Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 173 · 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 should replace the name in the gap?
   “Nisha has a new book. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Her (b) She (c) It (d) He
2. 2.Which of these is a statement? (a) Where is Aarav playing cricket? (b) What a sweet mango! (c) Drink a glass of milk. (d) Rohan visits the library on Fridays.
3. 3.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “riya lives near the lake in pune.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 1
4. 4.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my cousin and i visited a zoo in patna.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 2
5. 5.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “on tuesday we have a test in maths.” (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 3
6. 6.“The peacock.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) what happens (predicate) (c) who or what (subject)
7. 7.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Saanvi kicks the ball in the garden.” (a) command (b) question (c) exclamation (d) statement
8. 8.Imran wrote “an old fort near an old temple”. Which word means the same as “old” and can replace the second one? (a) ancient (b) spicy (c) new
9. 9.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “aisha was born in the month of october.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 4
10. 10.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The road was wet ___ we walked slowly.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
11. 11.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The box was small ___ it was very heavy.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
12. 12.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The new student sat next to me. (b) After we ate lunch. (c) My grandmother told us a story. (d) The firefighters put out the fire.
13. 13.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Yash has a new kite. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) She (c) It (d) Him
14. 14.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The peacock. (b) Gave me a pencil. (c) The cricket match ended at five o'clock. (d) After we ate lunch.
15. 15.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “nisha and Arjun will come to my house on Tuesday.” (a) come (b) and (c) will (d) nisha
16. 16.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Rohan has a new toy car. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Him (b) He (c) She (d) It
17. 17.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “vikram and i played in the park on monday.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5
18. 18.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Mum smiled. I had cleaned my room.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
19. 19.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for Onam.” (a) my (b) for (c) sweets (d) aunt
20. 20.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Where is Rahul going after school” (a) full stop (.) (b) question mark (?) (c) exclamation mark (!)
21. 21.Which describing word fits best?
    “The tamarind tastes ___.” (a) bright (b) fluffy (c) quiet (d) sour
22. 22.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The firefighters.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
23. 23.Which sentence describes the bag best? (a) Simran carried a heavy bag. (b) Simran carried a black bag. (c) Simran carried a bag. (d) Simran carried a heavy black bag.
24. 24.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Meera was hungry. She ate a banana.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
25. 25.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Dev has a new book. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Him (b) It (c) He (d) She
26. 26.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The firefighters put out the fire.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
27. 27.Which is the best way to join “We bought apples.” and “We bought grapes.”? (a) We bought apples and we bought grapes. (b) We bought apples because we bought grapes. (c) We bought apples but we bought grapes.
28. 28.Which describing word fits best?
    “The jalebi tastes ___.” (a) noisy (b) shiny (c) sweet (d) smooth
29. 29.Which is the best way to join “The baby cried.” and “She was hungry.”? (a) The baby cried because she was hungry. (b) The baby cried so she was hungry. (c) The baby cried but she was hungry.
30. 30.Which is the best way to join “Grandpa reads the paper.” and “He drinks his tea.”? (a) Grandpa reads the paper but he drinks his tea. (b) Grandpa reads the paper because he drinks his tea. (c) Grandpa reads the paper and he drinks his tea.
31. 31.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The old farmer planted rice in the field. (b) The school bus stopped at the gate. (c) The little puppy. (d) My sister made a rangoli.
32. 32.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) What a big cake! (b) Where is Simran playing cricket? (c) Bring your notebook tomorrow. (d) Tenzin reads a storybook at night.
33. 33.Which describing word fits best?
    “The drum sounds ___.” (a) rough (b) spicy (c) colourful (d) loud
34. 34.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Omkar made his card. Him posted it. (b) Omkar made Omkar's card. Omkar posted it. (c) Omkar made his card. He posted it.
35. 35.Which of these is a statement? (a) Why is Tenzin laughing? (b) Line up near the door. (c) How funny the joke is! (d) Farhan catches the bus at seven.
36. 36.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Riya lost her pen she looked everywhere.” (a) after “lost” (b) after “pen” (c) after “her” (d) after “Riya”
37. 37.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Rohan was born in the month of january.” (a) january (b) born (c) in (d) was
38. 38.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is where Simran playing cricket? (b) Where Simran is playing cricket? (c) Where is Simran playing cricket? (d) Simran is where playing cricket?
39. 39.Which sentence describes the butterfly best? (a) Maria saw a tiny butterfly. (b) Maria saw a butterfly. (c) Maria saw a tiny blue butterfly. (d) Maria saw a blue butterfly.
40. 40.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Kavya cleans the room every Saturday. (b) Kavya cleans every Saturday the room. (c) Kavya the room cleans every Saturday. (d) Cleans Kavya the room every Saturday.

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