Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 714 · 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 is the best way to join “The shop was closed.” and “We went home.”? (a) The shop was closed because we went home. (b) The shop was closed so we went home. (c) The shop was closed but we went home.
2. 2.Rahul 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) hungry
3. 3.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Switch off the fan.” (a) exclamation (b) statement (c) question (d) command
4. 4.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Tenzin waters in the evening the plants. (b) Tenzin the plants waters in the evening. (c) Tenzin waters the plants in the evening. (d) Waters Tenzin the plants in the evening.
5. 5.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
   “It was very hot ___ we went for a swim.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
6. 6.Which sentence describes the bicycle best? (a) Aarav rode a new bicycle. (b) Aarav rode a new green bicycle. (c) Aarav rode a bicycle. (d) Aarav rode a green bicycle.
7. 7.Which describing word fits best?
   “The cactus feels ___.” (a) prickly (b) colourful (c) quiet (d) salty
8. 8.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Where Omkar is playing cricket? (b) Where is Omkar playing cricket? (c) Is where Omkar playing cricket? (d) Omkar is where playing cricket?
9. 9.“Sat on the wall.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) nothing is missing (c) who or what (subject)
10. 10.Which of these is a command? (a) What a long train! (b) Bring your notebook tomorrow. (c) How is Saanvi travelling to school? (d) Diya reads a storybook at night.
11. 11.Which sentence describes the shell best? (a) Kavya found a tiny pink shell. (b) Kavya found a shell. (c) Kavya found a tiny shell. (d) Kavya found a pink shell.
12. 12.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) What a huge elephant! (b) Open your books to page ten. (c) What is Ananya eating for lunch? (d) Ishaan reads a storybook at night.
13. 13.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Zoya has a new kite. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) Her (c) It (d) She
14. 14.Which sentence describes the bag best? (a) Farhan carried a bag. (b) Farhan carried a blue bag. (c) Farhan carried a heavy blue bag. (d) Farhan carried a heavy bag.
15. 15.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Aarav feeds the cat every morning.” (a) command (b) question (c) statement (d) exclamation
16. 16.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “last Tuesday I went to Kochi by train.” (a) went (b) to (c) last (d) by
17. 17.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Kabir and Kunal will come to my house on saturday.” (a) saturday (b) to (c) will (d) house
18. 18.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The children. (b) A green parrot ate a ripe guava. (c) The wind blew the leaves away. (d) The village pond was full of lotus flowers.
19. 19.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Draws Kavya a picture in art class. (b) Kavya a picture draws in art class. (c) Kavya draws in art class a picture. (d) Kavya draws a picture in art class.
20. 20.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on thursday.” (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
21. 21.These words are mixed up: visits / on / Yash / Fridays / library / the
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Yash visits on Fridays the library. (b) Yash the library visits on Fridays. (c) Yash visits the library on Fridays. (d) Visits Yash the library on Fridays.
22. 22.Kabir wrote “a loud bell and a loud drum”. Which word means the same as “loud” and can replace the second one? (a) noisy (b) wooden (c) quiet
23. 23.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Simran has a new pencil. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) It (c) She (d) Her
24. 24.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My cousin and i visited a zoo in Delhi.” (a) a (b) and (c) visited (d) i
25. 25.“Was full of lotus flowers.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) who or what (subject) (c) nothing is missing
26. 26.Which describing word fits best?
    “The library sounds ___.” (a) quiet (b) sweet (c) rough (d) colourful
27. 27.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Arjun practised every day ___ he won the prize.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
28. 28.Which sentence describes the flower best? (a) Aisha picked a flower. (b) Aisha picked a yellow flower. (c) Aisha picked a pretty flower. (d) Aisha picked a pretty yellow flower.
29. 29.Which sentence describes the house best? (a) Yash drew a tall house. (b) Yash drew a house. (c) Yash drew a tall red house. (d) Yash drew a red house.
30. 30.What kind of sentence is this?
    “How tall the tree is!” (a) statement (b) question (c) exclamation (d) command
31. 31.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Meera planted a seed she watered it daily.” (a) after “planted” (b) after “watered” (c) after “seed” (d) after “she”
32. 32.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Diwali.” (a) met (b) our (c) we (d) all
33. 33.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Shone over the lake.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
34. 34.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Ishaan and rahul will come to my house on Sunday.” (a) my (b) will (c) rahul (d) to
35. 35.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Arjun picked his mango. He ate it. (b) Arjun picked his mango. Him ate it. (c) Arjun picked Arjun's mango. Arjun ate it.
36. 36.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Tara likes to paint. She likes to draw.” (a) but (b) because (c) and
37. 37.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What Saanvi is drawing in class? (b) Is what Saanvi drawing in class? (c) Saanvi is what drawing in class? (d) What is Saanvi drawing in class?
38. 38.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Priya has a new bag. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) Her (c) It (d) He
39. 39.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Draws Zoya a picture in art class. (b) Zoya draws in art class a picture. (c) Zoya a picture draws in art class. (d) Zoya draws a picture in art class.
40. 40.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Manav feeds the cat every morning.” (a) statement (b) question (c) command (d) exclamation

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