Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 407 · 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?
   “My aunt made sweets for holi.” (a) sweets (b) holi (c) aunt (d) for
2. 2.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “Ananya feeds the cat every morning” (a) full stop (.) (b) question mark (?) (c) exclamation mark (!)
3. 3.These words are mixed up: in / Meera / picture / class / a / art / draws
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Meera draws in art class a picture. (b) Draws Meera a picture in art class. (c) Meera draws a picture in art class. (d) Meera a picture draws in art class.
4. 4.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) My little brother broke his toy car. (b) Ran onto the field. (c) Since it was late. (d) The train.
5. 5.These words are mixed up: washes / Kabir / the / on / Sundays / car
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Kabir washes the car on Sundays. (b) Washes Kabir the car on Sundays. (c) Kabir washes on Sundays the car. (d) Kabir the car washes on Sundays.
6. 6.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Dev and I played in the park on thursday.” (a) thursday (b) the (c) on (d) played
7. 7.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Priya has a new bicycle. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) Her (c) It (d) She
8. 8.Which describing word fits best?
   “The kitten feels ___.” (a) noisy (b) colourful (c) fluffy (d) sweet
9. 9.Which sentence describes the flower best? (a) Priya picked a flower. (b) Priya picked a tiny flower. (c) Priya picked a tiny white flower. (d) Priya picked a white flower.
10. 10.Which sentence describes the kite best? (a) Tara flew a red kite. (b) Tara flew a kite. (c) Tara flew a big kite. (d) Tara flew a big red kite.
11. 11.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in kolkata on Saturday.” (a) in (b) visited (c) on (d) kolkata
12. 12.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “I brushed my teeth. I washed my face.” (a) because (b) and (c) but
13. 13.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Kabir made his card. Him posted it. (b) Kabir made Kabir's card. Kabir posted it. (c) Kabir made his card. He posted it.
14. 14.Which is the best way to join “It was late.” and “The shops were still open.”? (a) It was late but the shops were still open. (b) It was late so the shops were still open. (c) It was late because the shops were still open.
15. 15.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Why is Rahul crying?” (a) command (b) question (c) statement (d) exclamation
16. 16.These words are mixed up: morning / feeds / Farhan / the / cat / every
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Feeds Farhan the cat every morning. (b) Farhan feeds every morning the cat. (c) Farhan the cat feeds every morning. (d) Farhan feeds the cat every morning.
17. 17.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) A busy squirrel collected nuts. (b) The cricket match ended at five o'clock. (c) The brown cow. (d) The baby elephant splashed in the river.
18. 18.Which sentence describes the bicycle best? (a) Rahul rode a bicycle. (b) Rahul rode a new green bicycle. (c) Rahul rode a new bicycle. (d) Rahul rode a green bicycle.
19. 19.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Tenzin planted his sapling. He watered it. (b) Tenzin planted Tenzin's sapling. Tenzin watered it. (c) Tenzin planted his sapling. Him watered it.
20. 20.These words are mixed up: eats / after / banana / a / school / Kavya
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Kavya eats a banana after school. (b) Kavya eats after school a banana. (c) Eats Kavya a banana after school. (d) Kavya a banana eats after school.
21. 21.Which describing word fits best?
    “The thunder sounds ___.” (a) colourful (b) sticky (c) sour (d) loud
22. 22.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “isha and yash will come to my house on saturday.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 2
23. 23.Which sentence describes the dog best? (a) Omkar saw a black dog. (b) Omkar saw a small black dog. (c) Omkar saw a small dog. (d) Omkar saw a dog.
24. 24.Which sentence describes the dog best? (a) Priya saw a little dog. (b) Priya saw a brown dog. (c) Priya saw a dog. (d) Priya saw a little brown dog.
25. 25.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Ananya planted her sapling. She watered it. (b) Ananya planted her sapling. Her watered it. (c) Ananya planted Ananya's sapling. Ananya watered it.
26. 26.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “It was late ___ the shops were still open.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
27. 27.Which is the best way to join “The puppy was cold.” and “We gave it a blanket.”? (a) The puppy was cold because we gave it a blanket. (b) The puppy was cold but we gave it a blanket. (c) The puppy was cold so we gave it a blanket.
28. 28.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Arjun baked Arjun's cake. Arjun shared it. (b) Arjun baked his cake. Him shared it. (c) Arjun baked his cake. He shared it.
29. 29.Ananya wrote “a quiet room in a quiet house”. Which word means the same as “quiet” and can replace the second one? (a) silent (b) square (c) noisy
30. 30.Which sentence describes the flower best? (a) Simran picked a flower. (b) Simran picked a yellow flower. (c) Simran picked a tiny flower. (d) Simran picked a tiny yellow flower.
31. 31.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Mum smiled ___ I had cleaned my room.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
32. 32.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Priya waters in the evening the plants. (b) Priya the plants waters in the evening. (c) Waters Priya the plants in the evening. (d) Priya waters the plants in the evening.
33. 33.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Pooja wore new clothes on pongal.” (a) on (b) pongal (c) clothes (d) wore
34. 34.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “We reached the beach the sand was warm.” (a) after “sand” (b) after “We” (c) after “reached” (d) after “beach”
35. 35.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Farhan rides a bicycle to school.” (a) command (b) question (c) statement (d) exclamation
36. 36.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Last tuesday I went to Delhi by train.” (a) went (b) tuesday (c) to (d) by
37. 37.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “aarav wore new clothes on diwali.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 1
38. 38.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Dev feeds every morning the cat. (b) Dev feeds the cat every morning. (c) Feeds Dev the cat every morning. (d) Dev the cat feeds every morning.
39. 39.These words are mixed up: picture / draws / Arjun / a / class / in / art
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Arjun a picture draws in art class. (b) Draws Arjun a picture in art class. (c) Arjun draws in art class a picture. (d) Arjun draws a picture in art class.
40. 40.Riya wrote “a big box in a big room”. Which word means the same as “big” and can replace the second one? (a) square (b) tiny (c) huge

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