Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 541 · 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.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “vikram and i played in the park on wednesday.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 4
2. 2.Which describing word fits best?
   “The tree bark feels ___.” (a) colourful (b) rough (c) quiet (d) sour
3. 3.“The postman.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) what happens (predicate) (c) who or what (subject)
4. 4.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “We went to mysuru for Holi last year.” (a) mysuru (b) to (c) year (d) went
5. 5.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “It was very hot. We went for a swim.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
6. 6.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “The baby elephant splashed in the river.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
7. 7.Joseph wrote “a shiny coin and a shiny ring”. Which word means the same as “shiny” and can replace the second one? (a) purple (b) dull (c) bright
8. 8.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
   “Dev went to bed early ___ he was tired.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
9. 9.Rahul wrote “an old fort near an old temple”. Which word means the same as “old” and can replace the second one? (a) ancient (b) spicy (c) new
10. 10.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Nisha took an umbrella ___ the sky was cloudy.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
11. 11.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last thursday i went to chennai by train.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 6 (d) 4
12. 12.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “If you come early.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
13. 13.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The puppy was cold ___ we gave it a blanket.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
14. 14.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What a funny joke!” (a) question (b) statement (c) exclamation (d) command
15. 15.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Kicks Aarav the ball in the garden. (b) Aarav kicks in the garden the ball. (c) Aarav the ball kicks in the garden. (d) Aarav kicks the ball in the garden.
16. 16.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The ice cream melted. It was a hot day.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
17. 17.“Told us a story.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) what happens (predicate) (c) who or what (subject)
18. 18.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Who is Meera calling” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
19. 19.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) Please pass the salt. (b) What a colourful rangoli! (c) What is Meera drawing in class? (d) Dev packs the school bag at night.
20. 20.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What is Aarav reading today” (a) full stop (.) (b) question mark (?) (c) exclamation mark (!)
21. 21.Which of these is a statement? (a) Maria drinks warm milk before bed. (b) What is Joseph eating for lunch? (c) What a funny joke! (d) Open your books to page ten.
22. 22.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Ishaan has a new pencil. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) He (c) Him (d) She
23. 23.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Why is Isha crying? (b) Is why Isha crying? (c) Why Isha is crying? (d) Isha is why crying?
24. 24.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What a clever crow” (a) full stop (.) (b) question mark (?) (c) exclamation mark (!)
25. 25.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Rohan has a new poem. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) It (c) She (d) Him
26. 26.These words are mixed up: plants / the / waters / in / evening / the / Priya
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Priya waters in the evening the plants. (b) Priya waters the plants in the evening. (c) Priya the plants waters in the evening. (d) Waters Priya the plants in the evening.
27. 27.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Omkar has a new mango. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Him (b) She (c) It (d) He
28. 28.These words are mixed up: class / Priya / a / picture / art / draws / in
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Priya draws in art class a picture. (b) Draws Priya a picture in art class. (c) Priya a picture draws in art class. (d) Priya draws a picture in art class.
29. 29.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The tiny ant carried a crumb. (b) The brown cow. (c) The doctor checked my throat. (d) The cricket match ended at five o'clock.
30. 30.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Omkar wrote Omkar's poem. Omkar read it. (b) Omkar wrote his poem. Him read it. (c) Omkar wrote his poem. He read it.
31. 31.These words are mixed up: a / Priya / writes / poem / every / week
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Priya a poem writes every week. (b) Priya writes a poem every week. (c) Writes Priya a poem every week. (d) Priya writes every week a poem.
32. 32.Which sentence describes the shell best? (a) Aisha found a tiny white shell. (b) Aisha found a tiny shell. (c) Aisha found a shell. (d) Aisha found a white shell.
33. 33.Aarav wrote “a shiny coin and a shiny ring”. Which word means the same as “shiny” and can replace the second one? (a) wooden (b) dull (c) bright
34. 34.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Told us a story.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
35. 35.Which sentence describes the flower best? (a) Kavya picked a tiny flower. (b) Kavya picked a tiny white flower. (c) Kavya picked a white flower. (d) Kavya picked a flower.
36. 36.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Aarav catches the bus at seven.” (a) exclamation (b) statement (c) command (d) question
37. 37.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The box was small ___ it was very heavy.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
38. 38.Kabir wrote “a wet towel on a wet floor”. Which word means the same as “wet” and can replace the second one? (a) dry (b) damp (c) round
39. 39.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What is Priya drawing in class? (b) What Priya is drawing in class? (c) Priya is what drawing in class? (d) Is what Priya drawing in class?
40. 40.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The tiny ant. (b) Made a rangoli. (c) The cricket match ended at five o'clock. (d) While Mum was cooking.

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