Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 20 · 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.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “yash met saanvi at the station in agra.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 2
2. 2.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “I go to the park with my dog on thursday.” (a) park (b) go (c) to (d) thursday
3. 3.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “ran” (b) after “rang” (c) after “children” (d) after “The”
4. 4.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Meera has a new poem. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) Her (c) She (d) He
5. 5.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
   “We ran to the bus stop ___ we were late.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
6. 6.Which sentence describes the cap best? (a) Simran wore a red cap. (b) Simran wore a cap. (c) Simran wore an old red cap. (d) Simran wore an old cap.
7. 7.These words are mixed up: Rohan / a / banana / after / eats / school
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Rohan eats after school a banana. (b) Rohan eats a banana after school. (c) Rohan a banana eats after school. (d) Eats Rohan a banana after school.
8. 8.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “Grandma baked a cake it smelled lovely.” (a) after “it” (b) after “baked” (c) after “cake” (d) after “smelled”
9. 9.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “My kite got stuck a kind man got it down.” (a) after “a” (b) after “kind” (c) after “stuck” (d) after “it”
10. 10.“Danced in the rain.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) nothing is missing (c) who or what (subject)
11. 11.These words are mixed up: picture / class / in / a / draws / art / Isha
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Isha draws in art class a picture. (b) Isha a picture draws in art class. (c) Isha draws a picture in art class. (d) Draws Isha a picture in art class.
12. 12.Which describing word fits best?
    “The thunder sounds ___.” (a) loud (b) colourful (c) bitter (d) smooth
13. 13.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) Priya plays cricket in the park. (b) What a colourful rangoli! (c) Wait for me at the gate. (d) When is Maria leaving for Delhi?
14. 14.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Farhan is why crying? (b) Why Farhan is crying? (c) Why is Farhan crying? (d) Is why Farhan crying?
15. 15.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Wash your hands before lunch.” (a) command (b) question (c) exclamation (d) statement
16. 16.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Sat on the wall. (b) The children. (c) Playing with my friends. (d) The baby elephant splashed in the river.
17. 17.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “I like mangoes. My sister likes apples.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
18. 18.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Isha is who calling? (b) Who Isha is calling? (c) Is who Isha calling? (d) Who is Isha calling?
19. 19.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Yash has a new pencil. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Him (b) He (c) It (d) She
20. 20.Which of these is a command? (a) How tall the tree is! (b) Line up near the door. (c) How is Riya travelling to school? (d) Ananya reads a storybook at night.
21. 21.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on wednesday.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 4
22. 22.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Rohan made his card. Him posted it. (b) Rohan made his card. He posted it. (c) Rohan made Rohan's card. Rohan posted it.
23. 23.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “saanvi lives near the lake in Agra.” (a) lives (b) saanvi (c) in (d) near
24. 24.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “We reached the beach the sand was warm.” (a) after “We” (b) after “sand” (c) after “was” (d) after “beach”
25. 25.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Pooja has a new book. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) She (c) Her (d) It
26. 26.These words are mixed up: Pooja / a / poem / writes / every / week
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Pooja a poem writes every week. (b) Writes Pooja a poem every week. (c) Pooja writes every week a poem. (d) Pooja writes a poem every week.
27. 27.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Meera was hungry. She ate a banana.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
28. 28.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “aarav met dev at the station in lucknow.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 4
29. 29.Yash wrote “a big box in a big room”. Which word means the same as “big” and can replace the second one? (a) tiny (b) huge (c) spicy
30. 30.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “riya was born in the month of october.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 2
31. 31.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “I finished my homework then I read a comic.” (a) after “homework” (b) after “my” (c) after “read” (d) after “a”
32. 32.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Nisha planted Nisha's sapling. Nisha watered it. (b) Nisha planted her sapling. She watered it. (c) Nisha planted her sapling. Her watered it.
33. 33.“Our cat.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) what happens (predicate) (c) nothing is missing
34. 34.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Pooja bought Pooja's book. Pooja read it. (b) Pooja bought her book. Her read it. (c) Pooja bought her book. She read it.
35. 35.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Kavya has a new pencil. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) She (c) It (d) Her
36. 36.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Imran visits on Fridays the library. (b) Imran the library visits on Fridays. (c) Visits Imran the library on Fridays. (d) Imran visits the library on Fridays.
37. 37.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Sit down quietly.” (a) question (b) statement (c) exclamation (d) command
38. 38.Which describing word fits best?
    “The drum sounds ___.” (a) shiny (b) fluffy (c) loud (d) salty
39. 39.Which is the best way to join “We bought apples.” and “We bought grapes.”? (a) We bought apples because we bought grapes. (b) We bought apples but we bought grapes. (c) We bought apples and we bought grapes.
40. 40.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Yash wore new clothes on baisakhi.” (a) new (b) clothes (c) wore (d) baisakhi

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