Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 647 · 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 describing word fits best?
   “The drum sounds ___.” (a) loud (b) sweet (c) rough (d) bright
2. 2.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “last saturday i went to shimla by train.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 6
3. 3.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Last Monday I went to delhi by train.” (a) train (b) went (c) by (d) delhi
4. 4.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Before the sun set. (b) Cooked dal for dinner. (c) The postman brought a letter for Dad. (d) Our teacher.
5. 5.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Rohan has a new bag. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) Him (c) It (d) She
6. 6.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
   “Kabir has a cat ___ he has a dog.” (a) because (b) and (c) but
7. 7.Which describing word fits best?
   “The rainbow looks ___.” (a) bitter (b) colourful (c) prickly (d) noisy
8. 8.Rohan wrote “a loud bell and a loud drum”. Which word means the same as “loud” and can replace the second one? (a) noisy (b) quiet (c) round
9. 9.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “Riya lost her pen she looked everywhere.” (a) after “Riya” (b) after “looked” (c) after “lost” (d) after “pen”
10. 10.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The ice cream melted ___ it was a hot day.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
11. 11.Which describing word fits best?
    “The sun looks ___.” (a) bitter (b) bright (c) noisy (d) smooth
12. 12.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The shop was closed ___ we went home.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
13. 13.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Simran has a new book. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) Her (c) He (d) She
14. 14.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for onam.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 1
15. 15.“Rang his bell.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) who or what (subject) (c) nothing is missing
16. 16.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Where is Yash going after school?” (a) exclamation (b) statement (c) command (d) question
17. 17.Which sentence describes the butterfly best? (a) Kunal saw a blue butterfly. (b) Kunal saw a butterfly. (c) Kunal saw a tiny butterfly. (d) Kunal saw a tiny blue butterfly.
18. 18.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 but he was tired. (c) Dev went to bed early so he was tired.
19. 19.Which sentence describes the shell best? (a) Diya found a shell. (b) Diya found a small pink shell. (c) Diya found a small shell. (d) Diya found a pink shell.
20. 20.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on onam.” (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4 (d) 2
21. 21.Which describing word fits best?
    “The jam feels ___.” (a) loud (b) sticky (c) bright (d) sweet
22. 22.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from Surat in September.” (a) uncle (b) came (c) in (d) my
23. 23.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last wednesday i went to mysuru by train.” (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 3
24. 24.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Simran picked her mango. She ate it. (b) Simran picked her mango. Her ate it. (c) Simran picked Simran's mango. Simran ate it.
25. 25.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The hungry monkey.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
26. 26.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Where is Sneha playing cricket?” (a) command (b) statement (c) exclamation (d) question
27. 27.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Saanvi has a new poem. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) She (c) Her (d) It
28. 28.Which describing word fits best?
    “The pickle tastes ___.” (a) smooth (b) noisy (c) spicy (d) bright
29. 29.These words are mixed up: school / rides / to / a / bicycle / Saanvi
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Saanvi a bicycle rides to school. (b) Saanvi rides a bicycle to school. (c) Rides Saanvi a bicycle to school. (d) Saanvi rides to school a bicycle.
30. 30.Which sentence describes the balloon best? (a) Farhan bought a round balloon. (b) Farhan bought a red balloon. (c) Farhan bought a round red balloon. (d) Farhan bought a balloon.
31. 31.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Kavya packed her bag. Her carried it. (b) Kavya packed her bag. She carried it. (c) Kavya packed Kavya's bag. Kavya carried it.
32. 32.What kind of sentence is this?
    “How noisy the market is!” (a) command (b) exclamation (c) statement (d) question
33. 33.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Simran fixed Simran's toy car. Simran played with it. (b) Simran fixed her toy car. Her played with it. (c) Simran fixed her toy car. She played with it.
34. 34.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in kolkata on Thursday.” (a) visited (b) kolkata (c) fort (d) on
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on pongal.” (a) cousins (b) our (c) pongal (d) all
36. 36.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Diya is why laughing? (b) Is why Diya laughing? (c) Why Diya is laughing? (d) Why is Diya laughing?
37. 37.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Arjun has a new pot. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) He (c) Him (d) She
38. 38.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Isha the cat feeds every morning. (b) Feeds Isha the cat every morning. (c) Isha feeds the cat every morning. (d) Isha feeds every morning the cat.
39. 39.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Tenzin baked Tenzin's cake. Tenzin shared it. (b) Tenzin baked his cake. He shared it. (c) Tenzin baked his cake. Him shared it.
40. 40.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Because the shop was closed. (b) Checked my throat. (c) The baby elephant splashed in the river. (d) The train.

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