Compulsory English: Writing and Grammar Question Bank

Format (1): your address and the date top left or right; The Headteacher, school name and address; Subject: Application for leave; Dear Sir/Madam; Yours faithfully; your name, class and roll number. Content (2): state the dates clearly (from and to); give the reason briefly and truthfully; promise to cover the missed lessons; request permission politely. Language (1): polite formal register — I would be grateful if you would kindly grant me leave — with no contractions and no slang.

Format: sender's address and date; The Editor, The Himalayan Times, Kathmandu; Subject: Poor condition of the road at ——; Yours sincerely. Content: name the road and the ward; describe the problem concretely (potholes, dust in winter, mud in monsoon, ambulances unable to pass); give its effect on schoolchildren and patients; ask the municipality for a specific action and a time frame. Language: impersonal and factual, not angry; one paragraph for the problem, one for the effect, one for the request.

To: suman@email.com; Subject: Congratulations on your win!; greeting Dear Suman; two or three sentences — congratulate, say what you admired in the essay, say you look forward to reading the next one; close with Best wishes and your name. No postal address in an email.

Format: date, day and (optionally) time at the top; Dear Diary; first person. Content: what happened, in past tense and in order; one or two specific details (the 100-metre heat, the tug-of-war, the chief guest); and — the part most answers forget — how you felt and what you thought afterwards. Language: past simple with a few past continuous forms; short sentences; no formal letter phrases.

Format: school name at the top, the word NOTICE centred, date on the left. Content: purpose (educational excursion to Lumbini), date and reporting time, departure point, cost and what it covers, what to bring, the deadline for names, and whom to contact. Close: signature, name and designation (Coordinator, Excursion Committee). Keep it under about eighty words — a notice is not a letter.

Host (the school, through the headteacher); the occasion; the date, time and venue; a line inviting the guest to grace the occasion and to give away the prizes; RSVP with a phone number. Formal and brief.

Headline: short and factual — New water project brings taps to 240 homes. Place and date line: Dhunche, 12 Asar —. Lead: one sentence with what, where, when and who. Body: how many households benefit, who funded and built it, how far women used to walk for water, and a short quotation from a local resident or the mayor. Third person throughout, past tense, no personal opinion.

Format: Customer: / Shopkeeper: at the start of each line, new line for each turn, exactly six turns. Content: greeting, asking what is wanted, showing options with a price, asking for a discount, agreeing or refusing politely, paying and thanking. Language: natural spoken English with contractions, question tags and short forms — this is the one task where isn't it? and I'll take it belong.

Introduction: water is the one thing no living being can do without. Body 1: its uses — drinking, cooking, sanitation, irrigation, industry, hydropower. Body 2: the problem — sources drying up, pollution of rivers, unequal access, long walks for water in the hills, waterborne disease. Conclusion: two or three concrete actions — protect sources and recharge ponds, treat waste water, harvest rain, repair leaking taps, do not waste. Marks come from paragraphing and from specific examples, not from decorative language.

Name the place, say when and with whom you went, and then build the description around the senses — what you saw, heard and smelt — rather than listing facts. Use the past tense for the visit and the present for what is always true of the place. End with one sentence on why it stays in your memory.

1. The classroom is cleaned by the students every morning.

2. The window has been broken.

3. The road will be repaired by the municipality next month.

4. A bridge was being built over the river.

5. The form must be submitted today.

6. Was the thief arrested by the police?

7. English is spoken all over the world.

8. Our copies have been corrected by the teacher.

1. He said that he was writing a letter.

2. She told me that she would meet me the next day.

3. The visitor asked where the library was.

4. She asked him if he played the guitar.

5. The teacher said that water boils at 100 °C (a general truth keeps the present tense).

6. She requested me to close the door.

7. My father told me not to be late.

8. She exclaimed that it was a very beautiful sunrise.

1. have you.

2. shall we.

3. aren't I.

4. He went to Pokhara yesterday.

5. I have been living here since 2018.

6. If it rains, we will cancel the picnic.

7. She said that she was busy.

8. One of my friends is a doctor.

9. would buy.

10. had finished.

1. has been published (the subject is list).

2. was given (each is singular).

3. is coming (along with does not change the subject).

4. is correct (neither is singular).

5. is my favourite subject.

6. There are many reasons.

7. The news is not good.

8. Correct as it stands — a measured quantity takes a singular verb.

9. one of the best students.

10. Everybody has finished.