Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 829 · 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 should replace the name in the gap?
   “Zoya has a new kite. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) He (c) Her (d) She
2. 2.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Yash is why laughing? (b) Why Yash is laughing? (c) Is why Yash laughing? (d) Why is Yash laughing?
3. 3.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “Rang loudly.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
4. 4.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
   “Priya can sing ___ she can dance too.” (a) because (b) but (c) and
5. 5.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Draws Sneha a picture in art class. (b) Sneha a picture draws in art class. (c) Sneha draws a picture in art class. (d) Sneha draws in art class a picture.
6. 6.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Tenzin has a new book. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) Him (c) It (d) She
7. 7.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Imran has a new card. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) It (c) He (d) Him
8. 8.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is why Aarav crying? (b) Why Aarav is crying? (c) Why is Aarav crying? (d) Aarav is why crying?
9. 9.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “My uncle came from Kolkata in august.” (a) august (b) uncle (c) came (d) from
10. 10.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We visited the old fort in chennai on Wednesday.” (a) chennai (b) in (c) visited (d) old
11. 11.“Sang a song in the hall.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) nothing is missing (c) what happens (predicate)
12. 12.Joseph wrote “a rich king in a rich city”. Which word means the same as “rich” and can replace the second one? (a) poor (b) round (c) wealthy
13. 13.These words are mixed up: packs / Arjun / at / school / night / the / bag
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Arjun packs at night the school bag. (b) Arjun the school bag packs at night. (c) Arjun packs the school bag at night. (d) Packs Arjun the school bag at night.
14. 14.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Diya sings a song in the morning. (b) Diya a song sings in the morning. (c) Sings Diya a song in the morning. (d) Diya sings in the morning a song.
15. 15.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Riya wore a sweater. It was cold.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
16. 16.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “It was very hot. We went for a swim.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
17. 17.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Kabir is what eating for lunch? (b) Is what Kabir eating for lunch? (c) What is Kabir eating for lunch? (d) What Kabir is eating for lunch?
18. 18.Which describing word fits best?
    “The chips taste ___.” (a) shiny (b) rough (c) salty (d) quiet
19. 19.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The school bus stopped at the gate. (b) Because it was raining. (c) The train left the station at nine. (d) The doctor checked my throat.
20. 20.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The postman brought a letter for Dad. (b) A busy squirrel. (c) Made a rangoli. (d) As soon as we reached home.
21. 21.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Yash planted his sapling. Him watered it. (b) Yash planted his sapling. He watered it. (c) Yash planted Yash's sapling. Yash watered it.
22. 22.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The water was too cold ___ we did not swim.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
23. 23.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on onam.” (a) cousins (b) all (c) onam (d) our
24. 24.Which describing word fits best?
    “The cactus feels ___.” (a) prickly (b) bright (c) sweet (d) quiet
25. 25.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Simran made her card. Her posted it. (b) Simran made Simran's card. Simran posted it. (c) Simran made her card. She posted it.
26. 26.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Priya can sing. She can dance too.” (a) and (b) because (c) but
27. 27.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Diya plays in the park cricket. (b) Plays Diya cricket in the park. (c) Diya cricket plays in the park. (d) Diya plays cricket in the park.
28. 28.Diya wrote “a wet towel on a wet floor”. Which word means the same as “wet” and can replace the second one? (a) dry (b) square (c) damp
29. 29.Which of these is a command? (a) Kavya rides a bicycle to school. (b) How is Kabir travelling to school? (c) How long the train is! (d) Turn left at the temple.
30. 30.“The school bus.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) what happens (predicate) (c) nothing is missing
31. 31.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What a noisy market” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) full stop (.) (c) question mark (?)
32. 32.Farhan wrote “a small cup on a small plate”. Which word means the same as “small” and can replace the second one? (a) round (b) huge (c) tiny
33. 33.These words are mixed up: room / cleans / Saturday / the / Nisha / every
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Cleans Nisha the room every Saturday. (b) Nisha the room cleans every Saturday. (c) Nisha cleans the room every Saturday. (d) Nisha cleans every Saturday the room.
34. 34.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “rang” (b) after “bell” (c) after “The” (d) after “children”
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Tara met kunal at the station in Indore.” (a) the (b) kunal (c) met (d) in
36. 36.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Open your books to page ten.” (a) exclamation (b) statement (c) command (d) question
37. 37.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) When the bell rang. (b) The baby elephant. (c) The old farmer planted rice in the field. (d) Ran across the garden.
38. 38.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My uncle came from Mysuru in august.” (a) uncle (b) came (c) from (d) august
39. 39.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Simran cooks for lunch rice. (b) Cooks Simran rice for lunch. (c) Simran rice cooks for lunch. (d) Simran cooks rice for lunch.
40. 40.Which sentence describes the pot best? (a) Kavya painted a pot. (b) Kavya painted a round orange pot. (c) Kavya painted a round pot. (d) Kavya painted an orange pot.

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