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(1) The document provides guidance on writing reports in 3 paragraphs or less. It discusses the format, content, and examples of topics to cover for accidents and functions. (2) Reports are generally written for newspapers, magazines, and morning assemblies. They should be in past tense and include 3 paragraphs with 100-125 words. The content addresses the 5 Ws and 1 H: who, what, when, where, how, and why. (3) Examples of what to include are provided for reports on accidents, such as the location, vehicles, injuries, and investigations, and for functions, such as organizers, programs, guests, and comments. Students are advised to follow these guidelines to write good

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(1) The document provides guidance on writing reports in 3 paragraphs or less. It discusses the format, content, and examples of topics to cover for accidents and functions. (2) Reports are generally written for newspapers, magazines, and morning assemblies. They should be in past tense and include 3 paragraphs with 100-125 words. The content addresses the 5 Ws and 1 H: who, what, when, where, how, and why. (3) Examples of what to include are provided for reports on accidents, such as the location, vehicles, injuries, and investigations, and for functions, such as organizers, programs, guests, and comments. Students are advised to follow these guidelines to write good

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REPORT WRITING

Report writing
Most of the reports are
based on past incident so
they should be written in
past tense

Total 10 Marks
Format -01
Content-04
Expression-05

Format
Heading

(By:-------)
Dt, place

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Reports are generally


written for
Newspapers

- date

Magazines

Morning assembly -

and

place

place

There must be 3
Paragraphs in a good
report
Word limit 100-125

Problems Related to Title How to write a title (heading) for reports?

(1) in present tense


(2) omit be form of verb
(3) use past participles

Content
* Ask 5 wh questions and one H
Who, did what, when, where, how & why

* Adequate practice of past tense is


needed .
*

Ensure the order of wh questions


yourself

Value points
Most of the reports are
based on accidents &
functions. If students keep
these value points in mind,
they can write a very good
report.

(1) For Accident


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.

When & where it happened


Vehicles involved
Ghastly scene at the spot.
Crowd gathered at the place.
Number of persons dead and injured
Rescue and relief work
The police was informed
Whether injured & wounded were hospitalized
Compensation by authorities
The probe on the event
Comment on the event

(2) For Functions


1. Who organised
2. When & where
3. Inauguration of programme
4. Decoration of the hall
5. Arrival of the chief guest
6. Welcome and lighting of the lamp
7. Chief guests message
8. List of the programmes
9. Vote of thanks
10. Refreshment served
11.Comments

Practice Questions

You are Saket/Sanya. you have received training in first aid, as a member of
the Red Cross Society, arranged by your school. Prepare your report for the
school magazine about your training.
Orissa government is about to launch an eyes testing drive for school children
in Bhubneshwar. Jigar Dalsania interviews Sharmila Mitra, the chief
coordinator of the program and takes down some notes. On the basis of the
notes write Jigars report.
Notes:
Cataract, refractory errors commonest cause of blindness lakhs of
people lose vision fully preventable, children most vulnerable
early detection very important; 1200 schools to be covered one
teacher from each school trained to conduct a simple vision test.

A newspaper reporter has been sent to report on a road accident. Below you can see
one page of his notes. Use the information to complete the report he wrote for his
newspaper. Do not add any new information
Information:
6.35 p.m. 14/10
Kurukshetra 30 kms from Panipat
Crash truck in ditch
Local bus high speed middle of road
Truck braked to avoid collision swerved
Hit tree and overturned
Truck driver drunk (Mahinder Singh, 40 yrs
Killed instantly
3 injured taken to hospital

You have witnessed a clash between a group of college students and a state Transport
bus crew which finally ended in the students stoning the buses and bus crew calling for
a flash strike. You are Santosh/Seema, a reporter for The Hindustan Times. Write a
report about the incident.

You are Shivangi/Shubham. The World Trade Fair that lasted for a month was the hot
topic of all lovers. Write a report on the event for publication in a local newspaper.

You are Neeraj/Nandita working for India Today. Last week you attended a seminar
on pleasures of Eye-Donation, organized by the young Buzz of your school. Write a
report on this seminar for publication in India Today.

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