Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 381 · 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?
   “last Sunday I went to Surat by train.” (a) went (b) last (c) train (d) by
2. 2.Which describing word fits best?
   “The drum sounds ___.” (a) shiny (b) rough (c) loud (d) sour
3. 3.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “farhan and i played in the park on friday.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 4
4. 4.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The brown cow gave fresh milk. (b) Although he was tired. (c) The rain. (d) Made a rangoli.
5. 5.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Isha has a new toy car. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) She (c) Her (d) He
6. 6.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) Two ducks swam in the pond. (b) The hungry monkey grabbed a banana. (c) Until the rain stopped. (d) The peacock danced in the rain.
7. 7.Which of these is a statement? (a) What a beautiful garden! (b) When is Diya leaving for Delhi? (c) Farhan cleans the room every Saturday. (d) Wait for me at the gate.
8. 8.Arjun wrote “a small cup on a small plate”. Which word means the same as “small” and can replace the second one? (a) huge (b) tiny (c) purple
9. 9.Which of these is a question? (a) What a cold morning! (b) Open your books to page ten. (c) Ishaan kicks the ball in the garden. (d) What is Simran eating for lunch?
10. 10.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) How is Riya travelling to school? (b) Riya is how travelling to school? (c) Is how Riya travelling to school? (d) How Riya is travelling to school?
11. 11.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Manav feeds the cat every morning.” (a) command (b) question (c) exclamation (d) statement
12. 12.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Aisha sings in the morning a song. (b) Sings Aisha a song in the morning. (c) Aisha sings a song in the morning. (d) Aisha a song sings in the morning.
13. 13.Sneha wrote “an angry man and an angry dog”. Which word means the same as “angry” and can replace the second one? (a) wooden (b) cross (c) calm
14. 14.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Simran cricket plays in the park. (b) Plays Simran cricket in the park. (c) Simran plays cricket in the park. (d) Simran plays in the park cricket.
15. 15.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “meera wore new clothes on holi.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
16. 16.Which of these is a command? (a) Meera brushes the dog on Sundays. (b) Wash your hands before lunch. (c) What is Tenzin eating for lunch? (d) What a tall tree!
17. 17.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in January.” (a) after (b) holidays (c) our (d) reopens
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My cousin and i visited a zoo in Surat.” (a) zoo (b) i (c) and (d) visited
19. 19.Which of these is a question? (a) What a beautiful garden! (b) Bring your notebook tomorrow. (c) Who is Kunal calling? (d) Manav plays cricket in the park.
20. 20.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Imran wore new clothes on pongal.” (a) wore (b) new (c) clothes (d) pongal
21. 21.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Rahul wrote Rahul's poem. Rahul read it. (b) Rahul wrote his poem. Him read it. (c) Rahul wrote his poem. He read it.
22. 22.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Vikram reads a storybook at night.” (a) exclamation (b) command (c) statement (d) question
23. 23.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “How long the train is” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
24. 24.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The shop was closed ___ we went home.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
25. 25.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Arjun has a new mango. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) Him (c) It (d) She
26. 26.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Eating a big mango. (b) The firefighters put out the fire. (c) Grandpa. (d) Slept on the sofa.
27. 27.Which sentence describes the dog best? (a) Imran saw a big black dog. (b) Imran saw a big dog. (c) Imran saw a black dog. (d) Imran saw a dog.
28. 28.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Splashed in the river. (b) Playing with my friends. (c) The peacock danced in the rain. (d) The shopkeeper.
29. 29.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Nisha writes a poem every week.” (a) exclamation (b) question (c) command (d) statement
30. 30.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The train arrived people got on quickly.” (a) after “on” (b) after “arrived” (c) after “The” (d) after “train”
31. 31.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) When is Arjun leaving for Delhi? (b) When Arjun is leaving for Delhi? (c) Arjun is when leaving for Delhi? (d) Is when Arjun leaving for Delhi?
32. 32.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The shopkeeper.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
33. 33.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What a tall tree” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
34. 34.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The firefighters put out the fire. (b) Our neighbours lit lamps on Diwali. (c) The shopkeeper counted the coins. (d) The school bell.
35. 35.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “We reached the beach the sand was warm.” (a) after “the” (b) after “sand” (c) after “was” (d) after “beach”
36. 36.Aarav wrote “a shiny coin and a shiny ring”. Which word means the same as “shiny” and can replace the second one? (a) square (b) dull (c) bright
37. 37.Which describing word fits best?
    “The pickle tastes ___.” (a) sticky (b) spicy (c) quiet (d) shiny
38. 38.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from mysuru in april.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 3
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first Thursday of August.” (a) is (b) birthday (c) of (d) my
40. 40.Which is the best way to join “The plants died.” and “Nobody watered them.”? (a) The plants died so nobody watered them. (b) The plants died but nobody watered them. (c) The plants died because nobody watered them.

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