Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 776 · 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) Is where Riya playing cricket? (b) Where is Riya playing cricket? (c) Riya is where playing cricket? (d) Where Riya is playing cricket?
2. 2.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Aarav has a new pencil. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) It (c) She (d) Him
3. 3.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) What a big cake! (b) Yash washes the car on Sundays. (c) What is Farhan reading today? (d) Please close the door.
4. 4.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Where Rohan is going after school? (b) Is where Rohan going after school? (c) Where is Rohan going after school? (d) Rohan is where going after school?
5. 5.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “Arjun practised every day. He won the prize.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
6. 6.Which of these is a statement? (a) What a huge elephant! (b) Saanvi writes a poem every week. (c) When is Arjun leaving for Delhi? (d) Line up near the door.
7. 7.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “We visited the old fort in chennai on Saturday.” (a) visited (b) on (c) chennai (d) old
8. 8.“A big black crow.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) what happens (predicate) (c) who or what (subject)
9. 9.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) Our neighbours lit lamps on Diwali. (b) The train left the station at nine. (c) Two ducks swam in the pond. (d) My little brother.
10. 10.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Open your books to page ten.” (a) command (b) exclamation (c) statement (d) question
11. 11.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in July.” (a) holidays (b) our (c) after (d) school
12. 12.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The rain fell all night.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
13. 13.Which is the best way to join “Grandpa reads the paper.” and “He drinks his tea.”? (a) Grandpa reads the paper because he drinks his tea. (b) Grandpa reads the paper and he drinks his tea. (c) Grandpa reads the paper but he drinks his tea.
14. 14.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The tiny ant carried a crumb. (b) Cooked dal for dinner. (c) The peacock. (d) If you come early.
15. 15.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “The big fair in jaipur starts in December.” (a) jaipur (b) fair (c) starts (d) big
16. 16.“The shopkeeper.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) what happens (predicate) (c) who or what (subject)
17. 17.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Maria is what reading today? (b) What Maria is reading today? (c) What is Maria reading today? (d) Is what Maria reading today?
18. 18.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The baby cried. She was hungry.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
19. 19.Which describing word fits best?
    “The peacock looks ___.” (a) prickly (b) salty (c) colourful (d) quiet
20. 20.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The road was wet. We walked slowly.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
21. 21.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Arjun packed Arjun's bag. Arjun carried it. (b) Arjun packed his bag. Him carried it. (c) Arjun packed his bag. He carried it.
22. 22.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “children” (b) after “The” (c) after “rang” (d) after “ran”
23. 23.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Kunal has a new pencil. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Him (b) He (c) It (d) She
24. 24.Which is the best way to join “The soup was hot.” and “It was not tasty.”? (a) The soup was hot because it was not tasty. (b) The soup was hot so it was not tasty. (c) The soup was hot but it was not tasty.
25. 25.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The lights went out we lit a candle.” (a) after “The” (b) after “out” (c) after “lights” (d) after “lit”
26. 26.“Rang loudly.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) nothing is missing (c) who or what (subject)
27. 27.Which is the best way to join “Dev went to bed early.” and “He was tired.”? (a) Dev went to bed early so he was tired. (b) Dev went to bed early because he was tired. (c) Dev went to bed early but he was tired.
28. 28.These words are mixed up: cat / the / Joseph / feeds / every / morning
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Joseph the cat feeds every morning. (b) Joseph feeds the cat every morning. (c) Joseph feeds every morning the cat. (d) Feeds Joseph the cat every morning.
29. 29.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) Two ducks swam in the pond. (b) The train left the station at nine. (c) The red kite flew high in the sky. (d) The firefighters.
30. 30.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Ishaan flies a kite on the roof.” (a) command (b) question (c) statement (d) exclamation
31. 31.Which sentence describes the pot best? (a) Isha painted a blue pot. (b) Isha painted a small blue pot. (c) Isha painted a pot. (d) Isha painted a small pot.
32. 32.“The tall tree.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) nothing is missing (c) who or what (subject)
33. 33.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The bag was heavy. Dad helped me carry it.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
34. 34.Joseph wrote “a cold wind on a cold night”. Which word means the same as “cold” and can replace the second one? (a) hot (b) wooden (c) chilly
35. 35.These words are mixed up: sings / a / morning / Ishaan / the / in / song
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Sings Ishaan a song in the morning. (b) Ishaan sings a song in the morning. (c) Ishaan a song sings in the morning. (d) Ishaan sings in the morning a song.
36. 36.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “farhan wore new clothes on holi.” (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 3
37. 37.Which sentence describes the bicycle best? (a) Riya rode a bicycle. (b) Riya rode a shiny bicycle. (c) Riya rode a green bicycle. (d) Riya rode a shiny green bicycle.
38. 38.Which is the best way to join “The shop was closed.” and “We went home.”? (a) The shop was closed but we went home. (b) The shop was closed so we went home. (c) The shop was closed because we went home.
39. 39.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in bhopal starts in december.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 3
40. 40.Which of these is a question? (a) Please close the door. (b) How noisy the market is! (c) Why is Meera laughing? (d) Pooja eats a banana after school.

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