Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 196 · 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 needs a capital letter?
   “I go to the park with my dog on monday.” (a) the (b) monday (c) to (d) go
2. 2.Which sentence describes the dog best? (a) Riya saw a big white dog. (b) Riya saw a big dog. (c) Riya saw a white dog. (d) Riya saw a dog.
3. 3.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Dev has a new book. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) She (c) It (d) Him
4. 4.These words are mixed up: waters / in / Saanvi / the / the / evening / plants
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Waters Saanvi the plants in the evening. (b) Saanvi waters in the evening the plants. (c) Saanvi the plants waters in the evening. (d) Saanvi waters the plants in the evening.
5. 5.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “Our team practised hard we won the match.” (a) after “hard” (b) after “practised” (c) after “team” (d) after “the”
6. 6.Which sentence describes the dog best? (a) Rohan saw a brown dog. (b) Rohan saw a big brown dog. (c) Rohan saw a big dog. (d) Rohan saw a dog.
7. 7.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
   “Tara likes to paint ___ she likes to draw.” (a) because (b) and (c) but
8. 8.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
   “The mango looked green ___ it was very sweet.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
9. 9.These words are mixed up: Manav / in / kicks / ball / garden / the / the
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Kicks Manav the ball in the garden. (b) Manav the ball kicks in the garden. (c) Manav kicks in the garden the ball. (d) Manav kicks the ball in the garden.
10. 10.Which describing word fits best?
    “The lemon tastes ___.” (a) quiet (b) shiny (c) sour (d) fluffy
11. 11.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Ishaan has a new kite. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Him (b) He (c) She (d) It
12. 12.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What Imran is drawing in class? (b) Imran is what drawing in class? (c) What is Imran drawing in class? (d) Is what Imran drawing in class?
13. 13.Which sentence describes the butterfly best? (a) Zoya saw a pretty butterfly. (b) Zoya saw a butterfly. (c) Zoya saw a blue butterfly. (d) Zoya saw a pretty blue butterfly.
14. 14.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The road was wet ___ we walked slowly.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
15. 15.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “ishaan and i played in the park on tuesday.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 2
16. 16.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Riya washed Riya's bicycle. Riya rode it. (b) Riya washed her bicycle. She rode it. (c) Riya washed her bicycle. Her rode it.
17. 17.Which describing word fits best?
    “The chips taste ___.” (a) loud (b) fluffy (c) colourful (d) salty
18. 18.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Zoya baked her cake. Her shared it. (b) Zoya baked Zoya's cake. Zoya shared it. (c) Zoya baked her cake. She shared it.
19. 19.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Aisha sings a song in the morning.” (a) command (b) question (c) exclamation (d) statement
20. 20.Vikram wrote “a pretty doll in a pretty dress”. Which word means the same as “pretty” and can replace the second one? (a) ugly (b) square (c) lovely
21. 21.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Meera has a new pencil. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) It (c) Her (d) She
22. 22.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Imran the car washes on Sundays. (b) Washes Imran the car on Sundays. (c) Imran washes the car on Sundays. (d) Imran washes on Sundays the car.
23. 23.These words are mixed up: Nisha / a / night / storybook / reads / at
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Nisha reads at night a storybook. (b) Nisha reads a storybook at night. (c) Reads Nisha a storybook at night. (d) Nisha a storybook reads at night.
24. 24.These words are mixed up: every / writes / Aarav / week / poem / a
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Writes Aarav a poem every week. (b) Aarav writes a poem every week. (c) Aarav a poem writes every week. (d) Aarav writes every week a poem.
25. 25.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The doctor checked my throat.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
26. 26.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Simran feeds the cat every morning.” (a) question (b) command (c) statement (d) exclamation
27. 27.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What is Omkar drawing in class? (b) What Omkar is drawing in class? (c) Is what Omkar drawing in class? (d) Omkar is what drawing in class?
28. 28.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “It started to rain ___ we opened our umbrellas.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
29. 29.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Riya found her kite. Her flew it. (b) Riya found Riya's kite. Riya flew it. (c) Riya found her kite. She flew it.
30. 30.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Grandpa reads the paper ___ he drinks his tea.” (a) but (b) because (c) and
31. 31.“Sang a song in the hall.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) what happens (predicate) (c) who or what (subject)
32. 32.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Until the rain stopped.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
33. 33.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Plays Omkar cricket in the park. (b) Omkar cricket plays in the park. (c) Omkar plays cricket in the park. (d) Omkar plays in the park cricket.
34. 34.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My aunt made sweets for eid.” (a) aunt (b) made (c) eid (d) for
35. 35.Which sentence describes the kite best? (a) Dev flew a yellow kite. (b) Dev flew a small kite. (c) Dev flew a kite. (d) Dev flew a small yellow kite.
36. 36.Which describing word fits best?
    “The roasted peanuts taste ___.” (a) smooth (b) loud (c) shiny (d) salty
37. 37.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Arjun rice cooks for lunch. (b) Arjun cooks for lunch rice. (c) Cooks Arjun rice for lunch. (d) Arjun cooks rice for lunch.
38. 38.Which sentence describes the flower best? (a) Sneha picked a white flower. (b) Sneha picked a tiny white flower. (c) Sneha picked a tiny flower. (d) Sneha picked a flower.
39. 39.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Diya has a new kite. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) Her (c) It (d) She
40. 40.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What is Vikram eating for lunch?” (a) exclamation (b) question (c) statement (d) command

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