Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 476 · 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?
   “Diya and I played in the park on monday.” (a) the (b) park (c) monday (d) in
2. 2.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Water the plants today.” (a) statement (b) command (c) question (d) exclamation
3. 3.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Aarav lost Aarav's pencil. Aarav found it. (b) Aarav lost his pencil. He found it. (c) Aarav lost his pencil. Him found it.
4. 4.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
   “Nisha took an umbrella ___ the sky was cloudy.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
5. 5.These words are mixed up: every / poem / week / Sneha / a / writes
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Sneha writes a poem every week. (b) Sneha writes every week a poem. (c) Sneha a poem writes every week. (d) Writes Sneha a poem every week.
6. 6.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “We met all our cousins on pongal.” (a) met (b) cousins (c) our (d) pongal
7. 7.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “My uncle came from indore in April.” (a) uncle (b) in (c) from (d) indore
8. 8.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The cake was too sweet nobody ate a second piece.” (a) after “cake” (b) after “second” (c) after “sweet” (d) after “too”
9. 9.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “simran met nisha at the station in patna.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 2
10. 10.Which sentence describes the dog best? (a) Rohan saw a little brown dog. (b) Rohan saw a little dog. (c) Rohan saw a dog. (d) Rohan saw a brown dog.
11. 11.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The tall tree gave us cool shade. (b) Before the sun set. (c) A big black crow. (d) Ended at five o'clock.
12. 12.“Wrote a poem on the board.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) nothing is missing (c) who or what (subject)
13. 13.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Ananya has a new card. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) He (c) It (d) Her
14. 14.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Farhan wore new clothes on eid.” (a) new (b) clothes (c) wore (d) eid
15. 15.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Kavya cooks rice for lunch.” (a) question (b) statement (c) command (d) exclamation
16. 16.These words are mixed up: a / on / flies / kite / the / Meera / roof
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Flies Meera a kite on the roof. (b) Meera a kite flies on the roof. (c) Meera flies a kite on the roof. (d) Meera flies on the roof a kite.
17. 17.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What a bright moon!” (a) question (b) exclamation (c) statement (d) command
18. 18.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The hungry monkey grabbed a banana.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
19. 19.Which sentence describes the dog best? (a) Tenzin saw a little dog. (b) Tenzin saw a brown dog. (c) Tenzin saw a dog. (d) Tenzin saw a little brown dog.
20. 20.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Rohan met Sneha at the station in surat.” (a) surat (b) in (c) at (d) station
21. 21.“My aunt.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
22. 22.Which sentence describes the shell best? (a) Dev found a tiny shell. (b) Dev found a shell. (c) Dev found a white shell. (d) Dev found a tiny white shell.
23. 23.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Who is Joseph calling?” (a) statement (b) exclamation (c) command (d) question
24. 24.Which is the best way to join “The baby cried.” and “She was hungry.”? (a) The baby cried but she was hungry. (b) The baby cried because she was hungry. (c) The baby cried so she was hungry.
25. 25.Which sentence describes the dog best? (a) Maria saw a big brown dog. (b) Maria saw a dog. (c) Maria saw a brown dog. (d) Maria saw a big dog.
26. 26.Which describing word fits best?
    “The roasted peanuts taste ___.” (a) noisy (b) bright (c) salty (d) smooth
27. 27.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Why is Tara crying?” (a) command (b) question (c) exclamation (d) statement
28. 28.Dev wrote “an old fort near an old temple”. Which word means the same as “old” and can replace the second one? (a) round (b) ancient (c) new
29. 29.Which sentence describes the flower best? (a) Isha picked a tiny yellow flower. (b) Isha picked a yellow flower. (c) Isha picked a tiny flower. (d) Isha picked a flower.
30. 30.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The little puppy ran across the garden. (b) While Mum was cooking. (c) Two ducks swam in the pond. (d) My father cooked dal for dinner.
31. 31.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 because it was raining. (c) We stayed indoors but it was raining.
32. 32.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to shimla for pongal last year.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 3
33. 33.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What is Ishaan eating for lunch? (b) What Ishaan is eating for lunch? (c) Ishaan is what eating for lunch? (d) Is what Ishaan eating for lunch?
34. 34.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) Sat on the wall. (b) The postman brought a letter for Dad. (c) My little brother broke his toy car. (d) The cricket match ended at five o'clock.
35. 35.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “It started to rain ___ we opened our umbrellas.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
36. 36.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “I like mangoes. My sister likes apples.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
37. 37.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Who is Nisha calling” (a) question mark (?) (b) full stop (.) (c) exclamation mark (!)
38. 38.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The room was dark. I switched on the light.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
39. 39.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What is Riya eating for lunch? (b) What Riya is eating for lunch? (c) Is what Riya eating for lunch? (d) Riya is what eating for lunch?
40. 40.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “I like mangoes ___ my sister likes apples.” (a) but (b) so (c) because

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