Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 909 · 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 word joins these two sentences best?
   “The bag was heavy. Dad helped me carry it.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
2. 2.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “It started to rain. We opened our umbrellas.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
3. 3.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What Arjun is reading today? (b) Is what Arjun reading today? (c) What is Arjun reading today? (d) Arjun is what reading today?
4. 4.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “We met all our cousins on eid.” (a) met (b) on (c) all (d) eid
5. 5.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Isha has a new bicycle. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) It (c) Her (d) He
6. 6.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is where Riya playing cricket? (b) Where Riya is playing cricket? (c) Where is Riya playing cricket? (d) Riya is where playing cricket?
7. 7.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Ishaan brushes the dog on Sundays.” (a) exclamation (b) statement (c) question (d) command
8. 8.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “The test was hard. Zoya got full marks.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
9. 9.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Manav washed Manav's bicycle. Manav rode it. (b) Manav washed his bicycle. Him rode it. (c) Manav washed his bicycle. He rode it.
10. 10.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last saturday i went to pune by train.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 4
11. 11.Which describing word fits best?
    “The rainbow looks ___.” (a) smooth (b) quiet (c) colourful (d) bitter
12. 12.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Simran has a new mango. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) It (c) He (d) Her
13. 13.Which is the best way to join “The mango looked green.” and “It was very sweet.”? (a) The mango looked green but it was very sweet. (b) The mango looked green so it was very sweet. (c) The mango looked green because it was very sweet.
14. 14.“The peacock.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) nothing is missing (b) who or what (subject) (c) what happens (predicate)
15. 15.Saanvi wrote “a big box in a big room”. Which word means the same as “big” and can replace the second one? (a) square (b) huge (c) tiny
16. 16.Which sentence describes the dog best? (a) Aarav saw a black dog. (b) Aarav saw a big dog. (c) Aarav saw a big black dog. (d) Aarav saw a dog.
17. 17.Which of these is a command? (a) How cute the puppy is! (b) Open your books to page ten. (c) Vikram cooks rice for lunch. (d) When is Rahul leaving for Delhi?
18. 18.Which describing word fits best?
    “The tree bark feels ___.” (a) colourful (b) quiet (c) spicy (d) rough
19. 19.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 “liked” (d) after “smiled”
20. 20.“Slept on the sofa.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) nothing is missing (c) who or what (subject)
21. 21.These words are mixed up: kicks / in / garden / ball / the / Rahul / the
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Rahul kicks the ball in the garden. (b) Rahul the ball kicks in the garden. (c) Kicks Rahul the ball in the garden. (d) Rahul kicks in the garden the ball.
22. 22.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Zoya drinks warm milk before bed.” (a) question (b) command (c) exclamation (d) statement
23. 23.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What a cute puppy” (a) question mark (?) (b) full stop (.) (c) exclamation mark (!)
24. 24.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Isha cricket plays in the park. (b) Isha plays in the park cricket. (c) Isha plays cricket in the park. (d) Plays Isha cricket in the park.
25. 25.These words are mixed up: Grandma / kitchen / helps / Saanvi / in / the
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Helps Saanvi Grandma in the kitchen. (b) Saanvi Grandma helps in the kitchen. (c) Saanvi helps Grandma in the kitchen. (d) Saanvi helps in the kitchen Grandma.
26. 26.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “I go to the park with my dog on saturday.” (a) on (b) with (c) saturday (d) to
27. 27.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The red kite flew high in the sky. (b) Because it was raining. (c) A busy squirrel. (d) Danced in the rain.
28. 28.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What a cold morning” (a) exclamation mark (!) (b) full stop (.) (c) question mark (?)
29. 29.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Nisha took an umbrella ___ the sky was cloudy.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
30. 30.Kabir wrote “a big box in a big room”. Which word means the same as “big” and can replace the second one? (a) tiny (b) purple (c) huge
31. 31.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) The tiny ant carried a crumb. (b) My aunt. (c) Running in the park. (d) Gave me a pencil.
32. 32.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “We reached the beach the sand was warm.” (a) after “beach” (b) after “sand” (c) after “We” (d) after “reached”
33. 33.Which describing word fits best?
    “The pickle tastes ___.” (a) quiet (b) colourful (c) fluffy (d) spicy
34. 34.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Open your books to page ten.” (a) exclamation (b) question (c) command (d) statement
35. 35.Which describing word fits best?
    “The bitter gourd tastes ___.” (a) bright (b) sticky (c) quiet (d) bitter
36. 36.What kind of sentence is this?
    “How long the train is!” (a) statement (b) command (c) exclamation (d) question
37. 37.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The postman brought a letter for Dad. (b) My sister made a rangoli. (c) The school bus. (d) The wind blew the leaves away.
38. 38.These words are mixed up: Vikram / picture / a / in / class / art / draws
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Vikram draws in art class a picture. (b) Draws Vikram a picture in art class. (c) Vikram a picture draws in art class. (d) Vikram draws a picture in art class.
39. 39.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “the big fair in Jaipur starts in September.” (a) the (b) big (c) in (d) starts
40. 40.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “children” (b) after “bell” (c) after “The” (d) after “rang”

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