Write a letter to the Inspector of Police of your locality complaining about the theft of your bicycle.

Vijayawada, 15thNovember, 2009. From : Regd. No. Santhi Nagar, Vijayawada. To The Inspector of Police, Town Police Station - I, Vijayawada. Sir, I regret very much to bring complaint before you about the theft of my cycle. Today at 11 a.m. I went to the Main post office to send money order to my brother. I kept my bicycle outside and went in. I cam out after ten minutes. I was shocked to find my cycle missing. The people there could not throw any light on the matter. My cycle is of Hero company bearing the number D. 493783. It has a book carrier fixed on the handlebar. My name is carved on the handle-bar. I request you to trace my bicycle and restore it to me. Yours faithfully, xxxxxxxxxxx Write a letter to the Commissioner of your Municipality to see that the roads are maintained clean and suggest some steps to be taken in this regard.

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Hyderabad, 12-12-2009. From Regd. No. Ramanthapur, Hyderabad. To The Municipal Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Ramanthapur, Hyderabad. Sir, I regret to bring the following to your notice for necessary action. Our city is suffering a lot due to the negligence of the Municipal health staff. The sweepers are not regular to their duties. Once in a week they come in a casual way. There are piles of garbage at every corner emitting foul smell. Some roads have pot-holes and ditches. All these things lead to health hazard. I request you to instruct the concerned to clean the roads and sweep them regularly. May I also suggest you to give this job to private contractors? It is is not possible, kindly appoint more supervisors and increase the number of sweepers. Garbage lifting vans are seen at other areas. Kindly purchase three or four of them.

Yours faithfully, xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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Write a letter to the Inspector of Police of your locality complaining about the theft of your bicycle. Vijayawada, 15thNovember, 2009. From : Regd. No. Santhi Nagar, Vijayawada. To The Inspector of Police, Town Police Station - I, Vijayawada. Sir, I regret very much to bring complaint before you about the theft of my cycle. Today at 11 a.m. I went to the Main post office to send money order to my brother. I kept my bicycle outside and went in. I cam out after ten minutes. I was shocked to find my cycle missing. The people there could not throw any light on the matter. My cycle is of Hero company bearing the number D. 493783. It has a book carrier fixed on the handlebar. My name is carved on the handle-bar. I request you to trace my bicycle and restore it to me. Yours faithfully, xxxxxxxxxxx

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Write a letter to the Commissioner of your Municipality to see that the roads are maintained clean and suggest some steps to be taken in this regard. Hyderabad, 12-12-2009. From Regd. No. Ramanthapur, Hyderabad. To The Municipal Commissioner, Hyderabad Municipality, Hyderabad. Sir, I regret to bring the following to your notice for necessary action. Our city is suffering a lot due to the negligence of the Municipal health staff. The sweepers are not regular to their duties. Once in a week they come in a casual way. There are piles of garbage at every corner emitting foul smell. Some roads have pot-holes and ditches. All these things lead to health hazard. I request you to instruct the concerned to clean the roads and sweep them regularly. May I also suggest you to give this job to private contractors? It is not possible, kindly appoint more supervisors and increase the number of sweepers. Garbage lifting vans are seen in Guntur. Kindly purchase three or four of them.

Yours faithfully, xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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Write a letter of the Director, CIIT of your town, requesting him to send you an application form, particulars of fees, details of the course and hostel facilities.

Kakinada, 15.07.2009 From xxxxxxxx, Gandhinagar, Kakinada. To The Director, CIIT, Ramaraopet, Kakinada. Sir, In response to your notification, I request you to send me an application form to join the crash course in computers during this summer. I would like to stay in the hostel. Please send me the particulars of the fees to paid towards hostel charges, courses, course fees and details of the course. I am sending herewith a money order for Rs. 10/- towards the application form and prospectus. Yours faithfully, xxxxxxxxxxxx

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Write a letter to the Chief Editor of the local newspaper to be the Chief Guest at the function. Give him/her information about the programme, its duration etc., in brief. Vijayawada, 10th August, 2009. From: xxxxxxxx Secretary, Vani High School, Vijayawada. To The Editor, The Indian Express, VIJAYAWADA. Sir, As the secretary of the students union of Vani high school, Satyanarayanapuram, I request you to be our Chief Guest at our school annual day function on 20th of this month. The programme shall be as follows: 3.00 p.m. 3.15 p.m. 3.30 p.m. 3.45 p.m. 4.00 p.m. 4.30 p.m. 5.30 p.m. --------------Function starts...Inviting the Chief Guest on to the dias Annual report to be presented by our Headmaster Speeches by one or two teachers Message to students Prize distribution by the Chief Guest Cultural programmes The function will come to an end

Kindly accept our invitation and grace the chair. Hope to receive your acceptance. Yours sincerely, xxxxxxxxx

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Write a letter to your cousin explaining to him/her how you are planning to spend your holidays after the examinations. Sangareddy, 30.03.2009. My dear brother, Hope you are doing well. My examinations will be over by 10th April. Let us spend the summer vacation together. I have a nice programme. I shall come to Hyderabad on 15th April. You know my elder brother is now working in New Delhi. He wrote a letter inviting me to New Delhi. Let us spend a couple of weeks there. There are many worth seeing places like Rajghat, Kutub Minar, Red Fort, Parliament Bhavan etc., in New Delhi. Yours affectionately, xxxxxxxxxx Address : Mr. G. Rakesh, C/o. 15-C, Ameerpet, Hyderabad.

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You come across many deaths caused by accidents. The newspapers publish these deaths. You think that these are due to rash driving of cars, lorries and scooters. Suggest some means to avert these accidents. Address your letter to The Editor, Indian Express, Vijayawada. Guntur, 10thSeptember, 2009. From: Regd. No.... Arundalpet, 2nd lane, Guntur. To The Editor, Indian Express, Vijayawada. Sir, I request you to publish my letter in your esteemed daily as a protest against rash driving of cars, lorries and two-wheelers. At present accidents have become common. Every day we come across deaths caused by accidents. The cars and the lorries speed their way through narrow lanes with a terrible speed. Some of the drivers are often drunk. Some are inexperienced. I suggest some busy roads may be marked for One way roads. Speed brakers must be put up at important junctions. Driving licences must be issued with great care. All wrong drivers must be severely punished. Yours faithfully, xxxxxxxx

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You find beggars everywhere. They come across your way, tease you and pester you. There is no way out for this nuisance. Write a letter to the Editor of a prominent daily complaining against the ever increasing beggars in your town. Yousufguda, 13thDecember, 2009. From: Regd. No.... Park Lane, Yosufguda. To The Editor, The Hindu, Somajiguda, Hyderabad. Sir, I request you to take this letter as a protest aganist the ever increasing nuisance caused by beggars. All of us are aware that the beggars live on the hard toll and sweat of others. They are seen at every busy place stretching their hands. Some of them suffer from contagious diseases. Some are child lifteres and gold chain snatchers. Its time that the beggars were eliminated. Let the Government come out with a legislation prohibiting begging and also declaring it a crime. I hope every sensible citizen agrees with me. Yours faithfullly, Regd. No.xxxxxx

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Write a letter to your friend enclosing a birthday present : Kakinada, 04.12.2009. My dear Krishna, I wish you many happy returns of your birthday. I hope, dear fellow, you will live for many years. I have been thinking what I should send you as a present. Knowing that you are very much interested in photography, I am sending you the Sony Handy Camera. I hope you will make use of it. With all regards, Your dear old friend, xxxxxxx Address: Mr. P. Krishna, S/o. Mr. P. Ravi Kumar, Ameerpet, Hyderabad.

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Write a letter to the Postmaster complaining about the irregular delivery of letters. Nellore, 26.12.2009. To The Post Master Head Post Office, Nellore. Sir, I am a resident of Rajiv street. I receive letters everyday from friends and companies. The postman of our locality is irregular. He is careless. He throws away the letters into our compound. If it rains, they will get wet and become unreadable. Sometimes they are blown away. he does not care to open the gate, come in, tap our door and deliver the letters. In fact I have missed several letters. I doubt whether he is tearing them off. I request you either to shift him to your office or give him some other unimportant work. I am sorry to place this complaint before you. Hope you will take prompt action in this regard. Yours faithfully, xxxxxxxx My address: xxxxxxx, 12/3, Rajiv Street, Nellore.

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Write a letter to your friend inviting him to attend your sisters marriage in Hyderabad next week. Malakpet, Hyderabad, 10.12.2009. My dear Suresh, I am doing fine. Hope you are doing well. Here is some good news to you. My elder sister, Kavithas marriage will be celebrated here at Function plaza on 16th of this month. The bridegroom is a close relative of our family. He is a Software Engineer. I request you to attend the function without fail along with your parents. Convey my regards to your parents. With best wishes. Your loving friend, xxxxxxxx Address: Mr. R. Suresh S/o. Mr. R. Rama Swamy, 4-10, Gandhinagar, VIJAYAWADA.

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Write a letter to the Chairman of the Zilla Parishad requesting him repairs to the road leading to the local hospital. Narasapuram, 20-12-2009. From Regd. No. Durga Nagar Colony, Narasapuram, To The Chairman, West Godavari Zilla Parishad, Eluru. Sir, I am a resident of Durga nagar colony of Narasapuram. I am the secretary of the colony welfare association. I would like to bring the following to your consideration. The government hospital is located in the outskirts of our town. The road leading to it comes under Zilla parishad. It has many ups and downs. The surface of the cement road is peeled off. There are not holes and ditches. During rainy season water gets stagnated in low lying areas. There has been many accidents also. The patients are facing a lot of difficulty to reach the hospital. Our earlier appeals to repair the road have not been attended to. Hence I request you to take personal interest in this regard and see that the road is repaired immediately. The residents of our colony are ready to offer Shramadan. Hope to hear from you soon. Yours faithfully, xxxxxxxx

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Write a ltter to the Editor, THE HINDU, daily news paper, describing the incident and suggesting some measures to prevent such incidents in the future. Hyderabad, 4th September, 2009. From Regd. No. Uppal, Hyderabad. To The Editor, The Hindu, Tank Bund Road, Hyderabad. Sir, I am resident of uppal. Through this letter I want to bring to the notice of the authorities concerned and the young boys towards eve teasing girl students in public places. Yesterday when I was waiting for a bus, I found a group of college boys teasing the girl students at the bus stop. They heckled and jeered at the girls. When I tried to warn them, they spoke to me in rude manner. But luckily some good people came to my rescue. They sent the boys away. I request the police authorities to take severe action against the eve-teasers. Police in mufti can check this type of misbehaviour to certain extent. Young college boys should treat the girl students as their sisters. Then only such incidents can be averted. Thanking you, Yours faithfully, xxxxxx

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Your young brother is studying in a city college. He is staying in the college hostel. Last week your father got his progrress report which showed poor progress. Your father has asked you to write a letter to your brother asking him to study hard. Write a letter.

Ravulapalem, 25.12.2009. My dear brother, I hope you are healthy. Father has told me about you. He also showed me your progress report. It clearly shows that you failed in chemistry and score just average marks in other subjects. I dont like that my brother should be so backward in studies. It is not yet too late. Work hard and dont waste time. If necessary, take extra coaching in any tutorial institution. I want you to do the best. It is our duty to make our parents happy. Rest is O.K. Your loving brother, xxxxxx Address: Mr. M. Rajesh, Room No. 204, Nagarjuna Hostel, University Campus, Visakhapatnam - 2.

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Exercises on (Letter Writiing) :

1. Write a letter to your Headmaster/Principal, requesting him to issue yuour Transfer Certificate (TC), conduct certificate and study certificate - reason - your father is transfered to some other place and you are leaving this village/town. 2. Write a letter to your Headmaster/Principal, requesting him to grant you leave on Medical grounds and condone shortage of attendance. suffering - typhoid - doctors advice - bed rest - one month - grant leave - condone shortage of attendance. 3. Write a letter to your Headmaster requesting him to grant you leave for three days you are going to Annavaram on pilgrimage with your family members. Annavaram - Vratham date/day - leave - three days. 4. Write a letter to the Sales Manager, Orient Longman Publishers, Narayanguda, Hyderabad, requesting him to send books you require by VPP. 5. Write a letter to the Sales Manager, Gujarathi of your town/stationers/requesting him to send cello ball pens, long notebooks, school bags etc., for your School Co-operative store for sale among your school students. You are the Secretary of the coop store. Stationery items - quantity (number required) - cost - discount to allow - send by railway parcel/SRMT lorry service. 6. Write a letter to your Headmaster/Principal apologizing for being rude to your class teacher. Period - day - subject class - rude to teacher - answering - apologize - not to repeat hereafter. 7. Write a letter to your Headmaster/Principal requesting him to organize an educational tour to Hyderabad and Srisailam Project/Nagarjuna Sagar Project. 8. Write a letter to your pen friend in USA describing an Indian Village life - especially life in your village. Your penfriends address - 64, Washington Avenue, New York, USA. Village name - location - population - types of trades - agriculture - lakes - hills - river etc., - temple etc-schools etc - bus-road, rail-road facilities - nature peaceful. 9. Write a letter to your pen friend in USA describing a Hindu marraige; your friend lives at 44, George Avenue, Washington DC, USA. Marriage - customs - rituals - arrangements - purohit - chanting mantras - tying sacred knot - mangalasutra - talambralu - feast etc., 10. Write a letter to your friend describing the educational tour taken up by your school in which you took part. start-where - when - first place reached - interesting sites visited - second place - sites return - your feelings. 11. Write a letter to your friend describing a football match/cricket match played in your town in connection with Zonal/inter-school games and sports event. 12. Write a letter to your father requesting him to send a sum of Rs. 500/- for the educational tour taken up by your school authorities. educational tour details - places - its importance - date/day-start - return - money required.
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13. Write a letter to your friend extending invitation to your birthday party. birthday - date/day - party time - venue. 14. Write a letter to your friend inviting him to attend your elder brothers/sisters marriage. wedding day - date/time - venue - request to come. 15. Write a letter to your uncle/aunt requesting him/her to attend your birthday party. day/date - time - venue. 16. Write a letter to your uncle/aunt thanking him/her for the nice gift presented to you on your birthday. gift - its usefulness - how you like it (e.g. a camera) what your friends said about the gift. 17. Write a letter to your younger brother/sister in an AP Residential School giving advice. study well - behave well - good manners - obedience to teachers - bring good name - get good rank. 18. Write a letter to your friend telling him about your future plans. intermediate course - group - EAMCET - Engineering/medicine/Degree course - Group-I services/IAS/B.Ed/teacher - your aims and ideals - service to the society etc., 19. .............to your friend asking him/her to tell about his/her future plans. He/she has completed Intermediate course. 20. ..........to your ZP Chairman requesting him to lay pucca road to your village and provide link with the nearby town. 21. ...........to the Sub-inspector of Police of your town-theft - cycle or motor bike - place - date, time - description of the bike - special features - request to trace it and recover. 22. ...............to the Tahsildar of your Mandal requesting him to set up a fair price shop in your locality. number of families in the locality below poverty line - need for provisions. 23. ..............to the Mandal Education Officer, requesting him to enquire into the irregularities in the functioning of mid-day meal programme in your school. cooks group - self-help group team - workers - no hygiene - not enough rice - dal etc - no egg etc., 24. ...........to the Mandal Development Officer, requesting him to sink a borewell in your locality. number of families - water source far away - borewell - necessity. 25. ...........In the inter-school/zonal games and sports meet your school teacm has won cricket cup and you have won four medals in four sports events like 100 mt, 200 mt, long jump and high jump - write a letter to your friend sharing your joy and tell him your ambition. 26. .............do - write to your elder brother who is studying in the University. 27. An accident occured right infront of your school on the road - a Bolero/Qualis vehicle passengers going to Tirupathi - hit by cement load lorry - several people injured. Write a letter to your friend describing him the accident and how you helped the victims phoning up 108 service.
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28. An accident took place on the road in your village - a car hit a standing lorry - steel rods passengers returning from Yadagirigutta/Annavaram several people seriously injured. write a letter to your uncle describing to him the accident and how you helped the injured passengers - with your friends - calling 108 ambulance service. 29. -do- write a letter to the Editor of Hindu/Deccan Chronical about the accident - failure of the R & B department in widening the road - drivers not caring for the rules of the road. 30. ............to the Collector and Disctrict Magistrate of your District requesting requesting him to enquire into the irregularities taken place in the distribution of patta lands to the poor people in your village. 31. ..............to the Editor of Hindu/Deccan Chronicle appreciating the services of Arogyasri Pathakam of the AP Govt. People in the village - heart disease - liver problem - costly treatment - provided - Arogyasri - thanks to the Govt. 32. ...........to the Editor of a newspaper appreciating the on-line provision of scholarships to meritorious students of SC/ST/BC communities - give examples of beneficiaries. 33. You scored well above 500 marks in the SSC public examination and secured admission in the IIIT at Idupulapaya, Kadapa. Write a letter to your friend telling him about your achievement and your ambition - about the facilities in the Institution - lecturers etc - thank the Govt. 34. -do- write a letter to the Editor of a newspaper appreciating the scheme - a boon to the rural students - especially students coming from poor families. 35. ...........to the Tahsildar of your Mandal to enquire into the irregularities in the supply of Rs. 2/ - Kg rice and other provisions - fair - price shop dealer of your locality. 36. ...........to the Postmaster of your locality complaining about the non-receipt of a money order sent by your father a week ago. 37. ...........to the Sub-Inspector of Police requesting him to arrange patrol party in your colony at night locality/colony name - frequent robberies - fear - catch thieves - give protection request. 38. Write a letter to the Superintendent of Police of your District requesting him to provide a police picket in your village. village name - faction - groups - violence - murders give protection - people live in terror. 39. ...........to the Sub-Inspector of Police complaining about eve-teasing near the bus-stop in your locality - bus - stop - girl students - boarding bus - college - nearby town - gang of rowdies - eve - teasing request - send Mahila Police constables - arrest. 40. ..........to the Branch Manager, State Bank of India of your locality to set up an ATM counter in your locality. SBI - far away - locality - number of customers - facing difficulty - especially old pensioners - set up ATM.
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41. .........to the Editor of a newspaper about Balakarmika Vyavastha - Nirmulana. Children - under 14 - working in fields - hotels - building construction - without proper education - merits of educated society. 42. .........to the Tahsildar of your Mandal Complaining about the irregularities taking place in the implementation of PM Rozgar Yojana in your village. 43. .........to the Commissioner of your Municipality requesting him to provide water tap connection to your house - locality name - house number - water tap - amount required payment - chalan - give connection. 44. ...........to the Executive Officer of your village Panchayat requesting him to provide sanitation facilities in your ward - such as drains - dustbins - explain the present unhygenic surroundings prevailing in your ward. 45. ...........to a pen-friend in England describing to him the celebration of Dasara/Deepavali festival in your house and also in the community. Festival - month - puranic story behind the celebration - new clothes - food items preapred - decorations made - people - pray - temples - peace and happiness (pen friend lives at 14, Baker street, London, England) 46. After your brilliant success in the SSC examination you have become a student of the IIIT, Idupulapaya, Kadapa - a prestigious institution Write a letter to your father describing to him the campus - facilities - hostel rooms - library, laboratory etc., - faculty (lecturers) - hostel food - friends from different parts of Rayalseema - how happy you are - fulfilment of your ambition. 47. ........to your friend about your excursion to Hyderabad. days of the excursion - places such as - Lumbini park, Hussain Sagar, Necklace Road, NTR gardens, Salarjung Museum, Osmania University, Golconda Fort, Charminar Macca Masjid etc., how you enjoyed. 48. .........to your friend about how you spent your summer holidays in Vishakhaptnam with your uncle and aunt and their children. summer holidays - uncles house locality - visit - sea-shore - Andhra University - sea - port - airport - zoo - summer climate - enjoyed happily. 49. .........to a friend how Rajiv Arogyasri Pathakam helped your father - by-pass surgery Apollo Hospital - Jubilee Hills - Hyderabad - expensive medicines - high cost operation charges - best facilities and treatment - free under the scheme - lucky - thanks to the government. 50. ..........to the RTC Depot Manager of your district or division requesting him to provide extra bus for the college going students from your village. village name - college - twon - distance - travel by 7-seater auto - dangerous - bus timings at present not suitable - suitable time 8 am - extra bus - need - request - on behalf of nearly forty students going to Junior/Degree/Engg college in the town.
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