Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 546 · 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 sentence describes the dog best? (a) Rahul saw a dog. (b) Rahul saw a little black dog. (c) Rahul saw a black dog. (d) Rahul saw a little dog.
2. 2.Which is the best way to join “We bought apples.” and “We bought grapes.”? (a) We bought apples and we bought grapes. (b) We bought apples but we bought grapes. (c) We bought apples because we bought grapes.
3. 3.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The peacock. (b) The school bus stopped at the gate. (c) The new student sat next to me. (d) The ice cream seller rang his bell.
4. 4.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) Our teacher wrote a poem on the board. (b) Danced in the rain. (c) The red kite flew high in the sky. (d) The school bell rang loudly.
5. 5.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Sneha is how travelling to school? (b) How is Sneha travelling to school? (c) How Sneha is travelling to school? (d) Is how Sneha travelling to school?
6. 6.What kind of sentence is this?
   “What a long train!” (a) command (b) exclamation (c) question (d) statement
7. 7.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The brown cow gave fresh milk. (b) Although he was tired. (c) Rang his bell. (d) The school bus.
8. 8.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “We went to bhopal for Pongal last year.” (a) bhopal (b) to (c) went (d) last
9. 9.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The sky turned dark soon it began to rain.” (a) after “turned” (b) after “dark” (c) after “soon” (d) after “The”
10. 10.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Ananya planted her sapling. Her watered it. (b) Ananya planted her sapling. She watered it. (c) Ananya planted Ananya's sapling. Ananya watered it.
11. 11.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Aarav picked Aarav's mango. Aarav ate it. (b) Aarav picked his mango. He ate it. (c) Aarav picked his mango. Him ate it.
12. 12.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Dev went to bed early ___ he was tired.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
13. 13.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “diya and i played in the park on tuesday.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 4
14. 14.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Ananya wrote her poem. She read it. (b) Ananya wrote her poem. Her read it. (c) Ananya wrote Ananya's poem. Ananya read it.
15. 15.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Pooja washes the car on Sundays” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
16. 16.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Because the shop was closed. (b) Hid under the bed. (c) My best friend gave me a pencil. (d) The children.
17. 17.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “ishaan wore new clothes on Onam.” (a) clothes (b) ishaan (c) wore (d) on
18. 18.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What a clever crow!” (a) statement (b) exclamation (c) question (d) command
19. 19.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Vikram rides a bicycle to school.” (a) statement (b) question (c) exclamation (d) command
20. 20.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Kavya eats a banana after school. (b) Kavya eats after school a banana. (c) Kavya a banana eats after school. (d) Eats Kavya a banana after school.
21. 21.Which describing word fits best?
    “The library sounds ___.” (a) prickly (b) sour (c) shiny (d) quiet
22. 22.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is what Sneha reading today? (b) What Sneha is reading today? (c) What is Sneha reading today? (d) Sneha is what reading today?
23. 23.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What a cute puppy!” (a) statement (b) question (c) exclamation (d) command
24. 24.Which sentence describes the pot best? (a) Zoya painted a blue pot. (b) Zoya painted a small blue pot. (c) Zoya painted a pot. (d) Zoya painted a small pot.
25. 25.Which of these is a command? (a) How lovely the song is! (b) Isha kicks the ball in the garden. (c) Who is Nisha calling? (d) Turn left at the temple.
26. 26.Which is the best way to join “It was very hot.” and “We went for a swim.”? (a) It was very hot but we went for a swim. (b) It was very hot so we went for a swim. (c) It was very hot because we went for a swim.
27. 27.“Ran onto the field.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
28. 28.Which sentence describes the mango best? (a) Ananya ate a big mango. (b) Ananya ate a mango. (c) Ananya ate a ripe mango. (d) Ananya ate a big ripe mango.
29. 29.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “We stayed indoors. It was raining.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
30. 30.Which describing word fits best?
    “The jam feels ___.” (a) colourful (b) loud (c) spicy (d) sticky
31. 31.Maria wrote “happy children at a happy party”. Which word means the same as “happy” and can replace the second one? (a) wooden (b) glad (c) sad
32. 32.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Tenzin has a new bicycle. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Him (b) He (c) It (d) She
33. 33.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “I like mangoes ___ my sister likes apples.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
34. 34.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Eating a big mango.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
35. 35.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Nisha fixed her toy car. Her played with it. (b) Nisha fixed her toy car. She played with it. (c) Nisha fixed Nisha's toy car. Nisha played with it.
36. 36.Aarav wrote “a quiet room in a quiet house”. Which word means the same as “quiet” and can replace the second one? (a) noisy (b) silent (c) square
37. 37.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (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.
38. 38.Which describing word fits best?
    “The thunder sounds ___.” (a) spicy (b) rough (c) bright (d) loud
39. 39.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Joseph a song sings in the morning. (b) Sings Joseph a song in the morning. (c) Joseph sings a song in the morning. (d) Joseph sings in the morning a song.
40. 40.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Kabir cooks for lunch rice. (b) Cooks Kabir rice for lunch. (c) Kabir rice cooks for lunch. (d) Kabir cooks rice for lunch.

Free writing skills lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/english-writing-skills