Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 606 · 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 an exclamation? (a) Please help me carry this box. (b) Who is Kunal calling? (c) Aarav rides a bicycle to school. (d) What a funny joke!
2. 2.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Dev has a new kite. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Him (b) It (c) She (d) He
3. 3.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Running in the park. (b) Grabbed a banana. (c) The new student. (d) The school bus stopped at the gate.
4. 4.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “The road was wet. We walked slowly.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
5. 5.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “my uncle came from Chennai in January.” (a) uncle (b) my (c) from (d) in
6. 6.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Why is Tenzin crying? (b) Is why Tenzin crying? (c) Tenzin is why crying? (d) Why Tenzin is crying?
7. 7.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “What a bright moon” (a) full stop (.) (b) question mark (?) (c) exclamation mark (!)
8. 8.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “My uncle came from jaipur in September.” (a) jaipur (b) uncle (c) came (d) in
9. 9.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “my cousin and I visited a zoo in Delhi.” (a) and (b) my (c) visited (d) cousin
10. 10.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) Ananya flies a kite on the roof. (b) Drink a glass of milk. (c) What a noisy market! (d) What is Saanvi reading today?
11. 11.Which sentence describes the shell best? (a) Zoya found a pink shell. (b) Zoya found a shell. (c) Zoya found a small pink shell. (d) Zoya found a small shell.
12. 12.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on christmas.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 4
13. 13.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Where is Ishaan going after school” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
14. 14.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Meera was hungry. She ate a banana.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
15. 15.Which sentence describes the kite best? (a) Dev flew a green kite. (b) Dev flew a kite. (c) Dev flew a small kite. (d) Dev flew a small green kite.
16. 16.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Where is Ishaan playing cricket? (b) Ishaan is where playing cricket? (c) Where Ishaan is playing cricket? (d) Is where Ishaan playing cricket?
17. 17.Which describing word fits best?
    “The rainbow looks ___.” (a) fluffy (b) noisy (c) spicy (d) colourful
18. 18.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Mum cooked dal. She made rotis.” (a) but (b) because (c) and
19. 19.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The school bus.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
20. 20.Which of these is a question? (a) Bring your notebook tomorrow. (b) What a tall tree! (c) Where is Rohan going after school? (d) Arjun drinks warm milk before bed.
21. 21.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 so it was raining. (c) We stayed indoors because it was raining.
22. 22.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Omkar lives near the lake in pune.” (a) in (b) lives (c) lake (d) pune
23. 23.Which is the best way to join “Priya can sing.” and “She can dance too.”? (a) Priya can sing because she can dance too. (b) Priya can sing and she can dance too. (c) Priya can sing but she can dance too.
24. 24.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Pooja packed Pooja's bag. Pooja carried it. (b) Pooja packed her bag. She carried it. (c) Pooja packed her bag. Her carried it.
25. 25.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Riya lost her pen she looked everywhere.” (a) after “looked” (b) after “pen” (c) after “her” (d) after “Riya”
26. 26.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Why is Tara crying” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
27. 27.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Priya flies a kite on the roof” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
28. 28.“The red kite.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) nothing is missing (c) who or what (subject)
29. 29.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Isha has a new toy car. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) He (c) She (d) Her
30. 30.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in Mysuru on Tuesday.” (a) visited (b) old (c) fort (d) we
31. 31.Which describing word fits best?
    “The new coin looks ___.” (a) shiny (b) noisy (c) spicy (d) rough
32. 32.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “It was very hot we drank cold water.” (a) after “It” (b) after “was” (c) after “hot” (d) after “drank”
33. 33.Omkar wrote “an old fort near an old temple”. Which word means the same as “old” and can replace the second one? (a) new (b) round (c) ancient
34. 34.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Nisha lost Nisha's pencil. Nisha found it. (b) Nisha lost her pencil. Her found it. (c) Nisha lost her pencil. She found it.
35. 35.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Sneha cooks rice for lunch. (b) Cooks Sneha rice for lunch. (c) Sneha rice cooks for lunch. (d) Sneha cooks for lunch rice.
36. 36.Which is the best way to join “The plants died.” and “Nobody watered them.”? (a) The plants died so nobody watered them. (b) The plants died because nobody watered them. (c) The plants died but nobody watered them.
37. 37.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Isha picked her mango. Her ate it. (b) Isha picked her mango. She ate it. (c) Isha picked Isha's mango. Isha ate it.
38. 38.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is when Pooja leaving for Delhi? (b) Pooja is when leaving for Delhi? (c) When is Pooja leaving for Delhi? (d) When Pooja is leaving for Delhi?
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “last Monday I went to Bhopal by train.” (a) to (b) went (c) by (d) last
40. 40.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from Jaipur in august.” (a) from (b) uncle (c) came (d) august

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