Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 203 · 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?
   “Meera has a new mango. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) Her (c) He (d) It
2. 2.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Wash your hands before lunch.” (a) exclamation (b) command (c) statement (d) question
3. 3.Which sentence describes the house best? (a) Rahul drew a house. (b) Rahul drew a green house. (c) Rahul drew a small green house. (d) Rahul drew a small house.
4. 4.Which describing word fits best?
   “The peacock looks ___.” (a) quiet (b) colourful (c) spicy (d) sticky
5. 5.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “i go to the park with my dog on Tuesday.” (a) i (b) on (c) dog (d) go
6. 6.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my birthday is on the first wednesday of july.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 4
7. 7.Which sentence describes the house best? (a) Tenzin drew a small house. (b) Tenzin drew a house. (c) Tenzin drew a green house. (d) Tenzin drew a small green house.
8. 8.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Ishaan is what reading today? (b) What is Ishaan reading today? (c) Is what Ishaan reading today? (d) What Ishaan is reading today?
9. 9.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “nisha and Dev will come to my house on Wednesday.” (a) will (b) come (c) nisha (d) to
10. 10.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The firefighters put out the fire. (b) The new student sat next to me. (c) Running in the park. (d) The tall tree gave us cool shade.
11. 11.Which of these is a question? (a) Wash your hands before lunch. (b) Tenzin writes a poem every week. (c) When is Maria leaving for Delhi? (d) What a funny joke!
12. 12.Which sentence describes the mango best? (a) Priya ate a big ripe mango. (b) Priya ate a mango. (c) Priya ate a ripe mango. (d) Priya ate a big mango.
13. 13.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The children sang a song in the hall. (b) Told us a story. (c) My best friend. (d) As soon as we reached home.
14. 14.Which is the best way to join “The plants died.” and “Nobody watered them.”? (a) The plants died but nobody watered them. (b) The plants died because nobody watered them. (c) The plants died so nobody watered them.
15. 15.Which of these is a question? (a) Please pass the salt. (b) What a cute puppy! (c) When is Meera leaving for Delhi? (d) Ishaan writes a poem every week.
16. 16.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Gave me a pencil.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
17. 17.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The sky was cloudy. It did not rain.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
18. 18.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Manav rides to school a bicycle. (b) Manav rides a bicycle to school. (c) Rides Manav a bicycle to school. (d) Manav a bicycle rides to school.
19. 19.“The ice cream seller.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) what happens (predicate) (c) who or what (subject)
20. 20.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Ishaan cooks for lunch rice. (b) Ishaan rice cooks for lunch. (c) Ishaan cooks rice for lunch. (d) Cooks Ishaan rice for lunch.
21. 21.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Dev baked Dev's cake. Dev shared it. (b) Dev baked his cake. He shared it. (c) Dev baked his cake. Him shared it.
22. 22.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Nisha has a new mango. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) Her (c) He (d) She
23. 23.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Ishaan lives near the lake in bhopal.” (a) lives (b) lake (c) in (d) bhopal
24. 24.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Two ducks.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
25. 25.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Sneha is where playing cricket? (b) Is where Sneha playing cricket? (c) Where is Sneha playing cricket? (d) Where Sneha is playing cricket?
26. 26.Which is the best way to join “I like mangoes.” and “My sister likes apples.”? (a) I like mangoes so my sister likes apples. (b) I like mangoes because my sister likes apples. (c) I like mangoes but my sister likes apples.
27. 27.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Ishaan bought his book. He read it. (b) Ishaan bought Ishaan's book. Ishaan read it. (c) Ishaan bought his book. Him read it.
28. 28.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to chennai for baisakhi last year.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 2
29. 29.“Checked my throat.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) what happens (predicate) (c) who or what (subject)
30. 30.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The water was too cold ___ we did not swim.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
31. 31.What kind of sentence is this?
    “When is Rahul leaving for Delhi?” (a) statement (b) command (c) exclamation (d) question
32. 32.“A green parrot.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) nothing is missing (c) what happens (predicate)
33. 33.These words are mixed up: visits / Fridays / Aarav / the / on / library
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Visits Aarav the library on Fridays. (b) Aarav visits on Fridays the library. (c) Aarav the library visits on Fridays. (d) Aarav visits the library on Fridays.
34. 34.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “meera wore new clothes on christmas.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 2
35. 35.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for pongal.” (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 3
36. 36.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Yash sings a song in the morning. (b) Sings Yash a song in the morning. (c) Yash sings in the morning a song. (d) Yash a song sings in the morning.
37. 37.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Plays Farhan cricket in the park. (b) Farhan cricket plays in the park. (c) Farhan plays in the park cricket. (d) Farhan plays cricket in the park.
38. 38.Which sentence describes the dog best? (a) Aarav saw a little black dog. (b) Aarav saw a black dog. (c) Aarav saw a dog. (d) Aarav saw a little dog.
39. 39.“A busy squirrel.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) what happens (predicate) (c) nothing is missing
40. 40.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Yash helps in the kitchen Grandma. (b) Yash Grandma helps in the kitchen. (c) Helps Yash Grandma in the kitchen. (d) Yash helps Grandma in the kitchen.

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