Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 290 · 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 has the words in the correct order? (a) Imran the library visits on Fridays. (b) Imran visits on Fridays the library. (c) Imran visits the library on Fridays. (d) Visits Imran the library on Fridays.
2. 2.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “What a lovely song” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
3. 3.Ishaan wrote “a cold wind on a cold night”. Which word means the same as “cold” and can replace the second one? (a) hot (b) round (c) chilly
4. 4.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “We went to shimla for Onam last year.” (a) year (b) for (c) shimla (d) to
5. 5.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) While Mum was cooking. (b) The brown cow. (c) The bright moon shone over the lake. (d) Flew high in the sky.
6. 6.Which sentence describes the umbrella best? (a) Tara opened a small umbrella. (b) Tara opened an umbrella. (c) Tara opened a striped umbrella. (d) Tara opened a small striped umbrella.
7. 7.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Please feed the cat.” (a) question (b) statement (c) exclamation (d) command
8. 8.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “Stopped at the gate.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
9. 9.Which sentence describes the umbrella best? (a) Dev opened a small umbrella. (b) Dev opened an umbrella. (c) Dev opened a yellow umbrella. (d) Dev opened a small yellow umbrella.
10. 10.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Slept on the sofa. (b) The tiny ant. (c) When the bell rang. (d) The shopkeeper counted the coins.
11. 11.Which sentence describes the umbrella best? (a) Manav opened a yellow umbrella. (b) Manav opened a small umbrella. (c) Manav opened a small yellow umbrella. (d) Manav opened an umbrella.
12. 12.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Tenzin cooks rice for lunch.” (a) exclamation (b) command (c) question (d) statement
13. 13.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in patna on friday.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 4
14. 14.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The sun was shining. The birds were singing.” (a) and (b) because (c) but
15. 15.Which is the best way to join “Mum cooked dal.” and “She made rotis.”? (a) Mum cooked dal because she made rotis. (b) Mum cooked dal but she made rotis. (c) Mum cooked dal and she made rotis.
16. 16.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What a beautiful garden” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
17. 17.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) After we ate lunch. (b) The postman. (c) Our neighbours lit lamps on Diwali. (d) Was full of lotus flowers.
18. 18.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Meera was hungry. She ate a banana.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
19. 19.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) My little brother broke his toy car. (b) A big black crow sat on the wall. (c) The new student sat next to me. (d) Eating a big mango.
20. 20.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to shimla for christmas last year.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 5
21. 21.These words are mixed up: Diya / the / in / a / sings / morning / song
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Diya sings in the morning a song. (b) Diya sings a song in the morning. (c) Diya a song sings in the morning. (d) Sings Diya a song in the morning.
22. 22.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “It was very hot ___ we went for a swim.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
23. 23.These words are mixed up: Tara / to / a / rides / school / bicycle
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Tara rides to school a bicycle. (b) Tara rides a bicycle to school. (c) Rides Tara a bicycle to school. (d) Tara a bicycle rides to school.
24. 24.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What is Manav drawing in class” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
25. 25.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Joseph has a new card. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) Him (c) She (d) He
26. 26.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The wind was strong our umbrella turned inside out.” (a) after “wind” (b) after “turned” (c) after “strong” (d) after “The”
27. 27.Which describing word fits best?
    “The lemon tastes ___.” (a) shiny (b) sour (c) loud (d) fluffy
28. 28.These words are mixed up: Farhan / for / rice / lunch / cooks
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Cooks Farhan rice for lunch. (b) Farhan rice cooks for lunch. (c) Farhan cooks for lunch rice. (d) Farhan cooks rice for lunch.
29. 29.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What is Maria reading today? (b) Is what Maria reading today? (c) What Maria is reading today? (d) Maria is what reading today?
30. 30.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The train arrived people got on quickly.” (a) after “got” (b) after “The” (c) after “arrived” (d) after “train”
31. 31.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Riya lost her pen she looked everywhere.” (a) after “lost” (b) after “Riya” (c) after “her” (d) after “pen”
32. 32.Which is the best way to join “We ran to the bus stop.” and “We were late.”? (a) We ran to the bus stop but we were late. (b) We ran to the bus stop so we were late. (c) We ran to the bus stop because we were late.
33. 33.Which describing word fits best?
    “The busy market sounds ___.” (a) colourful (b) prickly (c) bitter (d) noisy
34. 34.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Saanvi has a new cake. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) It (c) She (d) Her
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “tenzin met Yash at the station in Lucknow.” (a) in (b) the (c) met (d) tenzin
36. 36.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Why is Tara crying” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
37. 37.Which of these is a question? (a) Wait for me at the gate. (b) What a lovely song! (c) Simran reads a storybook at night. (d) Why is Nisha laughing?
38. 38.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is where Kunal going after school? (b) Where is Kunal going after school? (c) Kunal is where going after school? (d) Where Kunal is going after school?
39. 39.“The red kite.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) what happens (predicate) (c) nothing is missing
40. 40.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Kabir has a cat. He has a dog.” (a) but (b) because (c) and

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