Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 646 · 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 sentence describes the shell best? (a) Simran found a tiny shell. (b) Simran found a white shell. (c) Simran found a tiny white shell. (d) Simran found a shell.
2. 2.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is what Arjun eating for lunch? (b) Arjun is what eating for lunch? (c) What Arjun is eating for lunch? (d) What is Arjun eating for lunch?
3. 3.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Who is Rohan calling? (b) Who Rohan is calling? (c) Rohan is who calling? (d) Is who Rohan calling?
4. 4.These words are mixed up: Meera / cricket / park / plays / in / the
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Meera plays cricket in the park. (b) Meera cricket plays in the park. (c) Meera plays in the park cricket. (d) Plays Meera cricket in the park.
5. 5.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) How clever the crow is! (b) Please close the door. (c) Yash draws a picture in art class. (d) Why is Ishaan laughing?
6. 6.Which is the best way to join “We bought apples.” and “We bought grapes.”? (a) We bought apples but we bought grapes. (b) We bought apples because we bought grapes. (c) We bought apples and we bought grapes.
7. 7.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “my birthday is on the first Friday of October.” (a) on (b) my (c) is (d) first
8. 8.Which sentence describes the flower best? (a) Farhan picked a pretty flower. (b) Farhan picked a flower. (c) Farhan picked a pretty white flower. (d) Farhan picked a white flower.
9. 9.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “our school reopens after the holidays in August.” (a) after (b) holidays (c) school (d) our
10. 10.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Why is Zoya laughing? (b) Is why Zoya laughing? (c) Why Zoya is laughing? (d) Zoya is why laughing?
11. 11.Which of these is a question? (a) When is Kavya leaving for Delhi? (b) What a sweet mango! (c) Please speak slowly. (d) Pooja sings a song in the morning.
12. 12.These words are mixed up: Pooja / the / the / in / waters / evening / plants
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Waters Pooja the plants in the evening. (b) Pooja the plants waters in the evening. (c) Pooja waters in the evening the plants. (d) Pooja waters the plants in the evening.
13. 13.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “How sweet the mango is” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
14. 14.These words are mixed up: feeds / every / the / Sneha / morning / cat
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Sneha feeds every morning the cat. (b) Sneha feeds the cat every morning. (c) Sneha the cat feeds every morning. (d) Feeds Sneha the cat every morning.
15. 15.“My best friend.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
16. 16.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Priya can sing ___ she can dance too.” (a) but (b) because (c) and
17. 17.Which of these is a question? (a) Why is Ananya crying? (b) Saanvi eats a banana after school. (c) Sit down quietly. (d) How beautiful the garden is!
18. 18.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) Collected nuts. (b) A green parrot ate a ripe guava. (c) Our cat slept on the sofa. (d) A big black crow sat on the wall.
19. 19.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “nisha and omkar will come to my house on saturday.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 3
20. 20.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for baisakhi.” (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
21. 21.Which is the best way to join “I brushed my teeth.” and “I washed my face.”? (a) I brushed my teeth and I washed my face. (b) I brushed my teeth because I washed my face. (c) I brushed my teeth but I washed my face.
22. 22.Which of these is a statement? (a) What a huge elephant! (b) Sneha flies a kite on the roof. (c) Wait for me at the gate. (d) How is Pooja travelling to school?
23. 23.Zoya wrote “a pretty doll in a pretty dress”. Which word means the same as “pretty” and can replace the second one? (a) ugly (b) lovely (c) hungry
24. 24.“Ate a ripe guava.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) nothing is missing (c) what happens (predicate)
25. 25.Which describing word fits best?
    “The lemon tastes ___.” (a) rough (b) shiny (c) sour (d) noisy
26. 26.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my cousin and i visited a zoo in agra.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 4
27. 27.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The plants died ___ nobody watered them.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
28. 28.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Kabir is who calling? (b) Who Kabir is calling? (c) Who is Kabir calling? (d) Is who Kabir calling?
29. 29.Which of these is a statement? (a) How is Tara travelling to school? (b) What a sweet mango! (c) Priya writes a poem every week. (d) Please speak slowly.
30. 30.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “rahul lives near the lake in kolkata.” (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
31. 31.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The shop was closed we went back home.” (a) after “shop” (b) after “we” (c) after “was” (d) after “closed”
32. 32.Which sentence describes the cap best? (a) Sneha wore a blue cap. (b) Sneha wore an old blue cap. (c) Sneha wore an old cap. (d) Sneha wore a cap.
33. 33.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “How cute the puppy is” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
34. 34.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The firefighters. (b) My aunt sent me a gift. (c) The hungry monkey grabbed a banana. (d) The doctor checked my throat.
35. 35.These words are mixed up: dog / the / Sundays / on / brushes / Rahul
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Rahul brushes on Sundays the dog. (b) Rahul brushes the dog on Sundays. (c) Rahul the dog brushes on Sundays. (d) Brushes Rahul the dog on Sundays.
36. 36.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Dev washed his bicycle. Him rode it. (b) Dev washed his bicycle. He rode it. (c) Dev washed Dev's bicycle. Dev rode it.
37. 37.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Priya flies a kite on the roof. (b) Priya flies on the roof a kite. (c) Flies Priya a kite on the roof. (d) Priya a kite flies on the roof.
38. 38.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Counted the coins. (b) The school bell. (c) Waiting for the bus. (d) The ice cream seller rang his bell.
39. 39.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to chennai for pongal last year.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 3
40. 40.Which sentence describes the pot best? (a) Pooja painted a round orange pot. (b) Pooja painted a round pot. (c) Pooja painted an orange pot. (d) Pooja painted a pot.

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