Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 867 · 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 sentence describes the pot best? (a) Rohan painted a round blue pot. (b) Rohan painted a round pot. (c) Rohan painted a blue pot. (d) Rohan painted a pot.
2. 2.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Farhan sings in the morning a song. (b) Sings Farhan a song in the morning. (c) Farhan a song sings in the morning. (d) Farhan sings a song in the morning.
3. 3.Which describing word fits best?
   “The silk scarf feels ___.” (a) smooth (b) shiny (c) bitter (d) quiet
4. 4.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) Why is Ishaan crying? (b) Sit down quietly. (c) Rahul cooks rice for lunch. (d) What a noisy market!
5. 5.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The bright moon. (b) The postman brought a letter for Dad. (c) Although he was tired. (d) Gave us cool shade.
6. 6.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) My best friend gave me a pencil. (b) A big black crow sat on the wall. (c) My grandmother told us a story. (d) Playing with my friends.
7. 7.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “kabir wore new clothes on Diwali.” (a) new (b) clothes (c) kabir (d) wore
8. 8.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my cousin and i visited a zoo in kochi.” (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 3
9. 9.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my uncle came from agra in july.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 4
10. 10.These words are mixed up: Zoya / the / evening / plants / the / waters / in
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Zoya waters in the evening the plants. (b) Waters Zoya the plants in the evening. (c) Zoya waters the plants in the evening. (d) Zoya the plants waters in the evening.
11. 11.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The baby elephant splashed in the river. (b) The cricket match ended at five o'clock. (c) A green parrot ate a ripe guava. (d) Made a rangoli.
12. 12.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Why is Kabir crying?” (a) statement (b) command (c) question (d) exclamation
13. 13.Which sentence describes the mango best? (a) Aisha ate a juicy mango. (b) Aisha ate a yellow mango. (c) Aisha ate a juicy yellow mango. (d) Aisha ate a mango.
14. 14.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What a tall tree” (a) question mark (?) (b) full stop (.) (c) exclamation mark (!)
15. 15.Which describing word fits best?
    “The chips taste ___.” (a) quiet (b) prickly (c) bright (d) salty
16. 16.Which describing word fits best?
    “The pickle tastes ___.” (a) noisy (b) bright (c) spicy (d) smooth
17. 17.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Sit down quietly.” (a) statement (b) question (c) exclamation (d) command
18. 18.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “aarav and i played in the park on thursday.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 2
19. 19.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Yash a bicycle rides to school. (b) Rides Yash a bicycle to school. (c) Yash rides to school a bicycle. (d) Yash rides a bicycle to school.
20. 20.“Swam in the pond.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) who or what (subject) (c) nothing is missing
21. 21.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “We bought apples. We bought grapes.” (a) and (b) because (c) but
22. 22.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is how Omkar travelling to school? (b) Omkar is how travelling to school? (c) How is Omkar travelling to school? (d) How Omkar is travelling to school?
23. 23.“The tall tree.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) nothing is missing (c) who or what (subject)
24. 24.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The garden has roses. It has sunflowers.” (a) because (b) and (c) but
25. 25.These words are mixed up: Rohan / a / to / school / bicycle / rides
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Rides Rohan a bicycle to school. (b) Rohan a bicycle rides to school. (c) Rohan rides a bicycle to school. (d) Rohan rides to school a bicycle.
26. 26.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Why Isha is laughing? (b) Why is Isha laughing? (c) Is why Isha laughing? (d) Isha is why laughing?
27. 27.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Aisha drinks warm milk before bed. (b) Aisha warm milk drinks before bed. (c) Drinks Aisha warm milk before bed. (d) Aisha drinks before bed warm milk.
28. 28.Which is the best way to join “We ran fast.” and “We missed the train.”? (a) We ran fast because we missed the train. (b) We ran fast so we missed the train. (c) We ran fast but we missed the train.
29. 29.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Rahul washed his bicycle. Him rode it. (b) Rahul washed Rahul's bicycle. Rahul rode it. (c) Rahul washed his bicycle. He rode it.
30. 30.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “I finished my homework then I read a comic.” (a) after “my” (b) after “I” (c) after “then” (d) after “homework”
31. 31.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Yash picked his mango. Him ate it. (b) Yash picked his mango. He ate it. (c) Yash picked Yash's mango. Yash ate it.
32. 32.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What a noisy market” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) full stop (.) (c) question mark (?)
33. 33.Rahul wrote “happy children at a happy party”. Which word means the same as “happy” and can replace the second one? (a) round (b) glad (c) sad
34. 34.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Ran across the garden.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
35. 35.These words are mixed up: cat / every / feeds / morning / the / Kabir
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Kabir the cat feeds every morning. (b) Feeds Kabir the cat every morning. (c) Kabir feeds the cat every morning. (d) Kabir feeds every morning the cat.
36. 36.Which describing word fits best?
    “The jam feels ___.” (a) noisy (b) bright (c) salty (d) sticky
37. 37.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “arjun lives near the lake in patna.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
38. 38.Omkar wrote “a clever girl with a clever plan”. Which word means the same as “clever” and can replace the second one? (a) smart (b) spicy (c) silly
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we went to Chennai for Onam last year.” (a) to (b) we (c) went (d) for
40. 40.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Kavya the library visits on Fridays. (b) Visits Kavya the library on Fridays. (c) Kavya visits on Fridays the library. (d) Kavya visits the library on Fridays.

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