Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 408 · 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.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “My kite got stuck a kind man got it down.” (a) after “kind” (b) after “it” (c) after “man” (d) after “stuck”
2. 2.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Tenzin bought his book. He read it. (b) Tenzin bought his book. Him read it. (c) Tenzin bought Tenzin's book. Tenzin read it.
3. 3.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
   “We ran to the bus stop ___ we were late.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
4. 4.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “bell” (b) after “children” (c) after “rang” (d) after “The”
5. 5.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Omkar a poem writes every week. (b) Writes Omkar a poem every week. (c) Omkar writes a poem every week. (d) Omkar writes every week a poem.
6. 6.These words are mixed up: feeds / morning / Sneha / every / cat / the
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Feeds Sneha the cat every morning. (b) Sneha feeds every morning the cat. (c) Sneha the cat feeds every morning. (d) Sneha feeds the cat every morning.
7. 7.Which sentence describes the shell best? (a) Tenzin found a tiny shell. (b) Tenzin found a tiny pink shell. (c) Tenzin found a pink shell. (d) Tenzin found a shell.
8. 8.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) When the school bus came. (b) The wind. (c) Counted the coins. (d) The red kite flew high in the sky.
9. 9.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “What is Aisha eating for lunch” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
10. 10.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The puppy was cold ___ we gave it a blanket.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
11. 11.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “My father.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in pune on Wednesday.” (a) in (b) visited (c) pune (d) old
13. 13.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The water was too cold. We did not swim.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
14. 14.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Catches Imran the bus at seven. (b) Imran catches the bus at seven. (c) Imran the bus catches at seven. (d) Imran catches at seven the bus.
15. 15.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Saanvi picked her mango. She ate it. (b) Saanvi picked Saanvi's mango. Saanvi ate it. (c) Saanvi picked her mango. Her ate it.
16. 16.Priya wrote “a big box in a big room”. Which word means the same as “big” and can replace the second one? (a) huge (b) hungry (c) tiny
17. 17.Which describing word fits best?
    “The tree bark feels ___.” (a) loud (b) bright (c) rough (d) sweet
18. 18.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The sky was cloudy. It did not rain.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
19. 19.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Where is Rahul going after school” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
20. 20.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Rahul planted Rahul's sapling. Rahul watered it. (b) Rahul planted his sapling. Him watered it. (c) Rahul planted his sapling. He watered it.
21. 21.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Aarav cleans every Saturday the room. (b) Aarav cleans the room every Saturday. (c) Cleans Aarav the room every Saturday. (d) Aarav the room cleans every Saturday.
22. 22.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in mysuru on monday.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 4
23. 23.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Where is Riya playing cricket? (b) Is where Riya playing cricket? (c) Where Riya is playing cricket? (d) Riya is where playing cricket?
24. 24.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “We stayed indoors ___ it was raining.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
25. 25.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Kavya has a new sapling. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) Her (c) He (d) She
26. 26.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The brown cow. (b) Ran across the garden. (c) My best friend gave me a pencil. (d) Running in the park.
27. 27.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) Why is Saanvi crying? (b) Line up near the door. (c) Imran reads a storybook at night. (d) What a cute puppy!
28. 28.Which of these is a statement? (a) How clever the crow is! (b) Turn left at the temple. (c) Ishaan waters the plants in the evening. (d) How is Vikram travelling to school?
29. 29.Which is the best way to join “The shop was closed.” and “We went home.”? (a) The shop was closed because we went home. (b) The shop was closed but we went home. (c) The shop was closed so we went home.
30. 30.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Manav feeds the cat every morning” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) full stop (.) (c) question mark (?)
31. 31.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Where Isha is going after school? (b) Isha is where going after school? (c) Is where Isha going after school? (d) Where is Isha going after school?
32. 32.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “My father cooked dal for dinner.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
33. 33.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Zoya eats a banana after school.” (a) question (b) exclamation (c) statement (d) command
34. 34.“A green parrot.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) who or what (subject) (c) nothing is missing
35. 35.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Please close the door.” (a) command (b) statement (c) exclamation (d) question
36. 36.Which is the best way to join “Grandpa reads the paper.” and “He drinks his tea.”? (a) Grandpa reads the paper and he drinks his tea. (b) Grandpa reads the paper but he drinks his tea. (c) Grandpa reads the paper because he drinks his tea.
37. 37.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Grandpa reads the paper ___ he drinks his tea.” (a) because (b) and (c) but
38. 38.Which is the best way to join “The plants died.” and “Nobody watered them.”? (a) The plants died so nobody watered them. (b) The plants died because nobody watered them. (c) The plants died but nobody watered them.
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My birthday is on the first Friday of june.” (a) birthday (b) of (c) on (d) june
40. 40.Which sentence describes the elephant best? (a) Diya saw a grey elephant. (b) Diya saw a huge elephant. (c) Diya saw a huge grey elephant. (d) Diya saw an elephant.

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