Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 919 · 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) Is why Yash laughing? (b) Yash is why laughing? (c) Why Yash is laughing? (d) Why is Yash laughing?
2. 2.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “The mango looked green. It was very sweet.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
3. 3.What kind of sentence is this?
   “What is Maria eating for lunch?” (a) statement (b) command (c) question (d) exclamation
4. 4.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “My uncle came from bhopal in January.” (a) from (b) bhopal (c) came (d) in
5. 5.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “imran was born in the month of june.” (a) 4 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 2
6. 6.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Simran has a new toy car. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) It (c) Her (d) She
7. 7.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “Mum smiled. I had cleaned my room.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
8. 8.Sneha wrote “a rich king in a rich city”. Which word means the same as “rich” and can replace the second one? (a) poor (b) square (c) wealthy
9. 9.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Saanvi is where playing cricket? (b) Where is Saanvi playing cricket? (c) Where Saanvi is playing cricket? (d) Is where Saanvi playing cricket?
10. 10.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) Drink a glass of milk. (b) Where is Zoya going after school? (c) Diya packs the school bag at night. (d) What a clever crow!
11. 11.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Aarav wore new clothes on pongal.” (a) clothes (b) new (c) wore (d) pongal
12. 12.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Meera and I played in the park on monday.” (a) monday (b) in (c) park (d) and
13. 13.Which describing word fits best?
    “The thunder sounds ___.” (a) sweet (b) smooth (c) loud (d) shiny
14. 14.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) Arjun eats a banana after school. (b) What is Tara eating for lunch? (c) Please speak slowly. (d) How bright the moon is!
15. 15.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on Sunday.” (a) i (b) on (c) go (d) park
16. 16.Which sentence describes the umbrella best? (a) Aisha opened a yellow umbrella. (b) Aisha opened a big yellow umbrella. (c) Aisha opened a big umbrella. (d) Aisha opened an umbrella.
17. 17.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Is where Riya going after school? (b) Where is Riya going after school? (c) Where Riya is going after school? (d) Riya is where going after school?
18. 18.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Pooja feeds the cat every morning.” (a) command (b) exclamation (c) question (d) statement
19. 19.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Gave us cool shade.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
20. 20.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “It was very hot we drank cold water.” (a) after “hot” (b) after “It” (c) after “drank” (d) after “very”
21. 21.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Omkar rides to school a bicycle. (b) Rides Omkar a bicycle to school. (c) Omkar a bicycle rides to school. (d) Omkar rides a bicycle to school.
22. 22.Which is the best way to join “Nisha took an umbrella.” and “The sky was cloudy.”? (a) Nisha took an umbrella so the sky was cloudy. (b) Nisha took an umbrella but the sky was cloudy. (c) Nisha took an umbrella because the sky was cloudy.
23. 23.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Pooja plays cricket in the park. (b) Pooja plays in the park cricket. (c) Plays Pooja cricket in the park. (d) Pooja cricket plays in the park.
24. 24.Which describing word fits best?
    “The new coin looks ___.” (a) shiny (b) noisy (c) sticky (d) spicy
25. 25.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “I brushed my teeth. I washed my face.” (a) and (b) because (c) but
26. 26.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Last tuesday I went to Patna by train.” (a) to (b) tuesday (c) by (d) went
27. 27.Which sentence describes the elephant best? (a) Vikram saw a huge elephant. (b) Vikram saw a huge grey elephant. (c) Vikram saw an elephant. (d) Vikram saw a grey elephant.
28. 28.Ananya wrote “a rich king in a rich city”. Which word means the same as “rich” and can replace the second one? (a) square (b) wealthy (c) poor
29. 29.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Pooja and i played in the park on Friday.” (a) i (b) in (c) the (d) played
30. 30.“Sat on the wall.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) nothing is missing (c) who or what (subject)
31. 31.Which of these is a question? (a) What is Aisha reading today? (b) What a cute puppy! (c) Turn left at the temple. (d) Rohan helps Grandma in the kitchen.
32. 32.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Ananya made her card. Her posted it. (b) Ananya made Ananya's card. Ananya posted it. (c) Ananya made her card. She posted it.
33. 33.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The mangoes were ripe we picked a basket full.” (a) after “a” (b) after “The” (c) after “ripe” (d) after “mangoes”
34. 34.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Aarav is what eating for lunch? (b) What is Aarav eating for lunch? (c) What Aarav is eating for lunch? (d) Is what Aarav eating for lunch?
35. 35.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The room was dark ___ I switched on the light.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
36. 36.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “imran was born in the month of december.” (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 4
37. 37.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) When is Zoya leaving for Delhi? (b) Is when Zoya leaving for Delhi? (c) Zoya is when leaving for Delhi? (d) When Zoya is leaving for Delhi?
38. 38.Isha wrote “happy children at a happy party”. Which word means the same as “happy” and can replace the second one? (a) glad (b) square (c) sad
39. 39.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Rohan has a new toy car. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) Him (c) He (d) She
40. 40.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Priya writes a poem every week.” (a) command (b) question (c) exclamation (d) statement

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