Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 157 · 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 of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The doctor checked my throat. (b) Grandpa watered the plants. (c) The red kite flew high in the sky. (d) Brought a letter for Dad.
2. 2.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we went to agra for holi last year.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 5
3. 3.These words are mixed up: school / banana / after / a / Kunal / eats
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Eats Kunal a banana after school. (b) Kunal eats after school a banana. (c) Kunal a banana eats after school. (d) Kunal eats a banana after school.
4. 4.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “our school reopens after the holidays in september.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 4
5. 5.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Feeds Maria the cat every morning. (b) Maria feeds every morning the cat. (c) Maria the cat feeds every morning. (d) Maria feeds the cat every morning.
6. 6.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Imran has a new pencil. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Him (b) She (c) He (d) It
7. 7.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Riya has a new kite. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Her (b) It (c) He (d) She
8. 8.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The rain fell all night. (b) Our cat slept on the sofa. (c) Wrote a poem on the board. (d) The ice cream seller rang his bell.
9. 9.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “How is Yash travelling to school” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
10. 10.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The cake was too sweet nobody ate a second piece.” (a) after “a” (b) after “The” (c) after “sweet” (d) after “second”
11. 11.Which of these is a command? (a) Why is Pooja laughing? (b) Turn left at the temple. (c) How funny the joke is! (d) Tenzin helps Grandma in the kitchen.
12. 12.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “manav and i played in the park on sunday.” (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 4
13. 13.“Splashed in the river.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
14. 14.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Aarav baked his cake. He shared it. (b) Aarav baked his cake. Him shared it. (c) Aarav baked Aarav's cake. Aarav shared it.
15. 15.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What is Tara drawing in class?” (a) question (b) exclamation (c) statement (d) command
16. 16.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Meera has a new cake. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Her (b) She (c) It (d) He
17. 17.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “ishaan and I played in the park on Thursday.” (a) and (b) the (c) on (d) ishaan
18. 18.“The little puppy.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) nothing is missing (c) what happens (predicate)
19. 19.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Rohan flies a kite on the roof.” (a) statement (b) exclamation (c) command (d) question
20. 20.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The shop was closed we went back home.” (a) after “shop” (b) after “was” (c) after “we” (d) after “closed”
21. 21.These words are mixed up: night / a / at / storybook / Rahul / reads
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Rahul reads at night a storybook. (b) Rahul a storybook reads at night. (c) Reads Rahul a storybook at night. (d) Rahul reads a storybook at night.
22. 22.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Kabir has a new toy car. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Him (b) It (c) He (d) She
23. 23.Which is the best way to join “The puppy was cold.” and “We gave it a blanket.”? (a) The puppy was cold so we gave it a blanket. (b) The puppy was cold but we gave it a blanket. (c) The puppy was cold because we gave it a blanket.
24. 24.Which describing word fits best?
    “The new coin looks ___.” (a) bitter (b) smooth (c) shiny (d) loud
25. 25.Which describing word fits best?
    “The glass feels ___.” (a) quiet (b) smooth (c) shiny (d) sour
26. 26.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Please help me carry this box.” (a) command (b) exclamation (c) statement (d) question
27. 27.These words are mixed up: the / Riya / every / feeds / morning / cat
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Riya the cat feeds every morning. (b) Riya feeds the cat every morning. (c) Feeds Riya the cat every morning. (d) Riya feeds every morning the cat.
28. 28.Which describing word fits best?
    “The pickle tastes ___.” (a) prickly (b) spicy (c) shiny (d) loud
29. 29.Kabir wrote “a cold wind on a cold night”. Which word means the same as “cold” and can replace the second one? (a) purple (b) chilly (c) hot
30. 30.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The shop was closed. We went home.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
31. 31.Which of these is a question? (a) How colourful the rangoli is! (b) Why is Diya laughing? (c) Put your books in the bag. (d) Nisha sings a song in the morning.
32. 32.Which is the best way to join “The shop was closed.” and “We went home.”? (a) The shop was closed but we went home. (b) The shop was closed so we went home. (c) The shop was closed because we went home.
33. 33.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The baby cried ___ she was hungry.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
34. 34.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is what Nisha drawing in class? (b) What is Nisha drawing in class? (c) What Nisha is drawing in class? (d) Nisha is what drawing in class?
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “joseph and I played in the park on Sunday.” (a) joseph (b) and (c) in (d) on
36. 36.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Aarav has a new cake. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Him (b) It (c) She (d) He
37. 37.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Pooja has a new kite. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) He (c) Her (d) She
38. 38.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The baby elephant splashed in the river. (b) The firefighters put out the fire. (c) The bright moon shone over the lake. (d) The children.
39. 39.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Kunal planted Kunal's sapling. Kunal watered it. (b) Kunal planted his sapling. Him watered it. (c) Kunal planted his sapling. He watered it.
40. 40.Arjun wrote “a small cup on a small plate”. Which word means the same as “small” and can replace the second one? (a) huge (b) tiny (c) spicy

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