Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 215 · 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 describing word fits best?
   “The roasted peanuts taste ___.” (a) salty (b) loud (c) prickly (d) bright
2. 2.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is what Kunal eating for lunch? (b) Kunal is what eating for lunch? (c) What is Kunal eating for lunch? (d) What Kunal is eating for lunch?
3. 3.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The old farmer. (b) Told us a story. (c) If you come early. (d) The village pond was full of lotus flowers.
4. 4.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Sneha found her kite. Her flew it. (b) Sneha found her kite. She flew it. (c) Sneha found Sneha's kite. Sneha flew it.
5. 5.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “Kabir fell off his bicycle he hurt his knee.” (a) after “hurt” (b) after “bicycle” (c) after “off” (d) after “Kabir”
6. 6.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) How Isha is travelling to school? (b) Isha is how travelling to school? (c) Is how Isha travelling to school? (d) How is Isha travelling to school?
7. 7.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “Zoya kicks the ball in the garden” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
8. 8.Which describing word fits best?
   “The pickle tastes ___.” (a) colourful (b) spicy (c) noisy (d) rough
9. 9.Which of these is a command? (a) Omkar drinks warm milk before bed. (b) Drink a glass of milk. (c) What a clever crow! (d) What is Aarav drawing in class?
10. 10.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Before the sun set.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
11. 11.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What is Rahul drawing in class” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
12. 12.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What a funny joke” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) full stop (.) (c) question mark (?)
13. 13.Which is the best way to join “The box was small.” and “It was very heavy.”? (a) The box was small so it was very heavy. (b) The box was small because it was very heavy. (c) The box was small but it was very heavy.
14. 14.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Why Maria is crying? (b) Why is Maria crying? (c) Maria is why crying? (d) Is why Maria crying?
15. 15.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) When is Arjun leaving for Delhi? (b) Wash your hands before lunch. (c) How beautiful the garden is! (d) Diya catches the bus at seven.
16. 16.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The soup was hot. It was not tasty.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
17. 17.Which sentence describes the house best? (a) Saanvi drew a small house. (b) Saanvi drew a house. (c) Saanvi drew a small green house. (d) Saanvi drew a green house.
18. 18.These words are mixed up: Saturday / cleans / room / every / Rahul / the
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Rahul cleans every Saturday the room. (b) Rahul cleans the room every Saturday. (c) Cleans Rahul the room every Saturday. (d) Rahul the room cleans every Saturday.
19. 19.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “I like mangoes. My sister likes apples.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
20. 20.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “How colourful the rangoli is” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We went to Pune for christmas last year.” (a) went (b) for (c) christmas (d) to
22. 22.Ananya wrote “a scared cat and a scared puppy”. Which word means the same as “scared” and can replace the second one? (a) afraid (b) brave (c) square
23. 23.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What is Omkar reading today?” (a) exclamation (b) statement (c) command (d) question
24. 24.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The old farmer planted rice in the field. (b) Running in the park. (c) The red kite flew high in the sky. (d) The players ran onto the field.
25. 25.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Why Yash is laughing? (b) Yash is why laughing? (c) Why is Yash laughing? (d) Is why Yash laughing?
26. 26.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “If you come early.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
27. 27.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Meera feeds every morning the cat. (b) Meera the cat feeds every morning. (c) Feeds Meera the cat every morning. (d) Meera feeds the cat every morning.
28. 28.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The road was wet ___ we walked slowly.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
29. 29.Priya wrote “a cold wind on a cold night”. Which word means the same as “cold” and can replace the second one? (a) chilly (b) hot (c) round
30. 30.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Imran baked his cake. Him shared it. (b) Imran baked his cake. He shared it. (c) Imran baked Imran's cake. Imran shared it.
31. 31.Kunal wrote “a big box in a big room”. Which word means the same as “big” and can replace the second one? (a) purple (b) tiny (c) huge
32. 32.Pooja wrote “a scared cat and a scared puppy”. Which word means the same as “scared” and can replace the second one? (a) afraid (b) purple (c) brave
33. 33.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “My kite got stuck a kind man got it down.” (a) after “kind” (b) after “stuck” (c) after “man” (d) after “kite”
34. 34.Which sentence describes the kite best? (a) Arjun flew a green kite. (b) Arjun flew a big green kite. (c) Arjun flew a kite. (d) Arjun flew a big kite.
35. 35.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Meera was hungry ___ she ate a banana.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
36. 36.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Yash drinks before bed warm milk. (b) Yash warm milk drinks before bed. (c) Drinks Yash warm milk before bed. (d) Yash drinks warm milk before bed.
37. 37.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Sings Ishaan a song in the morning. (b) Ishaan sings a song in the morning. (c) Ishaan sings in the morning a song. (d) Ishaan a song sings in the morning.
38. 38.Aarav wrote “a small cup on a small plate”. Which word means the same as “small” and can replace the second one? (a) huge (b) wooden (c) tiny
39. 39.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Until the rain stopped. (b) Danced in the rain. (c) The train left the station at nine. (d) Two ducks.
40. 40.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Rohan has a new pencil. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) He (c) She (d) Him

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