Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 904 · 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 question has the words in the correct order? (a) Meera is how travelling to school? (b) How Meera is travelling to school? (c) Is how Meera travelling to school? (d) How is Meera travelling to school?
2. 2.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “Yash cleans the room every Saturday” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
3. 3.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The school bell rang loudly. (b) My best friend. (c) Collected nuts. (d) Waiting for the bus.
4. 4.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Arjun planted his sapling. He watered it. (b) Arjun planted Arjun's sapling. Arjun watered it. (c) Arjun planted his sapling. Him watered it.
5. 5.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The old farmer planted rice in the field. (b) The rain. (c) The school bus stopped at the gate. (d) Grandpa watered the plants.
6. 6.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Although he was tired. (b) The train. (c) The school bus stopped at the gate. (d) Made a rangoli.
7. 7.Which is the best way to join “The baby cried.” and “She was hungry.”? (a) The baby cried so she was hungry. (b) The baby cried because she was hungry. (c) The baby cried but she was hungry.
8. 8.Which of these is a question? (a) Wait for me at the gate. (b) What a tall tree! (c) Where is Kabir going after school? (d) Kabir feeds the cat every morning.
9. 9.Simran 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
10. 10.Which sentence describes the elephant best? (a) Joseph saw an elephant. (b) Joseph saw a grey elephant. (c) Joseph saw a big grey elephant. (d) Joseph saw a big elephant.
11. 11.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The little puppy ran across the garden. (b) My father cooked dal for dinner. (c) The red kite flew high in the sky. (d) A busy squirrel.
12. 12.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Zoya cooks for lunch rice. (b) Zoya cooks rice for lunch. (c) Cooks Zoya rice for lunch. (d) Zoya rice cooks for lunch.
13. 13.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “riya wore new clothes on holi.” (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 1
14. 14.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Why is Aarav crying? (b) Aarav is why crying? (c) Is why Aarav crying? (d) Why Aarav is crying?
15. 15.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Isha lost her pencil. Her found it. (b) Isha lost her pencil. She found it. (c) Isha lost Isha's pencil. Isha found it.
16. 16.Which describing word fits best?
    “The rainbow looks ___.” (a) colourful (b) loud (c) prickly (d) spicy
17. 17.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Ananya is where going after school? (b) Where Ananya is going after school? (c) Where is Ananya going after school? (d) Is where Ananya going after school?
18. 18.These words are mixed up: rides / school / to / bicycle / a / Yash
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Rides Yash a bicycle to school. (b) Yash a bicycle rides to school. (c) Yash rides to school a bicycle. (d) Yash rides a bicycle to school.
19. 19.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Maria is what eating for lunch? (b) What is Maria eating for lunch? (c) What Maria is eating for lunch? (d) Is what Maria eating for lunch?
20. 20.These words are mixed up: the / on / Ishaan / Fridays / library / visits
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Ishaan visits on Fridays the library. (b) Visits Ishaan the library on Fridays. (c) Ishaan the library visits on Fridays. (d) Ishaan visits the library on Fridays.
21. 21.Which sentence describes the butterfly best? (a) Isha saw a tiny butterfly. (b) Isha saw an orange butterfly. (c) Isha saw a tiny orange butterfly. (d) Isha saw a butterfly.
22. 22.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “on thursday we have a test in maths.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
23. 23.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “meera met priya at the station in pune.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
24. 24.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What a tall tree” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
25. 25.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Kabir has a new sapling. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Him (b) It (c) She (d) He
26. 26.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Mum cooked dal ___ she made rotis.” (a) but (b) and (c) because
27. 27.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “aarav lives near the lake in kochi.” (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 2 (d) 3
28. 28.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Rohan has a new book. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) Him (c) She (d) He
29. 29.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The teacher smiled she liked our drawings.” (a) after “The” (b) after “teacher” (c) after “our” (d) after “smiled”
30. 30.Which of these is a command? (a) How big the cake is! (b) Switch off the fan. (c) Joseph draws a picture in art class. (d) How is Rahul travelling to school?
31. 31.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Meera rides a bicycle to school.” (a) command (b) question (c) statement (d) exclamation
32. 32.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “on Monday we have a test in maths.” (a) on (b) maths (c) we (d) in
33. 33.“The shopkeeper.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) who or what (subject) (c) nothing is missing
34. 34.Kavya wrote “a cold wind on a cold night”. Which word means the same as “cold” and can replace the second one? (a) chilly (b) wooden (c) hot
35. 35.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The school bell. (b) Blew the leaves away. (c) My grandmother told us a story. (d) When the bell rang.
36. 36.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Aarav was born in the month of august.” (a) month (b) born (c) in (d) august
37. 37.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “rang” (b) after “ran” (c) after “The” (d) after “bell”
38. 38.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Arjun has a new kite. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) It (c) She (d) Him
39. 39.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Kavya has a new poem. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) He (c) She (d) Her
40. 40.Which of these is a question? (a) Aisha feeds the cat every morning. (b) What is Aarav reading today? (c) What a tall tree! (d) Bring your notebook tomorrow.

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