Writing Skills (Practice Exercise)

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Practice Exercise

  1. You are Rajani Head Girl of Moonlight Public School Pali. A cooking completion is going to take place in your school. Write a notice to be displayed on the school notice board informing the students of the competition and inviting them to participate. Draft the notice in about 50 words giving all necessary details.
  2. You have cleared your IIT Entrance Exam and so want to sell off the reading material you have with you. Write an advertisement to be placed in the ‘For Sale’ columns of a local daily giving all details of the material you have with you in not more than 50 words. You are Mukta.
  3. Your friend, Manisha has invited you to attend her wedding anniversary. You cannot attend it as you have a family get together on the same dayt. Write a polite letter, in not more than 50 words, expressing your inability to attend the function and wish her all the happiness on this joyous occasion. You are Amrita of 25, Dam Road colony, Sumerpur.
  4. Write an argument in 50 words in favour or against ‘Free Education to Poor’.
  5. You would like to let out a portion of your independent house for office use. Write an advertisement for the classified columns of the local newspaper giving all the necessary details. Write the advertisement in not more than 50 words. 
  6. Draw a poster to spread awareness on Girl Education.
  7. Your uncle is looking for a suitable match for his daughter who is settled in the USA. Draft an advertisement not more than 50 words to be published in a newspaper.
  8.  Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper to express your views on women empowerment. You are Akshita of 13 C, Station Road, Mt. Abu.
  9. Send a letter of complaint to the bank manager, State Bank of India, Fort Road, Jaisalmer to complain about faulty ATM installed in your locality. You are Ganga.
  10. Blue Rays Foods requires an accountant who is proficient in GST. Write a job application to the manager. You are Antima of 2 Sector E, Canal Road, Shri Ganaganagar.

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