Assignments in Communicative English Class-IX (Term 2)

Section-BWriting
(Electronic Mail)
ASSIGNMENT 1
1. You are Udita/Udit. Last week you had been to adventure camp. Write an e-mail to your friend mentioning
the various activities of the camp. You may take help of the clues given below : Refer to the M.C.B.
Unit Adventure. (CBSE 2010)

Lucky being here as a participant in the adventure camp

Activities included Paragliding
Parasailing
Visited wildlife safari
Water rafting

Adventure and thrill inexplicable

Left an indelible impact

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2. You have travelled by theMmetro for the first time. Write an e-mail to your friend sharing your
excitement and feelings. You can use the following clues. (120 words) (CBSE 2010)

First Metro ride - underground station - nervousness

Buying the token - orderly queues

Metro ride - description

How you felt

Reached destination - saved time - sense of safety

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 ASSIGNMENT 2
1. Write an e-mail to your friend giving him some tips telling him/her how to fight global warming. The
format for e-mail is given. [CBSE 2010 (TERM I)]
Fight Global Warming
Replace - bulbs - with - Compact Fluorescent Light (cfl)

Choose - energy efficient appliances

Cover your pots while cooking
Use the washing machine/dishwasher only when they are full
Plant a tree

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Use public transport/car pool

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Optimum use of water

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Buy fresh foods instead of frozen

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Use paper/cloth bags

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The format of E-Mail

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2. Write an e-mail to your friend describing the farewell party given to your favourite teacher who retired
from the school recently. You may take help of the clues given. The format of the e-mail is given.
[CBSE 2010 (TERM I)]
Ms Annie - English teacher - served for 30 years - highly qualified - taught using innovative methods - understanding
and caring - treated everyone equally - the occasion both sad and nostalgic - touching farewell speech by
the principal - everybody got emotional - Ms Annie could barely speak - will be remembered forever

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3. You are Ratan/Ratna of Indore. The following extract of a magazine drew your attention. As a concerned
citizen write an e-mail to the editor of a national daily, expressing your ideas and views on global
warming and also giving suggestions on how to save our planet from this problem.
[CBSE 2010 (TERM I)]
According to the findings of the Inter-Governmental
Panel on Climate Change, the consequences of
environmental changes in South-East include an
increased risk of floods and droughts in many regions,
decreased agricultural productivity, adverse impacts on

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fisheries and adverse effects on many ecological systems.

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4. You went to Jammu for a week to attend a wedding. However, due to unexpected rains leading to
landslide, all routes from Jammu have been closed indefinitely. Send an e-mail to your class teacher
explaining the situation, apologising for missing the test and asking for extension of leave.
[CBSE 2010 (TERM I)]

Date :

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Respected Madam, /Sir,

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Yours obediently,

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5. There is too much cricket around us in our country. This mania has reduced interest in all other
games. Hence this sorry state leads us to get a miserable lower status in medal tally in almost all
International meets, less than even some small countries. Write an e-mail to your friend staying
in the UK about the present sports scenario in India and your suggestions for improvement in the
ranking. (Word-limit 120 words) [CBSE 2011 (TERM II)]

Date : 10/8/2011

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6. Read the headlines given below :

What ails the Indian youth?

Indian youth in the cities are getting more and more disillusioned with life
and taking recourse to ways and means to making easy money. They indulge
in anti-social acts like bag-snatching, drug peddling etc.

Based on the news item given above, your own ideas and ideas from the Main Course Book unit
Childhood, write an e-mail to the editor of the Hindustan Times on the condition of Indian youth
today. Do not exceed 150 words. [CBSE 2010 (TERM I)]

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