Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 885 · 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 describing word fits best?
   “The rainbow looks ___.” (a) quiet (b) colourful (c) prickly (d) sour
2. 2.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Where is Yash going after school? (b) Yash is where going after school? (c) Where Yash is going after school? (d) Is where Yash going after school?
3. 3.Simran wrote “a loud bell and a loud drum”. Which word means the same as “loud” and can replace the second one? (a) quiet (b) noisy (c) purple
4. 4.These words are mixed up: the / feeds / Kavya / morning / every / cat
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Kavya feeds every morning the cat. (b) Kavya the cat feeds every morning. (c) Kavya feeds the cat every morning. (d) Feeds Kavya the cat every morning.
5. 5.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “The mango looked green. It was very sweet.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
6. 6.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “we visited the old fort in Chennai on Tuesday.” (a) the (b) in (c) fort (d) we
7. 7.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) Waiting for the bus. (b) The tall tree gave us cool shade. (c) The rain fell all night. (d) The little puppy ran across the garden.
8. 8.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Riya kicks in the garden the ball. (b) Riya the ball kicks in the garden. (c) Riya kicks the ball in the garden. (d) Kicks Riya the ball in the garden.
9. 9.Which sentence describes the house best? (a) Ananya drew a tall green house. (b) Ananya drew a tall house. (c) Ananya drew a green house. (d) Ananya drew a house.
10. 10.Which sentence describes the pot best? (a) Kabir painted an orange pot. (b) Kabir painted a small orange pot. (c) Kabir painted a small pot. (d) Kabir painted a pot.
11. 11.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My cousin and I visited a zoo in jaipur.” (a) zoo (b) jaipur (c) visited (d) cousin
12. 12.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What a long train” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
13. 13.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last monday i went to shimla by train.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 4
14. 14.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) As soon as we reached home. (b) Sat on the wall. (c) The new student sat next to me. (d) The shopkeeper.
15. 15.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on pongal.” (a) our (b) pongal (c) cousins (d) on
16. 16.Which describing word fits best?
    “The library sounds ___.” (a) colourful (b) salty (c) quiet (d) rough
17. 17.Which sentence describes the elephant best? (a) Priya saw a huge grey elephant. (b) Priya saw an elephant. (c) Priya saw a grey elephant. (d) Priya saw a huge elephant.
18. 18.Which sentence describes the pot best? (a) Omkar painted a blue pot. (b) Omkar painted a small pot. (c) Omkar painted a small blue pot. (d) Omkar painted a pot.
19. 19.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) A big black crow sat on the wall. (b) My sister made a rangoli. (c) The peacock danced in the rain. (d) Gave me a pencil.
20. 20.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is why Kunal laughing? (b) Why is Kunal laughing? (c) Kunal is why laughing? (d) Why Kunal is laughing?
21. 21.Which sentence describes the elephant best? (a) Vikram saw an elephant. (b) Vikram saw a big elephant. (c) Vikram saw a big grey elephant. (d) Vikram saw a grey elephant.
22. 22.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Arjun won the race everyone cheered for him.” (a) after “race” (b) after “Arjun” (c) after “won” (d) after “the”
23. 23.Which sentence describes the balloon best? (a) Tenzin bought a big balloon. (b) Tenzin bought a balloon. (c) Tenzin bought a red balloon. (d) Tenzin bought a big red balloon.
24. 24.“The peacock.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) nothing is missing (c) what happens (predicate)
25. 25.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Rahul packed his bag. He carried it. (b) Rahul packed his bag. Him carried it. (c) Rahul packed Rahul's bag. Rahul carried it.
26. 26.Saanvi wrote “an angry man and an angry dog”. Which word means the same as “angry” and can replace the second one? (a) calm (b) cross (c) hungry
27. 27.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Because it was raining.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
28. 28.These words are mixed up: ball / garden / kicks / in / Joseph / the / the
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Kicks Joseph the ball in the garden. (b) Joseph the ball kicks in the garden. (c) Joseph kicks in the garden the ball. (d) Joseph kicks the ball in the garden.
29. 29.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) After we ate lunch. (b) Sat next to me. (c) The wind. (d) The players ran onto the field.
30. 30.Which sentence describes the balloon best? (a) Ishaan bought a balloon. (b) Ishaan bought a red balloon. (c) Ishaan bought a big red balloon. (d) Ishaan bought a big balloon.
31. 31.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The soup was hot ___ it was not tasty.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
32. 32.Which describing word fits best?
    “The thunder sounds ___.” (a) sweet (b) loud (c) shiny (d) prickly
33. 33.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “we visited the old fort in Jaipur on Friday.” (a) in (b) we (c) on (d) old
34. 34.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The players.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
35. 35.These words are mixed up: Manav / night / bag / packs / at / the / school
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Manav the school bag packs at night. (b) Packs Manav the school bag at night. (c) Manav packs the school bag at night. (d) Manav packs at night the school bag.
36. 36.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “rohan lives near the lake in kolkata.” (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
37. 37.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Rahul has a new pencil. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) Him (c) She (d) He
38. 38.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first Sunday of December.” (a) first (b) of (c) on (d) my
39. 39.These words are mixed up: library / on / visits / Imran / the / Fridays
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Imran visits on Fridays the library. (b) Imran the library visits on Fridays. (c) Imran visits the library on Fridays. (d) Visits Imran the library on Fridays.
40. 40.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The mangoes were ripe we picked a basket full.” (a) after “ripe” (b) after “picked” (c) after “The” (d) after “we”

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