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Letters to friends and close family are written in the same way as you speak to them. Krishna Boys’ Hostel writer’s address Model Public School Kolkata 10th July 2000 date My dear Ma, greeting

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Letters to friends and close family are written in the same way as you speak to them.

Krishna Boys’ Hostel      writer’s address

Model Public School

Kolkata

10th July 2000     date

My dear Ma,     greeting

This is my first letter after the summer vacation. We started our classes the day after we reached the hostel. I have settled in well.      introduction

We have a new teacher for clay modeling and pottery. She tells us how to make fruits and vegetables with clay. We then paint them. They look so real.   body

We have an inter-house poetry recitation coming up in August. I am really excited about it. It is a long poem but we learn it together with our teacher.

It is nice to be back in school with my friends and teachers. I remember you and Baba a lot. Give my love to grandmother and grandfather.  ending

Do write back soon.

Your loving son

Pratap,     closing

After reading the letter, answer the following questions.

  1. Who has written the letter?________
  2. To whom has the letter been written? ________
  3. Where is the writer of the letter? _________
  4. What is the name of his hostel? _________
  5. On which date was this letter written?________
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उत्तर

  1. Who has written the letter? Pratap
  2. To whom has the letter been written? Pratap’s mother.
  3. Where is the writer of the letter? Hostel
  4. What is the name of his hostel? Krishna Boys’ Hostel.
  5. On which date was this letter written? 10th July 2000.
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पाठ 4.2 My Elder Brother
Creative writing | Q 1 | पृष्ठ ७३

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

Fill in the blank with the suitable word. 

She turned _____________ the offer to work at the factory. 


Alack, it was I who leaped at the sun
To give it my loving friends to keep!
Naught man could do,have I left undone:
And you see my harvest, what I reap
This very day, now a year is run.

Read the above lines and answer the question that follow.

Explain with reference to the context.


Write a composition (350 - 400 words) on the following:

Study the picture given below. Write a story or a description or an account of what it suggests to you. Your composition may be about the subject of the picture or you may take suggestions from it; however, there must be a clear connection between the picture and your composition.


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Write a short description of someone you liked a lot.


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Eternal I rise

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  • The narrator of the story
  • Introduction of the topic of the story
  • Introduction of the main characters in the plot
  • Development of the plot
  • Climax
  • Resolution of the mystery.

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  • There was a big crowd at the fair.

  • There were many things I’d have liked to buy.

Now rewrite the following sentences using ‘there’ in the beginning. Look at the following examples.

  • I can do nothing to help you.

  • There is nothing I can do to help you.

  • A man at the door is asking to see you.

  • There is a man at the door asking to see you.

1. This park has beautiful roses.

2. Your story has no fun in it.

3. We have no secrets between us.

4. My village has two primary schools.

5. This problem can be solved in two ways.


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Imagine your friend is a table tennis champion who has won the semi-final in the inter-collegiate championship. Due to overconfidence, she neither practices nor does she take her opponent seriously. This may result in her losing the final. Suggest some ways to make her aware of the importance of hard work and regular practice.


Choose the correct alternative for the given line. Focus on the inference of the poet.

‘Earth has not anything to show more fair:’

The line means - _________________.


Imagine yourself as the writer. Narrate the story of your visit to your ancestral house.


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Dear sir,

In ______ to your mail, I have prepared a ______ for the Science Fest. Please find ______ the ______ for your kind perusal. I look ______ to hearing from you.

Sincerely,
______


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my, his, he, your

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skit song dance painting a chart for class make paper bags from old newspaper

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Write an original short story in which a woman, her strange neighbour and a police officer form the main characters.


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