Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 533 · 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) but (b) and (c) because
2. 2.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is why Vikram crying? (b) Vikram is why crying? (c) Why is Vikram crying? (d) Why Vikram is crying?
3. 3.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
   “We ran to the bus stop ___ we were late.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
4. 4.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Tenzin has a new bag. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) Him (c) He (d) She
5. 5.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my cousin and i visited a zoo in pune.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 2
6. 6.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Isha feeds the cat every morning. (b) Feeds Isha the cat every morning. (c) Isha feeds every morning the cat. (d) Isha the cat feeds every morning.
7. 7.Which sentence describes the butterfly best? (a) Ishaan saw a blue butterfly. (b) Ishaan saw a butterfly. (c) Ishaan saw a pretty butterfly. (d) Ishaan saw a pretty blue butterfly.
8. 8.Which sentence describes the balloon best? (a) Maria bought a big balloon. (b) Maria bought a balloon. (c) Maria bought a purple balloon. (d) Maria bought a big purple balloon.
9. 9.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “It was late. The shops were still open.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
10. 10.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Left the station at nine.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
11. 11.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Farhan wore new clothes on diwali.” (a) clothes (b) wore (c) diwali (d) on
12. 12.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Because it was raining. (b) Told us a story. (c) My little brother. (d) A small mouse hid under the bed.
13. 13.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “tara was born in the month of September.” (a) of (b) month (c) in (d) tara
14. 14.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) When is Nisha leaving for Delhi? (b) Is when Nisha leaving for Delhi? (c) When Nisha is leaving for Delhi? (d) Nisha is when leaving for Delhi?
15. 15.Which is the best way to join “The shop was closed.” and “We went home.”? (a) The shop was closed so we went home. (b) The shop was closed because we went home. (c) The shop was closed but we went home.
16. 16.Which sentence describes the dog best? (a) Rahul saw a big dog. (b) Rahul saw a dog. (c) Rahul saw a white dog. (d) Rahul saw a big white dog.
17. 17.Which sentence describes the house best? (a) Manav drew a green house. (b) Manav drew a tall green house. (c) Manav drew a tall house. (d) Manav drew a house.
18. 18.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The cake was too sweet nobody ate a second piece.” (a) after “The” (b) after “sweet” (c) after “too” (d) after “nobody”
19. 19.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Rohan rides to school a bicycle. (b) Rohan a bicycle rides to school. (c) Rohan rides a bicycle to school. (d) Rides Rohan a bicycle to school.
20. 20.Which describing word fits best?
    “The tamarind tastes ___.” (a) bright (b) noisy (c) fluffy (d) sour
21. 21.Kavya wrote “a rich king in a rich city”. Which word means the same as “rich” and can replace the second one? (a) purple (b) wealthy (c) poor
22. 22.These words are mixed up: the / Farhan / Saturday / cleans / room / every
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Cleans Farhan the room every Saturday. (b) Farhan the room cleans every Saturday. (c) Farhan cleans every Saturday the room. (d) Farhan cleans the room every Saturday.
23. 23.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Grandpa reads the paper. He drinks his tea.” (a) and (b) because (c) but
24. 24.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is why Farhan crying? (b) Farhan is why crying? (c) Why is Farhan crying? (d) Why Farhan is crying?
25. 25.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Dev went to bed early. He was tired.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
26. 26.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bus was late we waited at the stop.” (a) after “late” (b) after “we” (c) after “waited” (d) after “bus”
27. 27.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is who Aarav calling? (b) Who is Aarav calling? (c) Aarav is who calling? (d) Who Aarav is calling?
28. 28.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Riya lost her pen she looked everywhere.” (a) after “pen” (b) after “she” (c) after “her” (d) after “looked”
29. 29.Which of these is a statement? (a) Imran feeds the cat every morning. (b) Please close the door. (c) Where is Maria playing cricket? (d) How funny the joke is!
30. 30.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My birthday is on the first saturday of February.” (a) the (b) on (c) birthday (d) saturday
31. 31.Which describing word fits best?
    “The lemon tastes ___.” (a) smooth (b) noisy (c) sour (d) bright
32. 32.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “rahul met Pooja at the station in Bhopal.” (a) the (b) station (c) met (d) rahul
33. 33.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Reads Kunal a storybook at night. (b) Kunal reads at night a storybook. (c) Kunal reads a storybook at night. (d) Kunal a storybook reads at night.
34. 34.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “kunal wore new clothes on baisakhi.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 1
35. 35.Which is the best way to join “Tara likes to paint.” and “She likes to draw.”? (a) Tara likes to paint but she likes to draw. (b) Tara likes to paint because she likes to draw. (c) Tara likes to paint and she likes to draw.
36. 36.Which sentence describes the house best? (a) Arjun drew a house. (b) Arjun drew a tall house. (c) Arjun drew a tall red house. (d) Arjun drew a red house.
37. 37.Riya wrote “a wet towel on a wet floor”. Which word means the same as “wet” and can replace the second one? (a) wooden (b) dry (c) damp
38. 38.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is why Kunal crying? (b) Why Kunal is crying? (c) Kunal is why crying? (d) Why is Kunal crying?
39. 39.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Imran brushes the dog on Sundays.” (a) exclamation (b) question (c) command (d) statement
40. 40.“Shone over the lake.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) who or what (subject) (c) nothing is missing

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