Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 910 · 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 needs a capital letter?
   “simran and Priya will come to my house on Saturday.” (a) and (b) house (c) simran (d) will
2. 2.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The old farmer planted rice in the field. (b) Gave me a pencil. (c) The train left the station at nine. (d) The tall tree gave us cool shade.
3. 3.Which describing word fits best?
   “The bitter gourd tastes ___.” (a) bright (b) sticky (c) quiet (d) bitter
4. 4.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Visits Kabir the library on Fridays. (b) Kabir visits on Fridays the library. (c) Kabir visits the library on Fridays. (d) Kabir the library visits on Fridays.
5. 5.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Joseph packed his bag. Him carried it. (b) Joseph packed Joseph's bag. Joseph carried it. (c) Joseph packed his bag. He carried it.
6. 6.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
   “We reached the beach the sand was warm.” (a) after “the” (b) after “beach” (c) after “We” (d) after “sand”
7. 7.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Riya wrote her poem. Her read it. (b) Riya wrote her poem. She read it. (c) Riya wrote Riya's poem. Riya read it.
8. 8.Which of these is a command? (a) Who is Nisha calling? (b) What a colourful rangoli! (c) Bring your notebook tomorrow. (d) Nisha draws a picture in art class.
9. 9.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Sneha has a new poem. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) She (c) It (d) Her
10. 10.What kind of sentence is this?
    “How funny the joke is!” (a) question (b) command (c) statement (d) exclamation
11. 11.Pooja wrote “a fast horse and a fast car”. Which word means the same as “fast” and can replace the second one? (a) spicy (b) slow (c) quick
12. 12.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Tenzin wrote his poem. He read it. (b) Tenzin wrote his poem. Him read it. (c) Tenzin wrote Tenzin's poem. Tenzin read it.
13. 13.Which describing word fits best?
    “The thunder sounds ___.” (a) shiny (b) prickly (c) loud (d) salty
14. 14.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “bell” (b) after “ran” (c) after “rang” (d) after “The”
15. 15.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The plants died. Nobody watered them.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
16. 16.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “A big black crow.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
17. 17.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Since it was late. (b) Two ducks. (c) The rain fell all night. (d) Danced in the rain.
18. 18.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Saanvi has a new pencil. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) Her (c) He (d) She
19. 19.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “the big fair in jaipur starts in august.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 2 (d) 5
20. 20.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “I finished my homework then I read a comic.” (a) after “my” (b) after “then” (c) after “homework” (d) after “finished”
21. 21.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Priya and I played in the park on tuesday.” (a) park (b) on (c) tuesday (d) and
22. 22.Which is the best way to join “The baby cried.” and “She was hungry.”? (a) The baby cried but she was hungry. (b) The baby cried because she was hungry. (c) The baby cried so she was hungry.
23. 23.These words are mixed up: ball / the / Farhan / the / in / garden / kicks
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Farhan kicks in the garden the ball. (b) Farhan kicks the ball in the garden. (c) Farhan the ball kicks in the garden. (d) Kicks Farhan the ball in the garden.
24. 24.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Where is Kabir playing cricket? (b) Is where Kabir playing cricket? (c) Kabir is where playing cricket? (d) Where Kabir is playing cricket?
25. 25.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “Arjun won the race everyone cheered for him.” (a) after “Arjun” (b) after “for” (c) after “race” (d) after “cheered”
26. 26.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “It was late. The shops were still open.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
27. 27.Which describing word fits best?
    “The tree bark feels ___.” (a) shiny (b) rough (c) spicy (d) noisy
28. 28.These words are mixed up: the / Riya / the / garden / kicks / in / ball
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Kicks Riya the ball in the garden. (b) Riya kicks the ball in the garden. (c) Riya kicks in the garden the ball. (d) Riya the ball kicks in the garden.
29. 29.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Kunal has a new mango. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) It (c) Him (d) He
30. 30.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Isha has a new card. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) Her (c) She (d) It
31. 31.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from agra in december.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 2
32. 32.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The shopkeeper counted the coins. (b) The tall tree gave us cool shade. (c) The peacock. (d) Our teacher wrote a poem on the board.
33. 33.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on thursday.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 4
34. 34.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “aarav wore new clothes on Onam.” (a) on (b) wore (c) aarav (d) new
35. 35.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Diya cleans the room every Saturday” (a) full stop (.) (b) question mark (?) (c) exclamation mark (!)
36. 36.These words are mixed up: banana / eats / a / after / Arjun / school
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Arjun eats after school a banana. (b) Eats Arjun a banana after school. (c) Arjun eats a banana after school. (d) Arjun a banana eats after school.
37. 37.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “on wednesday we have a test in maths.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
38. 38.Which describing word fits best?
    “The rainbow looks ___.” (a) fluffy (b) sweet (c) loud (d) colourful
39. 39.These words are mixed up: art / class / a / draws / in / Vikram / picture
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Vikram draws a picture in art class. (b) Vikram draws in art class a picture. (c) Vikram a picture draws in art class. (d) Draws Vikram a picture in art class.
40. 40.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The tiny ant carried a crumb.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment

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