Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 169 · 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 is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Riya fixed her toy car. She played with it. (b) Riya fixed her toy car. Her played with it. (c) Riya fixed Riya's toy car. Riya played with it.
2. 2.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Dev lives near the lake in agra.” (a) agra (b) lives (c) near (d) the
3. 3.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) My grandmother. (b) The children sang a song in the hall. (c) Waiting for the bus. (d) Planted rice in the field.
4. 4.Which is the best way to join “We ran to the bus stop.” and “We were late.”? (a) We ran to the bus stop but we were late. (b) We ran to the bus stop because we were late. (c) We ran to the bus stop so we were late.
5. 5.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Rohan has a new book. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) Him (c) She (d) It
6. 6.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “The soup was hot. It was not tasty.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
7. 7.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “Kabir drank some water. He was thirsty.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
8. 8.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Reads Ananya a storybook at night. (b) Ananya a storybook reads at night. (c) Ananya reads at night a storybook. (d) Ananya reads a storybook at night.
9. 9.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Sneha Grandma helps in the kitchen. (b) Helps Sneha Grandma in the kitchen. (c) Sneha helps Grandma in the kitchen. (d) Sneha helps in the kitchen Grandma.
10. 10.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Rahul Grandma helps in the kitchen. (b) Rahul helps in the kitchen Grandma. (c) Helps Rahul Grandma in the kitchen. (d) Rahul helps Grandma in the kitchen.
11. 11.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The ice cream seller. (b) Ran onto the field. (c) Because the shop was closed. (d) The village pond was full of lotus flowers.
12. 12.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Dev plays cricket in the park. (b) Plays Dev cricket in the park. (c) Dev plays in the park cricket. (d) Dev cricket plays in the park.
13. 13.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on pongal.” (a) on (b) cousins (c) pongal (d) all
14. 14.“My best friend.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) who or what (subject) (c) nothing is missing
15. 15.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Joseph lives near the lake in kochi.” (a) in (b) near (c) the (d) kochi
16. 16.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Eats Pooja a banana after school. (b) Pooja eats a banana after school. (c) Pooja eats after school a banana. (d) Pooja a banana eats after school.
17. 17.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We went to Delhi for onam last year.” (a) onam (b) year (c) to (d) last
18. 18.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The doctor checked my throat. (b) Running in the park. (c) The school bus stopped at the gate. (d) The peacock danced in the rain.
19. 19.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Meera planted a seed she watered it daily.” (a) after “Meera” (b) after “planted” (c) after “seed” (d) after “she”
20. 20.Which sentence describes the butterfly best? (a) Saanvi saw a butterfly. (b) Saanvi saw a blue butterfly. (c) Saanvi saw a pretty butterfly. (d) Saanvi saw a pretty blue butterfly.
21. 21.Tenzin wrote “a fast horse and a fast car”. Which word means the same as “fast” and can replace the second one? (a) quick (b) slow (c) round
22. 22.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to indore for pongal last year.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 3
23. 23.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on Monday.” (a) on (b) with (c) dog (d) i
24. 24.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Manav washes on Sundays the car. (b) Manav the car washes on Sundays. (c) Manav washes the car on Sundays. (d) Washes Manav the car on Sundays.
25. 25.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Maria picked Maria's mango. Maria ate it. (b) Maria picked her mango. She ate it. (c) Maria picked her mango. Her ate it.
26. 26.Which sentence describes the dog best? (a) Meera saw a dog. (b) Meera saw a brown dog. (c) Meera saw a little brown dog. (d) Meera saw a little dog.
27. 27.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Meera and omkar will come to my house on Friday.” (a) my (b) omkar (c) house (d) on
28. 28.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from surat in december.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 4
29. 29.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Rohan has a new toy car. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Him (b) It (c) He (d) She
30. 30.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Aisha visits the library on Fridays” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
31. 31.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Flies Farhan a kite on the roof. (b) Farhan flies on the roof a kite. (c) Farhan a kite flies on the roof. (d) Farhan flies a kite on the roof.
32. 32.Which is the best way to join “The ice cream melted.” and “It was a hot day.”? (a) The ice cream melted because it was a hot day. (b) The ice cream melted so it was a hot day. (c) The ice cream melted but it was a hot day.
33. 33.Which describing word fits best?
    “The busy market sounds ___.” (a) noisy (b) colourful (c) sticky (d) sweet
34. 34.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Diwali.” (a) cousins (b) we (c) all (d) on
35. 35.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Running in the park. (b) Shone over the lake. (c) My father. (d) A green parrot ate a ripe guava.
36. 36.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “dev met zoya at the station in shimla.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 5
37. 37.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Kabir has a new sapling. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) She (c) He (d) Him
38. 38.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is what Nisha reading today? (b) Nisha is what reading today? (c) What Nisha is reading today? (d) What is Nisha reading today?
39. 39.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Arjun the school bag packs at night. (b) Arjun packs at night the school bag. (c) Packs Arjun the school bag at night. (d) Arjun packs the school bag at night.
40. 40.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Waters Omkar the plants in the evening. (b) Omkar waters in the evening the plants. (c) Omkar waters the plants in the evening. (d) Omkar the plants waters in the evening.

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