Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 458 · 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 sentence describes the pot best? (a) Ishaan painted a pot. (b) Ishaan painted a small orange pot. (c) Ishaan painted an orange pot. (d) Ishaan painted a small pot.
2. 2.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Who Joseph is calling? (b) Joseph is who calling? (c) Who is Joseph calling? (d) Is who Joseph calling?
3. 3.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “My birthday is on the first wednesday of August.” (a) birthday (b) wednesday (c) on (d) is
4. 4.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Aisha cleans the room every Saturday. (b) Aisha the room cleans every Saturday. (c) Aisha cleans every Saturday the room. (d) Cleans Aisha the room every Saturday.
5. 5.These words are mixed up: Saturday / Kunal / cleans / every / the / room
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Cleans Kunal the room every Saturday. (b) Kunal cleans every Saturday the room. (c) Kunal the room cleans every Saturday. (d) Kunal cleans the room every Saturday.
6. 6.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “The children.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
7. 7.Which sentence describes the flower best? (a) Ananya picked a flower. (b) Ananya picked a yellow flower. (c) Ananya picked a tiny yellow flower. (d) Ananya picked a tiny flower.
8. 8.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Where is Aarav going after school?” (a) command (b) exclamation (c) statement (d) question
9. 9.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “aarav lives near the lake in Surat.” (a) in (b) the (c) lake (d) aarav
10. 10.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bus was late we waited at the stop.” (a) after “bus” (b) after “we” (c) after “late” (d) after “The”
11. 11.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “When is Nisha leaving for Delhi” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
12. 12.Which describing word fits best?
    “The jalebi tastes ___.” (a) colourful (b) fluffy (c) sweet (d) quiet
13. 13.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Grabbed a banana. (b) The firefighters. (c) Since it was late. (d) The train left the station at nine.
14. 14.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Priya can sing ___ she can dance too.” (a) because (b) but (c) and
15. 15.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Dev eats a banana after school” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) full stop (.) (c) question mark (?)
16. 16.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What a cute puppy!” (a) question (b) statement (c) exclamation (d) command
17. 17.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The garden has roses ___ it has sunflowers.” (a) but (b) and (c) because
18. 18.Which sentence describes the bag best? (a) Yash carried a bag. (b) Yash carried a big bag. (c) Yash carried a black bag. (d) Yash carried a big black bag.
19. 19.Which sentence describes the kite best? (a) Kabir flew a small kite. (b) Kabir flew a red kite. (c) Kabir flew a kite. (d) Kabir flew a small red kite.
20. 20.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Arjun has a new mango. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Him (b) She (c) He (d) It
21. 21.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The tiny ant carried a crumb. (b) Sent me a gift. (c) The wind blew the leaves away. (d) The brown cow gave fresh milk.
22. 22.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Kabir has a new bag. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) He (c) She (d) Him
23. 23.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The cake was too sweet nobody ate a second piece.” (a) after “was” (b) after “cake” (c) after “sweet” (d) after “ate”
24. 24.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The postman. (b) Danced in the rain. (c) Playing with my friends. (d) The doctor checked my throat.
25. 25.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “We ran fast. We missed the train.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
26. 26.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Nisha took an umbrella ___ the sky was cloudy.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
27. 27.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “rang” (b) after “bell” (c) after “ran” (d) after “children”
28. 28.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from pune in november.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 5
29. 29.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Put your books in the bag.” (a) exclamation (b) question (c) statement (d) command
30. 30.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The sky was cloudy ___ it did not rain.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
31. 31.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The ice cream melted ___ it was a hot day.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
32. 32.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) How tall the tree is! (b) Bring your notebook tomorrow. (c) Vikram drinks warm milk before bed. (d) Where is Zoya going after school?
33. 33.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for baisakhi.” (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 3
34. 34.These words are mixed up: the / in / kitchen / helps / Dev / Grandma
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Dev Grandma helps in the kitchen. (b) Helps Dev Grandma in the kitchen. (c) Dev helps in the kitchen Grandma. (d) Dev helps Grandma in the kitchen.
35. 35.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The puppy was hungry it barked for food.” (a) after “puppy” (b) after “was” (c) after “The” (d) after “hungry”
36. 36.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) If you come early. (b) The little puppy. (c) My aunt sent me a gift. (d) Gave me a pencil.
37. 37.Which is the best way to join “It started to rain.” and “We opened our umbrellas.”? (a) It started to rain but we opened our umbrellas. (b) It started to rain because we opened our umbrellas. (c) It started to rain so we opened our umbrellas.
38. 38.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Arjun won the race everyone cheered for him.” (a) after “for” (b) after “won” (c) after “cheered” (d) after “race”
39. 39.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Kabir has a cat ___ he has a dog.” (a) and (b) but (c) because
40. 40.Which describing word fits best?
    “The sun looks ___.” (a) sour (b) quiet (c) bright (d) rough

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