Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 269 · 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 mark should end this sentence?
   “Isha cooks rice for lunch” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
2. 2.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Simran reads at night a storybook. (b) Simran reads a storybook at night. (c) Reads Simran a storybook at night. (d) Simran a storybook reads at night.
3. 3.Farhan 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
4. 4.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “We visited the old fort in mysuru on Monday.” (a) fort (b) the (c) mysuru (d) old
5. 5.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Aarav has a new mango. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) Him (c) She (d) He
6. 6.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “On sunday we have a test in maths.” (a) maths (b) in (c) sunday (d) test
7. 7.These words are mixed up: the / on / Manav / Sundays / dog / brushes
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Manav brushes the dog on Sundays. (b) Manav the dog brushes on Sundays. (c) Manav brushes on Sundays the dog. (d) Brushes Manav the dog on Sundays.
8. 8.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “I go to the park with my dog on sunday.” (a) the (b) go (c) sunday (d) with
9. 9.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) My grandmother. (b) Wrote a poem on the board. (c) Because it was raining. (d) The bright moon shone over the lake.
10. 10.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my cousin and I visited a zoo in Agra.” (a) zoo (b) in (c) my (d) and
11. 11.Which of these is a question? (a) How is Arjun travelling to school? (b) Please speak slowly. (c) Joseph rides a bicycle to school. (d) How tall the tree is!
12. 12.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Ananya made Ananya's card. Ananya posted it. (b) Ananya made her card. She posted it. (c) Ananya made her card. Her posted it.
13. 13.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Tara has a new bicycle. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Her (b) It (c) He (d) She
14. 14.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to mysuru for holi last year.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 5
15. 15.Which describing word fits best?
    “The bitter gourd tastes ___.” (a) sticky (b) bitter (c) colourful (d) noisy
16. 16.Which sentence describes the house best? (a) Riya drew a house. (b) Riya drew a small house. (c) Riya drew a green house. (d) Riya drew a small green house.
17. 17.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) As soon as we reached home. (b) Watered the plants. (c) Our cat. (d) My little brother broke his toy car.
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Last Friday I went to pune by train.” (a) went (b) by (c) train (d) pune
19. 19.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in July.” (a) in (b) holidays (c) after (d) our
20. 20.Which sentence describes the kite best? (a) Rohan flew a kite. (b) Rohan flew a red kite. (c) Rohan flew a big kite. (d) Rohan flew a big red kite.
21. 21.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) If you come early. (b) Rang his bell. (c) My sister made a rangoli. (d) The children.
22. 22.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Flew high in the sky. (b) The school bell rang loudly. (c) Running in the park. (d) The village pond.
23. 23.Which of these is a command? (a) Please help me carry this box. (b) When is Maria leaving for Delhi? (c) What a noisy market! (d) Zoya brushes the dog on Sundays.
24. 24.Which sentence describes the house best? (a) Kavya drew a small red house. (b) Kavya drew a house. (c) Kavya drew a red house. (d) Kavya drew a small house.
25. 25.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is when Imran leaving for Delhi? (b) Imran is when leaving for Delhi? (c) When is Imran leaving for Delhi? (d) When Imran is leaving for Delhi?
26. 26.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Omkar plays cricket in the park. (b) Omkar plays in the park cricket. (c) Omkar cricket plays in the park. (d) Plays Omkar cricket in the park.
27. 27.Zoya wrote “a wet towel on a wet floor”. Which word means the same as “wet” and can replace the second one? (a) wooden (b) dry (c) damp
28. 28.Which sentence describes the shell best? (a) Isha found a tiny shell. (b) Isha found a pink shell. (c) Isha found a tiny pink shell. (d) Isha found a shell.
29. 29.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What a cute puppy” (a) full stop (.) (b) question mark (?) (c) exclamation mark (!)
30. 30.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Imran washed Imran's bicycle. Imran rode it. (b) Imran washed his bicycle. Him rode it. (c) Imran washed his bicycle. He rode it.
31. 31.These words are mixed up: at / night / Yash / a / reads / storybook
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Yash a storybook reads at night. (b) Reads Yash a storybook at night. (c) Yash reads at night a storybook. (d) Yash reads a storybook at night.
32. 32.Which sentence describes the mango best? (a) Ishaan ate a ripe mango. (b) Ishaan ate a mango. (c) Ishaan ate a juicy ripe mango. (d) Ishaan ate a juicy mango.
33. 33.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Sneha bought Sneha's book. Sneha read it. (b) Sneha bought her book. She read it. (c) Sneha bought her book. Her read it.
34. 34.Pooja wrote “a cold wind on a cold night”. Which word means the same as “cold” and can replace the second one? (a) hot (b) chilly (c) spicy
35. 35.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “We ran to the bus stop. We were late.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
36. 36.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “While Mum was cooking.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
37. 37.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) My grandmother. (b) Rang his bell. (c) If you come early. (d) The doctor checked my throat.
38. 38.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Eating a big mango. (b) Told us a story. (c) The village pond. (d) The little puppy ran across the garden.
39. 39.Imran 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
40. 40.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) Two ducks swam in the pond. (b) Planted rice in the field. (c) The shopkeeper counted the coins. (d) My little brother broke his toy car.

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