Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 27 · 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?
   “Dev has a new poem. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) It (c) Him (d) He
2. 2.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “We stayed indoors. It was raining.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
3. 3.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “pooja met joseph at the station in shimla.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 3
4. 4.Which sentence describes the balloon best? (a) Yash bought a round red balloon. (b) Yash bought a balloon. (c) Yash bought a red balloon. (d) Yash bought a round balloon.
5. 5.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “Why is Riya crying” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
6. 6.These words are mixed up: banana / eats / Kavya / school / after / a
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Kavya eats after school a banana. (b) Eats Kavya a banana after school. (c) Kavya eats a banana after school. (d) Kavya a banana eats after school.
7. 7.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “Farhan washes the car on Sundays” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) full stop (.) (c) question mark (?)
8. 8.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “vikram and Aarav will come to my house on Saturday.” (a) on (b) vikram (c) to (d) and
9. 9.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Saanvi plays cricket in the park.” (a) exclamation (b) command (c) question (d) statement
10. 10.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Riya plays cricket in the park” (a) question mark (?) (b) full stop (.) (c) exclamation mark (!)
11. 11.Which of these is a statement? (a) What a tall tree! (b) Why is Isha crying? (c) Zoya washes the car on Sundays. (d) Wait for me at the gate.
12. 12.Which describing word fits best?
    “The kitten feels ___.” (a) salty (b) fluffy (c) quiet (d) shiny
13. 13.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Tara painted her pot. She sold it. (b) Tara painted Tara's pot. Tara sold it. (c) Tara painted her pot. Her sold it.
14. 14.These words are mixed up: room / cleans / every / Saturday / Arjun / the
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Arjun cleans every Saturday the room. (b) Arjun the room cleans every Saturday. (c) Arjun cleans the room every Saturday. (d) Cleans Arjun the room every Saturday.
15. 15.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “imran wore new clothes on baisakhi.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 3
16. 16.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The plants died. Nobody watered them.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
17. 17.“Gave me a pencil.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
18. 18.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Who is Yash calling?” (a) command (b) statement (c) exclamation (d) question
19. 19.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Tara washes the car on Sundays.” (a) statement (b) question (c) command (d) exclamation
20. 20.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “farhan and I played in the park on Wednesday.” (a) played (b) park (c) in (d) farhan
21. 21.Which is the best way to join “Nisha took an umbrella.” and “The sky was cloudy.”? (a) Nisha took an umbrella but the sky was cloudy. (b) Nisha took an umbrella so the sky was cloudy. (c) Nisha took an umbrella because the sky was cloudy.
22. 22.“The peacock.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) what happens (predicate) (c) who or what (subject)
23. 23.Riya wrote “a scared cat and a scared puppy”. Which word means the same as “scared” and can replace the second one? (a) brave (b) afraid (c) round
24. 24.Which describing word fits best?
    “The tree bark feels ___.” (a) bitter (b) quiet (c) shiny (d) rough
25. 25.These words are mixed up: in / the / waters / Simran / evening / plants / the
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Waters Simran the plants in the evening. (b) Simran waters the plants in the evening. (c) Simran the plants waters in the evening. (d) Simran waters in the evening the plants.
26. 26.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The ice cream seller rang his bell. (b) Two ducks swam in the pond. (c) My aunt sent me a gift. (d) The school bell.
27. 27.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Omkar has a new mango. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) Him (c) It (d) She
28. 28.Which is the best way to join “Ravi is only six.” and “He can swim very well.”? (a) Ravi is only six so he can swim very well. (b) Ravi is only six because he can swim very well. (c) Ravi is only six but he can swim very well.
29. 29.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Arjun drinks warm milk before bed” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
30. 30.Which of these is a command? (a) Pooja plays cricket in the park. (b) What a noisy market! (c) Switch off the fan. (d) How is Kavya travelling to school?
31. 31.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Diya lost Diya's pencil. Diya found it. (b) Diya lost her pencil. She found it. (c) Diya lost her pencil. Her found it.
32. 32.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Dev went to bed early. He was tired.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
33. 33.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Because it was raining. (b) A big black crow sat on the wall. (c) My aunt. (d) Rang loudly.
34. 34.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Why is Kavya laughing? (b) Kavya is why laughing? (c) Why Kavya is laughing? (d) Is why Kavya laughing?
35. 35.Which of these is a statement? (a) Rohan reads a storybook at night. (b) Sit down quietly. (c) What a tall tree! (d) Where is Yash playing cricket?
36. 36.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The rain fell all night. (b) The school bell rang loudly. (c) The school bus stopped at the gate. (d) Wrote a poem on the board.
37. 37.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The road was wet. We walked slowly.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
38. 38.Which describing word fits best?
    “The new coin looks ___.” (a) loud (b) shiny (c) bitter (d) prickly
39. 39.Which sentence describes the mango best? (a) Pooja ate a juicy yellow mango. (b) Pooja ate a juicy mango. (c) Pooja ate a mango. (d) Pooja ate a yellow mango.
40. 40.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) A busy squirrel collected nuts. (b) The cricket match ended at five o'clock. (c) Our teacher. (d) Grandpa watered the plants.

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