Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 539 · 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?
   “The big fair in chennai starts in April.” (a) starts (b) in (c) chennai (d) fair
2. 2.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “It was very hot we drank cold water.” (a) after “hot” (b) after “was” (c) after “we” (d) after “drank”
3. 3.These words are mixed up: library / Fridays / the / on / visits / Joseph
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Joseph the library visits on Fridays. (b) Joseph visits the library on Fridays. (c) Visits Joseph the library on Fridays. (d) Joseph visits on Fridays the library.
4. 4.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Arjun has a new bicycle. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) Him (c) It (d) He
5. 5.What kind of sentence is this?
   “How cold the morning is!” (a) command (b) statement (c) exclamation (d) question
6. 6.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “Priya reads a storybook at night” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
7. 7.Which is the best way to join “Meera was hungry.” and “She ate a banana.”? (a) Meera was hungry because she ate a banana. (b) Meera was hungry so she ate a banana. (c) Meera was hungry but she ate a banana.
8. 8.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my cousin and i visited a zoo in surat.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
9. 9.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “manav lives near the lake in jaipur.” (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
10. 10.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Ishaan met priya at the station in Lucknow.” (a) met (b) the (c) at (d) priya
11. 11.These words are mixed up: Sundays / car / on / washes / Joseph / the
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Joseph washes the car on Sundays. (b) Joseph washes on Sundays the car. (c) Joseph the car washes on Sundays. (d) Washes Joseph the car on Sundays.
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Kavya and saanvi will come to my house on Thursday.” (a) saanvi (b) house (c) to (d) come
13. 13.Which of these is a question? (a) Please speak slowly. (b) What is Maria eating for lunch? (c) Joseph waters the plants in the evening. (d) What a huge elephant!
14. 14.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The rain fell all night.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
15. 15.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Kabir packed his bag. Him carried it. (b) Kabir packed Kabir's bag. Kabir carried it. (c) Kabir packed his bag. He carried it.
16. 16.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Manav has a new bicycle. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) Him (c) It (d) She
17. 17.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Please help me carry this box.” (a) exclamation (b) statement (c) question (d) command
18. 18.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The puppy was cold. We gave it a blanket.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
19. 19.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What Meera is drawing in class? (b) Is what Meera drawing in class? (c) Meera is what drawing in class? (d) What is Meera drawing in class?
20. 20.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Ran onto the field. (b) A small mouse hid under the bed. (c) The firefighters. (d) When the bell rang.
21. 21.Saanvi wrote “a rich king in a rich city”. Which word means the same as “rich” and can replace the second one? (a) wealthy (b) purple (c) poor
22. 22.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from Indore in april.” (a) in (b) april (c) uncle (d) from
23. 23.Dev wrote “a rich king in a rich city”. Which word means the same as “rich” and can replace the second one? (a) square (b) wealthy (c) poor
24. 24.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The firefighters put out the fire. (b) Swam in the pond. (c) The children sang a song in the hall. (d) The baby elephant splashed in the river.
25. 25.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my cousin and i visited a zoo in chennai.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 3
26. 26.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) As soon as we reached home. (b) The red kite flew high in the sky. (c) My little brother broke his toy car. (d) The doctor checked my throat.
27. 27.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The children. (b) My grandmother told us a story. (c) The tall tree gave us cool shade. (d) The baby elephant splashed in the river.
28. 28.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Manav painted his pot. He sold it. (b) Manav painted Manav's pot. Manav sold it. (c) Manav painted his pot. Him sold it.
29. 29.Zoya wrote “a rich king in a rich city”. Which word means the same as “rich” and can replace the second one? (a) poor (b) wealthy (c) purple
30. 30.These words are mixed up: cleans / the / Kabir / every / room / Saturday
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Kabir cleans every Saturday the room. (b) Cleans Kabir the room every Saturday. (c) Kabir cleans the room every Saturday. (d) Kabir the room cleans every Saturday.
31. 31.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in bhopal on sunday.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 2
32. 32.Which sentence describes the elephant best? (a) Arjun saw an elephant. (b) Arjun saw a huge elephant. (c) Arjun saw a grey elephant. (d) Arjun saw a huge grey elephant.
33. 33.Which of these is a statement? (a) Where is Kavya playing cricket? (b) Aarav rides a bicycle to school. (c) Line up near the door. (d) What a tasty samosa!
34. 34.“Broke his toy car.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
35. 35.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Stopped at the gate.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
36. 36.“The old farmer.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) nothing is missing (c) who or what (subject)
37. 37.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Joseph fixed his toy car. He played with it. (b) Joseph fixed Joseph's toy car. Joseph played with it. (c) Joseph fixed his toy car. Him played with it.
38. 38.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Where Kabir is going after school? (b) Where is Kabir going after school? (c) Kabir is where going after school? (d) Is where Kabir going after school?
39. 39.Sneha wrote “a wet towel on a wet floor”. Which word means the same as “wet” and can replace the second one? (a) hungry (b) damp (c) dry
40. 40.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) My aunt. (b) The little puppy ran across the garden. (c) Gave us cool shade. (d) When the bell rang.

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