Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 827 · 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.Rohan wrote “a rich king in a rich city”. Which word means the same as “rich” and can replace the second one? (a) wealthy (b) spicy (c) poor
2. 2.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “What a cute puppy” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
3. 3.Which of these is a question? (a) Kavya washes the car on Sundays. (b) How beautiful the garden is! (c) What is Rahul eating for lunch? (d) Wash your hands before lunch.
4. 4.What kind of sentence is this?
   “What a sweet mango!” (a) exclamation (b) statement (c) command (d) question
5. 5.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) A big black crow. (b) My best friend gave me a pencil. (c) Fell all night. (d) When the bell rang.
6. 6.Simran wrote “a pretty doll in a pretty dress”. Which word means the same as “pretty” and can replace the second one? (a) ugly (b) wooden (c) lovely
7. 7.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Sings Pooja a song in the morning. (b) Pooja a song sings in the morning. (c) Pooja sings in the morning a song. (d) Pooja sings a song in the morning.
8. 8.These words are mixed up: cleans / the / Rohan / every / room / Saturday
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Rohan the room cleans every Saturday. (b) Rohan cleans the room every Saturday. (c) Rohan cleans every Saturday the room. (d) Cleans Rohan the room every Saturday.
9. 9.Which sentence describes the balloon best? (a) Rohan bought a red balloon. (b) Rohan bought a round balloon. (c) Rohan bought a balloon. (d) Rohan bought a round red balloon.
10. 10.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Arjun practised every day ___ he won the prize.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
11. 11.Which describing word fits best?
    “The library sounds ___.” (a) bitter (b) quiet (c) sticky (d) shiny
12. 12.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Who is Manav calling? (b) Manav is who calling? (c) Who Manav is calling? (d) Is who Manav calling?
13. 13.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) When Manav is leaving for Delhi? (b) Is when Manav leaving for Delhi? (c) When is Manav leaving for Delhi? (d) Manav is when leaving for Delhi?
14. 14.Which is the best way to join “Mum cooked dal.” and “She made rotis.”? (a) Mum cooked dal but she made rotis. (b) Mum cooked dal because she made rotis. (c) Mum cooked dal and she made rotis.
15. 15.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Meera is why laughing? (b) Why is Meera laughing? (c) Is why Meera laughing? (d) Why Meera is laughing?
16. 16.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Grandpa reads the paper ___ he drinks his tea.” (a) because (b) but (c) and
17. 17.What kind of sentence is this?
    “How is Zoya travelling to school?” (a) question (b) command (c) statement (d) exclamation
18. 18.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is who Kabir calling? (b) Kabir is who calling? (c) Who Kabir is calling? (d) Who is Kabir calling?
19. 19.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “I like mangoes. My sister likes apples.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
20. 20.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Yash a storybook reads at night. (b) Yash reads at night a storybook. (c) Reads Yash a storybook at night. (d) Yash reads a storybook at night.
21. 21.Aisha wrote “a small cup on a small plate”. Which word means the same as “small” and can replace the second one? (a) tiny (b) huge (c) purple
22. 22.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Isha picked Isha's mango. Isha ate it. (b) Isha picked her mango. Her ate it. (c) Isha picked her mango. She ate it.
23. 23.Maria wrote “a rich king in a rich city”. Which word means the same as “rich” and can replace the second one? (a) poor (b) hungry (c) wealthy
24. 24.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Why is Aarav laughing?” (a) question (b) exclamation (c) command (d) statement
25. 25.Which of these is a statement? (a) What is Kavya reading today? (b) Kabir brushes the dog on Sundays. (c) Line up near the door. (d) What a tasty samosa!
26. 26.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Why is Aarav laughing? (b) Why Aarav is laughing? (c) Is why Aarav laughing? (d) Aarav is why laughing?
27. 27.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The rain.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
28. 28.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “kabir and i played in the park on wednesday.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 5
29. 29.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Farhan packed his bag. Him carried it. (b) Farhan packed his bag. He carried it. (c) Farhan packed Farhan's bag. Farhan carried it.
30. 30.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The brown cow. (b) Before the sun set. (c) Danced in the rain. (d) The little puppy ran across the garden.
31. 31.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Kabir has a cat ___ he has a dog.” (a) and (b) because (c) but
32. 32.“My best friend.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) nothing is missing (c) what happens (predicate)
33. 33.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Meera was hungry ___ she ate a banana.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
34. 34.“The ice cream seller.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) who or what (subject) (c) nothing is missing
35. 35.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on baisakhi.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 1
36. 36.Which of these is a statement? (a) Please close the door. (b) How cute the puppy is! (c) Where is Rohan going after school? (d) Kunal brushes the dog on Sundays.
37. 37.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Ananya bought her book. Her read it. (b) Ananya bought her book. She read it. (c) Ananya bought Ananya's book. Ananya read it.
38. 38.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Dev baked his cake. Him shared it. (b) Dev baked Dev's cake. Dev shared it. (c) Dev baked his cake. He shared it.
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Simran met zoya at the station in Pune.” (a) met (b) at (c) the (d) zoya
40. 40.“Broke his toy car.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) nothing is missing (c) who or what (subject)

Free writing skills lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/english-writing-skills