Tuesday, January 5, 2010

CLASS VII - NEWSPAPER REPORT

A journalist was asked to report on an accident that had happened on the Delhi Gurgaon highway involving a car and a truck. Write the report. Include the following points.

1. Car moving at 100km/hr. speed.
2. Truck came from the wrong side.
3. Car driver did not notice the coming truck.
4. Both banged into each other.
5. Truck driver abandoned the vehicle.
6. The car driver died on the spot.

CLASS VI - PARAGRAPH WRITING

1. Make a list of all the attractive spots of your town especially if they are of historical significance or known for their scenic beauty and write a short paragraph about, at least three of them. You may make it interesting by pasting pictures of those places along with the write ups.

2. ‘Sportspersons today concentrate more on endorsements than on the game’. Write a paragraph agreeing or disagreeing on this statement.

CLASS VII - MESSAGE WRITING

A. Leela had been cleaning up her room as instructed by her mother who had gone out to do some household shopping. While she was busy cleaning up she got a call from one of her mother’s friend, Mrs. Khanna. She called to inform her mother about the slight change in their plan of having a meeting in the morning, instead they would now have the meeting in the evening at 5.30.After finishing her work Leela has to go for her tuitions so she decided to leave a message for her mom. Write the message in not more than 50 words.

B. Sevak is a helper at the office of Mr. Raman. He receives a telephone call from one of the clients who wishes to meet Mr. Raman at 4 p.m. the next day. Since Mr. Raman is not in office, Sevak decides to write a message for him informing him about the meeting. Write the message in about 25 words.

C. Given below is a message which is too long. Rewrite it by omitting the unnecessary information.
I received a phone call from Seema. She told me about her aunt who would be visiting us in the evening. Her aunt has come from Dubai and is here only for 2 days said Seema. She is a good friend of ours. It is already 2p.m and she is likely to come at 7p.m. The reason I am writing this message is to let you know that Seema’s aunt will visit us in the evening. I am going for my cricket coaching and will be back by 6.30p.m.

CLASS VII - POSTCARDS

Write postcards on the following topics -

a. You recently visited Ooty a hill station in South India. You enjoyed your stay there. Write a postcard to your friend telling her briefly about the trip.

b. Kirti/Ketan is a residential student of P.S Senior Secondary school, Madurai. He/She is participating in a dance competition and will be traveling to Mumbai for the same. He/She writes a postcard to mother informing her about the same.

c. You are a residential student of K.P Senior Secondary school, Pune. You took over as the Cultural Secretary of the school council. Write a postcard to your friend telling about the same.