Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 766 · 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 question has the words in the correct order? (a) What Manav is eating for lunch? (b) Manav is what eating for lunch? (c) What is Manav eating for lunch? (d) Is what Manav eating for lunch?
2. 2.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Last sunday I went to Pune by train.” (a) went (b) train (c) to (d) sunday
3. 3.Yash 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
4. 4.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Manav helps Grandma in the kitchen.” (a) exclamation (b) question (c) statement (d) command
5. 5.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
   “Grandpa reads the paper ___ he drinks his tea.” (a) because (b) and (c) but
6. 6.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “we visited the old fort in Mysuru on Saturday.” (a) on (b) visited (c) in (d) we
7. 7.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “My cousin and I visited a zoo in patna.” (a) and (b) cousin (c) visited (d) patna
8. 8.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The village pond was full of lotus flowers. (b) Sat next to me. (c) The school bus. (d) Waiting for the bus.
9. 9.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Rohan has a new pot. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) Him (c) She (d) He
10. 10.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Nisha washed her bicycle. Her rode it. (b) Nisha washed Nisha's bicycle. Nisha rode it. (c) Nisha washed her bicycle. She rode it.
11. 11.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Shone over the lake.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
12. 12.Rahul wrote “a clever girl with a clever plan”. Which word means the same as “clever” and can replace the second one? (a) silly (b) hungry (c) smart
13. 13.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Arjun is what reading today? (b) Is what Arjun reading today? (c) What Arjun is reading today? (d) What is Arjun reading today?
14. 14.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to lucknow for holi last year.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 5
15. 15.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Omkar is what eating for lunch? (b) What is Omkar eating for lunch? (c) Is what Omkar eating for lunch? (d) What Omkar is eating for lunch?
16. 16.Which sentence describes the house best? (a) Yash drew a small red house. (b) Yash drew a red house. (c) Yash drew a small house. (d) Yash drew a house.
17. 17.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Joseph the car washes on Sundays. (b) Joseph washes the car on Sundays. (c) Joseph washes on Sundays the car. (d) Washes Joseph the car on Sundays.
18. 18.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) What a cold morning! (b) Meera kicks the ball in the garden. (c) What is Zoya eating for lunch? (d) Line up near the door.
19. 19.Which sentence describes the bicycle best? (a) Tara rode a new bicycle. (b) Tara rode a bicycle. (c) Tara rode a new green bicycle. (d) Tara rode a green bicycle.
20. 20.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Mum cooked dal ___ she made rotis.” (a) and (b) because (c) but
21. 21.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Meera planted a seed she watered it daily.” (a) after “Meera” (b) after “watered” (c) after “seed” (d) after “it”
22. 22.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on Wednesday.” (a) i (b) dog (c) my (d) to
23. 23.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The garden has roses. It has sunflowers.” (a) but (b) and (c) because
24. 24.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on christmas.” (a) all (b) on (c) our (d) christmas
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Holi.” (a) met (b) we (c) all (d) our
26. 26.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Manav a banana eats after school. (b) Manav eats after school a banana. (c) Manav eats a banana after school. (d) Eats Manav a banana after school.
27. 27.Which is the best way to join “The room was dark.” and “I switched on the light.”? (a) The room was dark because I switched on the light. (b) The room was dark but I switched on the light. (c) The room was dark so I switched on the light.
28. 28.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Maria packs the school bag at night. (b) Packs Maria the school bag at night. (c) Maria the school bag packs at night. (d) Maria packs at night the school bag.
29. 29.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Why is Kunal laughing? (b) Kunal is why laughing? (c) Is why Kunal laughing? (d) Why Kunal is laughing?
30. 30.Kabir wrote “a big box in a big room”. Which word means the same as “big” and can replace the second one? (a) spicy (b) tiny (c) huge
31. 31.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My birthday is on the first Monday of september.” (a) september (b) on (c) birthday (d) is
32. 32.Which sentence describes the elephant best? (a) Ananya saw an elephant. (b) Ananya saw a grey elephant. (c) Ananya saw a huge grey elephant. (d) Ananya saw a huge elephant.
33. 33.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Our team practised hard we won the match.” (a) after “Our” (b) after “team” (c) after “hard” (d) after “practised”
34. 34.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Aarav the plants waters in the evening. (b) Aarav waters in the evening the plants. (c) Aarav waters the plants in the evening. (d) Waters Aarav the plants in the evening.
35. 35.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The hungry monkey.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
36. 36.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on baisakhi.” (a) our (b) met (c) baisakhi (d) on
37. 37.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Priya can sing. She can dance too.” (a) but (b) because (c) and
38. 38.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The baby cried ___ she was hungry.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My birthday is on the first saturday of October.” (a) birthday (b) saturday (c) first (d) of
40. 40.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “We bought apples ___ we bought grapes.” (a) and (b) because (c) but

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