Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 588 · 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.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
   “Riya wore a sweater ___ it was cold.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
2. 2.Omkar wrote “a big box in a big room”. Which word means the same as “big” and can replace the second one? (a) tiny (b) huge (c) purple
3. 3.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “My kite got stuck a kind man got it down.” (a) after “My” (b) after “it” (c) after “a” (d) after “stuck”
4. 4.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Sit down quietly.” (a) exclamation (b) question (c) command (d) statement
5. 5.Which sentence describes the mango best? (a) Aarav ate a juicy yellow mango. (b) Aarav ate a yellow mango. (c) Aarav ate a mango. (d) Aarav ate a juicy mango.
6. 6.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Diya lost her pencil. Her found it. (b) Diya lost Diya's pencil. Diya found it. (c) Diya lost her pencil. She found it.
7. 7.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Priya the plants waters in the evening. (b) Priya waters the plants in the evening. (c) Priya waters in the evening the plants. (d) Waters Priya the plants in the evening.
8. 8.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “Ishaan writes a poem every week” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) full stop (.) (c) question mark (?)
9. 9.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The school bus stopped at the gate. (b) The children sang a song in the hall. (c) Our teacher wrote a poem on the board. (d) The ice cream seller.
10. 10.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from chennai in december.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5
11. 11.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Nisha bought her book. She read it. (b) Nisha bought her book. Her read it. (c) Nisha bought Nisha's book. Nisha read it.
12. 12.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Riya lost her pen she looked everywhere.” (a) after “her” (b) after “pen” (c) after “she” (d) after “looked”
13. 13.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) As soon as we reached home. (b) The brown cow. (c) Brought a letter for Dad. (d) The cricket match ended at five o'clock.
14. 14.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “rahul and priya will come to my house on sunday.” (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
15. 15.Which sentence describes the balloon best? (a) Farhan bought a big balloon. (b) Farhan bought a balloon. (c) Farhan bought a purple balloon. (d) Farhan bought a big purple balloon.
16. 16.These words are mixed up: Saturday / cleans / room / every / Kabir / the
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Cleans Kabir the room every Saturday. (b) Kabir cleans every Saturday the room. (c) Kabir the room cleans every Saturday. (d) Kabir cleans the room every Saturday.
17. 17.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “last Monday I went to Jaipur by train.” (a) last (b) went (c) by (d) train
18. 18.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) A green parrot ate a ripe guava. (b) The firefighters put out the fire. (c) Our cat slept on the sofa. (d) The rain.
19. 19.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is why Arjun crying? (b) Why Arjun is crying? (c) Arjun is why crying? (d) Why is Arjun crying?
20. 20.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Maria waters the plants in the evening. (b) Maria waters in the evening the plants. (c) Maria the plants waters in the evening. (d) Waters Maria the plants in the evening.
21. 21.Arjun wrote “a shiny coin and a shiny ring”. Which word means the same as “shiny” and can replace the second one? (a) dull (b) purple (c) bright
22. 22.Which sentence describes the elephant best? (a) Joseph saw a big grey elephant. (b) Joseph saw a big elephant. (c) Joseph saw a grey elephant. (d) Joseph saw an elephant.
23. 23.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “ananya and i played in the park on saturday.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 2
24. 24.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Aisha writes every week a poem. (b) Writes Aisha a poem every week. (c) Aisha a poem writes every week. (d) Aisha writes a poem every week.
25. 25.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The peacock danced in the rain. (b) The school bus stopped at the gate. (c) Eating a big mango. (d) Our cat slept on the sofa.
26. 26.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “on thursday we have a test in maths.” (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
27. 27.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from mysuru in July.” (a) came (b) in (c) uncle (d) mysuru
28. 28.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Omkar washed his bicycle. He rode it. (b) Omkar washed Omkar's bicycle. Omkar rode it. (c) Omkar washed his bicycle. Him rode it.
29. 29.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Our teacher wrote a poem on the board.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
30. 30.Which describing word fits best?
    “The thunder sounds ___.” (a) bright (b) sweet (c) loud (d) fluffy
31. 31.“Two ducks.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) nothing is missing (c) what happens (predicate)
32. 32.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Who is Kavya calling” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) full stop (.) (c) question mark (?)
33. 33.“The red kite.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) what happens (predicate) (c) nothing is missing
34. 34.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “It was late. The shops were still open.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
35. 35.Which is the best way to join “We stayed indoors.” and “It was raining.”? (a) We stayed indoors but it was raining. (b) We stayed indoors because it was raining. (c) We stayed indoors so it was raining.
36. 36.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) How is Aarav travelling to school? (b) Diya writes a poem every week. (c) What a lovely song! (d) Water the plants today.
37. 37.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The soup was hot. It was not tasty.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
38. 38.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Aisha plays in the park cricket. (b) Aisha cricket plays in the park. (c) Plays Aisha cricket in the park. (d) Aisha plays cricket in the park.
39. 39.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on holi.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
40. 40.These words are mixed up: Grandma / Farhan / the / helps / in / kitchen
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Helps Farhan Grandma in the kitchen. (b) Farhan Grandma helps in the kitchen. (c) Farhan helps in the kitchen Grandma. (d) Farhan helps Grandma in the kitchen.

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