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Supply and Demand and Price Elasticity
Subject : English

Do the following questions in your writing skills file -:

1. You are Rohit/Roopali. As President of the Students’ Council of St. Francis Sr. Secondary School, Bangalore, you have invited a visiting Russian Ballet troupe to give a performance in your school on the occasion of its Golden Jubilee celebrations. Write a notice in about 50 words informing the students about this event.

2. You are the Director, Physical Education of your school. Your school is playing against CPM School, Meerut in the Zonal Volleyball Finals. Write a notice in about 50 words for your school notice board inviting your school students to come and watch the tournament and cheer the team.

3. As the President of Leo Club of Temple Town, prepare a poster on behalf of Lions Club and Leo Club for ‘Diwali Mela’ to be held at Nehru Stadium, Chennai mentioning some of the attractions.

4. Times Eye Bank wishes to increase awareness among youth about blindness and the importance of donating eyes. Draft a suitable poster.

5. Read the lesson “Lost Spring’ by Anees Jung from your English reader. Using ideas from the lesson together with your own ideas, write a letter to the Editor, The Hindustan Times, New Delhi commenting on the issue of child exploitation and pointing out some solution to the problem

6. You are Ravi/Rajani, living at 5 Bahadur Shah Zafar Road, New Delhi. There is a acute water shortage in your colony causing great inconvenience to the residents. Write a letter to the Assistant Engineer of the Water Board of your area explaining the difficulties you face, seeking quick action.

7. Read the following lessons from your textbook

i. Indigo By Louis Fischer

On the basis of your reading of these lessons, make notes on them using recognizable abbreviations. Also summarize each of them in about 80 words.

8. Read a. Hound of Baskervilles - Arthur Canondoyle b. The Lord of the Flies -

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