Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 968 · 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.“Sang a song in the hall.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) nothing is missing (c) who or what (subject)
2. 2.Which of these is NOT a complete sentence (a fragment)? (a) A busy squirrel collected nuts. (b) After we ate lunch. (c) The school bus stopped at the gate. (d) A green parrot ate a ripe guava.
3. 3.Which sentence describes the mango best? (a) Rohan ate a yellow mango. (b) Rohan ate a big yellow mango. (c) Rohan ate a big mango. (d) Rohan ate a mango.
4. 4.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “my cousin and I visited a zoo in Delhi.” (a) visited (b) my (c) zoo (d) in
5. 5.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Aarav has a new pencil. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) He (c) Him (d) It
6. 6.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Tenzin has a new pencil. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) Him (c) He (d) It
7. 7.Which word needs a capital letter?
   “Vikram wore new clothes on holi.” (a) new (b) wore (c) holi (d) on
8. 8.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Rahul has a new toy car. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) Him (b) He (c) It (d) She
9. 9.Which mark should end this sentence?
   “What a tall tree” (a) question mark (?) (b) full stop (.) (c) exclamation mark (!)
10. 10.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Tara warm milk drinks before bed. (b) Tara drinks warm milk before bed. (c) Drinks Tara warm milk before bed. (d) Tara drinks before bed warm milk.
11. 11.Which sentence describes the butterfly best? (a) Yash saw a pretty butterfly. (b) Yash saw a pretty orange butterfly. (c) Yash saw an orange butterfly. (d) Yash saw a butterfly.
12. 12.Priya wrote “happy children at a happy party”. Which word means the same as “happy” and can replace the second one? (a) glad (b) sad (c) square
13. 13.Which is the best way to join “We ran fast.” and “We missed the train.”? (a) We ran fast because we missed the train. (b) We ran fast but we missed the train. (c) We ran fast so we missed the train.
14. 14.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Joseph fixed Joseph's toy car. Joseph played with it. (b) Joseph fixed his toy car. Him played with it. (c) Joseph fixed his toy car. He played with it.
15. 15.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Rahul was born in the month of february.” (a) was (b) born (c) february (d) of
16. 16.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Rohan the ball kicks in the garden. (b) Rohan kicks in the garden the ball. (c) Kicks Rohan the ball in the garden. (d) Rohan kicks the ball in the garden.
17. 17.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Omkar washed his bicycle. He rode it. (b) Omkar washed Omkar's bicycle. Omkar rode it. (c) Omkar washed his bicycle. Him rode it.
18. 18.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The parrot can talk it says hello every morning.” (a) after “talk” (b) after “The” (c) after “it” (d) after “hello”
19. 19.Which is the best way to join “Meera was hungry.” and “She ate a banana.”? (a) Meera was hungry but she ate a banana. (b) Meera was hungry so she ate a banana. (c) Meera was hungry because she ate a banana.
20. 20.These words are mixed up: evening / in / Meera / plants / waters / the / the
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Waters Meera the plants in the evening. (b) Meera the plants waters in the evening. (c) Meera waters in the evening the plants. (d) Meera waters the plants in the evening.
21. 21.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Meera has a new cake. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) It (b) Her (c) He (d) She
22. 22.Which sentence describes the elephant best? (a) Arjun saw a big elephant. (b) Arjun saw an elephant. (c) Arjun saw a big grey elephant. (d) Arjun saw a grey elephant.
23. 23.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Pooja has a new book. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) Her (c) He (d) It
24. 24.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Priya has a new cake. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) She (c) It (d) Her
25. 25.These words are mixed up: a / at / storybook / night / Rohan / reads
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Rohan a storybook reads at night. (b) Rohan reads a storybook at night. (c) Reads Rohan a storybook at night. (d) Rohan reads at night a storybook.
26. 26.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Cleans Aarav the room every Saturday. (b) Aarav the room cleans every Saturday. (c) Aarav cleans the room every Saturday. (d) Aarav cleans every Saturday the room.
27. 27.Which sentence describes the dog best? (a) Maria saw a big white dog. (b) Maria saw a dog. (c) Maria saw a big dog. (d) Maria saw a white dog.
28. 28.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from delhi in june.” (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 2
29. 29.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Pooja has a new bag. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) He (b) Her (c) She (d) It
30. 30.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The box was small. It was very heavy.” (a) but (b) so (c) because
31. 31.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “My cousin and I visited a zoo in lucknow.” (a) in (b) zoo (c) cousin (d) lucknow
32. 32.Fill the gap with the best joining word:
    “The garden has roses ___ it has sunflowers.” (a) because (b) and (c) but
33. 33.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “We ran fast. We missed the train.” (a) because (b) but (c) so
34. 34.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Diya wrote Diya's poem. Diya read it. (b) Diya wrote her poem. Her read it. (c) Diya wrote her poem. She read it.
35. 35.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on pongal.” (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 2
36. 36.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “my uncle came from Delhi in December.” (a) from (b) in (c) my (d) uncle
37. 37.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “I like mangoes. My sister likes apples.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
38. 38.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Kabir is why crying? (b) Why is Kabir crying? (c) Why Kabir is crying? (d) Is why Kabir crying?
39. 39.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “we met all our cousins on christmas.” (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
40. 40.These words are mixed up: Simran / on / the / car / Sundays / washes
    Which sentence do they make? (a) Simran the car washes on Sundays. (b) Washes Simran the car on Sundays. (c) Simran washes the car on Sundays. (d) Simran washes on Sundays the car.

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