Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 595 · 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 question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is what Maria reading today? (b) What is Maria reading today? (c) Maria is what reading today? (d) What Maria is reading today?
2. 2.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The teacher smiled she liked our drawings.” (a) after “smiled” (b) after “our” (c) after “she” (d) after “liked”
3. 3.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Simran wrote her poem. She read it. (b) Simran wrote her poem. Her read it. (c) Simran wrote Simran's poem. Simran read it.
4. 4.These words are mixed up: for / rice / lunch / cooks / Ananya
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Cooks Ananya rice for lunch. (b) Ananya rice cooks for lunch. (c) Ananya cooks rice for lunch. (d) Ananya cooks for lunch rice.
5. 5.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “dev wore new clothes on holi.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
6. 6.Which sentence describes the elephant best? (a) Vikram saw an elephant. (b) Vikram saw a grey elephant. (c) Vikram saw a big elephant. (d) Vikram saw a big grey elephant.
7. 7.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
   “The garden has roses ___ it has sunflowers.” (a) and (b) because (c) but
8. 8.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “We visited the old fort in pune on Monday.” (a) pune (b) the (c) visited (d) in
9. 9.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “children” (b) after “bell” (c) after “The” (d) after “rang”
10. 10.Which describing word fits best?
    “The bitter gourd tastes ___.” (a) noisy (b) shiny (c) bitter (d) prickly
11. 11.Which is the best way to join “Kabir has a cat.” and “He has a dog.”? (a) Kabir has a cat because he has a dog. (b) Kabir has a cat and he has a dog. (c) Kabir has a cat but he has a dog.
12. 12.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The puppy was cold. We gave it a blanket.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
13. 13.Which of these is a statement? (a) Priya waters the plants in the evening. (b) What a tasty samosa! (c) Please speak slowly. (d) Why is Kavya crying?
14. 14.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “We stayed indoors. It was raining.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
15. 15.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Until the rain stopped. (b) Sat on the wall. (c) The village pond was full of lotus flowers. (d) My best friend.
16. 16.Which of these is a statement? (a) Where is Nisha playing cricket? (b) Maria waters the plants in the evening. (c) What a lovely song! (d) Bring your notebook tomorrow.
17. 17.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Where Rohan is going after school? (b) Where is Rohan going after school? (c) Rohan is where going after school? (d) Is where Rohan going after school?
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “rohan lives near the lake in Chennai.” (a) lives (b) rohan (c) near (d) the
19. 19.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Riya has a new kite. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) He (c) Her (d) It
20. 20.Which describing word fits best?
    “The tamarind tastes ___.” (a) shiny (b) loud (c) prickly (d) sour
21. 21.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Saanvi the school bag packs at night. (b) Saanvi packs the school bag at night. (c) Saanvi packs at night the school bag. (d) Packs Saanvi the school bag at night.
22. 22.“The firefighters.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) nothing is missing (c) what happens (predicate)
23. 23.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Kavya visits the library on Fridays” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
24. 24.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from bhopal in february.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 5
25. 25.What kind of sentence is this?
    “How colourful the rangoli is!” (a) statement (b) command (c) exclamation (d) question
26. 26.Which describing word fits best?
    “The jam feels ___.” (a) loud (b) sticky (c) colourful (d) sweet
27. 27.“Sat on the wall.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
28. 28.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Meera plays in the park cricket. (b) Plays Meera cricket in the park. (c) Meera cricket plays in the park. (d) Meera plays cricket in the park.
29. 29.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What a noisy market” (a) full stop (.) (b) question mark (?) (c) exclamation mark (!)
30. 30.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The village pond. (b) Carried a crumb. (c) My grandmother told us a story. (d) When the school bus came.
31. 31.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Yash draws a picture in art class” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
32. 32.These words are mixed up: a / every / week / Pooja / poem / writes
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Pooja writes a poem every week. (b) Pooja a poem writes every week. (c) Writes Pooja a poem every week. (d) Pooja writes every week a poem.
33. 33.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “On wednesday we have a test in maths.” (a) wednesday (b) maths (c) a (d) test
34. 34.Which of these is a statement? (a) Line up near the door. (b) Why is Arjun laughing? (c) Farhan helps Grandma in the kitchen. (d) How beautiful the garden is!
35. 35.Which describing word fits best?
    “The honey tastes ___.” (a) noisy (b) colourful (c) sweet (d) rough
36. 36.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Manav lives near the lake in delhi.” (a) lake (b) in (c) lives (d) delhi
37. 37.Which sentence describes the pot best? (a) Farhan painted a small orange pot. (b) Farhan painted a small pot. (c) Farhan painted a pot. (d) Farhan painted an orange pot.
38. 38.Which is the best way to join “Dev went to bed early.” and “He was tired.”? (a) Dev went to bed early because he was tired. (b) Dev went to bed early so he was tired. (c) Dev went to bed early but he was tired.
39. 39.Rahul wrote “a loud bell and a loud drum”. Which word means the same as “loud” and can replace the second one? (a) square (b) quiet (c) noisy
40. 40.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in pune starts in july.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 5

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