Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 531 · 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 of these is a complete sentence? (a) After we ate lunch. (b) Rang his bell. (c) The children sang a song in the hall. (d) The brown cow.
2. 2.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Meera feeds the cat every morning.” (a) question (b) exclamation (c) command (d) statement
3. 3.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) Switch off the fan. (b) Nisha rides a bicycle to school. (c) What is Ishaan reading today? (d) What a cold morning!
4. 4.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “We visited the old fort in jaipur on Thursday.” (a) jaipur (b) the (c) fort (d) on
5. 5.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is when Riya leaving for Delhi? (b) When is Riya leaving for Delhi? (c) Riya is when leaving for Delhi? (d) When Riya is leaving for Delhi?
6. 6.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
   “The puppy was cold ___ we gave it a blanket.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
7. 7.What kind of sentence is this?
   “What a cold morning!” (a) statement (b) question (c) exclamation (d) command
8. 8.Which describing word fits best?
   “The chips taste ___.” (a) fluffy (b) salty (c) colourful (d) noisy
9. 9.Which sentence describes the mango best? (a) Tenzin ate a ripe mango. (b) Tenzin ate a mango. (c) Tenzin ate a big ripe mango. (d) Tenzin ate a big mango.
10. 10.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from lucknow in September.” (a) uncle (b) came (c) in (d) lucknow
11. 11.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The cake was too sweet nobody ate a second piece.” (a) after “nobody” (b) after “a” (c) after “sweet” (d) after “was”
12. 12.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Zoya painted her pot. She sold it. (b) Zoya painted Zoya's pot. Zoya sold it. (c) Zoya painted her pot. Her sold it.
13. 13.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Kabir drank some water. He was thirsty.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
14. 14.Which is the best way to join “Arjun practised every day.” and “He won the prize.”? (a) Arjun practised every day because he won the prize. (b) Arjun practised every day so he won the prize. (c) Arjun practised every day but he won the prize.
15. 15.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “ishaan wore new clothes on diwali.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
16. 16.What kind of sentence is this?
    “How lovely the song is!” (a) exclamation (b) command (c) question (d) statement
17. 17.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The teacher smiled she liked our drawings.” (a) after “our” (b) after “teacher” (c) after “smiled” (d) after “she”
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on eid.” (a) cousins (b) eid (c) all (d) our
19. 19.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Nisha took an umbrella. The sky was cloudy.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
20. 20.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What is Sneha reading today? (b) Is what Sneha reading today? (c) Sneha is what reading today? (d) What Sneha is reading today?
21. 21.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The ice cream melted ___ it was a hot day.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
22. 22.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My birthday is on the first saturday of February.” (a) is (b) the (c) saturday (d) on
23. 23.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Simran has a new pencil. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) He (c) It (d) Her
24. 24.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “ishaan and aisha will come to my house on saturday.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 4
25. 25.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last tuesday i went to mysuru by train.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 6
26. 26.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What a sweet mango” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
27. 27.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Nisha took an umbrella ___ the sky was cloudy.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
28. 28.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “joseph wore new clothes on holi.” (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 3
29. 29.Which sentence describes the cap best? (a) Aarav wore a red cap. (b) Aarav wore a cap. (c) Aarav wore an old red cap. (d) Aarav wore an old cap.
30. 30.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Rohan a kite flies on the roof. (b) Rohan flies on the roof a kite. (c) Rohan flies a kite on the roof. (d) Flies Rohan a kite on the roof.
31. 31.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Draws Ishaan a picture in art class. (b) Ishaan draws a picture in art class. (c) Ishaan draws in art class a picture. (d) Ishaan a picture draws in art class.
32. 32.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Farhan is why laughing? (b) Why is Farhan laughing? (c) Why Farhan is laughing? (d) Is why Farhan laughing?
33. 33.“The new student.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) what happens (predicate) (c) who or what (subject)
34. 34.Which describing word fits best?
    “The drum sounds ___.” (a) colourful (b) loud (c) rough (d) bitter
35. 35.Which sentence describes the balloon best? (a) Sneha bought a balloon. (b) Sneha bought a red balloon. (c) Sneha bought a round balloon. (d) Sneha bought a round red balloon.
36. 36.These words are mixed up: library / visits / Fridays / the / Kunal / on
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Visits Kunal the library on Fridays. (b) Kunal the library visits on Fridays. (c) Kunal visits on Fridays the library. (d) Kunal visits the library on Fridays.
37. 37.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My cousin and I visited a zoo in delhi.” (a) and (b) visited (c) delhi (d) cousin
38. 38.Which describing word fits best?
    “The bitter gourd tastes ___.” (a) sticky (b) loud (c) bitter (d) shiny
39. 39.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “We ran to the bus stop. We were late.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
40. 40.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The wind was strong our umbrella turned inside out.” (a) after “strong” (b) after “inside” (c) after “The” (d) after “was”

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