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Imagine you are Manav / Mira Sharma residing at B/12 ‘Snehkutir’, M.G. Road, Nashik-422003. Read the given news extract:
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CELEBRATING THE GIRL CHILD -by a Staff Reporter 12th Oct, Nashik: Yesterday, the city celebrated International Girl Child Day. Various programmes were organized across the city to felicitate girls who are young achievers. Speaking on the occasion the Govemer said that as a nation we should educate and empower the girl child ............... |
Informal Letter:
Write a letter to your friend to state the importance of women in our society.
Concept: Letter Writing
Read the following information and complete the table given below. Give a suitable title:
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Turtles and tortoises are closely related. They are both reptiles from the same family (Testudines or Chelonian). The main difference between the two is that turtle is the name given to water-dwellers and tortoise is the name given to land-dwellers. They are easily identified by the presence of a shell, from which their head and limbs protrude. Turtles are found in Africa and America. Its shell is lighter and more streamlined than that of a tortoise. To enable swimming, it has webbed feet with long claws. Turtles are omnivores, eating both vegetation and meat. Their lifespan is shorter than that of the tortoise with an average of 20-40 years and a maximum of 86 years. Tortoises are found mainly in Asia and Africa, but also in America. It has a rounder, bumpier, heavier shell than a turtle. Its bent legs are short and sturdy. Tortoises are usually herbivores, but some eat meat, their lifespan is longer than that of the turtle with an average of 80-150 years and a maximum of 188 years. |
| FEATURES | TURTLES | TORTOISE |
| (i) Habitat | ||
| (ii) Places found in | ||
| (iii) Shell | ||
| (iv) Lifespan |
Concept: Information Transfer
Transfer the information into a paragraph:
Observe the chart and write a paragraph on it. Suggest a suitable title:
Concept: Information Transfer
Prepare a speech to be delivered in your school assembly on the topic:
'Giving is Receiving'
Use the following points:
- makes us feel happy.
- promotes co-operation and social connection.
- develops feeling of contentment.
- develops feeling of empathy.
Concept: Speech Writing
Write your counterview in a paragraph on the topic ‘Short cuts to success is not a wrong choice’:
Use the following points:
- Followed by people with wrong principles.
- Quality of work will suffer.
- The result will not last long.
- Limitations to creative thinking.
Concept: View and Counterview
Expand the following idea into 100 words:
'The time to be happy is now'.
Concept: Expansion of Ideas
Prepare a news report based on the following:
‘Government encourage classrooms to go digital.’
Concept: Report Writing
Develop a story in about 80-100 words with the following beginning. Give a suitable title:
Raj was thrilled a get a VIP pass for the concert of his favourite singer .....
Concept: Story Writing
Narrate an experience in about 80-100 words with the following ending. Give a suitable title.
............ and hence I decided never to leave my home without a mask.
Concept: Narration
Letter writing:
Imagine you are Dipesh/Disha Shastri, residing at J.M. Road, Shivaji Nagar, Pune. Attempt any one letter based on the given advertisement:
Blood Donation Camp
Donate Blood - Save Lives :
• Blood means life
• A noble work
• Higher requirement
• Can bring smile on many faces
Venue: F.C. Road, Pune
Date: 5th March
Time: 10.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m.
Contact: The Secretary, Lions Club, Pune
Informal Letter
Write a letter to your friend Manish/Manisha appealing to him or her to donate generously. Tell him/her the importance of Blood Donation.
Concept: Letter Writing
Read the passage given in below and write a summary of it in a paragraph. Suggest a suitable title.
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The humble son of a farmer from Sarakkalvilai village in Tamil Nadu's Kanyakumari district, Dr. K. Sivan as Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) chairman was leading the Chandrayaan-2 mission to the moon. Sivan studied in a Tamil medium government school. After graduating from S.T. Hindu College in Nagercoil, Sivan completed a Master's in Engineering from IISC in 1982. In 2006, he received Ph.D in Aerospace Engineering from IIT Bombay. Sivan is the first graduate in his family. His brother and two sisters were unable to complete higher education due to their poverty. "When I was in college, I used to help my father in the field. That was the reason he got me admitted to a college near our house." Sivan told TOI, "Only when I had completed my B.Sc. (Mathematics) with 100% marks his mind changed." Sivan said he had spent his childhood days without a shoe or sandal. I continued wearing a vesti (dhoti) till college. I wore pants for the first time when I entered MIT." He joined ISRO in 1982 and worked on almost all rocket programmes. Before taking charge as an ISRO chairman in January 2018, he was the director, of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) which develops rockets. He is known as ISRO's 'Rocket Man'. |
Concept: Summary Writing
Read the following instructions given by the Mumbai Police Department before the celebration of Holi, and write a letter based on the same.
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DON'T LET HOLI LOSE |
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Mumbai Police urges you to avoid the following for a safe Holi:
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You are Raj/Rajani Malhotra, residing at 101, Shivsiddhivinayak Apartment, Vileparle, Mumbai - 400057.
Formal Letter -
Write a letter to the Commissioner of Police, Mumbai thanking him for the instruction and appealing advertisement.
Concept: Letter Writing
Read the following instructions given by the Mumbai Police Department before the celebration of Holi, and write a letter based on the same.
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DON'T LET HOLI LOSE |
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Mumbai Police urges you to avoid the following for a safe Holi:
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You are Raj/Rajani Malhotra, residing at 101, Shivsiddhivinayak Apartment, Vileparle, Mumbai - 400057.
Informal Letter:
Write a letter to your friend Rohan/Rohini appealing him/her to play 'Safe Holi'. Make use of the points given in the advertisement. You may add your own points.
Concept: Letter Writing
Verbal to Non - Verbal
Read the following information and write it into Do's and Don'ts. Give a suitable title for it:
Outside "The Central Library" there is a board displaying some rules and regulations for the members.
They are as follows:
- You should enter your name and registered number in the register, before entering in the library.
- You should pay your monthly/annual membership on time.
- You are not allowed to write anything in the book/magazine you have taken.
- You should not take any book or magazine out of the library without prior permission and registration.
- You should maintain pin-drop silence in the library.
- You are not allowed to eat, drink, chat or smoke inside the library.
- You should return the books or magazines you have taken on time.
- You should not disturb other members and the librarian when you are in the library.
Concept: Information Transfer
Non-Verbal to Verbal
Write a paragraph of 100 words based on the information given in the following table and give a suitable title for it:
| Types of Forests | Plants | Animals | |
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Equatorial Evergreen |
Mahogany, Rosewood, Ironwood, Oil palm |
Different types of monkeys, snakes, lizards, bats, tse-tse flies |
| (2) | Marshes |
Mangraove, Creepers, Numerous tall trees like Mahogany |
Different types of insects, snakes, crocodiles, tse-tse and other flies |
Concept: Information Transfer
Prepare a speech to be delivered in the school assembly on "Save Nature'. Use the following points :
- We survive only if nature survives.
- All our resources directly or indirectly come from nature.
- Prevent deforestation.
- Balancing nature by saving plants, animals and birds.
- Add your own points.
Concept: Speech Writing
Dog; Man's Best Friend.
Prepare a paragraph of counterviews on the given topic. Use the following viewpoints to express your counterviews:
Viewpoints:
- Friendly and playful
- Safeguard our homes.
- Stress busters.
- Honest and faithful to their masters.
- Create liveliness in the family.
- Add your own points.
Concept: View and Counterview
Expand the theme:
Expand the given quote into a paragraph of 100 words.
"Education is the most powerful weapon to change the World."
Concept: Expansion of Ideas
News Report:
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"Air pollution is question of life and death." Says Supreme Court, Delhi. |
Concept: Report Writing
Develop a story suitable to the conclusion/end given below. Give a suitable title.
......and I realised I must never ignore the words of the wise.
Concept: Story Writing
