Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 765 · 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 butterfly best? (a) Imran saw a butterfly. (b) Imran saw a pretty blue butterfly. (c) Imran saw a blue butterfly. (d) Imran saw a pretty butterfly.
2. 2.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
   “Mum smiled ___ I had cleaned my room.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
3. 3.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Kunal writes a poem every week.” (a) exclamation (b) question (c) statement (d) command
4. 4.Maria wrote “happy children at a happy party”. Which word means the same as “happy” and can replace the second one? (a) sad (b) glad (c) wooden
5. 5.What kind of sentence is this?
   “What is Dev drawing in class?” (a) statement (b) command (c) question (d) exclamation
6. 6.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “kabir was born in the month of september.” (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
7. 7.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What is Farhan reading today? (b) Farhan is what reading today? (c) What Farhan is reading today? (d) Is what Farhan reading today?
8. 8.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “What is Aarav drawing in class” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
9. 9.Which describing word fits best?
   “The jam feels ___.” (a) bright (b) sticky (c) salty (d) loud
10. 10.Which describing word fits best?
    “The drum sounds ___.” (a) sticky (b) bitter (c) bright (d) loud
11. 11.Which of these is a question? (a) Turn left at the temple. (b) What a big cake! (c) Simran waters the plants in the evening. (d) What is Rohan reading today?
12. 12.Which sentence describes the bicycle best? (a) Priya rode a bicycle. (b) Priya rode a shiny bicycle. (c) Priya rode a red bicycle. (d) Priya rode a shiny red bicycle.
13. 13.“Put out the fire.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) what happens (predicate) (c) nothing is missing
14. 14.Farhan wrote “a big box in a big room”. Which word means the same as “big” and can replace the second one? (a) wooden (b) tiny (c) huge
15. 15.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on sunday.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
16. 16.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Reads Joseph a storybook at night. (b) Joseph reads a storybook at night. (c) Joseph a storybook reads at night. (d) Joseph reads at night a storybook.
17. 17.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Ishaan drinks before bed warm milk. (b) Drinks Ishaan warm milk before bed. (c) Ishaan warm milk drinks before bed. (d) Ishaan drinks warm milk before bed.
18. 18.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Sneha the plants waters in the evening. (b) Sneha waters the plants in the evening. (c) Sneha waters in the evening the plants. (d) Waters Sneha the plants in the evening.
19. 19.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “kabir and ananya will come to my house on saturday.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 3
20. 20.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) My grandmother told us a story. (b) The children sang a song in the hall. (c) Counted the coins. (d) The cricket match ended at five o'clock.
21. 21.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “We ran to the bus stop ___ we were late.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
22. 22.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The bag was heavy. Dad helped me carry it.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
23. 23.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The ice cream melted. It was a hot day.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
24. 24.These words are mixed up: roof / kite / the / on / Tara / a / flies
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Flies Tara a kite on the roof. (b) Tara a kite flies on the roof. (c) Tara flies on the roof a kite. (d) Tara flies a kite on the roof.
25. 25.Which is the best way to join “The sun was shining.” and “The birds were singing.”? (a) The sun was shining and the birds were singing. (b) The sun was shining but the birds were singing. (c) The sun was shining because the birds were singing.
26. 26.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Where is Rahul playing cricket? (b) Rahul is where playing cricket? (c) Is where Rahul playing cricket? (d) Where Rahul is playing cricket?
27. 27.Which sentence describes the elephant best? (a) Farhan saw an elephant. (b) Farhan saw a big elephant. (c) Farhan saw a big grey elephant. (d) Farhan saw a grey elephant.
28. 28.Which describing word fits best?
    “The chips taste ___.” (a) noisy (b) fluffy (c) colourful (d) salty
29. 29.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Why Isha is crying? (b) Is why Isha crying? (c) Why is Isha crying? (d) Isha is why crying?
30. 30.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The road was wet. We walked slowly.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
31. 31.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Riya wore a sweater. It was cold.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
32. 32.Which describing word fits best?
    “The thunder sounds ___.” (a) salty (b) sticky (c) shiny (d) loud
33. 33.Which is the best way to join “The water was too cold.” and “We did not swim.”? (a) The water was too cold so we did not swim. (b) The water was too cold because we did not swim. (c) The water was too cold but we did not swim.
34. 34.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Simran bought Simran's book. Simran read it. (b) Simran bought her book. Her read it. (c) Simran bought her book. She read it.
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We went to Indore for holi last year.” (a) for (b) to (c) year (d) holi
36. 36.“A busy squirrel.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) what happens (predicate) (c) who or what (subject)
37. 37.These words are mixed up: Imran / every / feeds / morning / cat / the
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Imran the cat feeds every morning. (b) Feeds Imran the cat every morning. (c) Imran feeds every morning the cat. (d) Imran feeds the cat every morning.
38. 38.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) My father cooked dal for dinner. (b) The school bell rang loudly. (c) The ice cream seller. (d) My grandmother told us a story.
39. 39.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Broke his toy car. (b) Running in the park. (c) The old farmer planted rice in the field. (d) A big black crow.
40. 40.Ananya wrote “an angry man and an angry dog”. Which word means the same as “angry” and can replace the second one? (a) round (b) cross (c) calm

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