Gujarat Board GSEB Class 10 English Textbook Solutions Writing Skills Report Writing Questions and Answers, Notes Pdf.
Report Writing GSEB Std 10 English Grammar
What is Report Writing?
Report writing is writing an account of something that you have heard, seen, done or studied. It is something that is written for others to read. Thus, you may be asked to write reports to be put up on the notice board, to be published in the school magazine or to be sent to some other school for the students there to read. You may also be asked to write reports for news magazines, journals or newspapers.
Report writing may be about projects or activities you or your class is involved in, or about happenings in and around your school. It may also be about local incidents.
Salient Features of a Report:
- A report should be short (of about 150 words), terse and precise.
- Only essential facts should be included.
- Very often the Passive Voice is used (e.g., A survey of families in slum areas was conducted…, The police were called…, etc.).
- The day of the occasion/incident/project, the time (if necessary) and the place should be mentioned.
- Names or designations of important officials or guests involved should be mentioned.
- Reasons for the success or failure of the happening should be given.
- Facts about the incident or project should be mentioned in a few short sentences.
- Facts must be backed by convincing supportive information.
- Any special individual efforts should be mentioned.
- The report must be given an appropriate title.
In the Report Writing exercises that follow, you are expected to study the style, construction and vocabulary. Report Writing is not like Essay Writing. It is more compact, to-the-point and assertive.
Write a report on each of the following topics in about 150 words:
Question 1.
Write a report on your visit to a school for the blind in about 150 words.
Answer:
September 7, 2020
Visit to a School for the Blind
The students in the secondary section of A-one High School, Sanand, organized a visit to a blind school, to create an awareness, thoughtfulness and humanity among them. The students and teachers interacted a good deal. They talked, exchanged views and tried to understand their methods of learning. They tried to share the problems of differently-abled students.
The students felt highly rewarded with the experience. They returned with the feeling of having successfully completed an assignment of serving the blind students. They were also happy to have accepted the challenge of becoming useful and making a contribution to the new system of education.
Question 2.
Write a report in about 150 words on your visit to a school for the Deaf and Dumb.
Answer:
February 15, 2021
Visit to a School for the Deaf and Dumb
Last Saturday we visited the school for the Deaf and Dumb at Ashram Road, Ahmedabad. It was a planned visit, so twenty students and two of our teachers visited it seeking prior permission. The P.R.O. took us around.
The things over there were all unusual. We were greatly surprised and entertained by observing the way they communicated. They used sign language. Their facial expressions and finger- movements conveyed all that the person desired to communicate.
The person on the other end also did the same and it seemed that the communication was so easy as normal persons do. The most outstanding feature was nobody seemed to have been deprived of God’s gifts of hearing and speaking. Their disability was only on our minds but nowhere in the air around.
The P.R.O. explained to us how they talked and worked. We saw their study classes, where they learnt like normal students. We were also taken around to their activity blocks. There we saw them working DH computers, and also doing various craftwork. Their teachers and instructors were not all disabled like them but they were trained to impart academic as well as other skills. All their efforts were being done in the way that even if being disabled they could be put in the mainstream and pace with the competitive world.
Question 3.
Local doctors conducted an Eye- examination camp in your school one Sunday. Write a report of about 150 words on the camp, to be put up on your school notice board.
Answer:
January 15, 2021
Eye-examination Camp
An Eye-examination camp was held on the premises of Swami Vivekanand High School on January 14th. It was organised by the members of Eye Care Centre which is one of the leading eye institutes of the city. The doctors in charge were Dr Dholakia and Dr Soman, both well-experienced ophthalmologists. The main has was taken in use. It was divided into two sections. The people started gathering as it struck 9 a.m. The canvassing had been done by the students of the school for a fortnight.
It was heartening to see the students and the assistant doctors guiding and helping each visitor. The doctors were checking patient’s eyes for degree of vision and other defects of the eye such as colour blindness, cataract, astigmatism and glaucoma. The visitors included middle-aged adults and old people. At around 5.30 p.m. the camp was closed. The students then helped the doctors and their assistants to prepare reports of the tests.
It was all done with great care and concentration. In all, 500 people had been diagnosed. Out of these, only 190 had normal vision. Most of the others suffered from nearsightedness or far-sightedness. There were 25 cases of glaucoma. The task was nearly completed at around 7.30 p.m. After a busy and hectic day, for us the experience was very helpful in developing our general understanding.
Question 4.
Write a report for the school magazine in about 150 words on the health exhibition in your school.
Answer:
July 31, 2021
Exhibition on Health Care
An exhibition on health care was held on the Model School grounds on July 29th. There were many stalls, some of which for free checkups. Many doctors volunteered to be a part of the Health Care camp. There was free testing of eyes. Stalls were taken care of by the students of the school. Here charts and models prepared entirely by students were put up. One was on dental care and another one was on diabetes.
There was an elaborate chart on physical fitness as well. The Chief Guest of the ceremony, Shri Guru Samant, was quite impressed by the efforts of the students and the school staff. He thought that this was a unique effort on the part of the school. The programme began at 8 a.m. and lasted till 6 p.m. More than 700 children and parents visited the exhibition. All in all, it was a grand success.
Question 5.
Write a report of how your class celebrated Teacher’s Day’ to be put up on the school notice. board in about 150 words.
Answer:
September 7, 2020
Teachers’ Day Celebration
This year, September 5 was special to us because we knew that Mrs Inamdar would be leaving school for good in a month’s time. As planned, four of us girls went early to school. We cleaned and tidied up the classroom. We put up charts and paintings about the teacher on the soft board. Some were made by us, some were made by the other boys and girls of the class. We decorated a vase with fresh flowers and kept it on the teacher’s table.
When our teacher walked in, we stood up and wished her ‘Happy Teacher’s Day. Then one ’ by one, some students gave her cards, some gave*her flowers. Nitin read out a poem 8n ‘My Teacher’. This brought tears into everyone’s eyes. When she told us to take out our books, we requested her not to teach.
So she sat down and Gauri, our class monitor, took the lesson. She made us read and asked questions. Then the bell rang. We greeted our teacher again. We gave all the other teachers flowers and cards that day. The students took the lessons in all classes. We thought that we should give our teachers rest at least for one day.
Question 6.
Write a report on ‘Selfie Mania among the youngsters’.
Answer:
Vadodara, August 8
Selfie Mania among the youngsters
Selfie is the latest fad among people, especially the younger generation. Whether you are at the railway station, restaurant, in the park or any other scenic or not so scenic place, you would come across youngsters clicking pictures of themselves, which are more commonly known as selfies.
Though these selfies are good for a person’s Facebook post, but there have been several instances where selfie-obsessed youngsters have severely injured themselves or even met their death while trying to take a selfie.
Oblivious of the surroundings, people have fallen to their death or have been run over by vehicles while in the process of taking a selfie. Some individuals have even gone a step ahead and attempted to take selfies at dangerous places or in difficult positions thereby meeting a gory end. Take for instance the recent case of Preeti Vaidya, a 17-year-old teenager. The girl was trying to take a selfie on the tetrapods at Marine Drive. The tide was high and it hit the girl pulling her into water. This is not an isolated case but many incidents have taken place in which precious lives have been lost.
In fact, it is young men who” are more prone to undertake dangerous selfie. A large number of selfies posted on twitter and come to the conclusion that 13 per cent of these were taken in dangerous situations. Alarmingly, a majority of these were young people falling under the age of 24. While in the world most people have died by falling of high buildings and mountain cliffs, in India most deaths have been water-related or near railway tracks. In the world of virtual reality, human bonds are weakening and the generation is becoming more prone to selfies.
Question 7.
Your school received an award for ‘Swachha School’. Write a report for your school newsletter.
Answer:
Ahmedabad, September 7
“Akkad-bakkad-bambe-bo, sabse pehle hath dho.” A popular household game given a swachh twist by students of Vidyanagar High School in Ahmedabad. Literally translated it means, ‘First and foremost, wash your hands.’ Recited by students during the 12-hour-live Cleanathon for the NDTV Banega Swachh India Campaign, it highlights the importance of washing hands.
The school was awarded the state’s Swachh Vidyalaya Award for their initiatives and efforts to make their school clean and hygienic for children. The award, launched as a follow up to the Swachh Vidyalaya Initiative started in 2014 by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, aims to bring about a positive behavioural change in society and is awarded to the schools that have done impeccable work in the field of water, sanitation and hygiene (Wash).