Points to Keep in Mind While Writing Notice
Notice
Class X physics records may be left on top of lab cupboard before 6th Sept.
Defaulters will loss marks.
10th August 2011
S Verma
Lab In-charge
Notice
Lost & Found
In the playground, Friday 3rd Roamer ball point pen, green cap. Finder may return to student monitor of Class XI. more...
Introduction
Notice is a mode of communication targeted at a specific section of people. Writing an effective notice is a kind of art that can acquired by practice, with keeping some basic points in mind? Notice should give clear and complete information and must be written in easily understandable language.
A good and effective notice must include the following points:
Use of Modals
Use of shall/will
Generally "shall" is used with "I and we" and will is used with the rest.
I shall by buy a laptop.
You will go to market.
But
If a sentence refers to
(1) Promise
(2) Willingness
(3) Certainty
(4) Determination
(5) Threat in which case "shall" is used in place of "will" and "will is used in place of "shall".
I will help you (Promise or willingness)
I will kill you (Threat)
Nobody shall touch this book without my permission (Threat)
Use of Should
(i) "Should" is used for any active suggestion
You should work sincerely
Work hard more...
Modals
In English, modals are the auxiliary verbs which have neither participles nor infinitives.
The following are some of the modal verbs in English grammar:
(i) Shall (ii) Will
(iii) Should (iv) Would
(v) Can (vi) Could
(vii) May (viii) Might
(ix) Used to (x) Ought to
(xi) Need to (xii) Dare
Note:
Writing Stories from Given Outlines
Below are the examples of stories written from given out lines? These will give your idea on how to build stories from the outlines.
Outline: The mice very unhappy-the cat killed many of them-held a meeting to discuss how to get rid of the cat-various suggestion - no plan practicable. Then a young mouse suggested that a bell should be tired round the cats's neck - all welcomed the proposal with joy - an old mouse stood up ? asked who was going to tie the bell round the cat's neck?
Belling the Cat
In a certain house which was infested with mice, the cat found easy prey. The mice were very unhappy. The cat killed so more...
Introduction
Story writing is an art which can be learned only by practice. To write a good story, you must have a clear idea of the whole plot in your mind before you start, and arrange the main points in their proper order.
Points to Keep in Mind While Writing Story
1. Plot
2. Narration of events systematically
3. Use of simple language.
4. Don't change the main part of the story. Try to reproduce it as it is or as it was, as far as possible.
5. The order of events may change
6. Always read the story very carefully and make small points of it and take out the chief points of interest, fun, moral or any other special aspect.
7. Give a suitable heading to a story, Heading of a story should be as small as possible.
8. more...
Practice Exercise
A typical Prakash Padukone day
P: Or even a game of tennis
Q: Starts off
R: On some days
S: With an early morning
(A) QSPR
(B) QSRP
(C) RPSQ
(D) RSQP
Answer: (a)
Alexander
P: Was a disciple of Aristotle,
Q: Who was a great conqueror,
R: Whom the world acknowledge as the greatest philosopher
S: The world has ever known
(A) PQSR
(B) QPRS
(C) RPQS
(D) SPQR
Answer: (b)
Jawaharlal Nehru
P: Under the Cabinet Mission Scheme
Q: Was the first to articulate
R: Long before such an assembly was set up
S: The idea of a Constituent Assembly
(A) PQSR
(B) QSRP
(C) RPQS more...
Practice Exercise
Person / my / is a / grandfather/ very busy.
Solution:
My grandfather is a very busy person.
God / to / we / daily / pray.
Solution:
We pray to God daily,
Hear / the / cannot / old man / clearly.
Solution:
The old man cannot hear clearly.
By car / office / to / goes / Richard / his
Solution:
Richard goes to his office by car.
Is the / milk / food / complete.
(A) Food is the milk complete
(B) Complete milk is the food
(C) Milk is complete food
(D) Milk is the complete food
(E) Complete food is the milk
Answer: (d)
Explanation: The correct answer is: Milk is the complete food.
Introduction
In jumbled sentences words are not arranged in a proper order. You need to arrange the words in proper order to make a meaningful sentence.
In /to/ education/ strive/ we/ excellence/ achieve
Solution: We strive to achieve excellence in education.
Few more examples
Rearrange the words and make a meaningful sentence.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1. Said / the child/ that / leave /the mother / alone / could not / she.
The mother said that she could not leave the child alone.
2. After / Steve / had / the theatre / begun / reached / show / the.
Steve reached the theatre after the show had begun.
3. and/Pond /jumped/the dog / into the/angry/died
The angry dog jumped more...
Practice Exercise
Change the following sentences into simple future tense:
We like talking.
Solution: We will like talking
He paints a picture.
Solution: He will paint a picture.
Change the following sentences into simple past tense:
I write a letter.
Solution: I wrote a letter
They watch movies.
Solution: They watched movies.
Find the kind of tense each sentence has.
He was busy in rescue operation.
(A) Simple past
(B) Past Continuous
(C) Past Perfect
(D) Past Perfect Continuous
(E) None of these
Answer : (A)
Explanation: The sentence is in simple past
You will be crossing the bridge.
(A) Simple Future
(B) Future Continuous
(C) Future more...
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