Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 416 · 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 is the best way to join “We stayed indoors.” and “It was raining.”? (a) We stayed indoors so it was raining. (b) We stayed indoors but it was raining. (c) We stayed indoors because it was raining.
2. 2.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Tenzin has a new kite. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) He (c) It (d) Him
3. 3.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “Meera was hungry. She ate a banana.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
4. 4.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Arjun packs the school bag at night.” (a) statement (b) command (c) exclamation (d) question
5. 5.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “Dev washes the car on Sundays” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
6. 6.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Zoya painted her pot. She sold it. (b) Zoya painted her pot. Her sold it. (c) Zoya painted Zoya's pot. Zoya sold it.
7. 7.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Imran the bus catches at seven. (b) Imran catches at seven the bus. (c) Imran catches the bus at seven. (d) Catches Imran the bus at seven.
8. 8.Which sentence describes the balloon best? (a) Sneha bought a red balloon. (b) Sneha bought a round red balloon. (c) Sneha bought a balloon. (d) Sneha bought a round balloon.
9. 9.Which sentence describes the balloon best? (a) Aarav bought a big balloon. (b) Aarav bought a big red balloon. (c) Aarav bought a balloon. (d) Aarav bought a red balloon.
10. 10.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Our neighbours. (b) Until the rain stopped. (c) Checked my throat. (d) My best friend gave me a pencil.
11. 11.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What Ananya is eating for lunch? (b) Is what Ananya eating for lunch? (c) What is Ananya eating for lunch? (d) Ananya is what eating for lunch?
12. 12.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Grandpa watered the plants. (b) Rang loudly. (c) The old farmer. (d) When the school bus came.
13. 13.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Wrote a poem on the board.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
14. 14.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in lucknow starts in november.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
15. 15.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The hungry monkey grabbed a banana.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
16. 16.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Isha sings a song in the morning.” (a) command (b) exclamation (c) statement (d) question
17. 17.Which describing word fits best?
    “The rainbow looks ___.” (a) spicy (b) quiet (c) smooth (d) colourful
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from pune in February.” (a) came (b) pune (c) from (d) uncle
19. 19.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “It started to rain ___ we opened our umbrellas.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
20. 20.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last monday i went to mysuru by train.” (a) 3 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 5
21. 21.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The shop was closed we went back home.” (a) after “closed” (b) after “we” (c) after “went” (d) after “shop”
22. 22.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Isha rides a bicycle to school. (b) Rides Isha a bicycle to school. (c) Isha rides to school a bicycle. (d) Isha a bicycle rides to school.
23. 23.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “We stayed indoors. It was raining.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
24. 24.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The cake was too sweet nobody ate a second piece.” (a) after “nobody” (b) after “ate” (c) after “sweet” (d) after “was”
25. 25.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Our team practised hard we won the match.” (a) after “hard” (b) after “practised” (c) after “the” (d) after “we”
26. 26.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my cousin and i visited a zoo in delhi.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 3
27. 27.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The plants died. Nobody watered them.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
28. 28.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What Arjun is reading today? (b) Arjun is what reading today? (c) Is what Arjun reading today? (d) What is Arjun reading today?
29. 29.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Our cat. (b) Rang his bell. (c) Before the sun set. (d) The school bell rang loudly.
30. 30.Yash wrote “a scared cat and a scared puppy”. Which word means the same as “scared” and can replace the second one? (a) afraid (b) purple (c) brave
31. 31.Which sentence describes the bag best? (a) Tara carried a big black bag. (b) Tara carried a black bag. (c) Tara carried a bag. (d) Tara carried a big bag.
32. 32.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The box was small. It was very heavy.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
33. 33.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Riya was born in the month of december.” (a) month (b) was (c) december (d) born
34. 34.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The doctor. (b) The tiny ant carried a crumb. (c) Our teacher wrote a poem on the board. (d) The train left the station at nine.
35. 35.These words are mixed up: the / visits / library / Fridays / on / Priya
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Priya the library visits on Fridays. (b) Priya visits on Fridays the library. (c) Visits Priya the library on Fridays. (d) Priya visits the library on Fridays.
36. 36.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Our neighbours. (b) Waiting for the bus. (c) Splashed in the river. (d) Our teacher wrote a poem on the board.
37. 37.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Diya has a new book. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Her (b) She (c) He (d) It
38. 38.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Isha painted her pot. She sold it. (b) Isha painted her pot. Her sold it. (c) Isha painted Isha's pot. Isha sold it.
39. 39.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The train arrived people got on quickly.” (a) after “got” (b) after “arrived” (c) after “people” (d) after “train”
40. 40.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Grandpa reads the paper. He drinks his tea.” (a) but (b) and (c) because

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