Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 464 · 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 joins these two sentences best?
   “Priya can sing. She can dance too.” (a) because (b) and (c) but
2. 2.Which describing word fits best?
   “The thunder sounds ___.” (a) colourful (b) bitter (c) loud (d) rough
3. 3.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Priya found her kite. She flew it. (b) Priya found her kite. Her flew it. (c) Priya found Priya's kite. Priya flew it.
4. 4.What kind of sentence is this?
   “How colourful the rangoli is!” (a) exclamation (b) question (c) command (d) statement
5. 5.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we met all our cousins on diwali.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 2
6. 6.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “We went to Pune for diwali last year.” (a) year (b) for (c) last (d) diwali
7. 7.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
   “We stayed indoors ___ it was raining.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
8. 8.“The cricket match.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) what happens (predicate) (c) who or what (subject)
9. 9.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Why is Ishaan laughing?” (a) statement (b) exclamation (c) question (d) command
10. 10.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What is Ishaan reading today? (b) Ishaan is what reading today? (c) Is what Ishaan reading today? (d) What Ishaan is reading today?
11. 11.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Arjun practised every day ___ he won the prize.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
12. 12.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The train arrived people got on quickly.” (a) after “The” (b) after “people” (c) after “arrived” (d) after “train”
13. 13.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “manav wore new clothes on Onam.” (a) on (b) clothes (c) manav (d) new
14. 14.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Joseph cleans the room every Saturday.” (a) question (b) exclamation (c) statement (d) command
15. 15.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Broke his toy car. (b) The brown cow gave fresh milk. (c) Eating a big mango. (d) The cricket match.
16. 16.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What a cold morning!” (a) question (b) exclamation (c) command (d) statement
17. 17.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The postman brought a letter for Dad. (b) The little puppy. (c) My little brother broke his toy car. (d) The children sang a song in the hall.
18. 18.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The plants died. Nobody watered them.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
19. 19.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Swam in the pond.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
20. 20.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Rahul the library visits on Fridays. (b) Rahul visits on Fridays the library. (c) Rahul visits the library on Fridays. (d) Visits Rahul the library on Fridays.
21. 21.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Arjun found Arjun's kite. Arjun flew it. (b) Arjun found his kite. Him flew it. (c) Arjun found his kite. He flew it.
22. 22.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What is Kabir reading today” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
23. 23.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Vikram wore new clothes on holi.” (a) new (b) on (c) clothes (d) holi
24. 24.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in Delhi on wednesday.” (a) wednesday (b) on (c) fort (d) visited
25. 25.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “How tall the tree is” (a) question mark (?) (b) full stop (.) (c) exclamation mark (!)
26. 26.Which sentence describes the umbrella best? (a) Saanvi opened an umbrella. (b) Saanvi opened a small yellow umbrella. (c) Saanvi opened a yellow umbrella. (d) Saanvi opened a small umbrella.
27. 27.Which describing word fits best?
    “The new coin looks ___.” (a) quiet (b) sweet (c) sticky (d) shiny
28. 28.Which of these is a question? (a) Please pass the salt. (b) Maria draws a picture in art class. (c) Who is Dev calling? (d) What a funny joke!
29. 29.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Gave fresh milk. (b) The firefighters put out the fire. (c) Because the shop was closed. (d) A green parrot.
30. 30.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My birthday is on the first Wednesday of february.” (a) on (b) the (c) february (d) of
31. 31.Which sentence describes the kite best? (a) Omkar flew a kite. (b) Omkar flew a red kite. (c) Omkar flew a big red kite. (d) Omkar flew a big kite.
32. 32.Which sentence describes the bag best? (a) Ishaan carried a heavy blue bag. (b) Ishaan carried a blue bag. (c) Ishaan carried a heavy bag. (d) Ishaan carried a bag.
33. 33.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Nisha a song sings in the morning. (b) Sings Nisha a song in the morning. (c) Nisha sings in the morning a song. (d) Nisha sings a song in the morning.
34. 34.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The road was wet. We walked slowly.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
35. 35.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “It was very hot we drank cold water.” (a) after “It” (b) after “hot” (c) after “drank” (d) after “very”
36. 36.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Running in the park. (b) Two ducks swam in the pond. (c) The bright moon. (d) Gave us cool shade.
37. 37.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The shopkeeper counted the coins. (b) Sat on the wall. (c) The tall tree gave us cool shade. (d) A small mouse hid under the bed.
38. 38.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Where is Farhan playing cricket? (b) Is where Farhan playing cricket? (c) Where Farhan is playing cricket? (d) Farhan is where playing cricket?
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “joseph lives near the lake in Chennai.” (a) near (b) lake (c) joseph (d) lives
40. 40.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The bright moon. (b) The train left the station at nine. (c) Slept on the sofa. (d) Before the sun set.

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