Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 89 · 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 roasted peanuts taste ___.” (a) colourful (b) fluffy (c) salty (d) quiet
2. 2.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Why is Ananya crying?” (a) question (b) statement (c) command (d) exclamation
3. 3.Which sentence describes the pot best? (a) Rohan painted a pot. (b) Rohan painted a blue pot. (c) Rohan painted a round pot. (d) Rohan painted a round blue pot.
4. 4.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “The mangoes were ripe we picked a basket full.” (a) after “were” (b) after “basket” (c) after “picked” (d) after “ripe”
5. 5.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) When Meera is leaving for Delhi? (b) When is Meera leaving for Delhi? (c) Is when Meera leaving for Delhi? (d) Meera is when leaving for Delhi?
6. 6.These words are mixed up: the / packs / school / bag / at / Kunal / night
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Packs Kunal the school bag at night. (b) Kunal the school bag packs at night. (c) Kunal packs at night the school bag. (d) Kunal packs the school bag at night.
7. 7.“Splashed in the river.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) who or what (subject) (c) nothing is missing
8. 8.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “tenzin and i played in the park on saturday.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 5
9. 9.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What is Rohan eating for lunch? (b) What Rohan is eating for lunch? (c) Is what Rohan eating for lunch? (d) Rohan is what eating for lunch?
10. 10.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) When the school bus came. (b) Our neighbours. (c) The school bus stopped at the gate. (d) Shone over the lake.
11. 11.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “I go to the park with my dog on sunday.” (a) with (b) sunday (c) to (d) the
12. 12.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Counted the coins. (b) The doctor checked my throat. (c) The brown cow. (d) Because the shop was closed.
13. 13.Rahul wrote “a cold wind on a cold night”. Which word means the same as “cold” and can replace the second one? (a) hot (b) hungry (c) chilly
14. 14.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The soup was hot. It was not tasty.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
15. 15.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Dev flies a kite on the roof” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
16. 16.These words are mixed up: the / garden / kicks / Riya / in / the / ball
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Riya the ball kicks in the garden. (b) Riya kicks in the garden the ball. (c) Kicks Riya the ball in the garden. (d) Riya kicks the ball in the garden.
17. 17.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Tara cooks for lunch rice. (b) Cooks Tara rice for lunch. (c) Tara rice cooks for lunch. (d) Tara cooks rice for lunch.
18. 18.Arjun wrote “a rich king in a rich city”. Which word means the same as “rich” and can replace the second one? (a) purple (b) poor (c) wealthy
19. 19.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Our team practised hard we won the match.” (a) after “hard” (b) after “the” (c) after “we” (d) after “Our”
20. 20.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “sneha and i played in the park on friday.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 3
21. 21.Which of these is a statement? (a) How tasty the samosa is! (b) Omkar feeds the cat every morning. (c) Where is Joseph going after school? (d) Switch off the fan.
22. 22.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Joseph has a new pencil. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Him (b) She (c) It (d) He
23. 23.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Although he was tired. (b) Two ducks swam in the pond. (c) Told us a story. (d) The new student.
24. 24.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “It started to rain. We opened our umbrellas.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
25. 25.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The garden has roses ___ it has sunflowers.” (a) but (b) and (c) because
26. 26.Rahul wrote “a quiet room in a quiet house”. Which word means the same as “quiet” and can replace the second one? (a) purple (b) silent (c) noisy
27. 27.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in pune starts in november.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 5
28. 28.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Diya feeds the cat every morning.” (a) exclamation (b) command (c) question (d) statement
29. 29.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) A big black crow sat on the wall. (b) A busy squirrel collected nuts. (c) Gave us cool shade. (d) The children sang a song in the hall.
30. 30.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) Why is Arjun laughing? (b) Meera catches the bus at seven. (c) Please close the door. (d) What a sweet mango!
31. 31.These words are mixed up: for / rice / cooks / Omkar / lunch
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Omkar cooks for lunch rice. (b) Cooks Omkar rice for lunch. (c) Omkar rice cooks for lunch. (d) Omkar cooks rice for lunch.
32. 32.What kind of sentence is this?
    “What is Joseph drawing in class?” (a) command (b) statement (c) exclamation (d) question
33. 33.“Ended at five o'clock.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) what happens (predicate) (c) who or what (subject)
34. 34.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What a big cake” (a) question mark (?) (b) full stop (.) (c) exclamation mark (!)
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on Sunday.” (a) i (b) dog (c) the (d) on
36. 36.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Why is Zoya laughing? (b) Is why Zoya laughing? (c) Why Zoya is laughing? (d) Zoya is why laughing?
37. 37.Manav wrote “an old fort near an old temple”. Which word means the same as “old” and can replace the second one? (a) ancient (b) hungry (c) new
38. 38.“The train.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) nothing is missing (c) who or what (subject)
39. 39.Which sentence describes the kite best? (a) Farhan flew a big kite. (b) Farhan flew a big green kite. (c) Farhan flew a kite. (d) Farhan flew a green kite.
40. 40.Which describing word fits best?
    “The sun looks ___.” (a) quiet (b) fluffy (c) bright (d) spicy

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