SECTION V: WRITING SKILLS - 20 Marks
Q.5 Letter Writing:
(A) Read the following advertisement and write any one of the letter given.
(5 Marks)
(5)
Pune May 30, 2020:
A COVID - 19 pandemic in Pune is part of the worldwide corona
virus disease. A total of 194 patients who had overcome COVID - 19
were discharged from hospitals in Pune municipal Corporation area.
Also 108 new corona virus positive patients were detected in Pune city
today, while 7 people lost their lives.
Informal letter:
Read the news given above and write
a letter to your cousin who is staying
in Pune. Pune city has been declared
as red zone for COVID - 19 cases.
Suggest him/her some preventive
measures against 'corona pandemie'.
OR
Formal letter:
Read the news given above and write a
letter to the Municipal Commissioner
of Pune thanking him for tremendous
efforts taken to protect all citizens
against 'corona pandemie'.
hemniany 1)
Answers
Answer:
Despite assurances, I have never experienced so much fear and anxiety in my life as I feel now about the COVID-19 pandemic (Page 1, “No community transmission of coronavirus, says Centre”, March 22). I am 84, and have seen disasters like the tsunami, floods after tanks have breached, and epidemics such as cholera. But COVID-19 has made them all insignificant. It is unsettling that cases are galloping. With no vaccine in sight in the foreseeable future, people have to be very conscious not to create problems as far as the infection transmission cycle is concerned. There was curfew during the world wars to safeguard ourselves from enemy’s attack. Now, a 14-hour lockdown has to be thought of to try and help safeguard ourselves from a pandemic.
D. Sethuraman,
Chennai
At 5 p.m. yesterday, the sound of vessels being sounded and bells ringing rent the air in almost every locality, society, apartment block, house and building. The Prime Minister must be complimented for his efforts in bringing people together in the war against a virus. We also owe much gratitude to those in service of the country.