Personal Notes

[Link] best friend has invited you to his birthday party tomorrow afternoon but you are unable
to attend to his birthday party because you have an examination on that day. Write a note to
your best friend informing this.

[Link] are going to celebrate your 15th birthday party this week. Write a note inviting your
best friend.
Include - [Link] date time and the venue of the party
[Link] your best friend to bring his camera
[Link] his brother too

[Link] have to stay at the school for the cricket practices today afternoon but you forgot to
tell about this to your mother. Write a note to your mother informing about this.

[Link] school has organized a debate competition for the school students. Write a note
inviting to your best friend who is studying in a near by school in your area for this debate
competition.
Include - [Link] ,time and the venue of the competition
[Link] the participants
[Link] the awards

[Link] have to go to meet your friend Nisal to discuss about a cricket match which you are
going to organize next week but your mother is not at home at the moment. Write a note to
your mother informing about this.
Include - [Link] and where are you going
[Link] will you return
[Link] your mother to come to pick you up

[Link] went to your friend Kasunʼs house to return his English note book but when you go
there he was not at home. Write a note to put to his letter box informing that you came to return
your book and he was not there.

[Link] forgot his science note book at Malanʼs home yesterday. Write note to Malan
requesting him to bring it to school. Mention where you kept it.

[Link] are interested in joining an English camp with your best friend after the examination.
You went to his / her place to talk about it but your friend was not at home. Write a note to be
left in his / her letter box telling him / her about it. Use about 40 – 50 words.
Include – [Link] you came
[Link] you came

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 [Link] him / her to call back

[Link] friend Rani is going abroad for higher studies this weekend. You are unable to see
her before her departure. Write a note to be sent to her with her small present.
 Express your happiness on the news
 Apologies for not meeting her
 Ask her to accept the present

[Link] are the secretary of the English literary association of your school and the monthly
meeting of it is held today but you have received a message from your mother , asking you to
come home early because your father is admitted to the hospital. Write a note to your assistant
secretary mention the following in your note.
 Regret your inability to attend the meeting
 Why you are unable to attend
 Request to the dayʼs proceedings

Notices
[Link] are the secretary of the Young Artistsʼ club of your school. Your club has organized an
Art exhibition. Write a notice to be put up on the school notice board inviting the teachers and
the students to see the exhibition.
Include - date , time , venue , name of the exhibition

[Link] you are the secretary of the Health club of your school. Your club has organized a
Shramadana campaign to eradicate dengue. Write a notice to inform all the members to
participate in the campaign. Ask them to bring any suitable equipment with them.
Include - date , time , venue , name of the exhibition

[Link] are the secretary of the ʺ Ever Green Club ʺ of your school. You have organized a tree
planting campaign in your school. Write a notice to be put up the notice board. Use about to
40-50 words. Include the following
- The date and time - Plants will be provided - Request everyone to take part

[Link] are the secretary of your school English literary association. You are going to organize
an English Day Celebration in your school. Write a notice to be put up in the notice board
informing your school students. Include the following
- Date - Time -Venue - Purpose - Chief guest

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[Link] English club in your school has organized a workshop on ʺ English For Everyone ʺ to
be held in the main hall of your school. Write a notice informing about the workshop. Use
about 40 – 50 words. Include the following
- Date - Time - Participants - Purpose of the workshop - Venue

[Link] are the secretary of the English Essay Club of your school. You have organized an
essay competition on the topic of ʺ Let us protect the environment ʺ. Write a notice for the
school notice board giving information about this competition and inviting all the students from
grade 6 to 13 to participate in the competition. Use about 40-50 words. Include
- Closing date to send essays - prizes for the winners

07. Imagine you are the secretary of the social services club of your village and you are going
to organize a blood donation camp to help the local hospital of your area. Write a notice to be
displayed on the notice board inviting all the villagers to participate in the event. Use about
50-60 words. Include the following
- Date - Time - Venue

[Link] that you are the secretary of the ICT club of your school. You have invited
[Link] , a lecture of Colombo University , to deliver speech about ʺ ICT and Our
Future ʺ. Write a notice , inviting all the grade 10 & 11 students. Include
- Date - Time - Venue - Purpose - Speaker

[Link] are the secretary of the ʺ Nature Club ʺ of your school. You have organized an
exhibition on ʺ Sustainable Development and Our Responsibilities.ʺ to celebrate the 10th
anniversary of the nature club. Invite the teachers , Pupils and parents to the exhibition . Use
40-50 words. Include
- Date - Time - Venue - Chief guest - Purpose

[Link] are the secretary of the sports club of your school. The opening ceremony of the new
swimming complex of your school will be held on 15th March 2021. Write an invitation to put
on the notice board of the school inviting all the students , parents and past pupils to participate
in the opening ceremony. Use about 40 – 60 words.

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[Link] are the secretary of the Nature Club of your school. You have planned to go on a field
visit to Yala National park to observe the behavior of animals. Write a notice to put on the
notice board of the school inviting all the members of the club to join it. Include
- Date of departure - Things to be brought - Permission letter of a parent

[Link] lost your school bag in the playground after sport practices. Write a notice to display
in the school notice board. Use 40-50 words. Include the following details.
- A description of the bag - The date it was lost - The contents
-Where it should returned to if found

[Link] lost your sports bag somewhere in the school on English Day of your school. Write a
notice using about 50 words to be put up on the school notice board informing everyone about
the bag. Use about 40 – 50 words. Include the following.
 What , when and where you lost it
 Description of the school bag , colour , material , size and its contents
 How to contact you

[Link] lost your school bag somewhere in the school on English Day of your school. Write a
notice using about 50 words to be put up on the school notice board informing everyone about
the bag. Use about 40 – 50 words. Include the following.
 What , when and where you lost it
 Description of the school bag , colour , material , size and its contents
 How to contact you

[Link] lost your wrist watch in the school premises. Write a notice to inform everyone about
it and give necessary details.

[Link] walking in a park in your neighbourhood you found a school bag containing some
test papers and some library books. Write a notice using about 50 words to be put up on park
notice board asking the owner to identify and collect it from you. Include the following . Use
about 40 – 50 words.
 What , when and where you found it
 Description of school bag , colour, material , size and its contents
 Owner to claim
 How to contact you

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[Link] found a Sinhala English Dictionary lying on the floor near the school library. Write a
notice using about 50 words to be put up on the park notice board asking the owner to identify
and collect it from you.

Invitations
[Link] an invitation to the MOH – The medical officer of health at the school area inviting
to conduct the guest lecture at the DENGUE awareness program organized by the Health
Club of the school.

[Link] an invitation to all teachers , students , old boys and parents for the DENGUE
awareness program organized by the Health Club of the school.

[Link] an invitation to the Officer in Charge of the Police Station of your area inviting to
deliver the guest speech at the prefectsʼ investiture – 2020 on the topic ; ʺ How to become a
leader ? ʺ You may write this as the principal.

[Link] art society of your school has organized the ʺ Annual Art Day ʺ. You are the
secretary of the art society. Write an invitation to your principal and teachers for the
event. Use about 50 words. Include the following
 Name of the function
 Date , time and venue
 The chief guest
 Special events of the programme

Describing Graphs and Charts

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[Link] following bar chart shows the favourite subjects of grade 11 students of Seewalee Maha
Vidyalaya. Write a description about the bar graph.

[Link] following bar graph shows the favourite TV programmes of some students.

1- News
2- Sports
3- Cartoons
4- Discovery
5- Dramas

Write a report about the studentsʼ favourite programmes using the following guidelines.

more , most , none , a few , some

[Link] following bar graph shows the popular forms of entertainments among a set of
teenagers. Study the graph and write a brief description. Use the following words

majority , minority , most , least, lowest, highest, equal

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05. The following bar chart shows where people like to spend their holidays. Study the chart
and write a paragraph on it, in about 100 words.

06. The following graph shows how many pupils have passed Mathematics in Kurulu M.V.
Study it and write a report on it.

[Link] following pie chart shows what the students of your school like to read. The information
is given in percentages. Study the chart and write a description about it. The following words
will help you. Use about 100 words.

majority , minority , lowest percentage , highest percentage , equal amount

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[Link] following table tells you where 125 students in your school like to study Examination.
Write a description based on the information given in the table. Use about 100 words.

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