Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 544 · 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 describing word fits best?
   “The new coin looks ___.” (a) prickly (b) noisy (c) sour (d) shiny
2. 2.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) How Isha is travelling to school? (b) Is how Isha travelling to school? (c) How is Isha travelling to school? (d) Isha is how travelling to school?
3. 3.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The old farmer planted rice in the field. (b) The players. (c) Gave us cool shade. (d) If you come early.
4. 4.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) How Diya is travelling to school? (b) Is how Diya travelling to school? (c) Diya is how travelling to school? (d) How is Diya travelling to school?
5. 5.Which sentence describes the dog best? (a) Diya saw a big brown dog. (b) Diya saw a big dog. (c) Diya saw a brown dog. (d) Diya saw a dog.
6. 6.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “the big fair in lucknow starts in november.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 3
7. 7.Which sentence describes the kite best? (a) Diya flew a big kite. (b) Diya flew a kite. (c) Diya flew a red kite. (d) Diya flew a big red kite.
8. 8.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Rahul has a new card. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) Him (c) It (d) He
9. 9.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “We met all our cousins on pongal.” (a) all (b) pongal (c) on (d) met
10. 10.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Sneha the bus catches at seven. (b) Catches Sneha the bus at seven. (c) Sneha catches the bus at seven. (d) Sneha catches at seven the bus.
11. 11.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Where is Ananya going after school? (b) Where Ananya is going after school? (c) Is where Ananya going after school? (d) Ananya is where going after school?
12. 12.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Isha brushes the dog on Sundays.” (a) statement (b) question (c) exclamation (d) command
13. 13.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The plants died. Nobody watered them.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
14. 14.Which sentence describes the mango best? (a) Aarav ate a mango. (b) Aarav ate a big mango. (c) Aarav ate a yellow mango. (d) Aarav ate a big yellow mango.
15. 15.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Grandma baked a cake it smelled lovely.” (a) after “a” (b) after “Grandma” (c) after “baked” (d) after “cake”
16. 16.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What is Manav reading today?” (a) question (b) exclamation (c) command (d) statement
17. 17.Which describing word fits best?
    “The pickle tastes ___.” (a) colourful (b) loud (c) spicy (d) fluffy
18. 18.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Turn left at the temple.” (a) statement (b) exclamation (c) command (d) question
19. 19.Which describing word fits best?
    “The bitter gourd tastes ___.” (a) bitter (b) colourful (c) prickly (d) loud
20. 20.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My cousin and I visited a zoo in kochi.” (a) cousin (b) and (c) kochi (d) visited
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from bhopal in December.” (a) came (b) from (c) uncle (d) bhopal
22. 22.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The old farmer planted rice in the field. (b) The train left the station at nine. (c) Because it was raining. (d) The baby elephant splashed in the river.
23. 23.Which sentence describes the pot best? (a) Ishaan painted a round pot. (b) Ishaan painted a blue pot. (c) Ishaan painted a round blue pot. (d) Ishaan painted a pot.
24. 24.These words are mixed up: the / Sundays / on / dog / brushes / Kunal
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Kunal the dog brushes on Sundays. (b) Brushes Kunal the dog on Sundays. (c) Kunal brushes the dog on Sundays. (d) Kunal brushes on Sundays the dog.
25. 25.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Imran has a new book. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) Him (c) It (d) She
26. 26.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on eid.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 4
27. 27.Which of these is a command? (a) What a clever crow! (b) Where is Rohan going after school? (c) Switch off the fan. (d) Isha reads a storybook at night.
28. 28.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Mum smiled. I had cleaned my room.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
29. 29.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 “at” (c) after “we” (d) after “The”
30. 30.Nisha wrote “a wet towel on a wet floor”. Which word means the same as “wet” and can replace the second one? (a) hungry (b) dry (c) damp
31. 31.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Our cat.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
32. 32.“The postman.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) who or what (subject) (c) nothing is missing
33. 33.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “priya was born in the month of october.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
34. 34.Which is the best way to join “Arjun practised every day.” and “He won the prize.”? (a) Arjun practised every day but he won the prize. (b) Arjun practised every day so he won the prize. (c) Arjun practised every day because he won the prize.
35. 35.Which describing word fits best?
    “The silk scarf feels ___.” (a) smooth (b) colourful (c) noisy (d) sour
36. 36.Which sentence describes the kite best? (a) Dev flew a green kite. (b) Dev flew a small green kite. (c) Dev flew a kite. (d) Dev flew a small kite.
37. 37.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Rang his bell. (b) Grandpa. (c) Running in the park. (d) The bright moon shone over the lake.
38. 38.Meera wrote “a fast horse and a fast car”. Which word means the same as “fast” and can replace the second one? (a) slow (b) spicy (c) quick
39. 39.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The teacher smiled she liked our drawings.” (a) after “The” (b) after “liked” (c) after “smiled” (d) after “teacher”
40. 40.Which sentence describes the pot best? (a) Ishaan painted a blue pot. (b) Ishaan painted a small pot. (c) Ishaan painted a small blue pot. (d) Ishaan painted a pot.

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