Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 871 · 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.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “my uncle came from kolkata in february.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 5
2. 2.Which sentence describes the pot best? (a) Imran painted a small orange pot. (b) Imran painted an orange pot. (c) Imran painted a pot. (d) Imran painted a small pot.
3. 3.Which describing word fits best?
   “The tamarind tastes ___.” (a) shiny (b) sour (c) fluffy (d) quiet
4. 4.“Sent me a gift.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
5. 5.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Priya feeds the cat every morning. (b) Feeds Priya the cat every morning. (c) Priya the cat feeds every morning. (d) Priya feeds every morning the cat.
6. 6.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “we met all our cousins on eid.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 1
7. 7.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “Our teacher wrote a poem on the board.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
8. 8.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “we met all our cousins on Eid.” (a) met (b) cousins (c) on (d) we
9. 9.Which describing word fits best?
   “The honey tastes ___.” (a) smooth (b) noisy (c) sweet (d) shiny
10. 10.These words are mixed up: before / drinks / milk / bed / warm / Farhan
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Farhan drinks warm milk before bed. (b) Drinks Farhan warm milk before bed. (c) Farhan drinks before bed warm milk. (d) Farhan warm milk drinks before bed.
11. 11.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Riya wore a sweater. It was cold.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
12. 12.These words are mixed up: the / cat / Priya / feeds / morning / every
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Priya feeds the cat every morning. (b) Priya the cat feeds every morning. (c) Priya feeds every morning the cat. (d) Feeds Priya the cat every morning.
13. 13.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Saanvi rides to school a bicycle. (b) Saanvi a bicycle rides to school. (c) Saanvi rides a bicycle to school. (d) Rides Saanvi a bicycle to school.
14. 14.Which sentence describes the dog best? (a) Ishaan saw a small dog. (b) Ishaan saw a white dog. (c) Ishaan saw a dog. (d) Ishaan saw a small white dog.
15. 15.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Diya washed her bicycle. Her rode it. (b) Diya washed her bicycle. She rode it. (c) Diya washed Diya's bicycle. Diya rode it.
16. 16.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is why Dev crying? (b) Why is Dev crying? (c) Why Dev is crying? (d) Dev is why crying?
17. 17.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “zoya and Maria will come to my house on Thursday.” (a) on (b) house (c) to (d) zoya
18. 18.These words are mixed up: every / room / Saturday / Omkar / the / cleans
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Omkar cleans every Saturday the room. (b) Omkar cleans the room every Saturday. (c) Cleans Omkar the room every Saturday. (d) Omkar the room cleans every Saturday.
19. 19.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The test was hard ___ Zoya got full marks.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
20. 20.Which sentence describes the bicycle best? (a) Ishaan rode a new red bicycle. (b) Ishaan rode a red bicycle. (c) Ishaan rode a bicycle. (d) Ishaan rode a new bicycle.
21. 21.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Tara wrote Tara's poem. Tara read it. (b) Tara wrote her poem. Her read it. (c) Tara wrote her poem. She read it.
22. 22.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “arjun and Meera will come to my house on Wednesday.” (a) to (b) and (c) house (d) arjun
23. 23.Which describing word fits best?
    “The jalebi tastes ___.” (a) sweet (b) rough (c) loud (d) bright
24. 24.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “dev and Sneha will come to my house on Sunday.” (a) to (b) dev (c) will (d) come
25. 25.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Planted rice in the field. (b) The school bus. (c) Because it was raining. (d) The tall tree gave us cool shade.
26. 26.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “How noisy the market is” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
27. 27.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The ice cream melted. It was a hot day.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
28. 28.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “When is Nisha leaving for Delhi” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) question mark (?) (c) full stop (.)
29. 29.Which is the best way to join “The sky was cloudy.” and “It did not rain.”? (a) The sky was cloudy but it did not rain. (b) The sky was cloudy so it did not rain. (c) The sky was cloudy because it did not rain.
30. 30.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first monday of february.” (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 3
31. 31.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first sunday of january.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 3
32. 32.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Why is Manav laughing?” (a) statement (b) exclamation (c) question (d) command
33. 33.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Kavya packed her bag. Her carried it. (b) Kavya packed Kavya's bag. Kavya carried it. (c) Kavya packed her bag. She carried it.
34. 34.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Cooks Aarav rice for lunch. (b) Aarav rice cooks for lunch. (c) Aarav cooks rice for lunch. (d) Aarav cooks for lunch rice.
35. 35.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Reads Pooja a storybook at night. (b) Pooja reads at night a storybook. (c) Pooja a storybook reads at night. (d) Pooja reads a storybook at night.
36. 36.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What is Pooja reading today” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
37. 37.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Kabir drank some water ___ he was thirsty.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
38. 38.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Aarav cricket plays in the park. (b) Plays Aarav cricket in the park. (c) Aarav plays in the park cricket. (d) Aarav plays cricket in the park.
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Omkar lives near the lake in kolkata.” (a) the (b) near (c) kolkata (d) in
40. 40.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The road was wet. We walked slowly.” (a) because (b) so (c) but

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