Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 403 · 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.Vikram wrote “a shiny coin and a shiny ring”. Which word means the same as “shiny” and can replace the second one? (a) dull (b) round (c) bright
2. 2.Which sentence describes the shell best? (a) Arjun found a shell. (b) Arjun found a tiny white shell. (c) Arjun found a white shell. (d) Arjun found a tiny shell.
3. 3.These words are mixed up: Saturday / room / every / the / Joseph / cleans
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Joseph cleans the room every Saturday. (b) Joseph the room cleans every Saturday. (c) Cleans Joseph the room every Saturday. (d) Joseph cleans every Saturday the room.
4. 4.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “ishaan was born in the month of January.” (a) the (b) ishaan (c) in (d) month
5. 5.Which describing word fits best?
   “The rainbow looks ___.” (a) fluffy (b) quiet (c) colourful (d) bitter
6. 6.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “manav was born in the month of June.” (a) manav (b) month (c) in (d) was
7. 7.Which sentence describes the dog best? (a) Meera saw a small dog. (b) Meera saw a dog. (c) Meera saw a white dog. (d) Meera saw a small white dog.
8. 8.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The mangoes were ripe we picked a basket full.” (a) after “were” (b) after “picked” (c) after “ripe” (d) after “we”
9. 9.Which sentence describes the bag best? (a) Zoya carried a bag. (b) Zoya carried a big bag. (c) Zoya carried a big black bag. (d) Zoya carried a black bag.
10. 10.Which describing word fits best?
    “The jam feels ___.” (a) bitter (b) loud (c) sticky (d) colourful
11. 11.Which sentence describes the flower best? (a) Ishaan picked a flower. (b) Ishaan picked a pretty white flower. (c) Ishaan picked a white flower. (d) Ishaan picked a pretty flower.
12. 12.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Nisha cleans the room every Saturday” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
13. 13.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Broke his toy car.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
14. 14.These words are mixed up: packs / at / bag / night / Tara / the / school
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Packs Tara the school bag at night. (b) Tara packs at night the school bag. (c) Tara the school bag packs at night. (d) Tara packs the school bag at night.
15. 15.Which describing word fits best?
    “The honey tastes ___.” (a) prickly (b) colourful (c) noisy (d) sweet
16. 16.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Checked my throat. (b) If you come early. (c) Our neighbours lit lamps on Diwali. (d) The train.
17. 17.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Rides Isha a bicycle to school. (b) Isha rides to school a bicycle. (c) Isha rides a bicycle to school. (d) Isha a bicycle rides to school.
18. 18.Rohan wrote “a fast horse and a fast car”. Which word means the same as “fast” and can replace the second one? (a) wooden (b) quick (c) slow
19. 19.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Grandpa reads the paper. He drinks his tea.” (a) but (b) and (c) because
20. 20.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “The big fair in Shimla starts in october.” (a) in (b) starts (c) october (d) big
21. 21.Which sentence describes the butterfly best? (a) Nisha saw a butterfly. (b) Nisha saw an orange butterfly. (c) Nisha saw a tiny orange butterfly. (d) Nisha saw a tiny butterfly.
22. 22.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “How big the cake is” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
23. 23.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Until the rain stopped.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
24. 24.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What is Kabir eating for lunch?” (a) statement (b) exclamation (c) command (d) question
25. 25.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Since it was late. (b) The firefighters. (c) Splashed in the river. (d) The red kite flew high in the sky.
26. 26.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The wind was strong our umbrella turned inside out.” (a) after “turned” (b) after “was” (c) after “umbrella” (d) after “strong”
27. 27.Which sentence describes the elephant best? (a) Tenzin saw a grey elephant. (b) Tenzin saw an elephant. (c) Tenzin saw a huge grey elephant. (d) Tenzin saw a huge elephant.
28. 28.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The tall tree gave us cool shade.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
29. 29.Which sentence describes the dog best? (a) Meera saw a little white dog. (b) Meera saw a little dog. (c) Meera saw a white dog. (d) Meera saw a dog.
30. 30.Which sentence describes the kite best? (a) Omkar flew a big kite. (b) Omkar flew a kite. (c) Omkar flew a green kite. (d) Omkar flew a big green kite.
31. 31.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on Monday.” (a) to (b) park (c) i (d) go
32. 32.“The bright moon.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) what happens (predicate) (c) nothing is missing
33. 33.Which is the best way to join “Riya wore a sweater.” and “It was cold.”? (a) Riya wore a sweater so it was cold. (b) Riya wore a sweater because it was cold. (c) Riya wore a sweater but it was cold.
34. 34.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “rohan lives near the lake in bhopal.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 3
35. 35.These words are mixed up: park / plays / the / Aisha / cricket / in
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Aisha plays in the park cricket. (b) Aisha cricket plays in the park. (c) Aisha plays cricket in the park. (d) Plays Aisha cricket in the park.
36. 36.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The teacher smiled she liked our drawings.” (a) after “our” (b) after “teacher” (c) after “smiled” (d) after “liked”
37. 37.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Imran wore new clothes on onam.” (a) on (b) clothes (c) wore (d) onam
38. 38.Which of these is a question? (a) How noisy the market is! (b) Why is Simran laughing? (c) Nisha draws a picture in art class. (d) Open your books to page ten.
39. 39.Which sentence describes the bag best? (a) Tara carried a blue bag. (b) Tara carried a big bag. (c) Tara carried a big blue bag. (d) Tara carried a bag.
40. 40.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Our teacher.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence

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