Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 946 · 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 sentence describes the shell best? (a) Diya found a tiny white shell. (b) Diya found a white shell. (c) Diya found a tiny shell. (d) Diya found a shell.
2. 2.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “my aunt made sweets for Diwali.” (a) aunt (b) sweets (c) my (d) for
3. 3.These words are mixed up: bag / packs / at / the / school / night / Dev
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Dev the school bag packs at night. (b) Packs Dev the school bag at night. (c) Dev packs at night the school bag. (d) Dev packs the school bag at night.
4. 4.What kind of sentence is this?
   “Sit down quietly.” (a) exclamation (b) command (c) statement (d) question
5. 5.Which is the best way to join “The garden has roses.” and “It has sunflowers.”? (a) The garden has roses because it has sunflowers. (b) The garden has roses and it has sunflowers. (c) The garden has roses but it has sunflowers.
6. 6.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Simran has a new bag. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) It (c) Her (d) He
7. 7.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The rain. (b) The shopkeeper counted the coins. (c) My grandmother told us a story. (d) The new student sat next to me.
8. 8.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “It was very hot. We went for a swim.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
9. 9.Which sentence describes the dog best? (a) Ishaan saw a brown dog. (b) Ishaan saw a big dog. (c) Ishaan saw a dog. (d) Ishaan saw a big brown dog.
10. 10.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Farhan cricket plays in the park. (b) Farhan plays cricket in the park. (c) Plays Farhan cricket in the park. (d) Farhan plays in the park cricket.
11. 11.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Riya lost Riya's pencil. Riya found it. (b) Riya lost her pencil. Her found it. (c) Riya lost her pencil. She found it.
12. 12.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on baisakhi.” (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1 (d) 4
13. 13.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) The hungry monkey grabbed a banana. (b) My grandmother told us a story. (c) Our teacher wrote a poem on the board. (d) The school bus.
14. 14.These words are mixed up: plays / in / the / cricket / park / Yash
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Yash cricket plays in the park. (b) Plays Yash cricket in the park. (c) Yash plays cricket in the park. (d) Yash plays in the park cricket.
15. 15.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) My grandmother told us a story. (b) Sat next to me. (c) The tiny ant carried a crumb. (d) The little puppy ran across the garden.
16. 16.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Saanvi lost her pencil. Her found it. (b) Saanvi lost her pencil. She found it. (c) Saanvi lost Saanvi's pencil. Saanvi found it.
17. 17.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Wash your hands before lunch.” (a) question (b) statement (c) exclamation (d) command
18. 18.These words are mixed up: every / the / Saturday / Kabir / cleans / room
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Cleans Kabir the room every Saturday. (b) Kabir the room cleans every Saturday. (c) Kabir cleans every Saturday the room. (d) Kabir cleans the room every Saturday.
19. 19.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last tuesday i went to kolkata by train.” (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 3 (d) 5
20. 20.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Packs Rahul the school bag at night. (b) Rahul packs the school bag at night. (c) Rahul the school bag packs at night. (d) Rahul packs at night the school bag.
21. 21.Which describing word fits best?
    “The tree bark feels ___.” (a) rough (b) bitter (c) bright (d) loud
22. 22.Which sentence describes the elephant best? (a) Simran saw an elephant. (b) Simran saw a huge grey elephant. (c) Simran saw a grey elephant. (d) Simran saw a huge elephant.
23. 23.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “What a beautiful garden” (a) question mark (?) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) full stop (.)
24. 24.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “Mum cooked dal ___ she made rotis.” (a) but (b) because (c) and
25. 25.Which describing word fits best?
    “The library sounds ___.” (a) sour (b) fluffy (c) quiet (d) shiny
26. 26.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bus was late we waited at the stop.” (a) after “The” (b) after “waited” (c) after “late” (d) after “we”
27. 27.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The garden has roses. It has sunflowers.” (a) but (b) and (c) because
28. 28.These words are mixed up: catches / at / seven / Farhan / the / bus
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Farhan catches at seven the bus. (b) Farhan the bus catches at seven. (c) Catches Farhan the bus at seven. (d) Farhan catches the bus at seven.
29. 29.Which describing word fits best?
    “The roasted peanuts taste ___.” (a) sticky (b) noisy (c) colourful (d) salty
30. 30.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “last Wednesday I went to Shimla by train.” (a) last (b) went (c) by (d) to
31. 31.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “kavya was born in the month of November.” (a) kavya (b) born (c) was (d) the
32. 32.“My little brother.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) who or what (subject) (c) nothing is missing
33. 33.These words are mixed up: feeds / cat / morning / Priya / every / the
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Priya the cat feeds every morning. (b) Priya feeds every morning the cat. (c) Priya feeds the cat every morning. (d) Feeds Priya the cat every morning.
34. 34.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The bell rang the children ran out.” (a) after “rang” (b) after “The” (c) after “children” (d) after “ran”
35. 35.Which sentence describes the elephant best? (a) Yash saw a big elephant. (b) Yash saw an elephant. (c) Yash saw a grey elephant. (d) Yash saw a big grey elephant.
36. 36.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The sky turned dark soon it began to rain.” (a) after “dark” (b) after “to” (c) after “began” (d) after “The”
37. 37.What kind of sentence is this?
    “Tenzin cleans the room every Saturday.” (a) exclamation (b) statement (c) command (d) question
38. 38.Which mark should end this sentence?
    “Priya waters the plants in the evening” (a) full stop (.) (b) exclamation mark (!) (c) question mark (?)
39. 39.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The train arrived people got on quickly.” (a) after “got” (b) after “train” (c) after “arrived” (d) after “on”
40. 40.Which describing word fits best?
    “The jam feels ___.” (a) quiet (b) shiny (c) sour (d) sticky

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