Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 68 · 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.These words are mixed up: morning / Riya / cat / every / the / feeds
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Riya the cat feeds every morning. (b) Feeds Riya the cat every morning. (c) Riya feeds the cat every morning. (d) Riya feeds every morning the cat.
2. 2.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Manav and i played in the park on Sunday.” (a) and (b) played (c) i (d) park
3. 3.Which of these is a statement? (a) Why is Isha laughing? (b) What a sweet mango! (c) Open your books to page ten. (d) Kunal packs the school bag at night.
4. 4.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is how Pooja travelling to school? (b) How is Pooja travelling to school? (c) Pooja is how travelling to school? (d) How Pooja is travelling to school?
5. 5.“Splashed in the river.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) nothing is missing (c) who or what (subject)
6. 6.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “my birthday is on the first Friday of August.” (a) of (b) my (c) on (d) first
7. 7.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Arjun waters the plants in the evening.” (a) command (b) question (c) statement (d) exclamation
8. 8.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
   “Priya can sing ___ she can dance too.” (a) and (b) because (c) but
9. 9.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The shop was closed we went back home.” (a) after “The” (b) after “went” (c) after “we” (d) after “closed”
10. 10.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Running in the park.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
11. 11.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) After we ate lunch. (b) The rain. (c) Our teacher wrote a poem on the board. (d) Danced in the rain.
12. 12.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “isha and i played in the park on monday.” (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
13. 13.Saanvi wrote “a shiny coin and a shiny ring”. Which word means the same as “shiny” and can replace the second one? (a) square (b) dull (c) bright
14. 14.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Dev is where going after school? (b) Where Dev is going after school? (c) Where is Dev going after school? (d) Is where Dev going after school?
15. 15.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The plants died ___ nobody watered them.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
16. 16.These words are mixed up: school / Arjun / a / banana / eats / after
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Eats Arjun a banana after school. (b) Arjun eats after school a banana. (c) Arjun eats a banana after school. (d) Arjun a banana eats after school.
17. 17.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Arjun practised every day. He won the prize.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
18. 18.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The shop was closed ___ we went home.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
19. 19.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The red kite.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
20. 20.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Isha washed her bicycle. Her rode it. (b) Isha washed her bicycle. She rode it. (c) Isha washed Isha's bicycle. Isha rode it.
21. 21.Which is the best way to join “The room was dark.” and “I switched on the light.”? (a) The room was dark so I switched on the light. (b) The room was dark because I switched on the light. (c) The room was dark but I switched on the light.
22. 22.Which is the best way to join “The ice cream melted.” and “It was a hot day.”? (a) The ice cream melted but it was a hot day. (b) The ice cream melted so it was a hot day. (c) The ice cream melted because it was a hot day.
23. 23.Which describing word fits best?
    “The drum sounds ___.” (a) loud (b) shiny (c) smooth (d) bitter
24. 24.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The soup was hot. It was not tasty.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
25. 25.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “It was very hot ___ we went for a swim.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
26. 26.These words are mixed up: banana / school / eats / Sneha / after / a
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Sneha a banana eats after school. (b) Sneha eats a banana after school. (c) Sneha eats after school a banana. (d) Eats Sneha a banana after school.
27. 27.Which describing word fits best?
    “The lemon tastes ___.” (a) sour (b) colourful (c) rough (d) loud
28. 28.Which sentence describes the house best? (a) Dev drew a red house. (b) Dev drew a tall red house. (c) Dev drew a house. (d) Dev drew a tall house.
29. 29.These words are mixed up: kite / roof / the / flies / Dev / a / on
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Dev a kite flies on the roof. (b) Dev flies on the roof a kite. (c) Flies Dev a kite on the roof. (d) Dev flies a kite on the roof.
30. 30.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Swam in the pond.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
31. 31.Which is the best way to join “Nisha took an umbrella.” and “The sky was cloudy.”? (a) Nisha took an umbrella because the sky was cloudy. (b) Nisha took an umbrella but the sky was cloudy. (c) Nisha took an umbrella so the sky was cloudy.
32. 32.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The puppy was cold. We gave it a blanket.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
33. 33.Which sentence describes the elephant best? (a) Maria saw a big elephant. (b) Maria saw a grey elephant. (c) Maria saw a big grey elephant. (d) Maria saw an elephant.
34. 34.Ishaan wrote “a shiny coin and a shiny ring”. Which word means the same as “shiny” and can replace the second one? (a) square (b) bright (c) dull
35. 35.Which sentence describes the umbrella best? (a) Kabir opened a small umbrella. (b) Kabir opened a small striped umbrella. (c) Kabir opened an umbrella. (d) Kabir opened a striped umbrella.
36. 36.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Omkar eats a banana after school” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
37. 37.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My birthday is on the first Monday of january.” (a) first (b) is (c) january (d) of
38. 38.Which is the best way to join “The mango looked green.” and “It was very sweet.”? (a) The mango looked green because it was very sweet. (b) The mango looked green so it was very sweet. (c) The mango looked green but it was very sweet.
39. 39.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “We bought apples. We bought grapes.” (a) because (b) and (c) but
40. 40.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The teacher smiled she liked our drawings.” (a) after “our” (b) after “liked” (c) after “The” (d) after “smiled”

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