Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 30 · 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.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my uncle came from delhi in february.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5
2. 2.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “sneha wore new clothes on eid.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 2
3. 3.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “Meera washes the car on Sundays” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
4. 4.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Imran baked his cake. Him shared it. (b) Imran baked Imran's cake. Imran shared it. (c) Imran baked his cake. He shared it.
5. 5.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) Sneha drinks warm milk before bed. (b) What is Rahul reading today? (c) Sit down quietly. (d) What a cold morning!
6. 6.Ishaan wrote “a quiet room in a quiet house”. Which word means the same as “quiet” and can replace the second one? (a) wooden (b) silent (c) noisy
7. 7.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Rides Priya a bicycle to school. (b) Priya a bicycle rides to school. (c) Priya rides to school a bicycle. (d) Priya rides a bicycle to school.
8. 8.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) When Farhan is leaving for Delhi? (b) When is Farhan leaving for Delhi? (c) Is when Farhan leaving for Delhi? (d) Farhan is when leaving for Delhi?
9. 9.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “The road was wet. We walked slowly.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
10. 10.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The milk boiled over we turned off the stove.” (a) after “The” (b) after “off” (c) after “over” (d) after “boiled”
11. 11.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Sneha bought her book. She read it. (b) Sneha bought Sneha's book. Sneha read it. (c) Sneha bought her book. Her read it.
12. 12.These words are mixed up: drinks / milk / bed / Yash / warm / before
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Yash warm milk drinks before bed. (b) Yash drinks before bed warm milk. (c) Drinks Yash warm milk before bed. (d) Yash drinks warm milk before bed.
13. 13.These words are mixed up: Fridays / on / library / visits / the / Farhan
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Visits Farhan the library on Fridays. (b) Farhan visits on Fridays the library. (c) Farhan visits the library on Fridays. (d) Farhan the library visits on Fridays.
14. 14.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Told us a story.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
15. 15.“Wrote a poem on the board.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) nothing is missing (c) what happens (predicate)
16. 16.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is who Nisha calling? (b) Nisha is who calling? (c) Who Nisha is calling? (d) Who is Nisha calling?
17. 17.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “manav was born in the month of february.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 2
18. 18.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Please feed the cat.” (a) statement (b) command (c) exclamation (d) question
19. 19.Which of these is a statement? (a) Why is Arjun crying? (b) Open your books to page ten. (c) How clever the crow is! (d) Aarav drinks warm milk before bed.
20. 20.Which describing word fits best?
    “The bitter gourd tastes ___.” (a) prickly (b) bright (c) loud (d) bitter
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from Kolkata in January.” (a) uncle (b) in (c) came (d) my
22. 22.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What a cold morning!” (a) command (b) question (c) exclamation (d) statement
23. 23.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Priya can sing. She can dance too.” (a) but (b) because (c) and
24. 24.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Manav fixed his toy car. Him played with it. (b) Manav fixed Manav's toy car. Manav played with it. (c) Manav fixed his toy car. He played with it.
25. 25.These words are mixed up: picture / Aarav / class / in / art / a / draws
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Draws Aarav a picture in art class. (b) Aarav a picture draws in art class. (c) Aarav draws in art class a picture. (d) Aarav draws a picture in art class.
26. 26.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Mum cooked dal. She made rotis.” (a) but (b) because (c) and
27. 27.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Ravi is only six ___ he can swim very well.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
28. 28.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The ice cream melted ___ it was a hot day.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
29. 29.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “rohan wore new clothes on Holi.” (a) rohan (b) wore (c) new (d) clothes
30. 30.Kabir 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) round
31. 31.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Rohan packed Rohan's bag. Rohan carried it. (b) Rohan packed his bag. He carried it. (c) Rohan packed his bag. Him carried it.
32. 32.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) When the bell rang. (b) The old farmer planted rice in the field. (c) Collected nuts. (d) The tiny ant.
33. 33.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The new student sat next to me. (b) The tiny ant carried a crumb. (c) My grandmother told us a story. (d) The tall tree.
34. 34.Which describing word fits best?
    “The rainbow looks ___.” (a) spicy (b) loud (c) smooth (d) colourful
35. 35.Which describing word fits best?
    “The busy market sounds ___.” (a) bitter (b) colourful (c) noisy (d) rough
36. 36.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The cake was too sweet nobody ate a second piece.” (a) after “sweet” (b) after “The” (c) after “nobody” (d) after “a”
37. 37.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Dev went to bed early. He was tired.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
38. 38.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Manav has a new sapling. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) It (c) He (d) Him
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “isha and I played in the park on Friday.” (a) isha (b) played (c) and (d) in
40. 40.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “last Thursday I went to Jaipur by train.” (a) to (b) train (c) by (d) last

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