Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 31 · 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?
   “saanvi and rahul will come to my house on wednesday.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 2
2. 2.These words are mixed up: Fridays / library / visits / the / on / Manav
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Manav visits the library on Fridays. (b) Manav the library visits on Fridays. (c) Visits Manav the library on Fridays. (d) Manav visits on Fridays the library.
3. 3.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “we met all our cousins on Eid.” (a) on (b) cousins (c) met (d) we
4. 4.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Ishaan made his card. Him posted it. (b) Ishaan made Ishaan's card. Ishaan posted it. (c) Ishaan made his card. He posted it.
5. 5.“The wind.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
6. 6.Which sentence describes the dog best? (a) Manav saw a little white dog. (b) Manav saw a white dog. (c) Manav saw a little dog. (d) Manav saw a dog.
7. 7.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Kavya baked her cake. She shared it. (b) Kavya baked Kavya's cake. Kavya shared it. (c) Kavya baked her cake. Her shared it.
8. 8.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “The sky was cloudy. It did not rain.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
9. 9.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “The school bell.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
10. 10.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Put your books in the bag.” (a) command (b) statement (c) question (d) exclamation
11. 11.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Kabir washed his bicycle. Him rode it. (b) Kabir washed his bicycle. He rode it. (c) Kabir washed Kabir's bicycle. Kabir rode it.
12. 12.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Rahul packs the school bag at night. (b) Rahul packs at night the school bag. (c) Packs Rahul the school bag at night. (d) Rahul the school bag packs at night.
13. 13.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Arjun picked his mango. He ate it. (b) Arjun picked Arjun's mango. Arjun ate it. (c) Arjun picked his mango. Him ate it.
14. 14.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) How Isha is travelling to school? (b) Isha is how travelling to school? (c) How is Isha travelling to school? (d) Is how Isha travelling to school?
15. 15.Which sentence describes the flower best? (a) Rohan picked a tiny yellow flower. (b) Rohan picked a yellow flower. (c) Rohan picked a tiny flower. (d) Rohan picked a flower.
16. 16.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Rohan has a new bag. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Him (b) He (c) She (d) It
17. 17.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Maria has a new mango. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Her (b) She (c) It (d) He
18. 18.Which sentence describes the shell best? (a) Omkar found a small shell. (b) Omkar found a shell. (c) Omkar found a pink shell. (d) Omkar found a small pink shell.
19. 19.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The new student sat next to me. (b) When the bell rang. (c) Told us a story. (d) Two ducks.
20. 20.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Saanvi draws a picture in art class” (a) question mark (?) (b) full stop (.) (c) exclamation mark (!)
21. 21.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Rang loudly.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
22. 22.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The soup was hot. It was not tasty.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
23. 23.Which is the best way to join “It started to rain.” and “We opened our umbrellas.”? (a) It started to rain so we opened our umbrellas. (b) It started to rain but we opened our umbrellas. (c) It started to rain because we opened our umbrellas.
24. 24.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “If you come early.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
25. 25.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) Why is Maria crying? (b) Omkar feeds the cat every morning. (c) Please close the door. (d) How tasty the samosa is!
26. 26.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What is Omkar reading today?” (a) question (b) command (c) statement (d) exclamation
27. 27.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Where is Manav playing cricket?” (a) statement (b) command (c) question (d) exclamation
28. 28.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Riya lost her pen she looked everywhere.” (a) after “lost” (b) after “pen” (c) after “her” (d) after “looked”
29. 29.Which sentence describes the cap best? (a) Farhan wore a blue cap. (b) Farhan wore an old blue cap. (c) Farhan wore an old cap. (d) Farhan wore a cap.
30. 30.Which describing word fits best?
    “The lemon tastes ___.” (a) colourful (b) smooth (c) sour (d) quiet
31. 31.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The puppy was hungry it barked for food.” (a) after “it” (b) after “hungry” (c) after “puppy” (d) after “was”
32. 32.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The room was dark. I switched on the light.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
33. 33.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) Waiting for the bus. (b) Our teacher wrote a poem on the board. (c) Our neighbours lit lamps on Diwali. (d) A busy squirrel collected nuts.
34. 34.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “It was late. The shops were still open.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Tenzin was born in the month of october.” (a) born (b) october (c) the (d) in
36. 36.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The garden has roses. It has sunflowers.” (a) and (b) because (c) but
37. 37.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Zoya has a new card. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) It (c) Her (d) She
38. 38.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Riya wore a sweater. It was cold.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
39. 39.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What Aarav is reading today? (b) What is Aarav reading today? (c) Is what Aarav reading today? (d) Aarav is what reading today?
40. 40.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is who Kavya calling? (b) Who Kavya is calling? (c) Kavya is who calling? (d) Who is Kavya calling?

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