Session 5: Writing Skills: Sentences
Unit 1: Communication Skills
Textual Question-Answers
Check Your Progress
A. Multiple choice questions
1. Identify the subject in the sentence, “The children played football.”(a) The children
(b) Children played
(c) Played
(d) Football
Ans: (a) The children
2. Identify the object in the sentence, “The children played football.”(a) The children
(b) Children played
(c) Played
(d) Football
Ans: (d) Football
3. Which of these sentences has both indirect and direct objects?
(a) I am watching TV.
(b) She bought a blue pen.
(c) The girls played cricket.
(d) He wrote his sister a letter.
Ans: (d) He wrote his sister a letter.
4. Which of these sentences is in passive voice?
(a) They are watching a movie.
(b) The clock was repaired by Raju.
(c) He is sleeping in the room.
(d) My pet dog bit the postman.
Ans: (b) The clock was repaired by Raju.
B. Short answer questions
1. Write one sentence of each type of statement, question, exclamatory, and order.
Ans:
Statement:: I like to read books.
Question: Where are you going?
Exclamatory: What a beautiful day it is!
Order: Please close the door.
2. Which is your favourite festival? Write two paragraphs aboutyour favourite festival. Each paragraph should have a minimum of four sentences.
Ans: My favourite festival is Diwali. It is called the festival of lights. We clean our houses and decorate them with lamps and candles. We wear newclothes and share sweets with our friends and relatives.
Diwali teaches us that good always wins over evil. On this day, peoplelight diyas to remove darkness. Children enjoy bursting crackers with theirfamily. We also pray to God for happiness and peace.
3. Practice speaking correct sentences with your classmates. Try to find the parts of sentences which you use commonly.
Ans: I practice speaking correct sentences with my classmates. I commonlyuse the subject and verb in my sentences. I also use nouns and adjectiveswhile speaking. This helps me speak clearly and correctly.
