Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 387 · 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?
   “Kavya has a new toy car. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) It (c) He (d) Her
2. 2.Which describing word fits best?
   “The lemon tastes ___.” (a) sticky (b) sour (c) noisy (d) bright
3. 3.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my aunt made sweets for eid.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 2
4. 4.These words are mixed up: writes / poem / week / Yash / a / every
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Yash a poem writes every week. (b) Yash writes a poem every week. (c) Yash writes every week a poem. (d) Writes Yash a poem every week.
5. 5.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The postman brought a letter for Dad. (b) A busy squirrel. (c) When the school bus came. (d) Planted rice in the field.
6. 6.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Farhan met tenzin at the station in Kochi.” (a) at (b) station (c) tenzin (d) met
7. 7.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “saanvi was born in the month of august.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 1
8. 8.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “The mango looked green. It was very sweet.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
9. 9.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Aisha sings in the morning a song. (b) Aisha sings a song in the morning. (c) Aisha a song sings in the morning. (d) Sings Aisha a song in the morning.
10. 10.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bus was late we waited at the stop.” (a) after “The” (b) after “late” (c) after “we” (d) after “bus”
11. 11.Which describing word fits best?
    “The cactus feels ___.” (a) prickly (b) loud (c) sour (d) shiny
12. 12.Which describing word fits best?
    “The tree bark feels ___.” (a) noisy (b) rough (c) sour (d) colourful
13. 13.“My little brother.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) what happens (predicate) (c) nothing is missing
14. 14.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What Kunal is reading today? (b) Kunal is what reading today? (c) Is what Kunal reading today? (d) What is Kunal reading today?
15. 15.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “the big fair in Lucknow starts in July.” (a) big (b) starts (c) the (d) fair
16. 16.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The shopkeeper. (b) If you come early. (c) A big black crow sat on the wall. (d) Sat next to me.
17. 17.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Flew high in the sky.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
18. 18.Which of these is a statement? (a) How is Imran travelling to school? (b) Please pass the salt. (c) Kavya reads a storybook at night. (d) How bright the moon is!
19. 19.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Sneha has a new kite. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) Her (c) She (d) He
20. 20.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The plants died. Nobody watered them.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
21. 21.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Cleans Maria the room every Saturday. (b) Maria cleans the room every Saturday. (c) Maria the room cleans every Saturday. (d) Maria cleans every Saturday the room.
22. 22.Which is the best way to join “We bought apples.” and “We bought grapes.”? (a) We bought apples but we bought grapes. (b) We bought apples because we bought grapes. (c) We bought apples and we bought grapes.
23. 23.“The children.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) what happens (predicate) (c) nothing is missing
24. 24.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Arjun has a new cake. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) Him (c) It (d) He
25. 25.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The ice cream melted ___ it was a hot day.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
26. 26.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on Tuesday.” (a) on (b) dog (c) i (d) the
27. 27.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The hungry monkey grabbed a banana. (b) Hid under the bed. (c) Waiting for the bus. (d) My father.
28. 28.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The cricket match. (b) Because the shop was closed. (c) My sister made a rangoli. (d) Rang loudly.
29. 29.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Maria has a new pot. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) It (c) She (d) Her
30. 30.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Rohan a picture draws in art class. (b) Rohan draws in art class a picture. (c) Draws Rohan a picture in art class. (d) Rohan draws a picture in art class.
31. 31.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in mysuru on Tuesday.” (a) fort (b) mysuru (c) on (d) old
32. 32.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from patna in february.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 4
33. 33.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Kabir fell off his bicycle he hurt his knee.” (a) after “bicycle” (b) after “his” (c) after “Kabir” (d) after “he”
34. 34.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Pooja has a new pencil. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) She (c) It (d) Her
35. 35.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Riya is why laughing? (b) Why is Riya laughing? (c) Why Riya is laughing? (d) Is why Riya laughing?
36. 36.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Riya lost her pen she looked everywhere.” (a) after “looked” (b) after “her” (c) after “pen” (d) after “lost”
37. 37.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What Kavya is reading today? (b) Is what Kavya reading today? (c) What is Kavya reading today? (d) Kavya is what reading today?
38. 38.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Kunal cooks rice for lunch” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) full stop (.) (c) question mark (?)
39. 39.Which sentence describes the pot best? (a) Yash painted a blue pot. (b) Yash painted a small blue pot. (c) Yash painted a small pot. (d) Yash painted a pot.
40. 40.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The shop was closed we went back home.” (a) after “we” (b) after “closed” (c) after “back” (d) after “shop”

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