Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 298 · 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.These words are mixed up: writes / Simran / every / week / poem / a
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Simran a poem writes every week. (b) Writes Simran a poem every week. (c) Simran writes a poem every week. (d) Simran writes every week a poem.
2. 2.Which is the best way to join “It was late.” and “The shops were still open.”? (a) It was late so the shops were still open. (b) It was late because the shops were still open. (c) It was late but the shops were still open.
3. 3.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “What a huge elephant” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
4. 4.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The cake was too sweet nobody ate a second piece.” (a) after “ate” (b) after “second” (c) after “sweet” (d) after “cake”
5. 5.Which is the best way to join “We stayed indoors.” and “It was raining.”? (a) We stayed indoors because it was raining. (b) We stayed indoors so it was raining. (c) We stayed indoors but it was raining.
6. 6.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “rohan and i played in the park on sunday.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 4
7. 7.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Kabir picked Kabir's mango. Kabir ate it. (b) Kabir picked his mango. Him ate it. (c) Kabir picked his mango. He ate it.
8. 8.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Kavya is where playing cricket? (b) Where Kavya is playing cricket? (c) Is where Kavya playing cricket? (d) Where is Kavya playing cricket?
9. 9.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”
10. 10.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from jaipur in April.” (a) uncle (b) in (c) jaipur (d) from
11. 11.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “We ran fast. We missed the train.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
12. 12.These words are mixed up: helps / Grandma / Maria / the / in / kitchen
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Maria Grandma helps in the kitchen. (b) Maria helps in the kitchen Grandma. (c) Helps Maria Grandma in the kitchen. (d) Maria helps Grandma in the kitchen.
13. 13.Which sentence describes the bag best? (a) Saanvi carried a blue bag. (b) Saanvi carried a big blue bag. (c) Saanvi carried a big bag. (d) Saanvi carried a bag.
14. 14.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The road was wet. We walked slowly.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
15. 15.Which describing word fits best?
    “The pickle tastes ___.” (a) smooth (b) loud (c) colourful (d) spicy
16. 16.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Was full of lotus flowers.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
17. 17.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Arjun eats after school a banana. (b) Arjun a banana eats after school. (c) Arjun eats a banana after school. (d) Eats Arjun a banana after school.
18. 18.What kind of sentence is this?
    “How is Dev travelling to school?” (a) statement (b) exclamation (c) question (d) command
19. 19.Which of these is a statement? (a) Why is Joseph crying? (b) What a huge elephant! (c) Line up near the door. (d) Vikram sings a song in the morning.
20. 20.Which is the best way to join “The box was small.” and “It was very heavy.”? (a) The box was small so it was very heavy. (b) The box was small because it was very heavy. (c) The box was small but it was very heavy.
21. 21.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “rohan was born in the month of july.” (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 4
22. 22.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Arjun practised every day. He won the prize.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
23. 23.Manav wrote “an angry man and an angry dog”. Which word means the same as “angry” and can replace the second one? (a) purple (b) calm (c) cross
24. 24.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “How long the train is” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
25. 25.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What Kavya is reading today? (b) What is Kavya reading today? (c) Kavya is what reading today? (d) Is what Kavya reading today?
26. 26.Which sentence describes the bicycle best? (a) Joseph rode a bicycle. (b) Joseph rode a new bicycle. (c) Joseph rode a new red bicycle. (d) Joseph rode a red bicycle.
27. 27.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The village pond was full of lotus flowers. (b) A busy squirrel collected nuts. (c) The tiny ant carried a crumb. (d) The bright moon.
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “ishaan and I played in the park on Wednesday.” (a) ishaan (b) on (c) the (d) in
29. 29.Meera wrote “a clever girl with a clever plan”. Which word means the same as “clever” and can replace the second one? (a) purple (b) smart (c) silly
30. 30.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The puppy was hungry it barked for food.” (a) after “for” (b) after “it” (c) after “The” (d) after “hungry”
31. 31.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Where Omkar is playing cricket? (b) Is where Omkar playing cricket? (c) Where is Omkar playing cricket? (d) Omkar is where playing cricket?
32. 32.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on diwali.” (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
33. 33.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Aarav wore new clothes on holi.” (a) clothes (b) holi (c) on (d) wore
34. 34.“The brown cow.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) who or what (subject) (c) nothing is missing
35. 35.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “It was very hot we drank cold water.” (a) after “hot” (b) after “cold” (c) after “was” (d) after “very”
36. 36.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for Onam.” (a) aunt (b) my (c) sweets (d) for
37. 37.Which sentence describes the bag best? (a) Dev carried a blue bag. (b) Dev carried a bag. (c) Dev carried a heavy bag. (d) Dev carried a heavy blue bag.
38. 38.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in patna on tuesday.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5
39. 39.Imran wrote “a pretty doll in a pretty dress”. Which word means the same as “pretty” and can replace the second one? (a) ugly (b) square (c) lovely
40. 40.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Simran was born in the month of september.” (a) born (b) month (c) september (d) was

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