English Writing skills

English Writing skills

MARCH 2014, OCTOBER 2014, MARCH 2015, JULY 2015, MARCH 2016, JULY 2016.  MARCH 2017,  JULY 2017

OCTOBER BOARD PAPER  2014 ENGLISH HSC

ENGLISH SSC  SAMPLE PAPER WITH SOLUTION

ENGLISH SSC SAMPLE PAPER TWO WITH SOLUTION

ENGLISH SSC FIRST LANGUAGE PAPER NO. 1

SSC ENGLISH FIRST LANGUAGE PAPER NO. 2

ENGLISH HSC  SAMPLE PAPER WITH SOLUTION

GRAMMAR

USE ABLE TO / UNABLE TO

REMOVE TOO

TENSES

MAKE SENTENCES USING THE GIVEN WORDS AS NOUN AS WELL AS VERB

OPPOSITES WITH PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES.

AFFIRMATIVE AND NEGATIVE SENTENCES

QUESTION TAG.

EXCLAMATORY AND ASSERTIVE SENTENCES.

HOMOPHONES

DEGREE OF COMPARISON.

FIGURE OF SPEECH

WH TYPE QUESTIONS.

DIRECT AND INDIRECT SPEECH.

GERUND AND INFINITIVE

IDENTIFY THE TENSE

RHETORICAL (INTERROGATIVE)TYPE QUESTIONS.

NOT ONLY BUT ALSO

NO SOONER …… THAN

USED TO & WOULD

SIMPLE, COMPOUND, COMPLEX

IRREGULAR VERBS

NOUN ADJECTIVE VERB ADVERB

KINDS OF SENTENCES

LETTER WRITINGS

INFORMAL LETTERS

1.  LETTER TO YOUR FRIEND EXPLAINING HIM ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF JOINT FAMILY SYSTEM

2. WRITE A LETTER TO YOUR YOUNGER BROTHER WHO WAS CAUGHT COPYING IN HIS EXAM....

3. WRITE A LETTER TO YOUR MOTHER ON MOTHER'S DAY

4. A LETTER GIVING DETAILS OF A RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

5.  LETTER TO THANK YOUR ELDER BROTHER WHO HAD ADVISED IN YOUR STUDIES.

6. TO YOUR YOUNGER BROTHER SCOLDING HIM FOR HAVING NEGLECTED HIS STUDIES.

7. FROM A SON TO HIS FATHER, ABOUT HIS APPROACHING BOARD EXAMINATION.

8.  YOUR YOUNGER BROTHER WHO IS STAYING IN A HOSTEL HAS FAILED IN THE TERMINAL EXAMINATION AND HAS BECOME NERVOUS. HE IS THINKING TO GIVE UP STUDIES. WRITE A LETTER PERSUADING HIM TO CONTINUE THE EFFORTS AND GET SUCCESS.

9.  A LETTER TO A FRIEND ABOUT A CRICKET MATCH.

10.  WRITE A LETTER TO YOUR FRIEND DESCRIBING YOUR PET TO HIM

11. FROM A BOY AT A BOARDING SCHOOL TO HIS PARENTS.

12. TO YOUR COUSIN ABOUT A CIRCUS PERFORMANCE.

13.  TO YOUR FATHER WHO HAS BEEN AWAY FROM HOME.

14.  FROM A BOY IN A BOARDING SCHOOL TO HIS MOTHER WHO IS KEEPING POOR HEALTH.

15. TO YOUR COUSIN, REQUESTING THE LOAN OF CAMERA DURING YOUR HOLIDAYS.

16. WRITE A LETTER TO YOUR FRIEND INVITING HIM TO SPEND A FEW DAYS WITH YOU.

17. WRITE A LETTER TO YOUR FATHER REQUESTING HIM FOR AN INCREASE IN YOUR MONTHLY ALLOWANCE.

18. A LETTER TO A FRIEND DESCRIBING A FOOTBALL MATCH.

19. WRITE A LETTER TO A FRIEND APOLOGISING FOR NOT HAVING BEEN ABLE TO ATTEND HIS SISTER'S MARRIAGE.

20. WRITE A LETTER OF APOLOGY TO A FRIEND FOR NOT HAVING KEPT AN APPOINTMENT WHICH YOU HAVE MADE WITH HIM, EXPLAINING FULLY WHAT PREVENTED YOU.

21. WRITE A LETTER TO A FRIEND THANKING HIM FOR HIS HOSPITALITY DURING YOUR STAY WITH HIM ON THE X-MAS HOLIDAYS.

22. WRITE A LETTER TO YOUR FRIEND INVITING HIM TO YOUR SISTER'S WEDDING.

23.  WRITE A LETTER TO YOUR NEIGHBOUR REQUESTING HER TO KEEP HER DOG CHAINED DURING THE DAY TIME.

24. WRITE A LETTER TO YOUR YOUNGER BROTHER ADVISING HIM NOT TO MIX UP WITH BAD BOYS.

FORMAL LETTERS

1.  WRITE A COMPLAINT LETTER REGARDING IRREGULAR WATER SUPPLY IN YOUR LOCALITY ...

2. WRITE A COMPLAINT LETTER REGARDING IRREGULAR ELECTRIC SUPPLY IN YOUR LOACALITY...

3. WRITE A COMPLAINT LETTER REGARDING OVER FLOW OF DRAINAGE IN YOUR LOCALITY...

4. READ THE FOLLOWING ADVERTISEMENT AND PREPARE A LETTER OF APPLICATION FOR THE BELOW SAID JOB...

5. AN APPLICATION FOR THE POST OF A CLERK.

6. AN APPLICATION FOR EMPLOYMENT UNDER A BUSINESSMAN.

7. A LETTER ASKING FOR AN INCREASE IN SALARY.

8. WRITE AN APPLICATION LETTER FOR THE POST OF ACCOUNTANT

9. WRITE AN APPLICATION LETTER FOR THE POST OF LIBRARIAN

10. WRITE A LETTER OF ENQUIRY TO THE MANAGER OF A TRAVEL AGENCY FOR A QUATATION VOCATIONAL TRIP...

11. WRITE A LETTER TO THE EDITOR OF A NEWSPAPER DRAWING ATTENTION REGARDING ILLEGAL PARKING OF TRUCKS IN YOUR AREA.

12. THERE IS A PUBLIC LIBRARY IN YOUR LOCALITY. IT REMAINS CLOSED ON SUNDAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS. WRITE A LETTER TO THE LIBRARIAN, REQUESTING HIM TO KEEP THE LIBRARY OPEN ON HOLIDAYS.

13. WRITE A LETTER TO THE FOOD COMMISSIONER COMPLAINING AGAINST A RATION DISTRIBUTOR.

14. WRITE AN APPLICATION TO YOUR PRINCIPAL REQUESTING HIM TO SANCTION YOU BOOKS AND STATIONERY FROM THE STUDENTS' AID FUND

15. APPLICATION FOR THE POST OF A. SUB-INSPECTOR.

16. APPLICATION FOR A TEACHER'S POST.

INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

PREPARE A SET OF TEN QUESTIONS THEY YOU WOULD ASK THE WINNER OF THE OVERALL CHAMPIONSHIP AT THE STATE LEVEL.

THE FOLLOWING ARE THE INTERVIEW QUESTIONS THAT THE INTERVIEWER WOULD PUT TO THE TOPPER OF THE SSC BOARD AT THE RECENTLY HELD EXAMINATIONS.

THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS FORM A PART OF THE INTERVIEW BETWEEN AN ACTRESS WHO IS A RECIPIENT OF AN AWARD AND YOURSELF.

IMAGINE THAT YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE AN INTERVIEW WITH AN ARTIST, A MUSICIAN OR A PAINTER FROM YOUR AREA. PREPARE TEN QUESTIONS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK HIM / HER.

AS A PART OF CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE, YOU WERE FORTUNATE TO VISIT A ZOO, WHEREIN YOU INTERVIEWED THE ZOO MANAGER. WRITE OUT THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU ASKED HIM.

BEFORE DEVELOPING THE ARTICLE IN THE TEXTBOOK THE WRITER MUST HAVE INTERVIEWED SAINA. IMAGINE WHAT KIND OF QUESTIONS HE MUST HAVE ASKED. THE RESPONSES GIVEN BY SAINA ARE PRESENTED IN THE ARTICLE. FRAME ABOUT TEN QUESTIONS.

IMAGINE YOU GOT A CHANCE TO INTERVIEW YELLAPPA REDDY, THE MASTER BRAIN, ENVIRONMENT SPECIALIST BEHIND THE CREATION OF PAVITRA VANA. FRAME 10 QUESTIONS THAT YOU’D LIKE TO ASK HIM.

SPEECH

BLOOD DONATION

EYE DONATION

SPEECH ABOUT MY SCHOOL

SPEECH ABOUT TEACHERS DAY

SPEECH ABOUT SOLAR ENERGY

SPEECH ABOUT FAREWELL DAY

SPEECH REGARDING TREE PLANTATION

SPEECH REGARDING CRUELTY TOWARDS ANIMALS

SPEECH REGARDING GLOBAL WARMING

SPEECH REGARDING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

SPEECH ABOUT SAVE ELECTRICITY

IDIOMS & PHRASES

STORY WRITING

1.    THE VILLAGER AND THE SPECTACLES

2.    AS YOU SOW, SO SHALL YOU REAP

3.    THE WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING

4.    THE FARMER AND HIS SONS

5.    BIRBAL THE WISE

6.    HARE AND THE TORTOISE

7.    NOBODY BELIEVES A LIAR

8.     THE WIND AND THE SUN

9.     ANT'S LIFE

10. THE SAINT

11. THE MOTHER IS A CHILD'S FIRST TEACHER

12. TWO FRIENDS

13. THE BOAR AND THE FOX

14. THE DEER AND THE FOX

15. THE MISCHIEVOUS CROW

16. THE FOOLISH FRIEND

17. THE WILY FOX.

18. THE BRAVE QUAIL

19. UNRELIABLE FRIENDS

20. THE MAGIC KADAHI (PAN)

21. THE POTTER AND HIS DONKEY

22. MOTHER ADVICE

23. THE VALUE OF MONEY

24. NEVER BE UNGRATEFUL

25. WORK IS WORSHIP

26. KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN

27. LIVE AND LET LIVE

28. TIME IS VALUABLE

29. HAVE FAITH IN GOD

30. A FOX AND A CRANE

31. BLIND IMITATION IS BAD

32. LAUGHTER IS THE BEST MEDICINE

33. EAGLES IN A STORM

34. THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER

35. MOTHER’S DAY

36.MOUNTAIN

37. TWO FROGS

38.THE MISER

39. A BOX FULL OF KISSES

40.THE PRAYING HANDS

41. SAND AND STONE

42.THE FOUR WIVES

43.PUPPIES FOR SALE

44.WAIT FOR THE BRICK

45.THE WOODEN BOWL

46.PENCIL

47. TREES THAT WOOD

48.THE GREEDY CLOUD

49.DAD’S BLESSINGS

50.A MAD MAN IN THE CITY

51.THE MAGIC WINDOW

52. THE WARM WHALE

53. A DAY WITH PIGS

54. THE TICKLING SCALES

55. THE UNFRIENDLY RIVER

56. MY LITTLE WORLD HAS BROKEN

57. THE INCREDIBLE BLACK RAIN

58. THE SINGING HIPPO

59. THE DRAWING THAT TALKED

60. THE RUBY THIEF

61. THE WHITE ROSE

62. THE MATH DUNCE

63. NEVER MAKE FUN OF A RHINO

RESUME WRITING

INFORMATION TRANSFORM

Design a leaflet for a stock clearance sale of shoes.

Observe the following pie chart and prepare a write up of about 100 words describing the causes of ‘Increasing Road Accidents’.

Look at the following graph. It shows the result of S.S.C. Exam of The General English High School. Write a paragraph giving all the information of H.S.C. Results.

Look at the following diagram and write at least three paragraphs on ‘Reasons for the failure of students’. Also write in brief the ways to improve their situations.

The following is the information given in the form of a table. Write two paragraphs of about 70-80 words using the information given below.

Write a paragraph comparing and contrasting the enrolment of girls and boys in a school from 1998 to 2002.

Write a paragraph comparing and contrasting the enrolment of girls and boys in a school from 1998 to 2002.

DIALOGUE BETWEEN / CONVERSATION BETWEEN

PATIENT AND DOCTOR

WRITE A CONVERSATION BETWEEN YOU AND BANK MANAGER ...

TEACHER AND STUDENT

TEACHER AND STUDENT 2

WRITE A DIALOGUE BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR FRIEND REGAR...

WRITE A DIALOGUE BETWEEN ROHINI AND NATASHA WHO ME...

THE FOLLOWING IS A DIALOGUE BETWEEN ME AND THE POSTAL OFFICER...

WRITE A DIALOGUE BETWEEN TWO FRIENDS WHO ARE DISCU...

FACT FILE AND TOURIST LEAFLET

PREPARE A SHOT TOURIST LEAFLET ABOUT YOUR VILLAGE ...

PREPARE A FACT FILE OF A BIRD SANCTUARY YOU HAVE VISITED...

PREPARE A FACT FILE ABOUT THE PLACE YOU VISITED DURING VACATION ...

WRITE A FACT FILE OF A PLACE OF YOUR INTEREST KEEP...

READ THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE AND PREPARE A FACT FILE,...

PREPARE A FACT FILE ON AN IMPORTANT TOURIST CENTRE ...

PREPARE A FACT FILE ABOUT THE PLACE YOU VISITED DU...

WRITE A FACT FILE OF A PLACE OF YOUR INTEREST KEEP...

PREPARE A SHORT TOURIST LEAFLET ABOUT HILL STATION

PREPARE A SHORT TOURIST LEAFLET ABOUT YOUR VILLAGE ...

TREE DIAGRAM

TREE DIAGRAM ONE

TREE DIAGRAM TWO

TREE DIAGRAM THREE

TREE DIAGRAM FOUR

REPORT WRITINGS

YOUR SCHOOL CONDUCTED AN ADULT LITERACY PROGRAMME

JEWELLERY WORTH RS 10 LAKHS LOOTED

INDIA WINS SECOND TEST MATCH AGAINST AUSTRALIA

FOOD POISONING AFFECTED 50 SCHOOL CHILDREN

HEAVY RAINS DISTURBED NORMAL LIFE

30 SCHOOL CHILDREN KILLED IN BUS – TRUCK ACCIDENT....

MASKED MEN SHOOT BANK MANAGER

TWO WOMEN SHOWED GREAT COURAGE IN COMBATING THEFT....

A REPORT ON THE BRAIN - DRAIN PROBLEM

VIEW AND COUNTERVIEW

VILLAGE LIFE IS BETTER THAN CITY LIFE

WE SHOULD BAN COMPUTERS FOR TWO DAYS

OLD PERSONS ARE BURDEN TO THE SOCIETY

THE PRESENT EDUCATION SYSTEM IS BURDEN TO THE SOCIETY

FACEBOOK GOOD OR BAD

MOBILE PHONE GOOD OR BAD

EXPANSION OF IDEA

HUMOUR IS THE SPICE OF LIFE

BIRDS OF FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER.

SLOW AND STEADY WINS RACE

ROME WAS NOT BUILT IN A DAY

A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE

A FRIEND IN NEED IS FRIEND INDEED

ACTION SPEAKS LOUDR THAN WORDS

HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY

PROCRASTINATION IS THE THIEF OF TIME

EMPTY VESSELS MAKE THE MOST SOUND.

FAILURES ARE STEPPING STONES TO SUCCESS.

CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME.

TO ERR IS HUMAN, TO FORGIVE DIVINE.

GOD MADE THE COUNTRY AND MAN MADE THE TOWN.

IMPOSSIBLE IS A WORD IN THE DICTIONARY OF FOOLS.

A LITTLE LEARNING IS A DANGEROUS THING.

HANDSOME IS AS HANDSOME DOES.

NEITHER A BORROWER NOR A LENDER BE.

THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE RULES THE WORLD.

A ROLLING STONE GATHER NO MOSS.

A THING OF BEAUTY IS A JOY FOREVER.

STRIKE WHEN THE IRON IS HOT

PRIDE GOES BEFORE A FALL.

TRAVEL BROADENS THE MIND.

KNOWLEDGE IS POWER.

CLEANLINES IS NEXT TO GODLINESS

EXAMPLE IS BETTER THAN PRECEPT

PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE

EXAMINATION NECESSARY EVIL

HEALTH IS WEALTH

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT

EXPERIENCE IS BEST TEACHER

GOD HELPS THOSE WHO HELP THEMSELVES

ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD (OR) BOOK CANNOT BE JUDGED BY ITS COVER

WHERE THERE IS A WILL THERE IS A WAY

EYE DONATION IS THE BEST DONATION

AS YOU SOW SO SHALL YOU REAP

ONE GOOD TURNS DESERVES ANOTHER

CUT YOUR COAT ACCORDING TO YOUR CLOTH

ESSAYS COMPOSITIONS

HUMOUR IS THE SPICE OF LIFE

BIRDS OF FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER.

SLOW AND STEADY WINS RACE

ROME WAS NOT BUILT IN A DAY

A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE

A FRIEND IN NEED IS FRIEND INDEED

ACTION SPEAKS LOUDR THAN WORDS

HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY

PROCRASTINATION IS THE THIEF OF TIME

EMPTY VESSELS MAKE THE MOST SOUND.

FAILURES ARE STEPPING STONES TO SUCCESS.

CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME.

TO ERR IS HUMAN, TO FORGIVE DIVINE.

GOD MADE THE COUNTRY AND MAN MADE THE TOWN.

IMPOSSIBLE IS A WORD IN THE DICTIONARY OF FOOLS.

A LITTLE LEARNING IS A DANGEROUS THING.

HANDSOME IS AS HANDSOME DOES.

NEITHER A BORROWER NOR A LENDER BE.

THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE RULES THE WORLD.

A ROLLING STONE GATHER NO MOSS.

A THING OF BEAUTY IS A JOY FOREVER.

STRIKE WHEN THE IRON IS HOT

PRIDE GOES BEFORE A FALL.

TRAVEL BROADENS THE MIND.

KNOWLEDGE IS POWER.

CLEANLINES IS NEXT TO GODLINESS

EXAMPLE IS BETTER THAN PRECEPT

PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE

EXAMINATION NECESSARY EVIL

HEALTH IS WEALTH

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT

EXPERIENCE IS BEST TEACHER

GOD HELPS THOSE WHO HELP THEMSELVES

ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD (OR) BOOK CANNOT BE JUDGED BY ITS COVER

WHERE THERE IS A WILL THERE IS A WAY

EYE DONATION IS THE BEST DONATION

AS YOU SOW SO SHALL YOU REAP

ONE GOOD TURNS DESERVES ANOTHER

CUT YOUR COAT ACCORDING TO YOUR CLOTH

POPULAR PROVERBS

THE PERSON I AM LOOKING FOR _ HAZARA SINGH

I RAN INTO A STRANGER

WHERE HAVE ALL THE BIRDS GONE?

A TALE FOR MANY CITIES

ENGLISH PASSAGE WITH SOLUTION FOR SSC

ENGLISH WRITING SKILL @ RS. 50