HSC Science (General) 11th Standard - Maharashtra State Board Question Bank Solutions for English

Report writing

Purpose of Report Writing -

• To provide unbiased information based on reality
• To give an analysis of the facts
• To make recommendations, if any and if expected. (as in business reports.)

Types of Reports -

• Business Report
• Factual Report

Format of a Report -

• Headline
• Name of the reporter
• Dateline (date and place)
• The opening paragraph (Lead or Intro- Who, when, what, where)
• Detailed paragraphs (Why and how.)
• Conclusion/suggestions if any
• The report should be written in the box.

You are the secretary of the NSS unit of your college. Write a brief report of the Blood Donation Camp arranged by your unit.

Visit your college library or search the internet for at least five speeches of different renowned personalities of the world. Write the speeches in your notebook and submit them to your teacher.

How to prepare a speech.

With the help of the steps given above write speech on the following topic - Equality: A blessing.

How to prepare a speech.

With the help of the steps given above write a speech on the following topic - Duties of an ideal citizen.

How to prepare a speech.

With the help of the steps given above write a speech on the following topic - Merits of democracy.

How to prepare a speech.

With the help of the steps given above write a speech on the following topic - Freedom of speech.

How to prepare a speech.

With the help of the steps given above write a speech on the following topic - Advantages of education.

How to prepare a speech.

With the help of the steps given above write a speech on the following topic - Unity in Diversity.

Discuss with your partner and find proverbs, idioms, or phrases of similar meaning to the one given and fill them in the stars given below:

There is a common belief that cities have always flourished only after human intrusion over nature. Write a speech expressing your opinion about it.

Name the five sensory organs and provide phrases/idioms/proverbs related to them. (One is given for you.)

1. to turn a deaf ear ____________
2. ____________________________
3. ____________________________
4. ____________________________
5. ____________________________

There are certain prerequisites for Mountaineering. With reference to the following points, develop a short dialogue between you and your friend about mountaineering.

The cherry tree is a narrative poem. Features that make it a narrative poem are given below. Justify them with proper examples.

There is a dialogue between the poet and the reader or the characters of the poem.

Imagine that a person who has returned to his native place after a long time is talking to his old friend about the changes that have taken place in the village. Write a dialogue between two friends who have become nostalgic about their old village.

Group Discussion:

You along with your friends Sujit, Rohit and Kishore discussing their likes and dislikes. But all are fascinated with the reading habit. Write a short group discussion in the form of dialogue telling the importance of reading for enhancing knowledge.

With the help of the advertisement , given, write a dialogue between you and your friend on how you enjoyed your visit to the exhibition.

Put ‘a/an’ or ‘the’ at a proper place. Put a cross (X) where no article is applicable.

Ravi walked up to ______________ Principal’s cabin.

Put ‘a/an’ or ‘the’ at a proper place. Put a cross (X) where no article is applicable.

Ahmed lives in ___________ small town.

Put ‘a/an’ or ‘the’ at a proper place. Put a cross (X) where no article is applicable.

Can I use your _____________ cell phone?

Put ‘a/an’ or ‘the’ at a proper place. Put a cross (X) where no article is applicable.

I need __________ English-Marathi dictionary.