Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 360 · 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?
   “we met all our cousins on pongal.” (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
2. 2.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Since it was late. (b) Sang a song in the hall. (c) The peacock danced in the rain. (d) A busy squirrel.
3. 3.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “Our team practised hard we won the match.” (a) after “hard” (b) after “Our” (c) after “won” (d) after “we”
4. 4.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “my aunt made sweets for Holi.” (a) aunt (b) sweets (c) for (d) my
5. 5.“My aunt.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) nothing is missing (c) what happens (predicate)
6. 6.Tara wrote “happy children at a happy party”. Which word means the same as “happy” and can replace the second one? (a) glad (b) sad (c) round
7. 7.These words are mixed up: on / the / Rohan / Sundays / washes / car
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Rohan washes the car on Sundays. (b) Rohan washes on Sundays the car. (c) Rohan the car washes on Sundays. (d) Washes Rohan the car on Sundays.
8. 8.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “I like mangoes. My sister likes apples.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
9. 9.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “What a big cake” (a) full stop (.) (b) question mark (?) (c) exclamation mark (!)
10. 10.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Simran has a new bag. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) She (c) He (d) Her
11. 11.Which of these is a command? (a) How cold the morning is! (b) Priya visits the library on Fridays. (c) Who is Ishaan calling? (d) Please close the door.
12. 12.Priya wrote “a quiet room in a quiet house”. Which word means the same as “quiet” and can replace the second one? (a) noisy (b) purple (c) silent
13. 13.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The shop was closed we went back home.” (a) after “back” (b) after “shop” (c) after “went” (d) after “closed”
14. 14.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “arjun was born in the month of November.” (a) the (b) of (c) arjun (d) in
15. 15.Which describing word fits best?
    “The jam feels ___.” (a) sticky (b) bitter (c) bright (d) loud
16. 16.Which describing word fits best?
    “The rainbow looks ___.” (a) colourful (b) noisy (c) sweet (d) smooth
17. 17.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “kunal and i played in the park on saturday.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 5
18. 18.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Omkar has a new pencil. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Him (b) She (c) He (d) It
19. 19.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Rahul sings a song in the morning. (b) Rahul sings in the morning a song. (c) Sings Rahul a song in the morning. (d) Rahul a song sings in the morning.
20. 20.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The lights went out we lit a candle.” (a) after “a” (b) after “lights” (c) after “out” (d) after “we”
21. 21.These words are mixed up: kite / the / Pooja / roof / flies / on / a
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Pooja a kite flies on the roof. (b) Pooja flies on the roof a kite. (c) Pooja flies a kite on the roof. (d) Flies Pooja a kite on the roof.
22. 22.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Why is Joseph crying? (b) Is why Joseph crying? (c) Joseph is why crying? (d) Why Joseph is crying?
23. 23.“Collected nuts.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) nothing is missing (c) who or what (subject)
24. 24.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Arjun the dog brushes on Sundays. (b) Brushes Arjun the dog on Sundays. (c) Arjun brushes on Sundays the dog. (d) Arjun brushes the dog on Sundays.
25. 25.Which is the best way to join “Kabir has a cat.” and “He has a dog.”? (a) Kabir has a cat because he has a dog. (b) Kabir has a cat and he has a dog. (c) Kabir has a cat but he has a dog.
26. 26.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in november.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
27. 27.Which is the best way to join “The water was too cold.” and “We did not swim.”? (a) The water was too cold but we did not swim. (b) The water was too cold so we did not swim. (c) The water was too cold because we did not swim.
28. 28.Which is the best way to join “It was late.” and “The shops were still open.”? (a) It was late but the shops were still open. (b) It was late so the shops were still open. (c) It was late because the shops were still open.
29. 29.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Feeds Ananya the cat every morning. (b) Ananya feeds every morning the cat. (c) Ananya feeds the cat every morning. (d) Ananya the cat feeds every morning.
30. 30.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Isha washed Isha's bicycle. Isha rode it. (b) Isha washed her bicycle. Her rode it. (c) Isha washed her bicycle. She rode it.
31. 31.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What is Isha reading today” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
32. 32.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We went to surat for Diwali last year.” (a) surat (b) to (c) for (d) went
33. 33.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “When is Farhan leaving for Delhi” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
34. 34.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The tiny ant.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
35. 35.These words are mixed up: school / the / Omkar / at / packs / night / bag
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Omkar packs the school bag at night. (b) Omkar packs at night the school bag. (c) Omkar the school bag packs at night. (d) Packs Omkar the school bag at night.
36. 36.Which describing word fits best?
    “The thunder sounds ___.” (a) sour (b) shiny (c) loud (d) fluffy
37. 37.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Tara has a new pot. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) He (c) She (d) Her
38. 38.Which describing word fits best?
    “The sun looks ___.” (a) quiet (b) bitter (c) smooth (d) bright
39. 39.“The school bell.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) what happens (predicate) (c) nothing is missing
40. 40.Which is the best way to join “Nisha took an umbrella.” and “The sky was cloudy.”? (a) Nisha took an umbrella so the sky was cloudy. (b) Nisha took an umbrella because the sky was cloudy. (c) Nisha took an umbrella but the sky was cloudy.

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