Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 543 · 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) Nisha picked her mango. She ate it. (b) Nisha picked her mango. Her ate it. (c) Nisha picked Nisha's mango. Nisha ate it.
2. 2.Which of these is a command? (a) Where is Simran playing cricket? (b) Sit down quietly. (c) Pooja cleans the room every Saturday. (d) What a colourful rangoli!
3. 3.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Diya flies a kite on the roof. (b) Flies Diya a kite on the roof. (c) Diya a kite flies on the roof. (d) Diya flies on the roof a kite.
4. 4.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “our school reopens after the holidays in december.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 1 (d) 3
5. 5.“Planted rice in the field.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) what happens (predicate) (c) nothing is missing
6. 6.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Kavya has a new toy car. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) He (c) Her (d) It
7. 7.Which sentence describes the cap best? (a) Omkar wore a cap. (b) Omkar wore a new red cap. (c) Omkar wore a new cap. (d) Omkar wore a red cap.
8. 8.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Ishaan a kite flies on the roof. (b) Flies Ishaan a kite on the roof. (c) Ishaan flies on the roof a kite. (d) Ishaan flies a kite on the roof.
9. 9.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Tenzin and Kunal will come to my house on sunday.” (a) house (b) sunday (c) will (d) my
10. 10.“The children.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) who or what (subject) (c) nothing is missing
11. 11.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Sneha has a new toy car. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Her (b) He (c) It (d) She
12. 12.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What is Kunal drawing in class” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) full stop (.) (c) question mark (?)
13. 13.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we went to Jaipur for Diwali last year.” (a) went (b) year (c) to (d) we
14. 14.“The ice cream seller.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) what happens (predicate) (c) nothing is missing
15. 15.Ananya wrote “an old fort near an old temple”. Which word means the same as “old” and can replace the second one? (a) new (b) ancient (c) round
16. 16.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The lights went out we lit a candle.” (a) after “we” (b) after “lights” (c) after “out” (d) after “went”
17. 17.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on baisakhi.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
18. 18.Which of these is a statement? (a) Open your books to page ten. (b) How lovely the song is! (c) Where is Joseph going after school? (d) Maria reads a storybook at night.
19. 19.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is what Simran reading today? (b) Simran is what reading today? (c) What Simran is reading today? (d) What is Simran reading today?
20. 20.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Flew high in the sky.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
21. 21.Which describing word fits best?
    “The lemon tastes ___.” (a) sour (b) smooth (c) loud (d) shiny
22. 22.Which describing word fits best?
    “The peacock looks ___.” (a) sweet (b) colourful (c) prickly (d) quiet
23. 23.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Why is Priya laughing?” (a) statement (b) exclamation (c) question (d) command
24. 24.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Tenzin baked Tenzin's cake. Tenzin shared it. (b) Tenzin baked his cake. Him shared it. (c) Tenzin baked his cake. He shared it.
25. 25.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Sneha has a new book. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) He (c) Her (d) She
26. 26.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “On monday we have a test in maths.” (a) a (b) monday (c) maths (d) test
27. 27.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Since it was late. (b) The brown cow. (c) Sent me a gift. (d) The ice cream seller rang his bell.
28. 28.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Running in the park. (b) The little puppy ran across the garden. (c) Broke his toy car. (d) Our neighbours.
29. 29.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Rohan the ball kicks in the garden. (b) Kicks Rohan the ball in the garden. (c) Rohan kicks in the garden the ball. (d) Rohan kicks the ball in the garden.
30. 30.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The brown cow. (b) My aunt sent me a gift. (c) The firefighters put out the fire. (d) The ice cream seller rang his bell.
31. 31.“Broke his toy car.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) nothing is missing (c) who or what (subject)
32. 32.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Mum smiled ___ I had cleaned my room.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
33. 33.Which describing word fits best?
    “The drum sounds ___.” (a) colourful (b) sour (c) loud (d) sticky
34. 34.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The puppy was hungry it barked for food.” (a) after “The” (b) after “barked” (c) after “hungry” (d) after “for”
35. 35.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Kavya made her card. She posted it. (b) Kavya made Kavya's card. Kavya posted it. (c) Kavya made her card. Her posted it.
36. 36.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Rohan rice cooks for lunch. (b) Rohan cooks rice for lunch. (c) Rohan cooks for lunch rice. (d) Cooks Rohan rice for lunch.
37. 37.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The baby cried ___ she was hungry.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
38. 38.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Where is Pooja going after school” (a) question mark (?) (b) full stop (.) (c) exclamation mark (!)
39. 39.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Imran rides a bicycle to school” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) full stop (.) (c) question mark (?)
40. 40.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is why Meera laughing? (b) Meera is why laughing? (c) Why is Meera laughing? (d) Why Meera is laughing?

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