Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 237 · 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 sentence describes the butterfly best? (a) Ishaan saw an orange butterfly. (b) Ishaan saw a butterfly. (c) Ishaan saw a tiny orange butterfly. (d) Ishaan saw a tiny butterfly.
2. 2.Which is the best way to join “The garden has roses.” and “It has sunflowers.”? (a) The garden has roses because it has sunflowers. (b) The garden has roses and it has sunflowers. (c) The garden has roses but it has sunflowers.
3. 3.Which describing word fits best?
   “The roasted peanuts taste ___.” (a) bright (b) rough (c) salty (d) loud
4. 4.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Vikram eats a banana after school.” (a) exclamation (b) statement (c) question (d) command
5. 5.Which is the best way to join “We bought apples.” and “We bought grapes.”? (a) We bought apples and we bought grapes. (b) We bought apples because we bought grapes. (c) We bought apples but we bought grapes.
6. 6.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Why is Simran crying?” (a) statement (b) exclamation (c) command (d) question
7. 7.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “Dev went to bed early. He was tired.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
8. 8.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The tiny ant carried a crumb. (b) Gave us cool shade. (c) My aunt sent me a gift. (d) The rain fell all night.
9. 9.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we went to bhopal for onam last year.” (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 3
10. 10.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Where is Ananya going after school” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
11. 11.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The sun was shining. The birds were singing.” (a) and (b) but (c) because
12. 12.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “We reached the beach the sand was warm.” (a) after “the” (b) after “beach” (c) after “sand” (d) after “We”
13. 13.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “While Mum was cooking.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
14. 14.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is what Saanvi drawing in class? (b) What is Saanvi drawing in class? (c) What Saanvi is drawing in class? (d) Saanvi is what drawing in class?
15. 15.Which sentence describes the flower best? (a) Pooja picked a yellow flower. (b) Pooja picked a tiny yellow flower. (c) Pooja picked a tiny flower. (d) Pooja picked a flower.
16. 16.Which describing word fits best?
    “The rainbow looks ___.” (a) colourful (b) loud (c) prickly (d) bitter
17. 17.Which sentence describes the kite best? (a) Simran flew a small red kite. (b) Simran flew a red kite. (c) Simran flew a small kite. (d) Simran flew a kite.
18. 18.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Dev went to bed early ___ he was tired.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
19. 19.Which sentence describes the butterfly best? (a) Arjun saw a pretty orange butterfly. (b) Arjun saw a butterfly. (c) Arjun saw an orange butterfly. (d) Arjun saw a pretty butterfly.
20. 20.Which sentence describes the balloon best? (a) Arjun bought a red balloon. (b) Arjun bought a balloon. (c) Arjun bought a big red balloon. (d) Arjun bought a big balloon.
21. 21.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The ice cream melted. It was a hot day.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
22. 22.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Rohan brushes the dog on Sundays. (b) Rohan brushes on Sundays the dog. (c) Brushes Rohan the dog on Sundays. (d) Rohan the dog brushes on Sundays.
23. 23.Which is the best way to join “It was very hot.” and “We went for a swim.”? (a) It was very hot because we went for a swim. (b) It was very hot but we went for a swim. (c) It was very hot so we went for a swim.
24. 24.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last thursday i went to bhopal by train.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 3
25. 25.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Kabir drank some water. He was thirsty.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
26. 26.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The road was wet ___ we walked slowly.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
27. 27.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) A big black crow. (b) The hungry monkey grabbed a banana. (c) The new student sat next to me. (d) The school bus stopped at the gate.
28. 28.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Joseph reads a storybook at night.” (a) statement (b) question (c) exclamation (d) command
29. 29.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to kochi for holi last year.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 4
30. 30.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) Diya flies a kite on the roof. (b) What a cute puppy! (c) Switch off the fan. (d) When is Sneha leaving for Delhi?
31. 31.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The puppy was hungry it barked for food.” (a) after “puppy” (b) after “for” (c) after “hungry” (d) after “it”
32. 32.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The cricket match ended at five o'clock. (b) My grandmother told us a story. (c) Grandpa. (d) Our neighbours lit lamps on Diwali.
33. 33.Yash wrote “an old fort near an old temple”. Which word means the same as “old” and can replace the second one? (a) new (b) square (c) ancient
34. 34.Which is the best way to join “It started to rain.” and “We opened our umbrellas.”? (a) It started to rain so we opened our umbrellas. (b) It started to rain but we opened our umbrellas. (c) It started to rain because we opened our umbrellas.
35. 35.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Tara likes to paint. She likes to draw.” (a) and (b) but (c) because
36. 36.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Ishaan lost Ishaan's pencil. Ishaan found it. (b) Ishaan lost his pencil. He found it. (c) Ishaan lost his pencil. Him found it.
37. 37.Which of these is a statement? (a) What is Pooja reading today? (b) Omkar waters the plants in the evening. (c) How tasty the samosa is! (d) Please help me carry this box.
38. 38.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bus was late we waited at the stop.” (a) after “at” (b) after “The” (c) after “bus” (d) after “late”
39. 39.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Dev baked his cake. He shared it. (b) Dev baked his cake. Him shared it. (c) Dev baked Dev's cake. Dev shared it.
40. 40.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Kabir has a new sapling. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) She (c) Him (d) He

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