Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 462 · 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 needs a capital letter?
   “Farhan and riya will come to my house on Thursday.” (a) riya (b) will (c) on (d) and
2. 2.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “The bag was heavy. Dad helped me carry it.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
3. 3.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Ishaan waters the plants in the evening. (b) Waters Ishaan the plants in the evening. (c) Ishaan the plants waters in the evening. (d) Ishaan waters in the evening the plants.
4. 4.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Tara has a new mango. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) She (c) Her (d) It
5. 5.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Kabir drinks warm milk before bed.” (a) question (b) exclamation (c) command (d) statement
6. 6.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The baby was sleeping we spoke softly.” (a) after “was” (b) after “we” (c) after “baby” (d) after “sleeping”
7. 7.Which of these is a statement? (a) When is Manav leaving for Delhi? (b) Please pass the salt. (c) Aisha writes a poem every week. (d) How noisy the market is!
8. 8.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we went to shimla for baisakhi last year.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 4
9. 9.Which of these is a question? (a) Diya eats a banana after school. (b) Where is Farhan playing cricket? (c) How clever the crow is! (d) Open your books to page ten.
10. 10.Which sentence describes the flower best? (a) Aarav picked a yellow flower. (b) Aarav picked a pretty flower. (c) Aarav picked a pretty yellow flower. (d) Aarav picked a flower.
11. 11.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Manav has a new cake. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) Him (c) It (d) He
12. 12.Which describing word fits best?
    “The jam feels ___.” (a) bitter (b) quiet (c) bright (d) sticky
13. 13.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Pooja has a new cake. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) Her (c) He (d) She
14. 14.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What is Manav drawing in class?” (a) statement (b) exclamation (c) question (d) command
15. 15.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The plants died. Nobody watered them.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
16. 16.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on thursday.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 1
17. 17.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “kabir lives near the lake in delhi.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 1
18. 18.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Tara writes every week a poem. (b) Tara a poem writes every week. (c) Writes Tara a poem every week. (d) Tara writes a poem every week.
19. 19.“The old farmer.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
20. 20.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Why is Kavya crying” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) full stop (.) (c) question mark (?)
21. 21.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Imran washes the car on Sundays” (a) full stop (.) (b) question mark (?) (c) exclamation mark (!)
22. 22.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Kavya writes a poem every week” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
23. 23.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for pongal.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
24. 24.Which is the best way to join “It started to rain.” and “We opened our umbrellas.”? (a) It started to rain because we opened our umbrellas. (b) It started to rain but we opened our umbrellas. (c) It started to rain so we opened our umbrellas.
25. 25.Which is the best way to join “Riya wore a sweater.” and “It was cold.”? (a) Riya wore a sweater so it was cold. (b) Riya wore a sweater because it was cold. (c) Riya wore a sweater but it was cold.
26. 26.Which is the best way to join “The mango looked green.” and “It was very sweet.”? (a) The mango looked green but it was very sweet. (b) The mango looked green because it was very sweet. (c) The mango looked green so it was very sweet.
27. 27.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Please speak slowly.” (a) question (b) statement (c) command (d) exclamation
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We went to lucknow for Eid last year.” (a) went (b) for (c) lucknow (d) last
29. 29.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “last Thursday I went to Indore by train.” (a) by (b) last (c) to (d) train
30. 30.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.
31. 31.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Dev is what reading today? (b) What Dev is reading today? (c) Is what Dev reading today? (d) What is Dev reading today?
32. 32.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The rain. (b) A green parrot ate a ripe guava. (c) The new student sat next to me. (d) The old farmer planted rice in the field.
33. 33.“My sister.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
34. 34.Kunal wrote “a small cup on a small plate”. Which word means the same as “small” and can replace the second one? (a) hungry (b) huge (c) tiny
35. 35.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Dev found his kite. He flew it. (b) Dev found his kite. Him flew it. (c) Dev found Dev's kite. Dev flew it.
36. 36.“Slept on the sofa.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) what happens (predicate) (c) nothing is missing
37. 37.Which sentence describes the cap best? (a) Isha wore a blue cap. (b) Isha wore an old cap. (c) Isha wore a cap. (d) Isha wore an old blue cap.
38. 38.These words are mixed up: on / Sundays / brushes / dog / Priya / the
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Priya brushes the dog on Sundays. (b) Priya the dog brushes on Sundays. (c) Priya brushes on Sundays the dog. (d) Brushes Priya the dog on Sundays.
39. 39.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Ananya cooks rice for lunch.” (a) statement (b) exclamation (c) command (d) question
40. 40.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) While Mum was cooking. (b) A small mouse hid under the bed. (c) The firefighters put out the fire. (d) A busy squirrel collected nuts.

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