Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 800 · 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.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The puppy was hungry it barked for food.” (a) after “hungry” (b) after “was” (c) after “for” (d) after “The”
2. 2.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Why is Dev crying? (b) Dev is why crying? (c) Why Dev is crying? (d) Is why Dev crying?
3. 3.Which describing word fits best?
   “The kitten feels ___.” (a) bitter (b) noisy (c) colourful (d) fluffy
4. 4.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “The shopkeeper counted the coins.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
5. 5.These words are mixed up: Kunal / in / morning / song / sings / the / a
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Sings Kunal a song in the morning. (b) Kunal a song sings in the morning. (c) Kunal sings a song in the morning. (d) Kunal sings in the morning a song.
6. 6.Which describing word fits best?
   “The silk scarf feels ___.” (a) noisy (b) smooth (c) colourful (d) bitter
7. 7.These words are mixed up: a / Priya / writes / poem / week / every
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Priya a poem writes every week. (b) Priya writes a poem every week. (c) Writes Priya a poem every week. (d) Priya writes every week a poem.
8. 8.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Meera has a new pencil. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) Her (c) It (d) She
9. 9.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Arjun and Joseph will come to my house on tuesday.” (a) tuesday (b) will (c) and (d) come
10. 10.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Arjun won the race everyone cheered for him.” (a) after “won” (b) after “race” (c) after “everyone” (d) after “for”
11. 11.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Aarav a song sings in the morning. (b) Aarav sings in the morning a song. (c) Sings Aarav a song in the morning. (d) Aarav sings a song in the morning.
12. 12.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “I brushed my teeth. I washed my face.” (a) but (b) because (c) and
13. 13.Vikram wrote “a wet towel on a wet floor”. Which word means the same as “wet” and can replace the second one? (a) dry (b) damp (c) hungry
14. 14.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) Wash your hands before lunch. (b) Tara plays cricket in the park. (c) Why is Saanvi crying? (d) How huge the elephant is!
15. 15.Which sentence describes the pot best? (a) Saanvi painted a pot. (b) Saanvi painted a small blue pot. (c) Saanvi painted a blue pot. (d) Saanvi painted a small pot.
16. 16.Yash wrote “a big box in a big room”. Which word means the same as “big” and can replace the second one? (a) tiny (b) huge (c) round
17. 17.These words are mixed up: the / the / Kunal / plants / in / evening / waters
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Kunal the plants waters in the evening. (b) Waters Kunal the plants in the evening. (c) Kunal waters in the evening the plants. (d) Kunal waters the plants in the evening.
18. 18.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Plays Sneha cricket in the park. (b) Sneha plays cricket in the park. (c) Sneha cricket plays in the park. (d) Sneha plays in the park cricket.
19. 19.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Where Maria is playing cricket? (b) Is where Maria playing cricket? (c) Maria is where playing cricket? (d) Where is Maria playing cricket?
20. 20.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What is Tara reading today” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
21. 21.Saanvi wrote “happy children at a happy party”. Which word means the same as “happy” and can replace the second one? (a) spicy (b) sad (c) glad
22. 22.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The bag was heavy. Dad helped me carry it.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
23. 23.Which sentence describes the elephant best? (a) Manav saw a big elephant. (b) Manav saw a grey elephant. (c) Manav saw an elephant. (d) Manav saw a big grey elephant.
24. 24.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Aisha wrote Aisha's poem. Aisha read it. (b) Aisha wrote her poem. She read it. (c) Aisha wrote her poem. Her read it.
25. 25.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What a clever crow!” (a) question (b) command (c) exclamation (d) statement
26. 26.“Cooked dal for dinner.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) who or what (subject) (c) nothing is missing
27. 27.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Rohan fixed Rohan's toy car. Rohan played with it. (b) Rohan fixed his toy car. He played with it. (c) Rohan fixed his toy car. Him played with it.
28. 28.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Dev has a new toy car. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) Him (c) He (d) She
29. 29.Which sentence describes the house best? (a) Aisha drew a green house. (b) Aisha drew a small house. (c) Aisha drew a small green house. (d) Aisha drew a house.
30. 30.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Mum cooked dal. She made rotis.” (a) because (b) and (c) but
31. 31.Kabir wrote “a small cup on a small plate”. Which word means the same as “small” and can replace the second one? (a) tiny (b) hungry (c) huge
32. 32.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The shopkeeper counted the coins. (b) Wrote a poem on the board. (c) A small mouse. (d) Playing with my friends.
33. 33.Joseph wrote “a big box in a big room”. Which word means the same as “big” and can replace the second one? (a) tiny (b) wooden (c) huge
34. 34.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is where Priya playing cricket? (b) Where Priya is playing cricket? (c) Where is Priya playing cricket? (d) Priya is where playing cricket?
35. 35.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Zoya catches the bus at seven” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
36. 36.Which sentence describes the pot best? (a) Rahul painted a pot. (b) Rahul painted a round orange pot. (c) Rahul painted an orange pot. (d) Rahul painted a round pot.
37. 37.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Rahul waters in the evening the plants. (b) Rahul waters the plants in the evening. (c) Rahul the plants waters in the evening. (d) Waters Rahul the plants in the evening.
38. 38.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Rahul eats after school a banana. (b) Rahul a banana eats after school. (c) Eats Rahul a banana after school. (d) Rahul eats a banana after school.
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My cousin and i visited a zoo in Surat.” (a) i (b) cousin (c) in (d) and
40. 40.These words are mixed up: rice / cooks / lunch / for / Tara
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Tara rice cooks for lunch. (b) Tara cooks for lunch rice. (c) Tara cooks rice for lunch. (d) Cooks Tara rice for lunch.

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