Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 611 · 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 word needs a capital letter?
   “My birthday is on the first saturday of August.” (a) first (b) birthday (c) saturday (d) is
2. 2.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Wrote a poem on the board. (b) A busy squirrel. (c) When the school bus came. (d) The school bus stopped at the gate.
3. 3.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 “he” (d) after “off”
4. 4.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “our school reopens after the holidays in april.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 1
5. 5.Which describing word fits best?
   “The peacock looks ___.” (a) prickly (b) colourful (c) sour (d) loud
6. 6.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “nisha was born in the month of january.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
7. 7.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
   “We bought apples ___ we bought grapes.” (a) and (b) but (c) because
8. 8.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “Made a rangoli.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
9. 9.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “on monday we have a test in maths.” (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 3
10. 10.Which describing word fits best?
    “The roasted peanuts taste ___.” (a) quiet (b) bright (c) salty (d) sticky
11. 11.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “rahul was born in the month of November.” (a) rahul (b) was (c) born (d) month
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Our school reopens after the holidays in february.” (a) holidays (b) february (c) in (d) the
13. 13.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Please speak slowly.” (a) statement (b) exclamation (c) command (d) question
14. 14.“Lit lamps on Diwali.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) what happens (predicate) (c) who or what (subject)
15. 15.Which of these is a command? (a) Yash kicks the ball in the garden. (b) Who is Ishaan calling? (c) What a colourful rangoli! (d) Put your books in the bag.
16. 16.Which sentence describes the shell best? (a) Priya found a small shell. (b) Priya found a shell. (c) Priya found a white shell. (d) Priya found a small white shell.
17. 17.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What Vikram is eating for lunch? (b) Is what Vikram eating for lunch? (c) What is Vikram eating for lunch? (d) Vikram is what eating for lunch?
18. 18.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Where is Nisha going after school?” (a) statement (b) exclamation (c) command (d) question
19. 19.Tenzin wrote “a quiet room in a quiet house”. Which word means the same as “quiet” and can replace the second one? (a) silent (b) noisy (c) wooden
20. 20.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Ananya found Ananya's kite. Ananya flew it. (b) Ananya found her kite. Her flew it. (c) Ananya found her kite. She flew it.
21. 21.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What a huge elephant!” (a) exclamation (b) question (c) command (d) statement
22. 22.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Playing with my friends. (b) The ice cream seller. (c) The little puppy ran across the garden. (d) Rang loudly.
23. 23.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) How lovely the song is! (b) Farhan plays cricket in the park. (c) Turn left at the temple. (d) Why is Kunal crying?
24. 24.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Omkar is why crying? (b) Is why Omkar crying? (c) Why is Omkar crying? (d) Why Omkar is crying?
25. 25.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Imran washes the car on Sundays” (a) question mark (?) (b) full stop (.) (c) exclamation mark (!)
26. 26.Which describing word fits best?
    “The drum sounds ___.” (a) bright (b) sour (c) loud (d) smooth
27. 27.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “kabir and kavya will come to my house on sunday.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 3
28. 28.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “After we ate lunch.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
29. 29.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Rahul has a new book. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Him (b) He (c) She (d) It
30. 30.“Ran across the garden.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
31. 31.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) What a beautiful garden! (b) Please pass the salt. (c) Where is Sneha playing cricket? (d) Saanvi reads a storybook at night.
32. 32.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The new student sat next to me. (b) A small mouse. (c) Until the rain stopped. (d) Sent me a gift.
33. 33.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “We stayed indoors. It was raining.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
34. 34.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Simran catches the bus at seven. (b) Simran the bus catches at seven. (c) Catches Simran the bus at seven. (d) Simran catches at seven the bus.
35. 35.Which describing word fits best?
    “The bitter gourd tastes ___.” (a) colourful (b) bitter (c) loud (d) sticky
36. 36.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Tara waters the plants in the evening. (b) Tara the plants waters in the evening. (c) Tara waters in the evening the plants. (d) Waters Tara the plants in the evening.
37. 37.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from Agra in January.” (a) from (b) uncle (c) came (d) my
38. 38.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “The big fair in surat starts in April.” (a) big (b) surat (c) fair (d) starts
39. 39.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Kabir drank some water ___ he was thirsty.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
40. 40.Omkar wrote “a scared cat and a scared puppy”. Which word means the same as “scared” and can replace the second one? (a) brave (b) afraid (c) spicy

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