Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 330 · 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 should replace the name in the gap?
   “Farhan has a new cake. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Him (b) It (c) He (d) She
2. 2.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Pooja helps Grandma in the kitchen. (b) Pooja Grandma helps in the kitchen. (c) Pooja helps in the kitchen Grandma. (d) Helps Pooja Grandma in the kitchen.
3. 3.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Ishaan brushes the dog on Sundays.” (a) question (b) statement (c) command (d) exclamation
4. 4.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Aarav packed Aarav's bag. Aarav carried it. (b) Aarav packed his bag. He carried it. (c) Aarav packed his bag. Him carried it.
5. 5.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “ishaan and i played in the park on tuesday.” (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 4
6. 6.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “The children.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
7. 7.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Our school reopens after the holidays in april.” (a) after (b) the (c) in (d) april
8. 8.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “dev and i played in the park on monday.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 4
9. 9.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Why is Omkar crying? (b) Why Omkar is crying? (c) Is why Omkar crying? (d) Omkar is why crying?
10. 10.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Who Omkar is calling? (b) Omkar is who calling? (c) Is who Omkar calling? (d) Who is Omkar calling?
11. 11.Which describing word fits best?
    “The peacock looks ___.” (a) loud (b) bitter (c) colourful (d) fluffy
12. 12.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Simran feeds the cat every morning” (a) question mark (?) (b) full stop (.) (c) exclamation mark (!)
13. 13.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Maria eats a banana after school” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) full stop (.) (c) question mark (?)
14. 14.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Since it was late.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
15. 15.These words are mixed up: ball / garden / the / in / kicks / the / Diya
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Diya kicks the ball in the garden. (b) Diya the ball kicks in the garden. (c) Kicks Diya the ball in the garden. (d) Diya kicks in the garden the ball.
16. 16.These words are mixed up: on / library / visits / Arjun / the / Fridays
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Arjun the library visits on Fridays. (b) Arjun visits the library on Fridays. (c) Visits Arjun the library on Fridays. (d) Arjun visits on Fridays the library.
17. 17.Which is the best way to join “The puppy was cold.” and “We gave it a blanket.”? (a) The puppy was cold so we gave it a blanket. (b) The puppy was cold but we gave it a blanket. (c) The puppy was cold because we gave it a blanket.
18. 18.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Riya has a new cake. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) She (c) Her (d) He
19. 19.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The cricket match ended at five o'clock. (b) My grandmother told us a story. (c) The tiny ant carried a crumb. (d) Until the rain stopped.
20. 20.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Why is Aarav laughing? (b) Aarav is why laughing? (c) Why Aarav is laughing? (d) Is why Aarav laughing?
21. 21.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is where Kavya going after school? (b) Where is Kavya going after school? (c) Kavya is where going after school? (d) Where Kavya is going after school?
22. 22.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.
23. 23.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Holi.” (a) all (b) cousins (c) we (d) on
24. 24.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “omkar was born in the month of february.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 2
25. 25.What kind of sentence is this?
    “How clever the crow is!” (a) question (b) statement (c) command (d) exclamation
26. 26.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Kabir has a cat ___ he has a dog.” (a) and (b) because (c) but
27. 27.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “rohan was born in the month of August.” (a) was (b) month (c) rohan (d) of
28. 28.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The old farmer planted rice in the field. (b) The train left the station at nine. (c) My best friend gave me a pencil. (d) Gave fresh milk.
29. 29.Maria wrote “a small cup on a small plate”. Which word means the same as “small” and can replace the second one? (a) huge (b) square (c) tiny
30. 30.Sneha wrote “a fast horse and a fast car”. Which word means the same as “fast” and can replace the second one? (a) slow (b) hungry (c) quick
31. 31.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “My father.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
32. 32.Which of these is a statement? (a) How noisy the market is! (b) What is Diya eating for lunch? (c) Ishaan draws a picture in art class. (d) Sit down quietly.
33. 33.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Ran onto the field.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
34. 34.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Dev sings in the morning a song. (b) Sings Dev a song in the morning. (c) Dev a song sings in the morning. (d) Dev sings a song in the morning.
35. 35.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Isha a song sings in the morning. (b) Sings Isha a song in the morning. (c) Isha sings in the morning a song. (d) Isha sings a song in the morning.
36. 36.Which describing word fits best?
    “The sun looks ___.” (a) fluffy (b) bright (c) sweet (d) loud
37. 37.Arjun wrote “happy children at a happy party”. Which word means the same as “happy” and can replace the second one? (a) square (b) glad (c) sad
38. 38.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Tara feeds the cat every morning” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) full stop (.) (c) question mark (?)
39. 39.Which sentence describes the umbrella best? (a) Saanvi opened an umbrella. (b) Saanvi opened a small yellow umbrella. (c) Saanvi opened a yellow umbrella. (d) Saanvi opened a small umbrella.
40. 40.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Riya has a new pencil. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) Her (c) He (d) It

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