Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 804 · 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.Arjun wrote “a small cup on a small plate”. Which word means the same as “small” and can replace the second one? (a) purple (b) tiny (c) huge
2. 2.“My best friend.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) nothing is missing (c) who or what (subject)
3. 3.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Zoya has a new bicycle. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) It (c) She (d) Her
4. 4.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “Where is Manav going after school” (a) full stop (.) (b) question mark (?) (c) exclamation mark (!)
5. 5.What kind of sentence is this?
   “What a huge elephant!” (a) statement (b) command (c) exclamation (d) question
6. 6.What kind of sentence is this?
   “What is Meera reading today?” (a) statement (b) exclamation (c) question (d) command
7. 7.Which sentence describes the mango best? (a) Farhan ate a big mango. (b) Farhan ate a yellow mango. (c) Farhan ate a mango. (d) Farhan ate a big yellow mango.
8. 8.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Flies Kabir a kite on the roof. (b) Kabir a kite flies on the roof. (c) Kabir flies on the roof a kite. (d) Kabir flies a kite on the roof.
9. 9.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “i go to the park with my dog on Tuesday.” (a) i (b) my (c) park (d) to
10. 10.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) A big black crow sat on the wall. (b) The baby elephant. (c) The tiny ant carried a crumb. (d) The players ran onto the field.
11. 11.These words are mixed up: sings / a / morning / the / Saanvi / in / song
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Saanvi a song sings in the morning. (b) Sings Saanvi a song in the morning. (c) Saanvi sings in the morning a song. (d) Saanvi sings a song in the morning.
12. 12.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) After we ate lunch. (b) Slept on the sofa. (c) The children sang a song in the hall. (d) Our teacher.
13. 13.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “We ran to the bus stop ___ we were late.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
14. 14.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Kunal the cat feeds every morning. (b) Feeds Kunal the cat every morning. (c) Kunal feeds every morning the cat. (d) Kunal feeds the cat every morning.
15. 15.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on Holi.” (a) we (b) our (c) met (d) cousins
16. 16.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My aunt made sweets for diwali.” (a) aunt (b) diwali (c) made (d) sweets
17. 17.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Line up near the door.” (a) statement (b) exclamation (c) question (d) command
18. 18.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for diwali.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
19. 19.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Because the shop was closed.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
20. 20.“Sat on the wall.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) what happens (predicate) (c) nothing is missing
21. 21.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first tuesday of october.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 3
22. 22.Maria wrote “a clever girl with a clever plan”. Which word means the same as “clever” and can replace the second one? (a) silly (b) smart (c) spicy
23. 23.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “dev lives near the lake in Indore.” (a) in (b) dev (c) lives (d) near
24. 24.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Since it was late.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
25. 25.Which is the best way to join “Meera was hungry.” and “She ate a banana.”? (a) Meera was hungry but she ate a banana. (b) Meera was hungry so she ate a banana. (c) Meera was hungry because she ate a banana.
26. 26.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Diya packed Diya's bag. Diya carried it. (b) Diya packed her bag. Her carried it. (c) Diya packed her bag. She carried it.
27. 27.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Mum cooked dal. She made rotis.” (a) and (b) because (c) but
28. 28.Which of these is a statement? (a) Farhan helps Grandma in the kitchen. (b) Where is Imran going after school? (c) Water the plants today. (d) How lovely the song is!
29. 29.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) A green parrot. (b) My aunt sent me a gift. (c) Before the sun set. (d) Gave us cool shade.
30. 30.Imran wrote “an old fort near an old temple”. Which word means the same as “old” and can replace the second one? (a) hungry (b) ancient (c) new
31. 31.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is what Omkar eating for lunch? (b) What Omkar is eating for lunch? (c) What is Omkar eating for lunch? (d) Omkar is what eating for lunch?
32. 32.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Aarav fixed Aarav's toy car. Aarav played with it. (b) Aarav fixed his toy car. Him played with it. (c) Aarav fixed his toy car. He played with it.
33. 33.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “aarav lives near the lake in Surat.” (a) lives (b) near (c) aarav (d) the
34. 34.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Priya can sing. She can dance too.” (a) and (b) because (c) but
35. 35.Which describing word fits best?
    “The silk scarf feels ___.” (a) spicy (b) colourful (c) quiet (d) smooth
36. 36.Which is the best way to join “The puppy was cold.” and “We gave it a blanket.”? (a) The puppy was cold because we gave it a blanket. (b) The puppy was cold but we gave it a blanket. (c) The puppy was cold so we gave it a blanket.
37. 37.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The ice cream melted. It was a hot day.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
38. 38.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The firefighters. (b) Gave us cool shade. (c) The old farmer planted rice in the field. (d) Playing with my friends.
39. 39.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Our team practised hard we won the match.” (a) after “Our” (b) after “won” (c) after “hard” (d) after “team”
40. 40.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “It was late. The shops were still open.” (a) but (b) so (c) because

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