Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 772 · 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) Why is Omkar laughing? (b) Why Omkar is laughing? (c) Is why Omkar laughing? (d) Omkar is why laughing?
2. 2.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Imran has a new mango. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) Him (c) She (d) He
3. 3.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Kunal wrote Kunal's poem. Kunal read it. (b) Kunal wrote his poem. He read it. (c) Kunal wrote his poem. Him read it.
4. 4.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “The school bus stopped at the gate.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
5. 5.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Arjun reads at night a storybook. (b) Arjun reads a storybook at night. (c) Reads Arjun a storybook at night. (d) Arjun a storybook reads at night.
6. 6.Which sentence describes the umbrella best? (a) Pooja opened a big umbrella. (b) Pooja opened a yellow umbrella. (c) Pooja opened an umbrella. (d) Pooja opened a big yellow umbrella.
7. 7.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “What a huge elephant” (a) question mark (?) (b) full stop (.) (c) exclamation mark (!)
8. 8.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “our school reopens after the holidays in February.” (a) holidays (b) school (c) in (d) our
9. 9.Isha wrote “a rich king in a rich city”. Which word means the same as “rich” and can replace the second one? (a) poor (b) wealthy (c) round
10. 10.Which describing word fits best?
    “The honey tastes ___.” (a) loud (b) sweet (c) bright (d) prickly
11. 11.Which describing word fits best?
    “The thunder sounds ___.” (a) loud (b) colourful (c) spicy (d) fluffy
12. 12.These words are mixed up: brushes / the / Kavya / on / dog / Sundays
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Kavya brushes on Sundays the dog. (b) Kavya the dog brushes on Sundays. (c) Kavya brushes the dog on Sundays. (d) Brushes Kavya the dog on Sundays.
13. 13.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) Omkar visits the library on Fridays. (b) Where is Manav playing cricket? (c) How cute the puppy is! (d) Sit down quietly.
14. 14.Which is the best way to join “The garden has roses.” and “It has sunflowers.”? (a) The garden has roses because it has sunflowers. (b) The garden has roses and it has sunflowers. (c) The garden has roses but it has sunflowers.
15. 15.Simran wrote “a shiny coin and a shiny ring”. Which word means the same as “shiny” and can replace the second one? (a) dull (b) wooden (c) bright
16. 16.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What a clever crow” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
17. 17.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The firefighters put out the fire. (b) Planted rice in the field. (c) Running in the park. (d) The red kite.
18. 18.Kunal wrote “an angry man and an angry dog”. Which word means the same as “angry” and can replace the second one? (a) purple (b) cross (c) calm
19. 19.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Kavya has a new toy car. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) She (c) He (d) Her
20. 20.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Carried a crumb. (b) A green parrot. (c) While Mum was cooking. (d) The children sang a song in the hall.
21. 21.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Priya is what reading today? (b) What Priya is reading today? (c) What is Priya reading today? (d) Is what Priya reading today?
22. 22.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The train arrived people got on quickly.” (a) after “on” (b) after “got” (c) after “train” (d) after “arrived”
23. 23.Which describing word fits best?
    “The lemon tastes ___.” (a) bright (b) sour (c) rough (d) loud
24. 24.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Where Manav is going after school? (b) Is where Manav going after school? (c) Where is Manav going after school? (d) Manav is where going after school?
25. 25.Which sentence describes the flower best? (a) Joseph picked a pretty yellow flower. (b) Joseph picked a pretty flower. (c) Joseph picked a yellow flower. (d) Joseph picked a flower.
26. 26.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “I brushed my teeth ___ I washed my face.” (a) but (b) and (c) because
27. 27.Which sentence describes the flower best? (a) Ishaan picked a tiny flower. (b) Ishaan picked a flower. (c) Ishaan picked a tiny yellow flower. (d) Ishaan picked a yellow flower.
28. 28.“Fell all night.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) what happens (predicate) (c) nothing is missing
29. 29.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in December.” (a) school (b) holidays (c) our (d) in
30. 30.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Why is Riya crying? (b) Riya is why crying? (c) Why Riya is crying? (d) Is why Riya crying?
31. 31.Which sentence describes the umbrella best? (a) Meera opened an umbrella. (b) Meera opened a big umbrella. (c) Meera opened a striped umbrella. (d) Meera opened a big striped umbrella.
32. 32.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The sun was shining. The birds were singing.” (a) because (b) and (c) but
33. 33.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Priya planted her sapling. She watered it. (b) Priya planted her sapling. Her watered it. (c) Priya planted Priya's sapling. Priya watered it.
34. 34.Which sentence describes the elephant best? (a) Dev saw a huge grey elephant. (b) Dev saw a grey elephant. (c) Dev saw a huge elephant. (d) Dev saw an elephant.
35. 35.Which sentence describes the elephant best? (a) Ishaan saw an elephant. (b) Ishaan saw a big grey elephant. (c) Ishaan saw a big elephant. (d) Ishaan saw a grey elephant.
36. 36.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The baby was sleeping we spoke softly.” (a) after “The” (b) after “we” (c) after “sleeping” (d) after “spoke”
37. 37.Which of these is a question? (a) What a beautiful garden! (b) Rahul eats a banana after school. (c) Bring your notebook tomorrow. (d) Why is Aarav crying?
38. 38.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Aisha has a new pencil. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) Her (c) It (d) She
39. 39.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Our neighbours. (b) Was full of lotus flowers. (c) Because it was raining. (d) The doctor checked my throat.
40. 40.Which describing word fits best?
    “The pickle tastes ___.” (a) rough (b) spicy (c) bright (d) noisy

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