Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 409 · 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.These words are mixed up: Fridays / on / Sneha / library / visits / the
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Sneha the library visits on Fridays. (b) Sneha visits the library on Fridays. (c) Visits Sneha the library on Fridays. (d) Sneha visits on Fridays the library.
2. 2.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The wind blew the leaves away. (b) The doctor checked my throat. (c) My grandmother told us a story. (d) If you come early.
3. 3.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “meera wore new clothes on baisakhi.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 4
4. 4.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “Why is Joseph laughing” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
5. 5.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is what Ishaan reading today? (b) What Ishaan is reading today? (c) Ishaan is what reading today? (d) What is Ishaan reading today?
6. 6.Aisha wrote “a loud bell and a loud drum”. Which word means the same as “loud” and can replace the second one? (a) noisy (b) hungry (c) quiet
7. 7.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my uncle came from jaipur in june.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 4
8. 8.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “My birthday is on the first Tuesday of july.” (a) is (b) the (c) of (d) july
9. 9.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “joseph and i played in the park on tuesday.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
10. 10.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Farhan has a new pencil. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Him (b) He (c) It (d) She
11. 11.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The peacock danced in the rain. (b) The ice cream seller rang his bell. (c) The shopkeeper counted the coins. (d) The old farmer.
12. 12.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Left the station at nine. (b) After we ate lunch. (c) My little brother. (d) The baby elephant splashed in the river.
13. 13.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Tenzin baked Tenzin's cake. Tenzin shared it. (b) Tenzin baked his cake. Him shared it. (c) Tenzin baked his cake. He shared it.
14. 14.Which of these is a command? (a) What a tall tree! (b) Manav feeds the cat every morning. (c) Turn left at the temple. (d) Why is Priya crying?
15. 15.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Riya has a new pencil. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) Her (c) It (d) She
16. 16.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The wind was strong our umbrella turned inside out.” (a) after “was” (b) after “inside” (c) after “The” (d) after “strong”
17. 17.Which sentence describes the umbrella best? (a) Priya opened a big striped umbrella. (b) Priya opened an umbrella. (c) Priya opened a big umbrella. (d) Priya opened a striped umbrella.
18. 18.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Diya feeds the cat every morning. (b) Diya feeds every morning the cat. (c) Diya the cat feeds every morning. (d) Feeds Diya the cat every morning.
19. 19.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What is Zoya drawing in class?” (a) exclamation (b) statement (c) command (d) question
20. 20.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Imran sings a song in the morning” (a) question mark (?) (b) full stop (.) (c) exclamation mark (!)
21. 21.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The ice cream melted ___ it was a hot day.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
22. 22.Which is the best way to join “We ran fast.” and “We missed the train.”? (a) We ran fast so we missed the train. (b) We ran fast but we missed the train. (c) We ran fast because we missed the train.
23. 23.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Tara likes to paint. She likes to draw.” (a) because (b) and (c) but
24. 24.Which sentence describes the flower best? (a) Simran picked a tiny flower. (b) Simran picked a tiny yellow flower. (c) Simran picked a yellow flower. (d) Simran picked a flower.
25. 25.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The milk boiled over we turned off the stove.” (a) after “we” (b) after “The” (c) after “boiled” (d) after “over”
26. 26.Which is the best way to join “It started to rain.” and “We opened our umbrellas.”? (a) It started to rain so we opened our umbrellas. (b) It started to rain but we opened our umbrellas. (c) It started to rain because we opened our umbrellas.
27. 27.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Aisha has a new pencil. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) It (c) Her (d) He
28. 28.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Tenzin wrote his poem. Him read it. (b) Tenzin wrote his poem. He read it. (c) Tenzin wrote Tenzin's poem. Tenzin read it.
29. 29.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in kochi on thursday.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
30. 30.These words are mixed up: before / milk / bed / warm / drinks / Diya
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Diya drinks before bed warm milk. (b) Diya warm milk drinks before bed. (c) Drinks Diya warm milk before bed. (d) Diya drinks warm milk before bed.
31. 31.These words are mixed up: the / Grandma / in / helps / Saanvi / kitchen
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Saanvi helps in the kitchen Grandma. (b) Helps Saanvi Grandma in the kitchen. (c) Saanvi Grandma helps in the kitchen. (d) Saanvi helps Grandma in the kitchen.
32. 32.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The sky turned dark soon it began to rain.” (a) after “turned” (b) after “dark” (c) after “sky” (d) after “to”
33. 33.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Dev bought Dev's book. Dev read it. (b) Dev bought his book. He read it. (c) Dev bought his book. Him read it.
34. 34.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Made a rangoli.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
35. 35.These words are mixed up: the / cat / feeds / morning / every / Aisha
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Aisha feeds every morning the cat. (b) Aisha feeds the cat every morning. (c) Aisha the cat feeds every morning. (d) Feeds Aisha the cat every morning.
36. 36.Which sentence describes the butterfly best? (a) Zoya saw a pretty butterfly. (b) Zoya saw a pretty orange butterfly. (c) Zoya saw an orange butterfly. (d) Zoya saw a butterfly.
37. 37.Which is the best way to join “Tara likes to paint.” and “She likes to draw.”? (a) Tara likes to paint and she likes to draw. (b) Tara likes to paint because she likes to draw. (c) Tara likes to paint but she likes to draw.
38. 38.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) Yash reads a storybook at night. (b) Where is Isha playing cricket? (c) How colourful the rangoli is! (d) Turn left at the temple.
39. 39.Which is the best way to join “Priya can sing.” and “She can dance too.”? (a) Priya can sing but she can dance too. (b) Priya can sing and she can dance too. (c) Priya can sing because she can dance too.
40. 40.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) Sit down quietly. (b) Rahul helps Grandma in the kitchen. (c) How clever the crow is! (d) Why is Kunal crying?

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