Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 19 · 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.Riya wrote “a rich king in a rich city”. Which word means the same as “rich” and can replace the second one? (a) poor (b) wooden (c) wealthy
2. 2.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Rohan flies on the roof a kite. (b) Rohan a kite flies on the roof. (c) Rohan flies a kite on the roof. (d) Flies Rohan a kite on the roof.
3. 3.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Simran washes the car on Sundays.” (a) exclamation (b) command (c) question (d) statement
4. 4.Dev wrote “happy children at a happy party”. Which word means the same as “happy” and can replace the second one? (a) purple (b) sad (c) glad
5. 5.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
   “Ravi is only six ___ he can swim very well.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
6. 6.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) Our neighbours. (b) The children sang a song in the hall. (c) The tall tree gave us cool shade. (d) The cricket match ended at five o'clock.
7. 7.Which describing word fits best?
   “The sun looks ___.” (a) noisy (b) bright (c) spicy (d) sticky
8. 8.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my birthday is on the first friday of january.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 4
9. 9.Which describing word fits best?
   “The lemon tastes ___.” (a) colourful (b) sour (c) sticky (d) noisy
10. 10.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Fell all night. (b) Until the rain stopped. (c) Grandpa watered the plants. (d) Our neighbours.
11. 11.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The soup was hot ___ it was not tasty.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
12. 12.Which describing word fits best?
    “The tamarind tastes ___.” (a) rough (b) sour (c) bright (d) loud
13. 13.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Riya wore a sweater. It was cold.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
14. 14.“The peacock.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) nothing is missing (c) who or what (subject)
15. 15.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Omkar sings a song in the morning” (a) full stop (.) (b) question mark (?) (c) exclamation mark (!)
16. 16.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Please pass the salt.” (a) statement (b) exclamation (c) command (d) question
17. 17.“Broke his toy car.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) what happens (predicate) (c) who or what (subject)
18. 18.Which is the best way to join “Mum cooked dal.” and “She made rotis.”? (a) Mum cooked dal because she made rotis. (b) Mum cooked dal but she made rotis. (c) Mum cooked dal and she made rotis.
19. 19.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Yash has a new toy car. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) Him (c) It (d) He
20. 20.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Rohan visits the library on Fridays.” (a) question (b) statement (c) exclamation (d) command
21. 21.Which sentence describes the elephant best? (a) Zoya saw a big elephant. (b) Zoya saw an elephant. (c) Zoya saw a big grey elephant. (d) Zoya saw a grey elephant.
22. 22.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Blew the leaves away. (b) Grandpa. (c) The cricket match ended at five o'clock. (d) Until the rain stopped.
23. 23.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Farhan packs at night the school bag. (b) Farhan the school bag packs at night. (c) Packs Farhan the school bag at night. (d) Farhan packs the school bag at night.
24. 24.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Packs Meera the school bag at night. (b) Meera packs the school bag at night. (c) Meera the school bag packs at night. (d) Meera packs at night the school bag.
25. 25.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Zoya lost Zoya's pencil. Zoya found it. (b) Zoya lost her pencil. Her found it. (c) Zoya lost her pencil. She found it.
26. 26.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The teacher smiled she liked our drawings.” (a) after “liked” (b) after “smiled” (c) after “teacher” (d) after “our”
27. 27.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “bell” (b) after “ran” (c) after “The” (d) after “rang”
28. 28.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from lucknow in february.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 2
29. 29.Kavya wrote “a cold wind on a cold night”. Which word means the same as “cold” and can replace the second one? (a) hot (b) square (c) chilly
30. 30.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Ravi is only six. He can swim very well.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
31. 31.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Dev picked Dev's mango. Dev ate it. (b) Dev picked his mango. He ate it. (c) Dev picked his mango. Him ate it.
32. 32.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Kabir has a cat. He has a dog.” (a) and (b) but (c) because
33. 33.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Arjun practised every day ___ he won the prize.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
34. 34.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Rohan plays in the park cricket. (b) Plays Rohan cricket in the park. (c) Rohan cricket plays in the park. (d) Rohan plays cricket in the park.
35. 35.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Tenzin has a new sapling. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) He (c) It (d) Him
36. 36.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The garden has roses ___ it has sunflowers.” (a) but (b) and (c) because
37. 37.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) Please feed the cat. (b) What is Imran eating for lunch? (c) How noisy the market is! (d) Kabir washes the car on Sundays.
38. 38.Which of these is a command? (a) Aisha eats a banana after school. (b) Where is Vikram going after school? (c) What a colourful rangoli! (d) Drink a glass of milk.
39. 39.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “It was very hot we drank cold water.” (a) after “was” (b) after “drank” (c) after “hot” (d) after “It”
40. 40.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Kabir has a cat ___ he has a dog.” (a) because (b) but (c) and

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