Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 789 · 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 kite best? (a) Aisha flew a yellow kite. (b) Aisha flew a kite. (c) Aisha flew a big yellow kite. (d) Aisha flew a big kite.
2. 2.Which sentence describes the shell best? (a) Ishaan found a tiny shell. (b) Ishaan found a tiny white shell. (c) Ishaan found a white shell. (d) Ishaan found a shell.
3. 3.Aarav 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
4. 4.Which describing word fits best?
   “The jam feels ___.” (a) loud (b) spicy (c) colourful (d) sticky
5. 5.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Vikram has a new kite. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Him (b) He (c) She (d) It
6. 6.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Joseph has a new card. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) Him (c) She (d) He
7. 7.Which sentence describes the mango best? (a) Zoya ate a mango. (b) Zoya ate a juicy mango. (c) Zoya ate a juicy ripe mango. (d) Zoya ate a ripe mango.
8. 8.Which sentence describes the bag best? (a) Yash carried a big black bag. (b) Yash carried a black bag. (c) Yash carried a bag. (d) Yash carried a big bag.
9. 9.Which sentence describes the flower best? (a) Saanvi picked a flower. (b) Saanvi picked a tiny yellow flower. (c) Saanvi picked a yellow flower. (d) Saanvi picked a tiny flower.
10. 10.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is where Zoya playing cricket? (b) Where Zoya is playing cricket? (c) Zoya is where playing cricket? (d) Where is Zoya playing cricket?
11. 11.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “the big fair in Bhopal starts in January.” (a) starts (b) fair (c) the (d) big
12. 12.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “A small mouse hid under the bed.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
13. 13.Which sentence describes the flower best? (a) Isha picked a yellow flower. (b) Isha picked a pretty yellow flower. (c) Isha picked a pretty flower. (d) Isha picked a flower.
14. 14.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Arjun sings a song in the morning. (b) Arjun sings in the morning a song. (c) Sings Arjun a song in the morning. (d) Arjun a song sings in the morning.
15. 15.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) Water the plants today. (b) How cute the puppy is! (c) What is Saanvi reading today? (d) Kavya waters the plants in the evening.
16. 16.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Isha bought her book. She read it. (b) Isha bought Isha's book. Isha read it. (c) Isha bought her book. Her read it.
17. 17.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Who is Nisha calling?” (a) command (b) exclamation (c) question (d) statement
18. 18.Which is the best way to join “We stayed indoors.” and “It was raining.”? (a) We stayed indoors because it was raining. (b) We stayed indoors so it was raining. (c) We stayed indoors but it was raining.
19. 19.These words are mixed up: Riya / storybook / at / night / a / reads
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Riya reads at night a storybook. (b) Riya reads a storybook at night. (c) Reads Riya a storybook at night. (d) Riya a storybook reads at night.
20. 20.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What is Omkar eating for lunch?” (a) exclamation (b) statement (c) question (d) command
21. 21.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Dev packed Dev's bag. Dev carried it. (b) Dev packed his bag. Him carried it. (c) Dev packed his bag. He carried it.
22. 22.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in Delhi on wednesday.” (a) visited (b) the (c) old (d) wednesday
23. 23.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Pooja drinks warm milk before bed” (a) full stop (.) (b) question mark (?) (c) exclamation mark (!)
24. 24.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “joseph was born in the month of January.” (a) month (b) was (c) of (d) joseph
25. 25.Which is the best way to join “Grandpa reads the paper.” and “He drinks his tea.”? (a) Grandpa reads the paper and he drinks his tea. (b) Grandpa reads the paper because he drinks his tea. (c) Grandpa reads the paper but he drinks his tea.
26. 26.These words are mixed up: poem / week / a / writes / every / Aarav
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Aarav a poem writes every week. (b) Aarav writes every week a poem. (c) Writes Aarav a poem every week. (d) Aarav writes a poem every week.
27. 27.Which describing word fits best?
    “The new coin looks ___.” (a) shiny (b) bitter (c) rough (d) noisy
28. 28.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Arjun eats a banana after school.” (a) question (b) command (c) statement (d) exclamation
29. 29.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “zoya and Dev will come to my house on Monday.” (a) and (b) on (c) house (d) zoya
30. 30.Which sentence describes the dog best? (a) Dev saw a little dog. (b) Dev saw a brown dog. (c) Dev saw a little brown dog. (d) Dev saw a dog.
31. 31.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) A green parrot ate a ripe guava. (b) While Mum was cooking. (c) The baby elephant. (d) Watered the plants.
32. 32.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “I brushed my teeth. I washed my face.” (a) and (b) but (c) because
33. 33.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Mum cooked dal ___ she made rotis.” (a) but (b) and (c) because
34. 34.Which sentence describes the elephant best? (a) Manav saw an elephant. (b) Manav saw a grey elephant. (c) Manav saw a huge grey elephant. (d) Manav saw a huge elephant.
35. 35.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What a huge elephant!” (a) question (b) statement (c) exclamation (d) command
36. 36.Which describing word fits best?
    “The peacock looks ___.” (a) noisy (b) bitter (c) fluffy (d) colourful
37. 37.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The cricket match ended at five o'clock. (b) The train. (c) Splashed in the river. (d) When the school bus came.
38. 38.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) My grandmother told us a story. (b) Our teacher wrote a poem on the board. (c) My little brother. (d) The hungry monkey grabbed a banana.
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Vikram met Priya at the station in delhi.” (a) the (b) delhi (c) at (d) met
40. 40.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Sneha packed her bag. She carried it. (b) Sneha packed Sneha's bag. Sneha carried it. (c) Sneha packed her bag. Her carried it.

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