Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 565 · 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.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The sky turned dark soon it began to rain.” (a) after “dark” (b) after “it” (c) after “soon” (d) after “to”
2. 2.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) What a cold morning! (b) Please speak slowly. (c) When is Tenzin leaving for Delhi? (d) Diya cooks rice for lunch.
3. 3.Which sentence describes the pot best? (a) Imran painted an orange pot. (b) Imran painted a pot. (c) Imran painted a small orange pot. (d) Imran painted a small pot.
4. 4.Which describing word fits best?
   “The glass feels ___.” (a) quiet (b) bright (c) bitter (d) smooth
5. 5.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “kabir and Sneha will come to my house on Thursday.” (a) to (b) house (c) kabir (d) and
6. 6.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “Mum smiled. I had cleaned my room.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
7. 7.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “When the school bus came.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
8. 8.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “my cousin and I visited a zoo in Lucknow.” (a) and (b) a (c) zoo (d) my
9. 9.Which sentence describes the flower best? (a) Dev picked a white flower. (b) Dev picked a flower. (c) Dev picked a tiny white flower. (d) Dev picked a tiny flower.
10. 10.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What a lovely song” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
11. 11.Which sentence describes the balloon best? (a) Dev bought a purple balloon. (b) Dev bought a round balloon. (c) Dev bought a balloon. (d) Dev bought a round purple balloon.
12. 12.These words are mixed up: Imran / kite / flies / roof / a / the / on
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Imran a kite flies on the roof. (b) Imran flies a kite on the roof. (c) Flies Imran a kite on the roof. (d) Imran flies on the roof a kite.
13. 13.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “last Tuesday I went to Pune by train.” (a) by (b) train (c) went (d) last
14. 14.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Kabir fell off his bicycle he hurt his knee.” (a) after “bicycle” (b) after “Kabir” (c) after “his” (d) after “hurt”
15. 15.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Why Simran is crying? (b) Is why Simran crying? (c) Simran is why crying? (d) Why is Simran crying?
16. 16.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “It was very hot we drank cold water.” (a) after “very” (b) after “drank” (c) after “hot” (d) after “we”
17. 17.Which describing word fits best?
    “The sun looks ___.” (a) bitter (b) noisy (c) fluffy (d) bright
18. 18.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Eating a big mango.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
19. 19.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Why is Diya laughing? (b) Is why Diya laughing? (c) Why Diya is laughing? (d) Diya is why laughing?
20. 20.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Meera planted a seed she watered it daily.” (a) after “Meera” (b) after “a” (c) after “watered” (d) after “seed”
21. 21.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Pooja writes a poem every week.” (a) exclamation (b) statement (c) command (d) question
22. 22.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Where is Saanvi playing cricket? (b) Where Saanvi is playing cricket? (c) Saanvi is where playing cricket? (d) Is where Saanvi playing cricket?
23. 23.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Zoya painted Zoya's pot. Zoya sold it. (b) Zoya painted her pot. Her sold it. (c) Zoya painted her pot. She sold it.
24. 24.These words are mixed up: seven / bus / catches / the / at / Joseph
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Catches Joseph the bus at seven. (b) Joseph catches the bus at seven. (c) Joseph the bus catches at seven. (d) Joseph catches at seven the bus.
25. 25.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Priya can sing. She can dance too.” (a) because (b) but (c) and
26. 26.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “On tuesday we have a test in maths.” (a) tuesday (b) maths (c) have (d) test
27. 27.Which sentence describes the elephant best? (a) Meera saw an elephant. (b) Meera saw a grey elephant. (c) Meera saw a huge grey elephant. (d) Meera saw a huge elephant.
28. 28.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in delhi on saturday.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 5
29. 29.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) My little brother broke his toy car. (b) Was full of lotus flowers. (c) The hungry monkey. (d) Since it was late.
30. 30.Sneha wrote “happy children at a happy party”. Which word means the same as “happy” and can replace the second one? (a) hungry (b) glad (c) sad
31. 31.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “We reached the beach the sand was warm.” (a) after “We” (b) after “sand” (c) after “the” (d) after “beach”
32. 32.Which describing word fits best?
    “The new coin looks ___.” (a) noisy (b) salty (c) shiny (d) sticky
33. 33.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “How funny the joke is” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
34. 34.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in September.” (a) our (b) in (c) reopens (d) holidays
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Aarav and priya will come to my house on Monday.” (a) house (b) to (c) will (d) priya
36. 36.Tenzin wrote “a loud bell and a loud drum”. Which word means the same as “loud” and can replace the second one? (a) purple (b) noisy (c) quiet
37. 37.Which describing word fits best?
    “The library sounds ___.” (a) quiet (b) smooth (c) sour (d) colourful
38. 38.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Why is Arjun crying?” (a) statement (b) command (c) question (d) exclamation
39. 39.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in patna starts in november.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 3
40. 40.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The ice cream seller rang his bell. (b) The postman brought a letter for Dad. (c) The rain fell all night. (d) Was full of lotus flowers.

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