Letter writing in English language

One of your friends is very poor. He is very clever but is in no position to carry on his studies as he has no money to buy books and pay fees. Write a letter to your father asking for help for him….

Points: (What is his condition? – Is he helpful to you? – Does he really need help? – Does he deserve it? – Is the help badly needed?)

June 8, 2016

38, Spring Field,

Near Lad Society,

Vastrapur,

Ahmedabad.

Dear Father,

  I am extremely sorry not to reply any of your three letter. These days I am busy preparing for the first test. But today I am writing you this letter for a special purpose.

  I have a good friend named Nandu. He is very clever. He is always stands first in our class. He helps me a lot in my studies. He is very ambitious. He has a great desire to become an engineer but his condition is very poor. His father is a postman. These are six members is his family. The teacher asks him for his fees very strictly. He feels very much ashamed. He cannot buy even books and notebooks. He has to give up his studies I feel great pity for him. Can we be of any help to him? If you think so, please send me some money soon so that he can pay his fees and buy his books. He will be very much obliged to you if he gets this timely help. I hope my dear papa will not refuse this proposal.

  My best regards to you and dear mummy. Does Nisarg remember me? Tell him to drop me a letter.

Yours thankfully,

XYZ

Exercise:

1) Write a letter to your friend what you intend to do in summer vacation.

Points: (Period of vacation – where to go? – How long to stay? – hill station with friends – how you will enjoy?)

2) Write a letter to your elder brother telling him why the result of your terminal examination is poor.

Points: (What happened at the time of your examination? – now was your preparation?)

3) Write a letter to your father how your school celebrated 50^th anniversary of independence.

Points: (Day – date – activities – decoration in the school – rally – lectures about anniversary – your feelings)

4) Write a letter to your father about your kind act of service.

Points: (What is your kind act? – Whim did you help? How? – Whose help did you take? – How were you praised and how did you feel?)

5) Write a letter to your youngest brother who has failed in his first term examination.

Points: (He has failed in one subject – Advise him to work hard and regularly – He must keep the company of clever students – Advise him not to worry)

6) Write a letter to your friend Vikram telling him how you collected relief funds in your society for flood affected area.

Points: (How did you from a letter fund committee? – Who became your committee chair person? – How did you collect funds? – To whom was the amount so collected sent?)

7) Meena, from ‘Sahkar’ Ram Park, Sama Road, Mumbai, writes a letter to her friend, Sonia about her Plan to visit Lakshadweep Islands after S.S.C. Examination.

Points: (Time – her company – days – by air – natural scenes – people – water – sports – Imagine that you are Vimal Patel, Resident of M.G. Road, Subhash Society, Jamnagar)

8) Write a letter to your pen friend in America describing to him how you become an expert cycle repairer at an early age.

Points: (Inspiration and help from the parents – buying a handbook and necessary tools – getting mastery over the skill soon – attending the customers – popularity job besides study)

Paragraph writing in English language

Write a paragraph of about 75 words on any of the following:

1) The life of policeman:

Points: (What he wears? – What he carries? – How he control the traffic? – What other jobs he does? How is his life?)

2) My visit to a fruit-stall:

Points: (Where do you find a fruit-stall? – the kind of fruit you find –  what colours they are? – How they are arranged? – expiries) 

3) The festival I like most:

Points: (your favorite festival – in which month you celebrate it for how many days the festival lasts – the New Year day)

4) A visit To a Modern Village:

Points: (Name of the village – population – occupation – different facities – cleanliness – use of Science in farming)

5) Diwali – My Favourite Festival:

Point: (When does it come preparations before and buring the festival – how people enjoy it – brings goodwill and happiness festival of lights)

6) My Favourite Sportsman:

Points: (Name – native place – game – qualities – records contribution to the nation – why you like him best wishes for him)

7) My visit to a Science fair:

Points: (Place visit participants arrangement charts models graphs experiments interesting useful reasons for liking your impression)

8) My Visit to a Hill-Station:

Points: (where did you go? – With whom? – When and how did you reach there? – Where did you stay? – How long did you stay there? – What did you see and enjoy there? – how did you like the place?)

9) A Hospital nurse:

Points: (Familiar – her uniform her work in the hospital her hard life how she treats the patients)

10) My Ideal Teacher:

Points: (why you call him ideal – his good qualities – his interest in every pupil)

11) A Visit to a Bank:

Points: (why and when did you visit it? – What did you see there? – Whom did you meet there? – what did you do there?)

12) My Favourite Teacher:

Points: (his name – dress and appearance – his nature – good qualities – how he teaches – you like him)

13) A Visit to Zoo:

Points: (when did you visit? – With whom? – Which animals and birds did you see? – how did you enjoy?)

14) Our Class Picnic:

Points: (Name of the place where you went with whom and when? – How did you go? – Enjoyment during the journey. How did you enjoy?)

15) My Favourite Festival:

Points: (which is your favourite festival? – Why? – When does it come? – Do you make any preparation is advance? – How do you celebrate the festival?)

16) The Festival of Navratri:

Points: (The festival of days and nights – Durga Pooja – Gujarati folk dance “Garba” – decorations – grounds – circular dance – till late night – boys, girls, women take part with enthusiasm – your feelings)

17) The life of a soldier:

Points: (What does he wear? – What does he carry with him? – What jobs does he do? – What kind of job is it? – How is he useful to us and our country? – Do you fell I sorry for him? – Why?)

18) A Visit to a Dam:

Points: (When? – With whom? – Iron gates – great height – length – regulate the flow turbines – irrigation – importance)

19) On the Bank of the Narmada:

Points: (Length – Width – depth how many state it passes through temples and inns on the banks a holy river pure water dam under construction sense of moral life develops)

20) My Visit to an Air-port:

Points: (Purpose companion building structure air traffic working people pilot’s cleanliness)

21) A Traffic Police man:

Points: (A familiar figure – dress – duty – hours – duty place – highway – cross roads – helpful – his importance)

22) A Coolie:

Points: (Rightly called the ‘beast of burden’ – in rags – heavily loaded – low income – only labour – poor life)

23) Rath-Yatra:

Points: (A fixed day – most of the cities have a procession – a religious procession – elephants – tractors – trucks – cars – the rath of Load Jagdish in front – pulled by devotees – shouting of ‘Jay Jagdish’ common – sometimes turns into communal riots)

24) You’re Visit to a Bank:

Points: (Building – staff – counters – big books – accounts – saving bank – fixed deposits – cheque books – busy persons – useful visit)

25) A Visit to a Museum:

Points: (Different sections – coins, clothes, weapons – models – paintings – India during entry period – Mughal period and British period – history before our eyes – informative – educative)

26) The Tiger:

Points: (National animal – wild – found in jungles – appearance – colour – food – very less in the world)

27) A Public Garden:

Points: (Place – its beauty – plants – trees – fountain – birds – scene in the evening – people and their activities)