Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 395 · 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?
   “Isha has a new pencil. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) He (c) It (d) Her
2. 2.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “My cousin and i visited a zoo in Chennai.” (a) cousin (b) visited (c) in (d) i
3. 3.Which of these is a statement? (a) Joseph drinks warm milk before bed. (b) What a sweet mango! (c) Where is Arjun going after school? (d) Water the plants today.
4. 4.Which sentence describes the flower best? (a) Sneha picked a yellow flower. (b) Sneha picked a flower. (c) Sneha picked a pretty yellow flower. (d) Sneha picked a pretty flower.
5. 5.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Dev baked his cake. Him shared it. (b) Dev baked Dev's cake. Dev shared it. (c) Dev baked his cake. He shared it.
6. 6.Which of these is a statement? (a) What is Rahul reading today? (b) How bright the moon is! (c) Zoya writes a poem every week. (d) Put your books in the bag.
7. 7.Which describing word fits best?
   “The library sounds ___.” (a) spicy (b) bright (c) prickly (d) quiet
8. 8.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Catches Vikram the bus at seven. (b) Vikram catches at seven the bus. (c) Vikram catches the bus at seven. (d) Vikram the bus catches at seven.
9. 9.Which sentence describes the shell best? (a) Nisha found a pink shell. (b) Nisha found a shell. (c) Nisha found a tiny shell. (d) Nisha found a tiny pink shell.
10. 10.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The train arrived people got on quickly.” (a) after “The” (b) after “people” (c) after “on” (d) after “arrived”
11. 11.“The little puppy.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
12. 12.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Tara has a new sapling. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) It (c) He (d) Her
13. 13.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What is Omkar eating for lunch? (b) What Omkar is eating for lunch? (c) Omkar is what eating for lunch? (d) Is what Omkar eating for lunch?
14. 14.Farhan wrote “a quiet room in a quiet house”. Which word means the same as “quiet” and can replace the second one? (a) spicy (b) noisy (c) silent
15. 15.Which sentence describes the mango best? (a) Maria ate a mango. (b) Maria ate a big yellow mango. (c) Maria ate a big mango. (d) Maria ate a yellow mango.
16. 16.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Sneha has a new pot. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) It (c) He (d) Her
17. 17.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Ishaan fixed Ishaan's toy car. Ishaan played with it. (b) Ishaan fixed his toy car. He played with it. (c) Ishaan fixed his toy car. Him played with it.
18. 18.“The red kite.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) nothing is missing (c) who or what (subject)
19. 19.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The new student sat next to me. (b) Ran across the garden. (c) The red kite flew high in the sky. (d) A green parrot ate a ripe guava.
20. 20.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in surat starts in january.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 2
21. 21.Which is the best way to join “The test was hard.” and “Zoya got full marks.”? (a) The test was hard so Zoya got full marks. (b) The test was hard because Zoya got full marks. (c) The test was hard but Zoya got full marks.
22. 22.Pooja wrote “a pretty doll in a pretty dress”. Which word means the same as “pretty” and can replace the second one? (a) ugly (b) lovely (c) purple
23. 23.Which sentence describes the bag best? (a) Yash carried a heavy blue bag. (b) Yash carried a heavy bag. (c) Yash carried a blue bag. (d) Yash carried a bag.
24. 24.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Yash kicks the ball in the garden.” (a) statement (b) question (c) command (d) exclamation
25. 25.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from bhopal in july.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 3
26. 26.Which describing word fits best?
    “The lemon tastes ___.” (a) rough (b) shiny (c) sour (d) quiet
27. 27.Which describing word fits best?
    “The jalebi tastes ___.” (a) prickly (b) bright (c) quiet (d) sweet
28. 28.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to indore for eid last year.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
29. 29.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 “closed” (c) after “was” (d) after “shop”
30. 30.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “omkar and I played in the park on Tuesday.” (a) on (b) park (c) the (d) omkar
31. 31.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The baby cried ___ she was hungry.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
32. 32.Which describing word fits best?
    “The bitter gourd tastes ___.” (a) rough (b) loud (c) bitter (d) bright
33. 33.Nisha wrote “a big box in a big room”. Which word means the same as “big” and can replace the second one? (a) huge (b) square (c) tiny
34. 34.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “We stayed indoors. It was raining.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
35. 35.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “on friday we have a test in maths.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3
36. 36.Which sentence describes the balloon best? (a) Joseph bought a big balloon. (b) Joseph bought a red balloon. (c) Joseph bought a big red balloon. (d) Joseph bought a balloon.
37. 37.These words are mixed up: rice / cooks / Rohan / lunch / for
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Rohan cooks rice for lunch. (b) Rohan cooks for lunch rice. (c) Rohan rice cooks for lunch. (d) Cooks Rohan rice for lunch.
38. 38.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Writes Dev a poem every week. (b) Dev writes every week a poem. (c) Dev a poem writes every week. (d) Dev writes a poem every week.
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from Chennai in november.” (a) uncle (b) november (c) from (d) in
40. 40.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The ice cream melted. It was a hot day.” (a) because (b) so (c) but

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