Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 357 · 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?
   “My birthday is on the first saturday of September.” (a) on (b) is (c) the (d) saturday
2. 2.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Reads Farhan a storybook at night. (b) Farhan a storybook reads at night. (c) Farhan reads a storybook at night. (d) Farhan reads at night a storybook.
3. 3.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is where Vikram playing cricket? (b) Vikram is where playing cricket? (c) Where is Vikram playing cricket? (d) Where Vikram is playing cricket?
4. 4.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “ananya lives near the lake in lucknow.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 4
5. 5.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Last sunday I went to Bhopal by train.” (a) went (b) by (c) train (d) sunday
6. 6.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Gave us cool shade. (b) Waiting for the bus. (c) My best friend. (d) The firefighters put out the fire.
7. 7.Which describing word fits best?
   “The jalebi tastes ___.” (a) loud (b) shiny (c) sweet (d) prickly
8. 8.Which sentence describes the bag best? (a) Rohan carried a bag. (b) Rohan carried a big bag. (c) Rohan carried a blue bag. (d) Rohan carried a big blue bag.
9. 9.Which describing word fits best?
   “The tamarind tastes ___.” (a) loud (b) rough (c) shiny (d) sour
10. 10.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) A big black crow sat on the wall. (b) The children sang a song in the hall. (c) Eating a big mango. (d) The red kite flew high in the sky.
11. 11.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The bag was heavy. Dad helped me carry it.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
12. 12.What kind of sentence is this?
    “How is Dev travelling to school?” (a) command (b) exclamation (c) question (d) statement
13. 13.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Our school reopens after the holidays in april.” (a) holidays (b) april (c) the (d) reopens
14. 14.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Dev rides a bicycle to school” (a) question mark (?) (b) full stop (.) (c) exclamation mark (!)
15. 15.These words are mixed up: the / in / evening / the / Isha / plants / waters
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Isha waters in the evening the plants. (b) Isha the plants waters in the evening. (c) Isha waters the plants in the evening. (d) Waters Isha the plants in the evening.
16. 16.Which describing word fits best?
    “The lemon tastes ___.” (a) loud (b) rough (c) shiny (d) sour
17. 17.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Mum smiled. I had cleaned my room.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
18. 18.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for baisakhi.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 1
19. 19.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Diya eats a banana after school” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
20. 20.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “How colourful the rangoli is” (a) full stop (.) (b) question mark (?) (c) exclamation mark (!)
21. 21.Which of these is a statement? (a) How is Imran travelling to school? (b) Please pass the salt. (c) Tenzin cooks rice for lunch. (d) What a sweet mango!
22. 22.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Aarav flies on the roof a kite. (b) Aarav a kite flies on the roof. (c) Flies Aarav a kite on the roof. (d) Aarav flies a kite on the roof.
23. 23.Which describing word fits best?
    “The honey tastes ___.” (a) noisy (b) sweet (c) shiny (d) fluffy
24. 24.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Omkar cleans the room every Saturday. (b) Omkar cleans every Saturday the room. (c) Cleans Omkar the room every Saturday. (d) Omkar the room cleans every Saturday.
25. 25.Which is the best way to join “The room was dark.” and “I switched on the light.”? (a) The room was dark so I switched on the light. (b) The room was dark because I switched on the light. (c) The room was dark but I switched on the light.
26. 26.Which sentence describes the bag best? (a) Kunal carried a bag. (b) Kunal carried a blue bag. (c) Kunal carried a big bag. (d) Kunal carried a big blue bag.
27. 27.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “tara was born in the month of september.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 4
28. 28.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Priya has a new bicycle. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) It (c) He (d) Her
29. 29.Which of these is a statement? (a) When is Tenzin leaving for Delhi? (b) Please pass the salt. (c) How beautiful the garden is! (d) Saanvi writes a poem every week.
30. 30.Arjun wrote “an old fort near an old temple”. Which word means the same as “old” and can replace the second one? (a) ancient (b) new (c) hungry
31. 31.Which describing word fits best?
    “The drum sounds ___.” (a) rough (b) salty (c) loud (d) colourful
32. 32.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The parrot can talk it says hello every morning.” (a) after “The” (b) after “talk” (c) after “can” (d) after “every”
33. 33.Which sentence describes the butterfly best? (a) Dev saw a butterfly. (b) Dev saw a tiny orange butterfly. (c) Dev saw a tiny butterfly. (d) Dev saw an orange butterfly.
34. 34.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “I brushed my teeth. I washed my face.” (a) but (b) because (c) and
35. 35.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The sky turned dark soon it began to rain.” (a) after “The” (b) after “dark” (c) after “soon” (d) after “it”
36. 36.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Aarav has a new card. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) He (c) Him (d) She
37. 37.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) Shone over the lake. (b) The doctor checked my throat. (c) The cricket match ended at five o'clock. (d) The players ran onto the field.
38. 38.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “arjun and dev will come to my house on monday.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 4
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Last thursday I went to Jaipur by train.” (a) thursday (b) to (c) went (d) train
40. 40.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is when Dev leaving for Delhi? (b) When is Dev leaving for Delhi? (c) Dev is when leaving for Delhi? (d) When Dev is leaving for Delhi?

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