Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 658 · 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?
   “Manav met Omkar at the station in kolkata.” (a) kolkata (b) at (c) the (d) met
2. 2.Which sentence describes the elephant best? (a) Aarav saw a huge elephant. (b) Aarav saw a huge grey elephant. (c) Aarav saw a grey elephant. (d) Aarav saw an elephant.
3. 3.Which sentence describes the house best? (a) Kunal drew a small green house. (b) Kunal drew a green house. (c) Kunal drew a house. (d) Kunal drew a small house.
4. 4.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “The garden has roses. It has sunflowers.” (a) and (b) but (c) because
5. 5.Which of these is a statement? (a) When is Meera leaving for Delhi? (b) Zoya cleans the room every Saturday. (c) How huge the elephant is! (d) Turn left at the temple.
6. 6.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Aarav eats after school a banana. (b) Aarav eats a banana after school. (c) Eats Aarav a banana after school. (d) Aarav a banana eats after school.
7. 7.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “kabir met Vikram at the station in Mysuru.” (a) the (b) station (c) kabir (d) at
8. 8.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Tara cleans the room every Saturday. (b) Cleans Tara the room every Saturday. (c) Tara cleans every Saturday the room. (d) Tara the room cleans every Saturday.
9. 9.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “Our team practised hard we won the match.” (a) after “won” (b) after “Our” (c) after “we” (d) after “hard”
10. 10.Nisha wrote “a scared cat and a scared puppy”. Which word means the same as “scared” and can replace the second one? (a) afraid (b) hungry (c) brave
11. 11.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for Diwali.” (a) made (b) sweets (c) my (d) aunt
12. 12.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The milk boiled over we turned off the stove.” (a) after “milk” (b) after “over” (c) after “The” (d) after “we”
13. 13.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Kabir has a cat. He has a dog.” (a) because (b) and (c) but
14. 14.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Rohan painted Rohan's pot. Rohan sold it. (b) Rohan painted his pot. Him sold it. (c) Rohan painted his pot. He sold it.
15. 15.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Rahul baked Rahul's cake. Rahul shared it. (b) Rahul baked his cake. Him shared it. (c) Rahul baked his cake. He shared it.
16. 16.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “It was very hot ___ we went for a swim.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
17. 17.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The baby elephant splashed in the river.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
18. 18.Which describing word fits best?
    “The library sounds ___.” (a) colourful (b) quiet (c) salty (d) fluffy
19. 19.Which describing word fits best?
    “The tree bark feels ___.” (a) shiny (b) quiet (c) rough (d) sour
20. 20.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Diya is why laughing? (b) Why is Diya laughing? (c) Why Diya is laughing? (d) Is why Diya laughing?
21. 21.“A big black crow.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
22. 22.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The cricket match ended at five o'clock. (b) A busy squirrel collected nuts. (c) The village pond was full of lotus flowers. (d) As soon as we reached home.
23. 23.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “How is Maria travelling to school” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
24. 24.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from Jaipur in April.” (a) my (b) from (c) uncle (d) came
25. 25.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The postman brought a letter for Dad. (b) The shopkeeper counted the coins. (c) Although he was tired. (d) Two ducks swam in the pond.
26. 26.Which sentence describes the kite best? (a) Rahul flew a green kite. (b) Rahul flew a small green kite. (c) Rahul flew a kite. (d) Rahul flew a small kite.
27. 27.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The teacher smiled she liked our drawings.” (a) after “liked” (b) after “teacher” (c) after “smiled” (d) after “The”
28. 28.Zoya wrote “a big box in a big room”. Which word means the same as “big” and can replace the second one? (a) tiny (b) huge (c) purple
29. 29.These words are mixed up: brushes / on / Sneha / the / Sundays / dog
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Brushes Sneha the dog on Sundays. (b) Sneha brushes the dog on Sundays. (c) Sneha brushes on Sundays the dog. (d) Sneha the dog brushes on Sundays.
30. 30.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Aisha has a new bag. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) He (c) It (d) Her
31. 31.Which sentence describes the pot best? (a) Meera painted a small pot. (b) Meera painted a pot. (c) Meera painted a small blue pot. (d) Meera painted a blue pot.
32. 32.Which sentence describes the pot best? (a) Priya painted a pot. (b) Priya painted a small pot. (c) Priya painted an orange pot. (d) Priya painted a small orange pot.
33. 33.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) A small mouse hid under the bed. (b) The tiny ant carried a crumb. (c) Eating a big mango. (d) Our teacher wrote a poem on the board.
34. 34.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “sneha and rohan will come to my house on monday.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 5
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Dev and i played in the park on Friday.” (a) i (b) the (c) and (d) park
36. 36.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Nisha wore new clothes on onam.” (a) clothes (b) onam (c) wore (d) on
37. 37.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The lights went out we lit a candle.” (a) after “we” (b) after “lights” (c) after “The” (d) after “out”
38. 38.Which sentence describes the house best? (a) Sneha drew a house. (b) Sneha drew a red house. (c) Sneha drew a tall house. (d) Sneha drew a tall red house.
39. 39.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The bag was heavy ___ Dad helped me carry it.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
40. 40.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What a colourful rangoli!” (a) question (b) exclamation (c) statement (d) command

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