to join “The garden has roses.” and “It has sunflowers.”? (a) The garden has roses and it has sunflowers. (b) The garden has roses because it has sunflowers. (c) The garden has roses but it has sunflowers.
6. 6.“The train.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) nothing is missing (c) what happens (predicate)
7. 7.Which is the best way to join “Kabir has a cat.” and “He has a dog.”? (a) Kabir has a cat but he has a dog. (b) Kabir has a cat because he has a dog. (c) Kabir has a cat and he has a dog.
8. 8.These words are mixed up: flies / Priya / the / kite / a / roof / on
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Flies Priya a kite on the roof. (b) Priya flies a kite on the roof. (c) Priya flies on the roof a kite. (d) Priya a kite flies on the roof.
9. 9.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What Ananya is eating for lunch? (b) Ananya is what eating for lunch? (c) Is what Ananya eating for lunch? (d) What is Ananya eating for lunch?
10. 10.Which sentence describes the flower best? (a) Omkar picked a pretty flower. (b) Omkar picked a white flower. (c) Omkar picked a pretty white flower. (d) Omkar picked a flower.
11. 11.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Kabir a song sings in the morning. (b) Kabir sings in the morning a song. (c) Sings Kabir a song in the morning. (d) Kabir sings a song in the morning.
12. 12.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Ishaan made Ishaan's card. Ishaan posted it. (b) Ishaan made his card. Him posted it. (c) Ishaan made his card. He posted it.
13. 13.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “I finished my homework then I read a comic.” (a) after “then” (b) after “homework” (c) after “a” (d) after “finished”
14. 14.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Imran was born in the month of june.” (a) june (b) month (c) the (d) born
15. 15.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What is Imran eating for lunch? (b) Is what Imran eating for lunch? (c) Imran is what eating for lunch? (d) What Imran is eating for lunch?
16. 16.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Ishaan plays cricket in the park.” (a) command (b) question (c) statement (d) exclamation
17. 17.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The new student. (b) As soon as we reached home. (c) Sat on the wall. (d) The red kite flew high in the sky.
18. 18.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Riya lost her pen she looked everywhere.” (a) after “her” (b) after “lost” (c) after “Riya” (d) after “pen”
19. 19.These words are mixed up: class / in / a / picture / art / Manav / draws
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Manav draws in art class a picture. (b) Manav a picture draws in art class. (c) Manav draws a picture in art class. (d) Draws Manav a picture in art class.
20. 20.Which sentence describes the balloon best? (a) Yash bought a round purple balloon. (b) Yash bought a purple balloon. (c) Yash bought a balloon. (d) Yash bought a round balloon.
21. 21.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 “it” (d) after “soon”
22. 22.“Fell all night.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) who or what (subject) (c) nothing is missing
23. 23.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Joseph fixed his toy car. Him played with it. (b) Joseph fixed his toy car. He played with it. (c) Joseph fixed Joseph's toy car. Joseph played with it.
24. 24.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Tara has a new bag. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) Her (c) She (d) He
25. 25.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on monday.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
26. 26.Which sentence describes the umbrella best? (a) Ishaan opened a yellow umbrella. (b) Ishaan opened a small yellow umbrella. (c) Ishaan opened a small umbrella. (d) Ishaan opened an umbrella.
27. 27.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is why Joseph crying? (b) Why is Joseph crying? (c) Why Joseph is crying? (d) Joseph is why crying?
28. 28.Imran wrote “a small cup on a small plate”. Which word means the same as “small” and can replace the second one? (a) huge (b) purple (c) tiny
29. 29.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Zoya wrote her poem. She read it. (b) Zoya wrote Zoya's poem. Zoya read it. (c) Zoya wrote her poem. Her read it.
30. 30.Which sentence describes the pot best? (a) Tenzin painted a blue pot. (b) Tenzin painted a round pot. (c) Tenzin painted a round blue pot. (d) Tenzin painted a pot.
31. 31.Which is the best way to join “Priya can sing.” and “She can dance too.”? (a) Priya can sing because she can dance too. (b) Priya can sing but she can dance too. (c) Priya can sing and she can dance too.
32. 32.Which sentence describes the bag best? (a) Manav carried a big blue bag. (b) Manav carried a bag. (c) Manav carried a blue bag. (d) Manav carried a big bag.
33. 33.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The train arrived people got on quickly.” (a) after “got” (b) after “The” (c) after “arrived” (d) after “train”
34. 34.Which is the best way to join “The puppy was cold.” and “We gave it a blanket.”? (a) The puppy was cold but we gave it a blanket. (b) The puppy was cold so we gave it a blanket. (c) The puppy was cold because we gave it a blanket.
35. 35.Which describing word fits best?
    “The pickle tastes ___.” (a) loud (b) shiny (c) spicy (d) rough
36. 36.These words are mixed up: brushes / on / Sundays / the / Ananya / dog
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Brushes Ananya the dog on Sundays. (b) Ananya brushes the dog on Sundays. (c) Ananya brushes on Sundays the dog. (d) Ananya the dog brushes on Sundays.
37. 37.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Simran has a new pot. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) She (c) Her (d) It
38. 38.“My grandmother.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) nothing is missing (c) what happens (predicate)
39. 39.Which is the best way to join “We ran to the bus stop.” and “We were late.”? (a) We ran to the bus stop so we were late. (b) We ran to the bus stop because we were late. (c) We ran to the bus stop but we were late.
40. 40.Which of these is a question? (a) Nisha cooks rice for lunch. (b) Who is Dev calling? (c) What a cold morning! (d) Please pass the salt.

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