Sentence Writing Worksheet

Writing skills lesson 8: Practice: sentences · Set 975 · 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?
   “Our school reopens after the holidays in january.” (a) january (b) in (c) the (d) after
2. 2.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
   “the big fair in kolkata starts in april.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 4
3. 3.Which describing word fits best?
   “The kitten feels ___.” (a) fluffy (b) bitter (c) shiny (d) quiet
4. 4.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Eats Zoya a banana after school. (b) Zoya a banana eats after school. (c) Zoya eats after school a banana. (d) Zoya eats a banana after school.
5. 5.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
   “Omkar has a new card. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) Him (c) He (d) It
6. 6.Which word joins these two sentences best?
   “It started to rain. We opened our umbrellas.” (a) so (b) because (c) but
7. 7.These words are mixed up: morning / in / song / sings / the / a / Aarav
   Which sentence do they make? (a) Aarav sings in the morning a song. (b) Sings Aarav a song in the morning. (c) Aarav sings a song in the morning. (d) Aarav a song sings in the morning.
8. 8.Which describing word fits best?
   “The peacock looks ___.” (a) sticky (b) noisy (c) colourful (d) bitter
9. 9.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
   “As soon as we reached home.” (a) fragment (b) complete sentence
10. 10.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We met all our cousins on diwali.” (a) met (b) on (c) all (d) diwali
11. 11.Which is the best way to join “The garden has roses.” and “It has sunflowers.”? (a) The garden has roses but it has sunflowers. (b) The garden has roses and it has sunflowers. (c) The garden has roses because it has sunflowers.
12. 12.Which sentence describes the dog best? (a) Meera saw a dog. (b) Meera saw a small white dog. (c) Meera saw a white dog. (d) Meera saw a small dog.
13. 13.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “The cricket match.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
14. 14.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “last tuesday i went to jaipur by train.” (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4 (d) 6
15. 15.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Who is Priya calling? (b) Who Priya is calling? (c) Is who Priya calling? (d) Priya is who calling?
16. 16.Which sentence has the words in the correct order? (a) Yash rides a bicycle to school. (b) Yash rides to school a bicycle. (c) Yash a bicycle rides to school. (d) Rides Yash a bicycle to school.
17. 17.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “pooja and i played in the park on tuesday.” (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 2
18. 18.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Nisha is why crying? (b) Why Nisha is crying? (c) Is why Nisha crying? (d) Why is Nisha crying?
19. 19.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) Where Arjun is going after school? (b) Arjun is where going after school? (c) Where is Arjun going after school? (d) Is where Arjun going after school?
20. 20.Two sentences are joined by mistake. Where should the full stop go?
    “The lights went out we lit a candle.” (a) after “lit” (b) after “The” (c) after “out” (d) after “lights”
21. 21.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “The baby cried. She was hungry.” (a) because (b) so (c) but
22. 22.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “Yash lives near the lake in shimla.” (a) lake (b) near (c) lives (d) shimla
23. 23.Which question has the words in the correct order? (a) What Zoya is drawing in class? (b) Zoya is what drawing in class? (c) What is Zoya drawing in class? (d) Is what Zoya drawing in class?
24. 24.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “tara lives near the lake in Delhi.” (a) near (b) in (c) lake (d) tara
25. 25.Which is the best way to write this, without repeating the name? (a) Farhan lost his pencil. He found it. (b) Farhan lost his pencil. Him found it. (c) Farhan lost Farhan's pencil. Farhan found it.
26. 26.Which word should replace the name in the gap?
    “Zoya has a new book. ___ takes it to school every day.” (a) She (b) Her (c) He (d) It
27. 27.Which of these is an exclamation? (a) What is Ananya reading today? (b) Farhan eats a banana after school. (c) Line up near the door. (d) How clever the crow is!
28. 28.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “i go to the park with my dog on Thursday.” (a) i (b) park (c) go (d) on
29. 29.Is this a complete sentence or a fragment?
    “Made a rangoli.” (a) complete sentence (b) fragment
30. 30.Which word needs a capital letter?
    “We went to delhi for Pongal last year.” (a) to (b) delhi (c) for (d) went
31. 31.How many words in this sentence need a capital letter?
    “ishaan met kunal at the station in pune.” (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 2 (d) 3
32. 32.Which is the best way to join “Priya can sing.” and “She can dance too.”? (a) Priya can sing and she can dance too. (b) Priya can sing but she can dance too. (c) Priya can sing because she can dance too.
33. 33.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) Gave fresh milk. (b) The village pond. (c) If you come early. (d) A busy squirrel collected nuts.
34. 34.Which is the best way to join “Tara likes to paint.” and “She likes to draw.”? (a) Tara likes to paint but she likes to draw. (b) Tara likes to paint and she likes to draw. (c) Tara likes to paint because she likes to draw.
35. 35.Which word joins these two sentences best?
    “Mum smiled. I had cleaned my room.” (a) so (b) but (c) because
36. 36.“The postman.” is a fragment. What is missing? (a) what happens (predicate) (b) who or what (subject) (c) nothing is missing
37. 37.Which of these is a complete sentence? (a) My father. (b) The old farmer planted rice in the field. (c) Because it was raining. (d) Danced in the rain.
38. 38.Which sentence describes the pot best? (a) Kabir painted a small pot. (b) Kabir painted a pot. (c) Kabir painted a small orange pot. (d) Kabir painted an orange pot.
39. 39.Arjun wrote “a quiet room in a quiet house”. Which word means the same as “quiet” and can replace the second one? (a) hungry (b) silent (c) noisy
40. 40.Which sentence describes the bag best? (a) Sneha carried a bag. (b) Sneha carried a black bag. (c) Sneha carried a heavy bag. (d) Sneha carried a heavy black bag.

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