Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 916 · 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?
   “Tara likes to paint. She likes to draw.” (a) and (b) but (c) because
2. 2.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) A big black crow sat on the wall. (b) Waiting for the bus. (c) My little brother. (d) Sat next to me.
3. 3.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Manav fixed his toy car. He played with it. (b) Manav fixed his toy car. Him played with it. (c) Manav fixed Manav's toy car. Manav played with it.
4. 4.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “Riya wore a sweater. It was cold.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
5. 5.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Vikram has a new book. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) It (c) Him (d) She
6. 6.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “We went to Chennai for baisakhi last year.” (a) went (b) baisakhi (c) to (d) year
7. 7.Yash wrote “a big box in a big room”. Which word means the same as “big” and can replace the second one? (a) tiny (b) huge (c) wooden
8. 8.These words are mixed up: bag / at / school / packs / Ishaan / night / the
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Packs Ishaan the school bag at night. (b) Ishaan packs at night the school bag. (c) Ishaan packs the school bag at night. (d) Ishaan the school bag packs at night.
9. 9.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “Waiting for the bus.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
10. 10.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The bright moon shone over the lake. (b) Our teacher wrote a poem on the board. (c) The hungry monkey grabbed a banana. (d) Carried a crumb.
11. 11.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Riya has a new bicycle. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Her (b) It (c) She (d) He
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “imran lives near the lake in Patna.” (a) lives (b) imran (c) the (d) near
13. 13.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my aunt made sweets for Holi.” (a) for (b) my (c) sweets (d) made
14. 14.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Kabir has a cat ___ he has a dog.” (a) because (b) and (c) but
15. 15.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The garden has roses ___ it has sunflowers.” (a) and (b) because (c) but
16. 16.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Plays Joseph cricket in the park. (b) Joseph plays in the park cricket. (c) Joseph cricket plays in the park. (d) Joseph plays cricket in the park.
17. 17.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Priya helps in the kitchen Grandma. (b) Priya Grandma helps in the kitchen. (c) Priya helps Grandma in the kitchen. (d) Helps Priya Grandma in the kitchen.
18. 18.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We went to surat for Christmas last year.” (a) for (b) surat (c) to (d) went
19. 19.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “saanvi met tara at the station in mysuru.” (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 3 (d) 4
20. 20.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “on Monday we have a test in maths.” (a) have (b) a (c) test (d) on
21. 21.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Rahul found his kite. Him flew it. (b) Rahul found his kite. He flew it. (c) Rahul found Rahul's kite. Rahul flew it.
22. 22.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Meera has a new mango. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Her (b) It (c) She (d) He
23. 23.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is why Riya laughing? (b) Riya is why laughing? (c) Why is Riya laughing? (d) Why Riya is laughing?
24. 24.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Carried a crumb.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
25. 25.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My aunt made sweets for diwali.” (a) sweets (b) made (c) for (d) diwali
26. 26.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My cousin and I visited a zoo in lucknow.” (a) and (b) in (c) lucknow (d) zoo
27. 27.These words are mixed up: class / picture / draws / in / art / a / Riya
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Draws Riya a picture in art class. (b) Riya draws a picture in art class. (c) Riya draws in art class a picture. (d) Riya a picture draws in art class.
28. 28.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Tenzin fixed Tenzin's toy car. Tenzin played with it. (b) Tenzin fixed his toy car. He played with it. (c) Tenzin fixed his toy car. Him played with it.
29. 29.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Aisha the room cleans every Saturday. (b) Aisha cleans every Saturday the room. (c) Aisha cleans the room every Saturday. (d) Cleans Aisha the room every Saturday.
30. 30.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Arjun practised every day ___ he won the prize.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
31. 31.“Stopped at the gate.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) who or what (subject) (b) what happens (predicate) (c) nothing is missing
32. 32.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Saanvi wrote Saanvi's poem. Saanvi read it. (b) Saanvi wrote her poem. Her read it. (c) Saanvi wrote her poem. She read it.
33. 33.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) Where is Kunal going after school? (b) Open your books to page ten. (c) Tenzin rides a bicycle to school. (d) What a lovely song!
34. 34.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Kavya plays cricket in the park. (b) Plays Kavya cricket in the park. (c) Kavya cricket plays in the park. (d) Kavya plays in the park cricket.
35. 35.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “the big fair in Pune starts in February.” (a) in (b) starts (c) big (d) the
36. 36.Which sentence describes the umbrella best? (a) Kavya opened a big umbrella. (b) Kavya opened an umbrella. (c) Kavya opened a striped umbrella. (d) Kavya opened a big striped umbrella.
37. 37.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The puppy was cold ___ we gave it a blanket.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
38. 38.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Tenzin wrote Tenzin's poem. Tenzin read it. (b) Tenzin wrote his poem. He read it. (c) Tenzin wrote his poem. Him read it.
39. 39.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The box was small ___ it was very heavy.” (a) but (b) because (c) so
40. 40.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “I go to the park with my dog on sunday.” (a) sunday (b) go (c) dog (d) park

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