Writing Skills

mulct COMPOSITIONS N O T I C E NAME OF THE INSTITUTION DateTitle Content forces name, venue, time and other required details Name (Designation) NOTICE data format INFORMAL garner FORMAT Q1. Write a no.ice inviting volunteers for a wiz-day Blood Donation Camp to be make in your inculcate premises by the Indian Red Cross Society. You are Rahil, Head son of St. Thomas School. N O T I C E ST THOMAS SCHOOL 6 September 2012 BLOOD DONATION CAMP The Indian Red Cross Society is organizing a one-day downward(a)slope donation camp in our sh tout ensembleow on 15 September 2012 from 10 am to 4 pm.A team of 4 doctors and 8 nurses from the Indian Red Cross Society will attend the camp. either(prenominal) the senior students above 17 years, parents and guardians as well as the staff members are invited to donate blood. The lay in blood will be used for the cancer patients at Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute, Delhi. For further details, you may strive the undersigned. Rahil (Head Boy) MESSAGE Q2. Write a message based on the conversation given below. Ramesh Hello, can I tattle to Arjun? Raju Arjun is not at home. May I know whos speaking? Im his brother. Ramesh Im Ramesh, his classmate.Could you assure him that tomorrows chemistry extra class has been cancelled as Anil sir is ill? Also tell him to bring the practical file for submission on Monday. Raju Ill surely tell him. Ramesh Thank you. Bye. MESSAGE 6 September 2012, 1 pm Arjun Ramesh, your classmate, called up to inform you that tomorrows chemistry extra class has been cancelled as Anil sir is ill. He has to a fault asked you to bring the practical file for submission on Monday. Raju DATA INTERPRETATION line of descent You may feel bar graphs, pie charts, tables, X-Y charts for interpretation. Q3. The pursuit chart depicts Age wise Population Distribution of a state.Using the information, interpret the information rationally in most 70-80 speech. Age-wise Population Distribution of a State Age Group contribution Up to 15 30 Up to 25 47. 75 Up to 35 65 Up to 45 79. 0 Up to 55 93. 75 Up to 65 98. 87 Up to one hundred ten 100 Ans. The above chart depicts the Age-wise Population Distribution of a State. The age group up to 15 forms the lowest percentage in the state and it is less than one third percentage of total cosmos. well-nigh half of the population of the state is less than 25 years as this age group holds 47. 75 % of total population.The age group between 25 to 35 years shows the biggest increase in population percentage from 47. 75 to 65 showing 17. 25 % increase. After up to 45, up to 65, the increase in percentage is 19. 37 in total. The age groups between up to 65 and up to 110 shows lower limit increase in percentage, portraying that as age increases, the increase in population declines. DESCRIPTION Note Description can be of any object, person or event. Q4. Your friend John was absent from the school for a week. Meanwhile a new student has joined your class.You have to give a literal description of the new classmate to John on phone. Reproduce the same in about 70-80 oral communication. Ans. A boy from Dehradun named Arpit joined our school 3 days back. He is taller than most of the boys in the class. He is heady and carries himself very well. He is also a basketball player. Our class teacher is quite impressed with him as when he was asked to introduce himself to the class, he did it in a unique and interesting manner by stem his introduction with his favorite quote. He is an amiable person and in no time hes made a carry on of friends.Through his introduction I learnt that you, I and he have a lot of common hobbies and realized that we would make good friends. BIO-SKETCH Q5. Using the information given below, import the Bio-sketch of the ace Indian athlete P. T. Usha. NameP. T. Usha Date of Birth20 May 1964 Place of BirthKeothali, Kerala CoachMadhvan Nambiar Achievements eloquent medal, 100 m and 200 m in 1982 Asian Games, New Del hi Four Gold medals at Asian Games, Seoul in 1986 Ans. P. T. Usha, an ace athlete of India, was born in a poor family in Keothali, Kerala on 20 May 1964. She showed her rare talent in the sub-junior championships.The man who shaped the raw strong in a glittering diamond was her coach Madhvan Nambiar. His guidance and coaching transformed her into a grand athlete. She showed her athletic prowess at the Asian Games, first in 1982 where she won Silver medal for 100m and 200m hurry and then in Seoul in 1986 when she won four gold medals for India. She is an athlete of true and peculiar spirit. DIARY ENTRY FORMAT Date, day (6 September 2012, Thursday)Time (10 pm) Content LONG COMPOSITION INFORMAL garner Senders Address Date (5 September 2012) Dear friend/brother/father etc ContentYours fondly Name FORMAL LETTER FORMAT Senders Address Date (5 September 2012) recipients Address Subject Sir/Maam Content * Introduction * Elaboration * Conclusion Yours genuinely/ truly Name Q6. You ar e Akshay, 12, Qutb Road, New Delhi. Write a letter to the editor of a internal casual expressing your views on the harmful effects of acid rain on trees and monuments as a entrust of industrial pollution in about 150 haggling. Ans. 12, Qutb Road New Delhi 5 September 2012 The editor program The Times of India New Delhi Subject Damage being caused by industrial pollution Sir/MaamThrough the columns of you esteemed newspaper, I would like to draw the attention of the concerned authorities towards the vituperate being caused to the trees and monuments by industrial pollution. Pollution from industries is growing in our body politic which is the worlds second fastest growing economy. As a result of pollution from industries, acid rain occur causing harm to trees and monuments. It not scarcely damages soil but can also affect the trees use uply as the acid particles damage the little pores on the leaves and block the air passage on the leaves. This makes it easier for fungi and i nsects to attack the tree.In the same way, when the sec pollutants fall on the buildings made from limestone and sandstone, they react with minerals in the stone to form a powdery affection that can be washed away by rain. The Taj Mahal has been polluted by this sort of air pollution. I would be highly obliged if you publish an article on this issue so that the industrialists become to a greater extent concerned about environment and take necessary precautions to check pollution and also the government takes austere action against those who violate norms laid down for the industry to check industrial pollution.Yours sincerely Akshay E-MAIL FORMAT FromTo Subject Dear friend/father/brother etcContentWith love/regardsName ARTICLE FORMAT Catchy mien Content Q7. World Literacy Day was celebrated on 8 September 2012. Write an article for your school magazine highlighting the advantages of literacy in about 150 terminology. Ans. LITERACY- A STEP TO PROGRESS knowledge is not simply fi lling up of pale but lightening of fire. Education has spot to exchange the world. Education is synonymous to progress. Therefore literacy of the country is very important for its development.Illiteracy leads to poverty and exploitation and vice-versa. It is the basic cause for all social and scotch ills in many countries. Productivity level of the illiterate people is very low. Literacy, on the other hand, helps in fostering development and improvement of living standards in a society. The government and insular sector can create more jobs for the literates which would ultimately lead to the increase in the output of the country. Hence, literacy affects the economic condition and is an important indicator for assessing the overall health of the country.Lower literacy rate means that greater proportion of countrys population is not capitalizing on its skills. As a result, there is an overall decline in the gross national income. Thus, it is essential for the government to tackle the issue of illiteracy on top antecedency for if we need to build our country, we must begin from the field of education. SPEECH Note It is good to start with a quote or saying before you introduce yourself and your topic. Example Speech on Literacy- a tempo to progress Education is not simply filling up of pale but lightening of fire.Education has power to change the world. Education is synonymous to progress. A very good morning to one and all give way here. Today, Im here to express my views on the topic Literacy- a step to progress. end of the content- same as the content of article REPORT FORMAT Heading Date, Place, name Content Q8. You are Anurag/Anuradha, a staff reporter of The Times of India. You have been asked to cover the ghastly explicate hap that took seat at Ratlam. Write a report of the terrible accident in about 150 words to be published in your newspaper.Ans. A TRAIN ACCIDENT 2 September 2012, Ratlam, Anuradha Call it a twist of tragic irony or fate, withi n twenty four hours of the Railway Ministers assurance of making the Indian Railways safer and secure, the nation has witnessed a ghastly rail accident. Preliminary reports tell that the accident was caused by professional incompetence due to an erring human judgment. The Rajdhani Mail was stationed at platform no. 1. Passengers were waiting for the Inter City Mail coming on platform no. 2.The lineman gave a wrong track to the coming train leading to a disastrous collision. Three bogies got derailed. Many passengers got detain inside cries of wounded rent the air and dead bodies could be seen lying on the rails. The relief train came within an hour with doctors and medicines. Over thirty people were taken to the General Hospital, Ratlam. The horrible accident took a toll of twelve lives, including three women and two children. STORY FORMAT Catchy Title Content- beginning and final result should support the main part or the events described in the story.Writing SkillsExam 986041RR WRITING SKILLS occasion 2When you have completed your exam and reviewed your answers, click Submit Exam. Answers will not be preserve until you hit Submit Exam. If you need to exit before completing the exam, click Cancel Exam.Questions 1 to 20 Select the best answer to each question. Note that a question and its answers may be break in across a page break, so be sure that you have seen the entire question and all the answers before choosing an answer.1. Which one of the interest judgment of convictions or phrases is most likely to be considered a cliche?A. are you a man or a moose?B. How dead is a dead doornail?C. When in doubt, pout.D. get a line before you leap.2. Of these four words, which one is most likely to have a negative flavor?A. MeanderB. HarangueC. ConfoundD. Distract3. Which of the pursuance statements about vocabulary building is not correct?A. Pronunciation is an important part of rendering new words to your vocabulary.B. The best way to improve your vocabu lary is to memorize lists of vocabulary words.C. Reading on a daily basis is very important for building your vocabulary.D. Using the dictionary is only one step in the process of vocabulary building.4. Read the word in parentheses then decide which of these sentences most effectively translates an bunco concept into a mental picture.A. (Sunrise) The rising sun transformed the canyon into bright stone and mystical shadow.B. (Studious) Lucy lay on her bed reading a back issue of National Geographic.C. (Rumors) Whispers of doubt change the empty halls like the reek of boiled cabbage.D. (Freedom) On her twenty-first birthday, Lola declared herself a woman.5. When using direct quotations in your writing, which of the following should be placed outside the set of quotation marks?A. SemicolonB. PeriodC. CommaD. Question mark6. Which of the following words is most likely to carry a connotation?A. WalkB. StandC. StrideD. Run7. When we speak of the flavor of a word, were talking about the extra understood meanings that it carries in addition to its main meaning. These extra meanings are calledA. definitions.B. shadings.C. connotations.D. denotations.8. Find the sentence with the active voice.A. The bill was passed by the law-makers.B. I was told by the chairman that the bill was passed by the legislature.C. The chairman told me that the legislature passed the bill.D. It was voted by the legislature to pass.9. An antonym is a word thatsA. pronounced the same.B. opposite in meaning.C. the same in meaning.D. defined in a thesaurus.10. Of the following methods, the best way to increase your reading is byA. reading a new book both day.B. setting a goal to read five new pages every night.C. joining a mail-order book club.D. forcing yourself to read subjects you dislike.11. Nelsons hobby is tinkering with small appliances. Tinkering with implies that Nelson is unskilled at his hobby. You want to change the flavor of this sentence to show that Nelson is, in fact, quite sk illed at his hobby. Which of the following should you choose to substitute tinkering with so that the reader gets the right idea?A. RepairingB. SellingC. Messing withD. Fiddling with12. Which sentence best describes clustering?A. You write down words or ideas in chronological order.B. Youre generating words that suggest mathematical themes for an essay.C. Youre generating words that suggest possible sentences or paragraphs.D. You write down words or ideas that occur to you in no particular order.13. Which of the following sentences uses the best close-up words?A. Sara is pursuing a non-science degree.B. Sara is pursuing a degree.C. Sara is studying languages.D. Sara is studying French and German.14. change magnitude your vocabulary meansA. youll be able to spend more time reading.B. youll spend less time on revision.C. youll write more lively sentences.D. youll write longer sentences.15. Which of the following would be an appropriate way to add variety to your sentences?A. Use qu estions and answers together.B. Use more close-up words.C. Add personal anecdotes.D. Make your sentences read like a spoken conversation.16. When writing, you can most effectively use a dashA. to add a formal contact to a sentence.B. in place of an exclamation point.C. to get the readers attention.D. in place of a semicolon.17. Which of the following words is the best close-up word?A. FoodB. ZucchiniC. PlantD. Vegetable18. Which of the following sentences is written in the passive voice?A. I would not chivvy that man if I were you.B. Having left the building, Elvis never returned.C. The effects of cyanide are well known.D. They considered their options.19. Which one of the following sentences is written in the active voice?A. Few people think seriously of doing something about accidents.B. It is said that definite steps can be taken to prevent many accidents.C. Accidents are considered by most people as unavoidable.D. Accidents are witnessed every day.20. Which statement is most a ccurate regarding the speaking-writing connection?A. The words used by writers are not normally used in speaking.B. To own a word, speak it.C. Written words seldom reflect the words people use when they speak.D. To own a word, write it over and over again. End of exam