Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 802 · 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 word needs a capital letter?
   “our school reopens after the holidays in June.” (a) school (b) holidays (c) reopens (d) our
2. 2.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “The sky was cloudy. It did not rain.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
3. 3.Which describing word fits best?
   “The tamarind tastes ___.” (a) sour (b) colourful (c) loud (d) rough
4. 4.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “ran” (b) after “bell” (c) after “rang” (d) after “children”
5. 5.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Our school reopens after the holidays in february.” (a) in (b) february (c) after (d) school
6. 6.Which describing word fits best?
   “The library sounds ___.” (a) spicy (b) shiny (c) quiet (d) prickly
7. 7.Which sentence describes the butterfly best? (a) Ananya saw a tiny butterfly. (b) Ananya saw a butterfly. (c) Ananya saw a tiny orange butterfly. (d) Ananya saw an orange butterfly.
8. 8.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Dev has a new mango. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) Him (c) She (d) It
9. 9.What kind of sentence is this?
   “What a bright moon!” (a) command (b) question (c) statement (d) exclamation
10. 10.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Riya eats a banana after school. (b) Riya eats after school a banana. (c) Riya a banana eats after school. (d) Eats Riya a banana after school.
11. 11.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Dev went to bed early ___ he was tired.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
12. 12.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Omkar is where playing cricket? (b) Where is Omkar playing cricket? (c) Is where Omkar playing cricket? (d) Where Omkar is playing cricket?
13. 13.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is why Kabir laughing? (b) Why Kabir is laughing? (c) Kabir is why laughing? (d) Why is Kabir laughing?
14. 14.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “My grandmother told us a story.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
15. 15.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Mum cooked dal. She made rotis.” (a) but (b) and (c) because
16. 16.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Until the rain stopped. (b) Carried a crumb. (c) The children. (d) The postman brought a letter for Dad.
17. 17.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on eid.” (a) met (b) on (c) our (d) eid
18. 18.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What a cute puppy” (a) question mark (?) (b) full stop (.) (c) exclamation mark (!)
19. 19.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is what Yash reading today? (b) Yash is what reading today? (c) What Yash is reading today? (d) What is Yash reading today?
20. 20.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in July.” (a) after (b) the (c) our (d) holidays
21. 21.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “priya lives near the lake in kolkata.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 1
22. 22.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Because it was raining. (b) The bright moon. (c) The children sang a song in the hall. (d) Gave fresh milk.
23. 23.Which of these is a statement? (a) Tenzin visits the library on Fridays. (b) What a tall tree! (c) What is Farhan eating for lunch? (d) Bring your notebook tomorrow.
24. 24.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on diwali.” (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 2
25. 25.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The soup was hot. It was not tasty.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
26. 26.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Dev draws a picture in art class.” (a) statement (b) question (c) exclamation (d) command
27. 27.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We went to Surat for pongal last year.” (a) last (b) pongal (c) for (d) year
28. 28.Which is the best way to join “The water was too cold.” and “We did not swim.”? (a) The water was too cold because we did not swim. (b) The water was too cold so we did not swim. (c) The water was too cold but we did not swim.
29. 29.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Visits Farhan the library on Fridays. (b) Farhan visits on Fridays the library. (c) Farhan the library visits on Fridays. (d) Farhan visits the library on Fridays.
30. 30.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The sky turned dark soon it began to rain.” (a) after “turned” (b) after “dark” (c) after “to” (d) after “soon”
31. 31.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The new student.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
32. 32.Which sentence describes the bag best? (a) Farhan carried a big bag. (b) Farhan carried a big blue bag. (c) Farhan carried a bag. (d) Farhan carried a blue bag.
33. 33.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What is Farhan eating for lunch” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
34. 34.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Yash rice cooks for lunch. (b) Yash cooks for lunch rice. (c) Cooks Yash rice for lunch. (d) Yash cooks rice for lunch.
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Rohan met Simran at the station in kochi.” (a) at (b) in (c) kochi (d) met
36. 36.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Carried a crumb. (b) Eating a big mango. (c) The school bus stopped at the gate. (d) Our neighbours.
37. 37.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Kabir drank some water. He was thirsty.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
38. 38.Which describing word fits best?
    “The drum sounds ___.” (a) bright (b) loud (c) salty (d) fluffy
39. 39.Which is the best way to join “We bought apples.” and “We bought grapes.”? (a) We bought apples and we bought grapes. (b) We bought apples because we bought grapes. (c) We bought apples but we bought grapes.
40. 40.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The milk boiled over we turned off the stove.” (a) after “milk” (b) after “over” (c) after “off” (d) after “The”

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