Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 890 · 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 pickle tastes ___.” (a) bright (b) quiet (c) spicy (d) fluffy
2. 2.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “farhan and i played in the park on friday.” (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 3
3. 3.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The cricket match ended at five o'clock. (b) The red kite. (c) The rain fell all night. (d) The doctor checked my throat.
4. 4.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Tara flies on the roof a kite. (b) Tara flies a kite on the roof. (c) Tara a kite flies on the roof. (d) Flies Tara a kite on the roof.
5. 5.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Dev has a new card. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) Him (c) She (d) It
6. 6.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “The peacock danced in the rain.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
7. 7.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
   “The room was dark ___ I switched on the light.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
8. 8.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Why is Imran laughing? (b) Why Imran is laughing? (c) Imran is why laughing? (d) Is why Imran laughing?
9. 9.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “The box was small. It was very heavy.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
10. 10.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my birthday is on the first Wednesday of September.” (a) first (b) birthday (c) the (d) my
11. 11.Which sentence describes the bag best? (a) Yash carried a black bag. (b) Yash carried a big bag. (c) Yash carried a bag. (d) Yash carried a big black bag.
12. 12.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What a colourful rangoli” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) full stop (.) (c) question mark (?)
13. 13.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The baby was sleeping we spoke softly.” (a) after “spoke” (b) after “sleeping” (c) after “baby” (d) after “The”
14. 14.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “We stayed indoors ___ it was raining.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
15. 15.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Rohan catches the bus at seven.” (a) command (b) question (c) statement (d) exclamation
16. 16.Which sentence describes the elephant best? (a) Ananya saw an elephant. (b) Ananya saw a grey elephant. (c) Ananya saw a big elephant. (d) Ananya saw a big grey elephant.
17. 17.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The sky turned dark soon it began to rain.” (a) after “turned” (b) after “dark” (c) after “soon” (d) after “began”
18. 18.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Packs Kavya the school bag at night. (b) Kavya packs at night the school bag. (c) Kavya the school bag packs at night. (d) Kavya packs the school bag at night.
19. 19.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Isha baked Isha's cake. Isha shared it. (b) Isha baked her cake. She shared it. (c) Isha baked her cake. Her shared it.
20. 20.“A green parrot.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) who or what (subject) (c) nothing is missing
21. 21.Which sentence describes the shell best? (a) Manav found a white shell. (b) Manav found a tiny shell. (c) Manav found a tiny white shell. (d) Manav found a shell.
22. 22.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Ananya bought her book. Her read it. (b) Ananya bought Ananya's book. Ananya read it. (c) Ananya bought her book. She read it.
23. 23.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The cake was too sweet nobody ate a second piece.” (a) after “sweet” (b) after “nobody” (c) after “was” (d) after “too”
24. 24.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Maria Grandma helps in the kitchen. (b) Maria helps in the kitchen Grandma. (c) Maria helps Grandma in the kitchen. (d) Helps Maria Grandma in the kitchen.
25. 25.Kavya 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) wooden
26. 26.Which sentence describes the house best? (a) Meera drew a tall house. (b) Meera drew a house. (c) Meera drew a red house. (d) Meera drew a tall red house.
27. 27.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on pongal.” (a) met (b) pongal (c) cousins (d) all
28. 28.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last tuesday i went to delhi by train.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 6
29. 29.Which sentence describes the pot best? (a) Manav painted a small orange pot. (b) Manav painted an orange pot. (c) Manav painted a pot. (d) Manav painted a small pot.
30. 30.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we went to kochi for eid last year.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 3
31. 31.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is why Tara crying? (b) Why is Tara crying? (c) Why Tara is crying? (d) Tara is why crying?
32. 32.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “We ran to the bus stop. We were late.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
33. 33.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The plants died ___ nobody watered them.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
34. 34.Which sentence describes the dog best? (a) Saanvi saw a dog. (b) Saanvi saw a big black dog. (c) Saanvi saw a black dog. (d) Saanvi saw a big dog.
35. 35.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my cousin and i visited a zoo in bhopal.” (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 4
36. 36.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Since it was late. (b) Grandpa. (c) The school bell rang loudly. (d) Left the station at nine.
37. 37.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The ice cream melted. It was a hot day.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
38. 38.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Tara has a new toy car. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Her (b) It (c) She (d) He
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on eid.” (a) cousins (b) all (c) our (d) eid
40. 40.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “simran and I played in the park on Tuesday.” (a) simran (b) and (c) the (d) on

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