Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 850 · 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 is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Meera painted her pot. She sold it. (b) Meera painted her pot. Her sold it. (c) Meera painted Meera's pot. Meera sold it.
2. 2.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) A green parrot ate a ripe guava. (b) Because it was raining. (c) Put out the fire. (d) The cricket match.
3. 3.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Omkar writes every week a poem. (b) Omkar a poem writes every week. (c) Writes Omkar a poem every week. (d) Omkar writes a poem every week.
4. 4.Which sentence describes the balloon best? (a) Simran bought a big red balloon. (b) Simran bought a big balloon. (c) Simran bought a red balloon. (d) Simran bought a balloon.
5. 5.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Where is Vikram playing cricket? (b) Vikram is where playing cricket? (c) Is where Vikram playing cricket? (d) Where Vikram is playing cricket?
6. 6.These words are mixed up: a / poem / writes / week / Riya / every
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Writes Riya a poem every week. (b) Riya writes every week a poem. (c) Riya a poem writes every week. (d) Riya writes a poem every week.
7. 7.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my birthday is on the first tuesday of june.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 3
8. 8.Which describing word fits best?
   “The honey tastes ___.” (a) prickly (b) sweet (c) loud (d) colourful
9. 9.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “saanvi lives near the lake in indore.” (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 3
10. 10.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The teacher smiled she liked our drawings.” (a) after “liked” (b) after “she” (c) after “smiled” (d) after “The”
11. 11.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The garden has roses ___ it has sunflowers.” (a) but (b) because (c) and
12. 12.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Ishaan has a new toy car. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) Him (c) She (d) He
13. 13.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “How cold the morning is” (a) full stop (.) (b) question mark (?) (c) exclamation mark (!)
14. 14.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The puppy was cold. We gave it a blanket.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
15. 15.“Broke his toy car.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) what happens (predicate) (c) who or what (subject)
16. 16.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Joseph met meera at the station in Surat.” (a) station (b) the (c) met (d) meera
17. 17.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) When Isha is leaving for Delhi? (b) Is when Isha leaving for Delhi? (c) When is Isha leaving for Delhi? (d) Isha is when leaving for Delhi?
18. 18.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “sneha lives near the lake in chennai.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 1
19. 19.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.
20. 20.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Meera was hungry. She ate a banana.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
21. 21.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) Waiting for the bus. (b) My father cooked dal for dinner. (c) The shopkeeper counted the coins. (d) The children sang a song in the hall.
22. 22.Which of these is a question? (a) Joseph draws a picture in art class. (b) What a bright moon! (c) Please pass the salt. (d) What is Ishaan eating for lunch?
23. 23.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “our school reopens after the holidays in august.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 1
24. 24.“Gave us cool shade.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) nothing is missing (c) who or what (subject)
25. 25.Which is the best way to join “I like mangoes.” and “My sister likes apples.”? (a) I like mangoes because my sister likes apples. (b) I like mangoes but my sister likes apples. (c) I like mangoes so my sister likes apples.
26. 26.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The box was small. It was very heavy.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
27. 27.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Kunal washes the car on Sundays” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
28. 28.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Drink a glass of milk.” (a) command (b) question (c) exclamation (d) statement
29. 29.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The tall tree gave us cool shade. (b) The cricket match ended at five o'clock. (c) A big black crow. (d) The village pond was full of lotus flowers.
30. 30.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “tenzin wore new clothes on Baisakhi.” (a) clothes (b) tenzin (c) on (d) new
31. 31.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Joseph rice cooks for lunch. (b) Joseph cooks for lunch rice. (c) Joseph cooks rice for lunch. (d) Cooks Joseph rice for lunch.
32. 32.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Priya rides a bicycle to school.” (a) command (b) statement (c) exclamation (d) question
33. 33.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) Two ducks swam in the pond. (b) The ice cream seller rang his bell. (c) Before the sun set. (d) A small mouse hid under the bed.
34. 34.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Riya lost her pen she looked everywhere.” (a) after “lost” (b) after “her” (c) after “pen” (d) after “she”
35. 35.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Visits Diya the library on Fridays. (b) Diya the library visits on Fridays. (c) Diya visits the library on Fridays. (d) Diya visits on Fridays the library.
36. 36.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Isha rides a bicycle to school” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) full stop (.) (c) question mark (?)
37. 37.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Rohan draws a picture in art class.” (a) statement (b) question (c) command (d) exclamation
38. 38.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The soup was hot ___ it was not tasty.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
39. 39.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in bhopal starts in august.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 5
40. 40.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The parrot can talk it says hello every morning.” (a) after “talk” (b) after “The” (c) after “parrot” (d) after “can”

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