Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 390 · 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.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
   “I like mangoes ___ my sister likes apples.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
2. 2.Which of these is a question? (a) What is Rahul eating for lunch? (b) What a tall tree! (c) Bring your notebook tomorrow. (d) Arjun flies a kite on the roof.
3. 3.Which of these is a statement? (a) What a lovely song! (b) Dev cleans the room every Saturday. (c) Where is Aisha going after school? (d) Water the plants today.
4. 4.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Aarav washed his bicycle. Him rode it. (b) Aarav washed Aarav's bicycle. Aarav rode it. (c) Aarav washed his bicycle. He rode it.
5. 5.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The little puppy ran across the garden. (b) Running in the park. (c) A busy squirrel collected nuts. (d) The village pond was full of lotus flowers.
6. 6.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my uncle came from chennai in february.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 2
7. 7.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Diya plays in the park cricket. (b) Diya plays cricket in the park. (c) Plays Diya cricket in the park. (d) Diya cricket plays in the park.
8. 8.Which describing word fits best?
   “The thunder sounds ___.” (a) salty (b) colourful (c) loud (d) sticky
9. 9.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Made a rangoli. (b) The cricket match ended at five o'clock. (c) The firefighters. (d) Playing with my friends.
10. 10.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is what Kavya drawing in class? (b) Kavya is what drawing in class? (c) What Kavya is drawing in class? (d) What is Kavya drawing in class?
11. 11.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The water was too cold. We did not swim.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
12. 12.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “How cute the puppy is” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
13. 13.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The ice cream melted ___ it was a hot day.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
14. 14.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “kunal and i played in the park on friday.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 4
15. 15.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from Patna in october.” (a) from (b) in (c) came (d) october
16. 16.These words are mixed up: the / bus / catches / at / seven / Manav
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Catches Manav the bus at seven. (b) Manav catches at seven the bus. (c) Manav the bus catches at seven. (d) Manav catches the bus at seven.
17. 17.Which is the best way to join “Mum cooked dal.” and “She made rotis.”? (a) Mum cooked dal and she made rotis. (b) Mum cooked dal because she made rotis. (c) Mum cooked dal but she made rotis.
18. 18.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Kabir visits on Fridays the library. (b) Kabir the library visits on Fridays. (c) Kabir visits the library on Fridays. (d) Visits Kabir the library on Fridays.
19. 19.Farhan wrote “a cold wind on a cold night”. Which word means the same as “cold” and can replace the second one? (a) hot (b) hungry (c) chilly
20. 20.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “imran lives near the lake in bhopal.” (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 4
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Rohan and Joseph will come to my house on monday.” (a) monday (b) come (c) house (d) will
22. 22.Which of these is a command? (a) Omkar writes a poem every week. (b) How tall the tree is! (c) Why is Maria crying? (d) Please speak slowly.
23. 23.Which sentence describes the elephant best? (a) Joseph saw a big elephant. (b) Joseph saw an elephant. (c) Joseph saw a big grey elephant. (d) Joseph saw a grey elephant.
24. 24.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Maria wrote Maria's poem. Maria read it. (b) Maria wrote her poem. Her read it. (c) Maria wrote her poem. She read it.
25. 25.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Sit down quietly.” (a) exclamation (b) statement (c) question (d) command
26. 26.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Riya has a new poem. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Her (b) It (c) She (d) He
27. 27.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from chennai in january.” (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 3
28. 28.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What a cute puppy!” (a) exclamation (b) command (c) question (d) statement
29. 29.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Tara likes to paint. She likes to draw.” (a) because (b) but (c) and
30. 30.These words are mixed up: in / park / plays / cricket / the / Ananya
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Ananya plays in the park cricket. (b) Plays Ananya cricket in the park. (c) Ananya plays cricket in the park. (d) Ananya cricket plays in the park.
31. 31.Which is the best way to join “Grandpa reads the paper.” and “He drinks his tea.”? (a) Grandpa reads the paper but he drinks his tea. (b) Grandpa reads the paper because he drinks his tea. (c) Grandpa reads the paper and he drinks his tea.
32. 32.Which of these is a question? (a) How colourful the rangoli is! (b) Pooja rides a bicycle to school. (c) Please close the door. (d) Why is Tara laughing?
33. 33.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Aarav cleans the room every Saturday.” (a) command (b) statement (c) exclamation (d) question
34. 34.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Riya wore a sweater. It was cold.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
35. 35.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Imran washed his bicycle. Him rode it. (b) Imran washed Imran's bicycle. Imran rode it. (c) Imran washed his bicycle. He rode it.
36. 36.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “aisha met farhan at the station in chennai.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 3
37. 37.Which of these is a command? (a) Where is Kunal playing cricket? (b) Diya packs the school bag at night. (c) Open your books to page ten. (d) What a lovely song!
38. 38.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Priya made her card. She posted it. (b) Priya made Priya's card. Priya posted it. (c) Priya made her card. Her posted it.
39. 39.These words are mixed up: cat / morning / every / the / Aisha / feeds
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Feeds Aisha the cat every morning. (b) Aisha feeds every morning the cat. (c) Aisha the cat feeds every morning. (d) Aisha feeds the cat every morning.
40. 40.Which of these is a command? (a) Water the plants today. (b) Where is Yash playing cricket? (c) Vikram sings a song in the morning. (d) How cold the morning is!

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