Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 563 · 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?
   “the big fair in pune starts in december.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 2
2. 2.Which sentence describes the pot best? (a) Zoya painted a round pot. (b) Zoya painted a round blue pot. (c) Zoya painted a blue pot. (d) Zoya painted a pot.
3. 3.Which sentence describes the pot best? (a) Priya painted a pot. (b) Priya painted a small pot. (c) Priya painted a small orange pot. (d) Priya painted an orange pot.
4. 4.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “dev and I played in the park on Saturday.” (a) played (b) and (c) dev (d) on
5. 5.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Dev kicks in the garden the ball. (b) Dev the ball kicks in the garden. (c) Dev kicks the ball in the garden. (d) Kicks Dev the ball in the garden.
6. 6.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Sneha was born in the month of november.” (a) november (b) in (c) born (d) the
7. 7.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “we went to Surat for Baisakhi last year.” (a) to (b) we (c) went (d) for
8. 8.Which describing word fits best?
   “The kitten feels ___.” (a) shiny (b) salty (c) noisy (d) fluffy
9. 9.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Priya sings a song in the morning.” (a) question (b) exclamation (c) statement (d) command
10. 10.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Zoya writes a poem every week” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
11. 11.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “joseph met yash at the station in shimla.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 4
12. 12.Which is the best way to join “Riya wore a sweater.” and “It was cold.”? (a) Riya wore a sweater but it was cold. (b) Riya wore a sweater because it was cold. (c) Riya wore a sweater so it was cold.
13. 13.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Who Rahul is calling? (b) Who is Rahul calling? (c) Rahul is who calling? (d) Is who Rahul calling?
14. 14.These words are mixed up: cat / feeds / morning / every / the / Rahul
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Rahul the cat feeds every morning. (b) Feeds Rahul the cat every morning. (c) Rahul feeds every morning the cat. (d) Rahul feeds the cat every morning.
15. 15.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The tiny ant carried a crumb. (b) The red kite flew high in the sky. (c) Since it was late. (d) The train left the station at nine.
16. 16.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “meera met Kavya at the station in Indore.” (a) station (b) meera (c) in (d) met
17. 17.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The garden has roses ___ it has sunflowers.” (a) because (b) but (c) and
18. 18.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) A busy squirrel. (b) As soon as we reached home. (c) My sister made a rangoli. (d) Stopped at the gate.
19. 19.Which is the best way to join “Grandpa reads the paper.” and “He drinks his tea.”? (a) Grandpa reads the paper but he drinks his tea. (b) Grandpa reads the paper because he drinks his tea. (c) Grandpa reads the paper and he drinks his tea.
20. 20.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Until the rain stopped.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
21. 21.Sneha wrote “a rich king in a rich city”. Which word means the same as “rich” and can replace the second one? (a) poor (b) square (c) wealthy
22. 22.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “dev met tara at the station in jaipur.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 5
23. 23.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Kunal has a new pencil. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) Him (c) It (d) She
24. 24.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in lucknow on Sunday.” (a) the (b) on (c) lucknow (d) old
25. 25.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What is Isha drawing in class” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) full stop (.) (c) question mark (?)
26. 26.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “kabir wore new clothes on diwali.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 4
27. 27.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “How cute the puppy is” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
28. 28.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Put your books in the bag.” (a) exclamation (b) command (c) statement (d) question
29. 29.Which describing word fits best?
    “The pickle tastes ___.” (a) rough (b) quiet (c) spicy (d) colourful
30. 30.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Omkar has a new sapling. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) He (c) It (d) Him
31. 31.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The plants died ___ nobody watered them.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
32. 32.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Ananya feeds the cat every morning. (b) Feeds Ananya the cat every morning. (c) Ananya the cat feeds every morning. (d) Ananya feeds every morning the cat.
33. 33.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “pooja and i played in the park on monday.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 5
34. 34.Farhan wrote “a scared cat and a scared puppy”. Which word means the same as “scared” and can replace the second one? (a) square (b) brave (c) afraid
35. 35.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Joseph waters the plants in the evening.” (a) command (b) exclamation (c) statement (d) question
36. 36.Which of these is a statement? (a) How beautiful the garden is! (b) Who is Isha calling? (c) Please help me carry this box. (d) Tenzin feeds the cat every morning.
37. 37.Which of these is a command? (a) What a lovely song! (b) Bring your notebook tomorrow. (c) Joseph rides a bicycle to school. (d) Why is Tenzin crying?
38. 38.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The plants died. Nobody watered them.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
39. 39.Which is the best way to join “It started to rain.” and “We opened our umbrellas.”? (a) It started to rain but we opened our umbrellas. (b) It started to rain because we opened our umbrellas. (c) It started to rain so we opened our umbrellas.
40. 40.These words are mixed up: visits / library / the / on / Fridays / Zoya
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Zoya visits the library on Fridays. (b) Zoya visits on Fridays the library. (c) Zoya the library visits on Fridays. (d) Visits Zoya the library on Fridays.

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