Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 515 · 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 is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Pooja wrote Pooja's poem. Pooja read it. (b) Pooja wrote her poem. She read it. (c) Pooja wrote her poem. Her read it.
2. 2.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
   “We ran fast ___ we missed the train.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
3. 3.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “the big fair in Delhi starts in April.” (a) big (b) in (c) fair (d) the
4. 4.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Ananya lost Ananya's pencil. Ananya found it. (b) Ananya lost her pencil. Her found it. (c) Ananya lost her pencil. She found it.
5. 5.Which describing word fits best?
   “The chips taste ___.” (a) noisy (b) sticky (c) bright (d) salty
6. 6.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The cake was too sweet nobody ate a second piece.” (a) after “sweet” (b) after “nobody” (c) after “The” (d) after “a”
7. 7.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “our school reopens after the holidays in october.” (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
8. 8.What kind of sentence is this?
   “What is Yash reading today?” (a) exclamation (b) command (c) question (d) statement
9. 9.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Open your books to page ten.” (a) exclamation (b) question (c) statement (d) command
10. 10.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Sneha brushes the dog on Sundays” (a) full stop (.) (b) question mark (?) (c) exclamation mark (!)
11. 11.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in lucknow starts in november.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 5
12. 12.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last saturday i went to kolkata by train.” (a) 6 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 4
13. 13.Which sentence describes the umbrella best? (a) Maria opened a small umbrella. (b) Maria opened a yellow umbrella. (c) Maria opened a small yellow umbrella. (d) Maria opened an umbrella.
14. 14.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first sunday of january.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 5
15. 15.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The wind. (b) The doctor checked my throat. (c) Sang a song in the hall. (d) After we ate lunch.
16. 16.These words are mixed up: cooks / rice / for / Yash / lunch
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Yash cooks rice for lunch. (b) Yash cooks for lunch rice. (c) Cooks Yash rice for lunch. (d) Yash rice cooks for lunch.
17. 17.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Ishaan has a new cake. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) Him (c) He (d) She
18. 18.Which sentence describes the shell best? (a) Ishaan found a tiny pink shell. (b) Ishaan found a tiny shell. (c) Ishaan found a pink shell. (d) Ishaan found a shell.
19. 19.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Simran flies a kite on the roof.” (a) exclamation (b) command (c) statement (d) question
20. 20.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “How noisy the market is” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) full stop (.) (c) question mark (?)
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “last Wednesday I went to Delhi by train.” (a) train (b) by (c) last (d) went
22. 22.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Packs Rahul the school bag at night. (b) Rahul packs at night the school bag. (c) Rahul packs the school bag at night. (d) Rahul the school bag packs at night.
23. 23.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Writes Farhan a poem every week. (b) Farhan a poem writes every week. (c) Farhan writes every week a poem. (d) Farhan writes a poem every week.
24. 24.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Joseph painted Joseph's pot. Joseph sold it. (b) Joseph painted his pot. Him sold it. (c) Joseph painted his pot. He sold it.
25. 25.Which describing word fits best?
    “The drum sounds ___.” (a) rough (b) bright (c) sweet (d) loud
26. 26.Which sentence describes the butterfly best? (a) Farhan saw a tiny butterfly. (b) Farhan saw a butterfly. (c) Farhan saw a tiny blue butterfly. (d) Farhan saw a blue butterfly.
27. 27.These words are mixed up: the / song / sings / in / Priya / morning / a
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Sings Priya a song in the morning. (b) Priya a song sings in the morning. (c) Priya sings a song in the morning. (d) Priya sings in the morning a song.
28. 28.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Riya washes on Sundays the car. (b) Riya the car washes on Sundays. (c) Washes Riya the car on Sundays. (d) Riya washes the car on Sundays.
29. 29.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “We bought apples ___ we bought grapes.” (a) but (b) because (c) and
30. 30.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The garden has roses ___ it has sunflowers.” (a) and (b) because (c) but
31. 31.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “arjun lives near the lake in indore.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
32. 32.Which describing word fits best?
    “The busy market sounds ___.” (a) shiny (b) fluffy (c) noisy (d) sour
33. 33.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The baby cried ___ she was hungry.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
34. 34.Which of these is a statement? (a) Please speak slowly. (b) Tenzin washes the car on Sundays. (c) Where is Ananya playing cricket? (d) What a funny joke!
35. 35.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “kunal and i played in the park on tuesday.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
36. 36.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Saanvi found her kite. Her flew it. (b) Saanvi found Saanvi's kite. Saanvi flew it. (c) Saanvi found her kite. She flew it.
37. 37.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 so she was hungry. (c) The baby cried because she was hungry.
38. 38.Which sentence describes the house best? (a) Meera drew a tall red house. (b) Meera drew a tall house. (c) Meera drew a house. (d) Meera drew a red house.
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from Kochi in November.” (a) uncle (b) in (c) my (d) came
40. 40.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The teacher smiled she liked our drawings.” (a) after “The” (b) after “she” (c) after “smiled” (d) after “teacher”

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