Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 252 · 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.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
   “Mum cooked dal ___ she made rotis.” (a) and (b) but (c) because
2. 2.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Vikram flies a kite on the roof.” (a) command (b) exclamation (c) statement (d) question
3. 3.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “My birthday is on the first wednesday of December.” (a) on (b) wednesday (c) of (d) the
4. 4.Which describing word fits best?
   “The tree bark feels ___.” (a) noisy (b) rough (c) spicy (d) shiny
5. 5.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Plays Yash cricket in the park. (b) Yash cricket plays in the park. (c) Yash plays in the park cricket. (d) Yash plays cricket in the park.
6. 6.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The sky turned dark soon it began to rain.” (a) after “soon” (b) after “to” (c) after “dark” (d) after “sky”
7. 7.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we went to kochi for diwali last year.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 2
8. 8.Which sentence describes the kite best? (a) Simran flew a kite. (b) Simran flew a yellow kite. (c) Simran flew a small yellow kite. (d) Simran flew a small kite.
9. 9.Which describing word fits best?
   “The roasted peanuts taste ___.” (a) salty (b) noisy (c) smooth (d) shiny
10. 10.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Maria has a new sapling. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Her (b) It (c) He (d) She
11. 11.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Kunal is what eating for lunch? (b) What Kunal is eating for lunch? (c) Is what Kunal eating for lunch? (d) What is Kunal eating for lunch?
12. 12.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The little puppy.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
13. 13.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Farhan rides a bicycle to school” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
14. 14.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Aisha picked her mango. Her ate it. (b) Aisha picked Aisha's mango. Aisha ate it. (c) Aisha picked her mango. She ate it.
15. 15.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “tenzin was born in the month of june.” (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
16. 16.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Sneha lost Sneha's pencil. Sneha found it. (b) Sneha lost her pencil. She found it. (c) Sneha lost her pencil. Her found it.
17. 17.Which describing word fits best?
    “The tamarind tastes ___.” (a) noisy (b) fluffy (c) shiny (d) sour
18. 18.“The cricket match.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) what happens (predicate) (c) nothing is missing
19. 19.These words are mixed up: the / kicks / ball / in / the / garden / Rohan
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Rohan kicks the ball in the garden. (b) Kicks Rohan the ball in the garden. (c) Rohan the ball kicks in the garden. (d) Rohan kicks in the garden the ball.
20. 20.Which of these is a statement? (a) How long the train is! (b) Dev helps Grandma in the kitchen. (c) What is Priya eating for lunch? (d) Bring your notebook tomorrow.
21. 21.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) As soon as we reached home. (b) Collected nuts. (c) Grandpa. (d) The little puppy ran across the garden.
22. 22.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Rahul has a new cake. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) Him (c) She (d) It
23. 23.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “We ran to the bus stop. We were late.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
24. 24.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “children” (b) after “bell” (c) after “The” (d) after “rang”
25. 25.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Mum cooked dal. She made rotis.” (a) because (b) but (c) and
26. 26.Which of these is a question? (a) Yash flies a kite on the roof. (b) Bring your notebook tomorrow. (c) What is Ananya drawing in class? (d) What a beautiful garden!
27. 27.These words are mixed up: ball / Imran / in / kicks / garden / the / the
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Imran kicks in the garden the ball. (b) Kicks Imran the ball in the garden. (c) Imran kicks the ball in the garden. (d) Imran the ball kicks in the garden.
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “ishaan and I played in the park on Monday.” (a) ishaan (b) and (c) park (d) on
29. 29.Tenzin wrote “a pretty doll in a pretty dress”. Which word means the same as “pretty” and can replace the second one? (a) ugly (b) lovely (c) purple
30. 30.Which of these is a question? (a) Please feed the cat. (b) How colourful the rangoli is! (c) What is Riya drawing in class? (d) Aisha cooks rice for lunch.
31. 31.Which of these is a statement? (a) How tall the tree is! (b) Line up near the door. (c) What is Tara reading today? (d) Vikram eats a banana after school.
32. 32.Imran wrote “a wet towel on a wet floor”. Which word means the same as “wet” and can replace the second one? (a) hungry (b) damp (c) dry
33. 33.Which describing word fits best?
    “The jalebi tastes ___.” (a) loud (b) prickly (c) shiny (d) sweet
34. 34.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The water was too cold ___ we did not swim.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
35. 35.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What Isha is eating for lunch? (b) Is what Isha eating for lunch? (c) Isha is what eating for lunch? (d) What is Isha eating for lunch?
36. 36.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The parrot can talk it says hello every morning.” (a) after “talk” (b) after “The” (c) after “every” (d) after “can”
37. 37.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The players ran onto the field. (b) The hungry monkey grabbed a banana. (c) Was full of lotus flowers. (d) A busy squirrel collected nuts.
38. 38.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The road was wet. We walked slowly.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
39. 39.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Farhan planted his sapling. Him watered it. (b) Farhan planted his sapling. He watered it. (c) Farhan planted Farhan's sapling. Farhan watered it.
40. 40.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Simran feeds every morning the cat. (b) Simran feeds the cat every morning. (c) Feeds Simran the cat every morning. (d) Simran the cat feeds every morning.

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