Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 343 · 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.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “Riya lost her pen she looked everywhere.” (a) after “pen” (b) after “she” (c) after “lost” (d) after “her”
2. 2.Which of these is a statement? (a) Put your books in the bag. (b) Maria sings a song in the morning. (c) How is Ananya travelling to school? (d) How sweet the mango is!
3. 3.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
   “The water was too cold ___ we did not swim.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
4. 4.Rohan wrote “a loud bell and a loud drum”. Which word means the same as “loud” and can replace the second one? (a) noisy (b) quiet (c) hungry
5. 5.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Last Saturday i went to Pune by train.” (a) to (b) train (c) went (d) i
6. 6.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The old farmer planted rice in the field. (b) The wind blew the leaves away. (c) Collected nuts. (d) The red kite flew high in the sky.
7. 7.Dev wrote “a clever girl with a clever plan”. Which word means the same as “clever” and can replace the second one? (a) smart (b) silly (c) wooden
8. 8.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The parrot can talk it says hello every morning.” (a) after “parrot” (b) after “talk” (c) after “hello” (d) after “can”
9. 9.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Cooks Arjun rice for lunch. (b) Arjun rice cooks for lunch. (c) Arjun cooks for lunch rice. (d) Arjun cooks rice for lunch.
10. 10.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Tara found Tara's kite. Tara flew it. (b) Tara found her kite. Her flew it. (c) Tara found her kite. She flew it.
11. 11.Pooja wrote “a clever girl with a clever plan”. Which word means the same as “clever” and can replace the second one? (a) silly (b) smart (c) hungry
12. 12.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Meera the school bag packs at night. (b) Packs Meera the school bag at night. (c) Meera packs the school bag at night. (d) Meera packs at night the school bag.
13. 13.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in Surat on Wednesday.” (a) we (b) old (c) on (d) in
14. 14.Which of these is a question? (a) How noisy the market is! (b) When is Tara leaving for Delhi? (c) Wait for me at the gate. (d) Pooja writes a poem every week.
15. 15.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is what Saanvi reading today? (b) What Saanvi is reading today? (c) What is Saanvi reading today? (d) Saanvi is what reading today?
16. 16.Which is the best way to join “We bought apples.” and “We bought grapes.”? (a) We bought apples and we bought grapes. (b) We bought apples but we bought grapes. (c) We bought apples because we bought grapes.
17. 17.Which describing word fits best?
    “The silk scarf feels ___.” (a) sour (b) smooth (c) loud (d) colourful
18. 18.Which of these is a question? (a) Why is Arjun crying? (b) Rahul packs the school bag at night. (c) Bring your notebook tomorrow. (d) What a cute puppy!
19. 19.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Tara has a new pencil. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) She (c) He (d) Her
20. 20.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for holi.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 4
21. 21.These words are mixed up: the / park / cricket / plays / in / Riya
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Riya plays in the park cricket. (b) Riya plays cricket in the park. (c) Plays Riya cricket in the park. (d) Riya cricket plays in the park.
22. 22.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Ananya has a new kite. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Her (b) He (c) She (d) It
23. 23.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on christmas.” (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
24. 24.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What is Saanvi drawing in class” (a) question mark (?) (b) full stop (.) (c) exclamation mark (!)
25. 25.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “My sister.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
26. 26.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The room was dark ___ I switched on the light.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
27. 27.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Dev went to bed early. He was tired.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
28. 28.These words are mixed up: helps / kitchen / Nisha / in / the / Grandma
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Nisha Grandma helps in the kitchen. (b) Nisha helps in the kitchen Grandma. (c) Nisha helps Grandma in the kitchen. (d) Helps Nisha Grandma in the kitchen.
29. 29.“Rang loudly.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) nothing is missing (c) what happens (predicate)
30. 30.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Meera has a new cake. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) Her (c) She (d) It
31. 31.These words are mixed up: cat / the / morning / every / feeds / Isha
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Isha feeds every morning the cat. (b) Isha the cat feeds every morning. (c) Isha feeds the cat every morning. (d) Feeds Isha the cat every morning.
32. 32.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Manav bought Manav's book. Manav read it. (b) Manav bought his book. Him read it. (c) Manav bought his book. He read it.
33. 33.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The school bus.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
34. 34.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What a sweet mango” (a) full stop (.) (b) question mark (?) (c) exclamation mark (!)
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “The big fair in Bhopal starts in september.” (a) big (b) fair (c) in (d) september
36. 36.These words are mixed up: flies / the / Meera / on / kite / roof / a
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Flies Meera a kite on the roof. (b) Meera flies on the roof a kite. (c) Meera a kite flies on the roof. (d) Meera flies a kite on the roof.
37. 37.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Stopped at the gate.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
38. 38.Which describing word fits best?
    “The tamarind tastes ___.” (a) quiet (b) rough (c) bright (d) sour
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Our school reopens after the holidays in september.” (a) september (b) in (c) the (d) school
40. 40.Which sentence describes the house best? (a) Arjun drew a green house. (b) Arjun drew a small green house. (c) Arjun drew a small house. (d) Arjun drew a house.

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