The Queen's Language

format  Sender’s address(given in the question paper) Date Ref. No. _____________________ The Manager (receiver’s address) Name of the company Address of the company Sir/Madam Subject: _____________________ Body of the letter Ref. to quotation dated List of requirement/items to be ordered Date on which delivery is required Mode of payment Items to be in good condition and as per requirement. Yours sincerely/truly Name Designation CBSE   Question for practice You are Vaijanthi/Vijay from Prakasham Nagar, Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh. Write a letter to Book Haven Store, requesting home delivery of the books, stationery and art materials you had ordered telephonically. Share the reason for being unable to pick up the goods in person. Confirm your address details and a convenient time slot. Marking Scheme 1x5=5  2 marks for content 2 marks for expression (1 mark-grammatical accuracy, appropriate words and spellings + 1 mark-cohesion via connecting ideas, logical progression ...

  1 . Sender’s address 2 Date (any standardised format -21.5.21 /  22 May ‘21   /  11/5/21 etc.) 3. Receiver’s address  mentioned in the Question should be written if no address is given only then you must write a, fictitious receiver’s address  4. Salutation  Sir/Madam 5. Subject:                                        (body of the letter) 6. complimentary close IMPORTANT • An organized format structure is expected. • Absence of even one aspect shall result in   a credit of ½ marks only. • Full credit of 1 mark requires all listed    aspects of format The body/content of the letter should be written in Paragraphs. You can write minimum four paragraphs Paragraphing recommended. Listing of points shall lead to deduction of 1 mark Compet...

F ill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions. [4]  1. Aurangzeb was one among the descendants ….Shajahan.  2. The rescuers ran short …… adequate assistance.  3. We should attribute our success …….. our teachers and parents.  4. The Minister resigned …………..the cabinet due to ill health . 5. The flood victims were resigned…… their fate.  6. We should avail …… every opportunity to succeed.  7. The curfew was imposed…….. all areas of the city  8. We should try our best to be faithful ….. our principles.

 (a ) Fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given in brackets. Suraj looked out of the door. He (1)____________(catch) sight of the board (2) ____________ (bear) the station’s name. He was so (3) ____________ (astonish) that he almost (4) ____________ (fall) out of the compartment. He was back in his home town! After (5) ___________ (travel) for forty or fifty kilometers, here he (6) ____________ (is) home again. He (7) ____________ (can) not understand it. He (8)____________ (climb) out of the compartment slowly. Fill in each blank with an appropriate word: [4] (i) Bobby waited in front ____________ the school. (ii) The children were told to return home ____________ it became dark. (iii) He wore an old muffler wrapped ____________ his neck. (iv) We saw the bird fly high ____________ the tower and disappear. (v) Music therapy is a cure ____________ many ills. (vi) The thief ran ____________ the staircase and out into the yard. (vii) Mr. Roy jumped in...

Can you please buy _______oranges? We need _______ ice. I have _______ work left. I take _______ salt. We had _______drops of honey left. You have _______work to do. There are _______ blank pages in this register. He only saved _______ rupees here. Answers: a few a little a little a little a few a little a few a few

1  Complete the following paragraph by filling in the blanks with the help of the options that follow We arrived (a) _________ darkness, but the next morning I (b) _________ out before breakfast to explore (c) _________ possibilities of the place. (a) (i) at (ii) in (iii) on (iv) with (b) (i) am (ii) are (iii) was (iv) were (c) (i) the (ii) a (iii) an (iv) any 2 Complete the paragraph given below by filling in the blanks with the help of the options that follow :  The picture that (a) _________ out of the camera was (b) _________ disappointing. In it, neither I was there (c) _________ was she. (a) (i) come (ii) comes (iii) came (iv) coming (b) (i) very (ii) more (iii) less (iv) little (c) (i) or (ii) either (iii) nor (iv) not

1  Three unknown assailants …….. on motorcycles and opened …….. barely a few metres from where the actor was shooting. (1) came; shooting (2) rode; rounds (3) arrived; fire (4) approached ; hitting (5) climbed ; shots 2. The police …… in ….. a car theft case within a matter of two hours of registration of he complaint. (1) achieved ; solving (2) victorious ; catching (3) famed ; arresting (4) succeeded ; cracking (5) failed ; assigning 3. The health ministry has approved major expansion of post-graduate seats in key departments of AIIMS to …… the severe …… of specialists across the country. (1) address ; dearth (2) cored ; loss (3) improve ; damage (4) rectify ; limits (5) good ; shortage 4. With the …… wedding season, people are leaving no stone unturned to make their wedding cards look …….. . (1) prolonged ; beyond (2) ongoing ; special (3) instant ; great (4) sudden ; while (5) estimated ; legible 5. The tourism data ….. that Indians are …… the biggest spenders while on holidays...