Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 46 · 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.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we went to indore for pongal last year.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 4
2. 2.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Rahul has a new bag. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) He (c) Him (d) She
3. 3.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “I go to the park with my dog on tuesday.” (a) park (b) my (c) tuesday (d) to
4. 4.“Gave us cool shade.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) nothing is missing (c) who or what (subject)
5. 5.Which sentence describes the mango best? (a) Tara ate a mango. (b) Tara ate a juicy mango. (c) Tara ate a juicy yellow mango. (d) Tara ate a yellow mango.
6. 6.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The ice cream seller. (b) Danced in the rain. (c) When the bell rang. (d) The baby elephant splashed in the river.
7. 7.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “our school reopens after the holidays in august.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
8. 8.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is why Rohan crying? (b) Why Rohan is crying? (c) Why is Rohan crying? (d) Rohan is why crying?
9. 9.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The children sang a song in the hall. (b) The brown cow gave fresh milk. (c) Sat on the wall. (d) The peacock danced in the rain.
10. 10.Which sentence describes the pot best? (a) Rohan painted a pot. (b) Rohan painted a round blue pot. (c) Rohan painted a blue pot. (d) Rohan painted a round pot.
11. 11.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Saanvi has a new poem. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) It (c) He (d) Her
12. 12.Which describing word fits best?
    “The library sounds ___.” (a) sweet (b) shiny (c) rough (d) quiet
13. 13.What kind of sentence is this?
    “How clever the crow is!” (a) command (b) exclamation (c) statement (d) question
14. 14.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The baby cried ___ she was hungry.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
15. 15.Which sentence describes the bag best? (a) Kabir carried a bag. (b) Kabir carried a heavy blue bag. (c) Kabir carried a blue bag. (d) Kabir carried a heavy bag.
16. 16.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on holi.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
17. 17.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my cousin and I visited a zoo in Lucknow.” (a) a (b) my (c) in (d) and
18. 18.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The new student sat next to me. (b) Checked my throat. (c) The children sang a song in the hall. (d) The tiny ant carried a crumb.
19. 19.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What a lovely song!” (a) statement (b) exclamation (c) command (d) question
20. 20.These words are mixed up: Isha / reads / a / at / night / storybook
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Isha reads a storybook at night. (b) Isha a storybook reads at night. (c) Isha reads at night a storybook. (d) Reads Isha a storybook at night.
21. 21.These words are mixed up: Rohan / morning / every / feeds / cat / the
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Rohan feeds the cat every morning. (b) Rohan the cat feeds every morning. (c) Rohan feeds every morning the cat. (d) Feeds Rohan the cat every morning.
22. 22.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.
23. 23.Simran wrote “an angry man and an angry dog”. Which word means the same as “angry” and can replace the second one? (a) square (b) cross (c) calm
24. 24.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Riya the bus catches at seven. (b) Riya catches the bus at seven. (c) Catches Riya the bus at seven. (d) Riya catches at seven the bus.
25. 25.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The train arrived people got on quickly.” (a) after “The” (b) after “train” (c) after “arrived” (d) after “on”
26. 26.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Kunal packed his bag. He carried it. (b) Kunal packed his bag. Him carried it. (c) Kunal packed Kunal's bag. Kunal carried it.
27. 27.These words are mixed up: garden / ball / Riya / kicks / the / in / the
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Kicks Riya the ball in the garden. (b) Riya the ball kicks in the garden. (c) Riya kicks in the garden the ball. (d) Riya kicks the ball in the garden.
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Last tuesday I went to Indore by train.” (a) train (b) by (c) tuesday (d) went
29. 29.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What is Joseph eating for lunch? (b) Joseph is what eating for lunch? (c) Is what Joseph eating for lunch? (d) What Joseph is eating for lunch?
30. 30.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “on Wednesday we have a test in maths.” (a) maths (b) on (c) we (d) in
31. 31.“Cooked dal for dinner.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) who or what (subject) (c) nothing is missing
32. 32.Which is the best way to join “The puppy was cold.” and “We gave it a blanket.”? (a) The puppy was cold but we gave it a blanket. (b) The puppy was cold so we gave it a blanket. (c) The puppy was cold because we gave it a blanket.
33. 33.Which of these is a statement? (a) How is Imran travelling to school? (b) Line up near the door. (c) What a tasty samosa! (d) Isha waters the plants in the evening.
34. 34.These words are mixed up: cat / Aisha / morning / the / feeds / every
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Aisha feeds the cat every morning. (b) Feeds Aisha the cat every morning. (c) Aisha the cat feeds every morning. (d) Aisha feeds every morning the cat.
35. 35.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Zoya has a new mango. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Her (b) It (c) He (d) She
36. 36.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “We reached the beach the sand was warm.” (a) after “reached” (b) after “sand” (c) after “was” (d) after “beach”
37. 37.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Saanvi has a new card. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Her (b) He (c) She (d) It
38. 38.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Nisha took an umbrella. The sky was cloudy.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
39. 39.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The train. (b) My best friend gave me a pencil. (c) The tall tree gave us cool shade. (d) The hungry monkey grabbed a banana.
40. 40.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Saanvi packed her bag. Her carried it. (b) Saanvi packed Saanvi's bag. Saanvi carried it. (c) Saanvi packed her bag. She carried it.

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