Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 497 · 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 balloon best? (a) Joseph bought a balloon. (b) Joseph bought a big balloon. (c) Joseph bought a red balloon. (d) Joseph bought a big red balloon.
2. 2.Which is the best way to join “Meera was hungry.” and “She ate a banana.”? (a) Meera was hungry but she ate a banana. (b) Meera was hungry because she ate a banana. (c) Meera was hungry so she ate a banana.
3. 3.Aisha wrote “a shiny coin and a shiny ring”. Which word means the same as “shiny” and can replace the second one? (a) round (b) bright (c) dull
4. 4.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The teacher smiled she liked our drawings.” (a) after “she” (b) after “our” (c) after “smiled” (d) after “teacher”
5. 5.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The village pond was full of lotus flowers. (b) My sister. (c) Rang loudly. (d) Waiting for the bus.
6. 6.Ananya wrote “a pretty doll in a pretty dress”. Which word means the same as “pretty” and can replace the second one? (a) ugly (b) square (c) lovely
7. 7.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “Meera planted a seed she watered it daily.” (a) after “seed” (b) after “a” (c) after “it” (d) after “Meera”
8. 8.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 and she can dance too. (c) Priya can sing because she can dance too.
9. 9.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “The road was wet. We walked slowly.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
10. 10.Which is the best way to join “The test was hard.” and “Zoya got full marks.”? (a) The test was hard because Zoya got full marks. (b) The test was hard so Zoya got full marks. (c) The test was hard but Zoya got full marks.
11. 11.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Tara likes to paint. She likes to draw.” (a) but (b) and (c) because
12. 12.Which of these is a statement? (a) Sneha brushes the dog on Sundays. (b) How is Omkar travelling to school? (c) What a cold morning! (d) Turn left at the temple.
13. 13.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Fell all night.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
14. 14.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Riya has a new sapling. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) She (c) He (d) Her
15. 15.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Saanvi a bicycle rides to school. (b) Saanvi rides a bicycle to school. (c) Saanvi rides to school a bicycle. (d) Rides Saanvi a bicycle to school.
16. 16.These words are mixed up: cat / feeds / every / morning / the / Dev
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Feeds Dev the cat every morning. (b) Dev feeds the cat every morning. (c) Dev the cat feeds every morning. (d) Dev feeds every morning the cat.
17. 17.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from Bhopal in October.” (a) in (b) came (c) uncle (d) my
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “pooja and I played in the park on Sunday.” (a) on (b) and (c) pooja (d) the
19. 19.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 “was” (d) after “we”
20. 20.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “vikram wore new clothes on Pongal.” (a) clothes (b) wore (c) vikram (d) on
21. 21.Farhan wrote “a big box in a big room”. Which word means the same as “big” and can replace the second one? (a) square (b) tiny (c) huge
22. 22.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Joseph kicks the ball in the garden.” (a) command (b) exclamation (c) question (d) statement
23. 23.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The box was small ___ it was very heavy.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
24. 24.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Aisha the cat feeds every morning. (b) Aisha feeds every morning the cat. (c) Feeds Aisha the cat every morning. (d) Aisha feeds the cat every morning.
25. 25.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Maria cleans the room every Saturday.” (a) command (b) question (c) statement (d) exclamation
26. 26.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Rohan has a new toy car. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) Him (c) It (d) She
27. 27.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What a cold morning” (a) full stop (.) (b) question mark (?) (c) exclamation mark (!)
28. 28.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Meera cooks for lunch rice. (b) Meera rice cooks for lunch. (c) Meera cooks rice for lunch. (d) Cooks Meera rice for lunch.
29. 29.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Diya brushes the dog on Sundays.” (a) exclamation (b) question (c) command (d) statement
30. 30.Which of these is a statement? (a) Line up near the door. (b) How beautiful the garden is! (c) Kavya eats a banana after school. (d) Where is Vikram going after school?
31. 31.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Waiting for the bus.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
32. 32.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Nisha has a new toy car. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) Her (c) It (d) He
33. 33.Which is the best way to join “Tara likes to paint.” and “She likes to draw.”? (a) Tara likes to paint and she likes to draw. (b) Tara likes to paint because she likes to draw. (c) Tara likes to paint but she likes to draw.
34. 34.Arjun wrote “happy children at a happy party”. Which word means the same as “happy” and can replace the second one? (a) glad (b) sad (c) round
35. 35.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Zoya fixed her toy car. She played with it. (b) Zoya fixed Zoya's toy car. Zoya played with it. (c) Zoya fixed her toy car. Her played with it.
36. 36.Which sentence describes the cap best? (a) Isha wore a new blue cap. (b) Isha wore a new cap. (c) Isha wore a cap. (d) Isha wore a blue cap.
37. 37.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What a sweet mango!” (a) question (b) statement (c) exclamation (d) command
38. 38.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What a tasty samosa!” (a) statement (b) question (c) exclamation (d) command
39. 39.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “We stayed indoors ___ it was raining.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
40. 40.These words are mixed up: plays / the / cricket / in / Tenzin / park
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Tenzin plays in the park cricket. (b) Tenzin cricket plays in the park. (c) Tenzin plays cricket in the park. (d) Plays Tenzin cricket in the park.

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