Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 590 · 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 of these is a command? (a) What a clever crow! (b) What is Sneha reading today? (c) Please feed the cat. (d) Kabir washes the car on Sundays.
2. 2.These words are mixed up: lunch / cooks / Rahul / rice / for
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Rahul rice cooks for lunch. (b) Cooks Rahul rice for lunch. (c) Rahul cooks rice for lunch. (d) Rahul cooks for lunch rice.
3. 3.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The village pond was full of lotus flowers. (b) The peacock danced in the rain. (c) The players ran onto the field. (d) Our cat.
4. 4.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Riya feeds every morning the cat. (b) Riya the cat feeds every morning. (c) Riya feeds the cat every morning. (d) Feeds Riya the cat every morning.
5. 5.These words are mixed up: in / class / a / draws / art / Riya / picture
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Draws Riya a picture in art class. (b) Riya a picture draws in art class. (c) Riya draws in art class a picture. (d) Riya draws a picture in art class.
6. 6.Riya wrote “a shiny coin and a shiny ring”. Which word means the same as “shiny” and can replace the second one? (a) dull (b) bright (c) round
7. 7.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Aarav has a new bag. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) It (c) Him (d) He
8. 8.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “It was very hot. We went for a swim.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
9. 9.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 “hot” (c) after “cold” (d) after “It”
10. 10.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Omkar has a new toy car. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) Him (c) She (d) He
11. 11.These words are mixed up: visits / the / Simran / on / library / Fridays
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Simran the library visits on Fridays. (b) Visits Simran the library on Fridays. (c) Simran visits on Fridays the library. (d) Simran visits the library on Fridays.
12. 12.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What is Yash eating for lunch? (b) What Yash is eating for lunch? (c) Is what Yash eating for lunch? (d) Yash is what eating for lunch?
13. 13.Saanvi wrote “a pretty doll in a pretty dress”. Which word means the same as “pretty” and can replace the second one? (a) ugly (b) square (c) lovely
14. 14.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Manav planted his sapling. He watered it. (b) Manav planted Manav's sapling. Manav watered it. (c) Manav planted his sapling. Him watered it.
15. 15.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “I like mangoes. My sister likes apples.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
16. 16.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “After we ate lunch.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
17. 17.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “On thursday we have a test in maths.” (a) test (b) we (c) have (d) thursday
18. 18.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first friday of july.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 2
19. 19.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Zoya visits the library on Fridays. (b) Visits Zoya the library on Fridays. (c) Zoya the library visits on Fridays. (d) Zoya visits on Fridays the library.
20. 20.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) A big black crow sat on the wall. (b) A green parrot ate a ripe guava. (c) The old farmer planted rice in the field. (d) Cooked dal for dinner.
21. 21.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Zoya has a new pencil. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Her (b) She (c) It (d) He
22. 22.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What is Aisha eating for lunch” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
23. 23.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “We ran to the bus stop. We were late.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
24. 24.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What a long train!” (a) statement (b) command (c) exclamation (d) question
25. 25.Which is the best way to join “The garden has roses.” and “It has sunflowers.”? (a) The garden has roses and it has sunflowers. (b) The garden has roses but it has sunflowers. (c) The garden has roses because it has sunflowers.
26. 26.“Sent me a gift.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) nothing is missing (c) what happens (predicate)
27. 27.“The players.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) what happens (predicate) (c) who or what (subject)
28. 28.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Grandpa. (b) If you come early. (c) The train left the station at nine. (d) Swam in the pond.
29. 29.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 so we opened our umbrellas. (c) It started to rain because we opened our umbrellas.
30. 30.Which is the best way to join “The water was too cold.” and “We did not swim.”? (a) The water was too cold so we did not swim. (b) The water was too cold but we did not swim. (c) The water was too cold because we did not swim.
31. 31.Which describing word fits best?
    “The library sounds ___.” (a) quiet (b) prickly (c) shiny (d) bitter
32. 32.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) My sister made a rangoli. (b) The cricket match ended at five o'clock. (c) Our cat slept on the sofa. (d) Sat next to me.
33. 33.Which describing word fits best?
    “The thunder sounds ___.” (a) colourful (b) fluffy (c) salty (d) loud
34. 34.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Maria is when leaving for Delhi? (b) Is when Maria leaving for Delhi? (c) When is Maria leaving for Delhi? (d) When Maria is leaving for Delhi?
35. 35.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Grandpa watered the plants. (b) Playing with my friends. (c) Sat next to me. (d) The hungry monkey.
36. 36.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Holi.” (a) we (b) met (c) cousins (d) all
37. 37.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Imran wrote Imran's poem. Imran read it. (b) Imran wrote his poem. Him read it. (c) Imran wrote his poem. He read it.
38. 38.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on christmas.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 3
39. 39.Which sentence describes the mango best? (a) Ishaan ate a juicy ripe mango. (b) Ishaan ate a ripe mango. (c) Ishaan ate a mango. (d) Ishaan ate a juicy mango.
40. 40.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) Our neighbours lit lamps on Diwali. (b) The firefighters put out the fire. (c) Two ducks. (d) The village pond was full of lotus flowers.

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