Session 8: Writing Skills Sentences
Unit 1: Communication Skills
Textual Question-Answers
Check Your Progress
A. Multiple choice questions
Read carefully all the options given below the question and choosethe correct option(s).
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. Subjective question
1. Write one sentence of each type statement, question, exclamatoryand order.
Ans:
Statement: I like reading 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.
Ans: My favourite festival is Diwali. It is known as the festival of lightsand is celebrated all over India. On this day, people clean their houses anddecorate them with diyas and lights. We wear new clothes and meet our relativesand friends.
Diwali is special because it brings happiness and togetherness. We performprayers to Goddess Lakshmi in the evening. Sweets are prepared and sharedwith neighbours. Fireworks are also burst, and everyone enjoys the celebration.
3. Each paragraph should have a minimum of four sentences. Make sure you follow all the rules about sentences and paragraphs you have learned.
Ans: The above paragraphs follow proper sentence formation, punctuation, and paragraph rules. Each paragraph has more than four sentences. Capital letters and punctuation marks are used correctly. The ideas are clearlyexplained.
4. Practice work: Practice speaking correct sentences with yourclassmates. Try and find the parts of sentences which you use commonly.
Ans: Students should practice speaking in complete sentences with theirclassmates. While speaking, they should identify subjects, verbs, and objects. This practice helps improve confidence and correct sentence formation.
