Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 410 · 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?
   “Kavya has a new sapling. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Her (b) He (c) It (d) She
2. 2.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
   “The plants died ___ nobody watered them.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
3. 3.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “I finished my homework then I read a comic.” (a) after “read” (b) after “then” (c) after “a” (d) after “homework”
4. 4.These words are mixed up: plants / waters / evening / in / the / Rohan / the
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Rohan the plants waters in the evening. (b) Rohan waters the plants in the evening. (c) Waters Rohan the plants in the evening. (d) Rohan waters in the evening the plants.
5. 5.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Waiting for the bus. (b) Ended at five o'clock. (c) A busy squirrel. (d) My father cooked dal for dinner.
6. 6.Which of these is a question? (a) Kavya cleans the room every Saturday. (b) What a lovely song! (c) Where is Maria going after school? (d) Sit down quietly.
7. 7.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Ishaan has a new book. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) Him (c) He (d) It
8. 8.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my aunt made sweets for baisakhi.” (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 4
9. 9.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “The train.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
10. 10.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Who Rohan is calling? (b) Rohan is who calling? (c) Is who Rohan calling? (d) Who is Rohan calling?
11. 11.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We went to pune for Diwali last year.” (a) year (b) last (c) pune (d) to
12. 12.Kabir wrote “a pretty doll in a pretty dress”. Which word means the same as “pretty” and can replace the second one? (a) round (b) lovely (c) ugly
13. 13.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “We ran fast ___ we missed the train.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
14. 14.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 because she can dance too. (c) Priya can sing and she can dance too.
15. 15.Which sentence describes the flower best? (a) Riya picked a white flower. (b) Riya picked a tiny white flower. (c) Riya picked a flower. (d) Riya picked a tiny flower.
16. 16.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Mum smiled ___ I had cleaned my room.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
17. 17.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Isha made her card. Her posted it. (b) Isha made Isha's card. Isha posted it. (c) Isha made her card. She posted it.
18. 18.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first monday of december.” (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 4
19. 19.These words are mixed up: bus / the / Yash / catches / seven / at
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Catches Yash the bus at seven. (b) Yash catches at seven the bus. (c) Yash the bus catches at seven. (d) Yash catches the bus at seven.
20. 20.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is why Kabir laughing? (b) Why Kabir is laughing? (c) Why is Kabir laughing? (d) Kabir is why laughing?
21. 21.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What Joseph is reading today? (b) Is what Joseph reading today? (c) Joseph is what reading today? (d) What is Joseph reading today?
22. 22.Which describing word fits best?
    “The peacock looks ___.” (a) colourful (b) sweet (c) quiet (d) smooth
23. 23.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on diwali.” (a) cousins (b) met (c) diwali (d) on
24. 24.Which describing word fits best?
    “The library sounds ___.” (a) quiet (b) fluffy (c) sweet (d) colourful
25. 25.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Aarav flies on the roof a kite. (b) Flies Aarav a kite on the roof. (c) Aarav a kite flies on the roof. (d) Aarav flies a kite on the roof.
26. 26.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Zoya brushes the dog on Sundays” (a) full stop (.) (b) question mark (?) (c) exclamation mark (!)
27. 27.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “aarav wore new clothes on pongal.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3
28. 28.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The firefighters. (b) Stopped at the gate. (c) While Mum was cooking. (d) My sister made a rangoli.
29. 29.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “tara and Arjun will come to my house on Thursday.” (a) to (b) tara (c) house (d) and
30. 30.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Riya lost her pen she looked everywhere.” (a) after “pen” (b) after “Riya” (c) after “looked” (d) after “her”
31. 31.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Bring your notebook tomorrow.” (a) command (b) question (c) exclamation (d) statement
32. 32.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What a sweet mango!” (a) exclamation (b) question (c) statement (d) command
33. 33.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The wind was strong our umbrella turned inside out.” (a) after “inside” (b) after “wind” (c) after “turned” (d) after “strong”
34. 34.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The box was small. It was very heavy.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
35. 35.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Kabir fixed his toy car. Him played with it. (b) Kabir fixed his toy car. He played with it. (c) Kabir fixed Kabir's toy car. Kabir played with it.
36. 36.Which is the best way to join “I like mangoes.” and “My sister likes apples.”? (a) I like mangoes so my sister likes apples. (b) I like mangoes because my sister likes apples. (c) I like mangoes but my sister likes apples.
37. 37.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Ananya wrote Ananya's poem. Ananya read it. (b) Ananya wrote her poem. She read it. (c) Ananya wrote her poem. Her read it.
38. 38.Which of these is a statement? (a) Who is Zoya calling? (b) Water the plants today. (c) Arjun draws a picture in art class. (d) What a long train!
39. 39.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Two ducks swam in the pond. (b) Because the shop was closed. (c) The doctor. (d) Rang loudly.
40. 40.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Isha writes every week a poem. (b) Isha writes a poem every week. (c) Isha a poem writes every week. (d) Writes Isha a poem every week.

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