Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 306 · 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 needs a capital letter?
   “We went to Jaipur for pongal last year.” (a) to (b) pongal (c) went (d) for
2. 2.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Last thursday I went to Bhopal by train.” (a) by (b) thursday (c) went (d) to
3. 3.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) My sister. (b) The red kite flew high in the sky. (c) Ended at five o'clock. (d) As soon as we reached home.
4. 4.Which describing word fits best?
   “The jalebi tastes ___.” (a) loud (b) sweet (c) colourful (d) prickly
5. 5.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “It was very hot. We went for a swim.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
6. 6.Which describing word fits best?
   “The thunder sounds ___.” (a) sticky (b) spicy (c) bright (d) loud
7. 7.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “The box was small. It was very heavy.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
8. 8.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What Maria is drawing in class? (b) Is what Maria drawing in class? (c) Maria is what drawing in class? (d) What is Maria drawing in class?
9. 9.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “Sat on the wall.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
10. 10.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The children sang a song in the hall. (b) Our cat slept on the sofa. (c) My little brother broke his toy car. (d) Stopped at the gate.
11. 11.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Manav is when leaving for Delhi? (b) Is when Manav leaving for Delhi? (c) When is Manav leaving for Delhi? (d) When Manav is leaving for Delhi?
12. 12.Which sentence describes the butterfly best? (a) Farhan saw an orange butterfly. (b) Farhan saw a pretty butterfly. (c) Farhan saw a pretty orange butterfly. (d) Farhan saw a butterfly.
13. 13.Which is the best way to join “We stayed indoors.” and “It was raining.”? (a) We stayed indoors so it was raining. (b) We stayed indoors but it was raining. (c) We stayed indoors because it was raining.
14. 14.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Mum cooked dal ___ she made rotis.” (a) but (b) and (c) because
15. 15.Which of these is a question? (a) Wash your hands before lunch. (b) What a bright moon! (c) What is Maria eating for lunch? (d) Imran reads a storybook at night.
16. 16.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from kochi in december.” (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 4
17. 17.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from jaipur in April.” (a) came (b) jaipur (c) from (d) uncle
18. 18.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “How bright the moon is” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
19. 19.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for Eid.” (a) sweets (b) my (c) aunt (d) made
20. 20.These words are mixed up: Maria / Fridays / on / visits / the / library
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Maria the library visits on Fridays. (b) Maria visits the library on Fridays. (c) Maria visits on Fridays the library. (d) Visits Maria the library on Fridays.
21. 21.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “aisha and i played in the park on sunday.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
22. 22.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Tenzin has a new bicycle. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) Him (c) It (d) He
23. 23.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on Tuesday.” (a) i (b) park (c) the (d) with
24. 24.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) When the bell rang. (b) The train. (c) Gave fresh milk. (d) The baby elephant splashed in the river.
25. 25.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Kavya has a new bicycle. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) Her (c) It (d) She
26. 26.Which describing word fits best?
    “The cactus feels ___.” (a) sour (b) prickly (c) bright (d) quiet
27. 27.Priya wrote “a pretty doll in a pretty dress”. Which word means the same as “pretty” and can replace the second one? (a) square (b) lovely (c) ugly
28. 28.Which describing word fits best?
    “The tamarind tastes ___.” (a) colourful (b) rough (c) quiet (d) sour
29. 29.Which sentence describes the umbrella best? (a) Yash opened a yellow umbrella. (b) Yash opened a big umbrella. (c) Yash opened a big yellow umbrella. (d) Yash opened an umbrella.
30. 30.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Although he was tired. (b) The rain fell all night. (c) Our cat. (d) Ended at five o'clock.
31. 31.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What is Arjun eating for lunch” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
32. 32.Which is the best way to join “The road was wet.” and “We walked slowly.”? (a) The road was wet but we walked slowly. (b) The road was wet so we walked slowly. (c) The road was wet because we walked slowly.
33. 33.Vikram wrote “a shiny coin and a shiny ring”. Which word means the same as “shiny” and can replace the second one? (a) dull (b) round (c) bright
34. 34.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for holi.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 4
35. 35.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is what Isha reading today? (b) What is Isha reading today? (c) What Isha is reading today? (d) Isha is what reading today?
36. 36.“A busy squirrel.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) what happens (predicate) (c) nothing is missing
37. 37.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in Agra on Thursday.” (a) we (b) on (c) visited (d) fort
38. 38.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Nisha took an umbrella. The sky was cloudy.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
39. 39.Dev wrote “a pretty doll in a pretty dress”. Which word means the same as “pretty” and can replace the second one? (a) wooden (b) ugly (c) lovely
40. 40.“Brought a letter for Dad.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)

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