2nd
PUC ENGLISH WORKBOOK ANSWERS STREAMS PARAGRAPH WRITING/EXPANSION
B. PARAGRAPH
WRITING/EXPANSION
A
paragraph is a distant passage, relating to one idea.
Essential features of a
paragraph:
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The first sentence gives an introduction to the subject.
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The paragraph should have a logical sequence of thought.
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It should consist of an introduction, a body and a suitable
conclusion.
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One sentence leads to another, making for a coherent
paragraph.
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Linkers can be used in order to connect ideas to form a
meaningful paragraph.
I. Read the following
outlines and expand into paragraphs. One has already been done for you.
TREES
ARE OUR BEST FRIENDS
Boon of life – help to satisfy our basic
necessities – air, water, food, clothing, shelter – provide oxygen – absorb carbon
dioxide – retain humidity – attract rain – prevent soil erosion – trees and
plants provide food – provide many other useful items – reckless deforestation
– world can become a desert shortly.
Trees are necessary
for the ecosystem and human survival. This is because they contribute to
fulfilling our basic necessities like air, water, food, clothing and shelter.
In fact, trees provide the much-needed oxygen, the elixir of life, as they
absorb carbon dioxide and retain humidity. Not only do trees attract rain, but
also prevent soil erosion. Besides providing food, they also are a source for
many other useful items. But, it is rather unfortunate that merciless
deforestation still persists. However, if this continues unchecked the world
will soon be reduced to a desert.
II. Expand the following information into a
paragraph.
A) Anti – firecracker campaign – students –
last Diwali/ Ganesha festival drastic drop in air and noise pollution – NGOs –
interactive sessions – skits and street plays – rallies – creating awareness of
» harmful effects of firecrackers – fight against child labour in hazardous
conditions – monitoring pollution – Say No to fireworks.
Our country for a
very long time has been practicing commending celebrations with fire crackers.
Many anti-firecracker campaigns have been familiar developing to spread
awareness of the harm done by crackers. Students played a functioning job last
Diwali festival against burning crackers. The rewards for all the hard work
were seen at the time of Ganesha festival as very few crackers were exploded.
There was a checked drop in air and noise pollution and contamination. Numerous
NGOs also have taken up the reason. To make consciousness of hurtful impacts of
fireworks, the NGOs have coordinated intuitive meetings, productions, road
plays and energizes. The campaign, as it were, is a battle against child labour
additionally as firework plants utilize little kids. It is tragic that kids
need to work in such hazardous conditions. So let us boycott crackers,
monitoring pollution and say no to fireworks.
B) Technological development – beneficial to
making computer accurate – complex problem – human brain – intelligence –
feeding – buttons – useful in predicting natural disasters – useful in areas
like transport, office, industry – source of employment – may create
unemployment.
The present generation is a part of science and
technology. It is very difficult to witness a day without utilization of
technology. This is age of innovation. Man is presently really the expert of
machines. One of the wonders of technological development is the creation of
computers. Computers are helpful and beneficial in making information accurate
and solving complex problems. However they are the innovation of the human
brain, their insight outperforms human intelligence. We can make the computer
give us many pieces of useful information such as predicting natural disasters
by feeding relevant information, just pressing buttons.
Computers are
valuable and useful even in areas like transport, office and industry.
Computers can be viewed as a wellspring of work. Notwithstanding, as a single
computer can accomplish crafted by numerous men, computer might make the issue
of unemployment. This is the other side of innovative turn of events.
III. Using the hints given, expand each of the
following topics into a coherent paragraph:
1) Global warming
Climate change – greenhouse gases – human
activities – retreat of glaciers – melting of sea ice
Worldwide
temperature alteration is at peek. Global warming is the dangerous the risky
result of the climate change as of late. There is environmental unevenness that
is ecological imbalance attributable to the emission of harmful greenhouse
gases. The main driver of these destructive emissions is narrow minded human
activities. Human beings have become selfish and to fulfill their needs they
would do anything. Deforestation, urbanization, modernization have all prompted
pollution of the climate. Thus we have seen the retreat of glaciers masses and
the melting of the sea ice. Global warming proceeds with unabated, and soon
mankind will be nearly eradication.
2) Technology in everyday life
Role of technology – business, communication, human relationship (facebook) –
education – agriculture etc.
Technology has a
very important role in everyday life. After the industrialization that began in
the eighteenth century, the world has never thought back. There has been
innovative advancement in each circle of movement. In the fields of business,
communication, human relationship, schooling and farming, the job of innovation
is critical. Gadgets and computers have made deals simpler as well as extended
the skylines of systems administration through social networks. It's dependent
upon each man to utilize innovation carefully for his potential benefit as
opposed to turning into its slave.
3) Good reading habits
Reading – useful and meaningful habit – increases knowledge – expands
perception – gives happiness.
Reading is
significant in light of the fact that it develops your brain and gives you
excessive knowledge and illustrations of life. It assists you with
understanding things and surroundings better. It keeps your brain dynamic and
improves your inventive capacity. Reading works on your vocabulary and develops
your communication skills. Indeed, to be sure! Reading is a useful and
meaningful habit. Its benefits are double – crease. From one viewpoint on the
off chance that it builds information, on the other it increases knowledge and
perception. Yet, more than all the other things, the strength of reading lies
in the way that it gives the reader enormous happiness.
4) An exciting match that I witnessed
District level Kabaddi match – between my
district and neighbouring district – retained interest till end – victory
oscillated – ended in draw – tiebreaker used – my district emerged winner.
The game is played
with 20-minute parts. There is a five-minute half-time break when the groups
change sides. I can always remember the District Level Kabaddi match that was
played between my district local team and the neighbouring district. It was an
intriguing match since it retained the interest of the spectators till the end.
Nobody could check which group would win as both the groups were neck to neck
and victory oscillated between the two teams. At last it finished in a draw
prompting a sudden tie breaker round. My bliss exceeded all logical limitations
when my district team emerged triumphantly. It was genuinely what can be
portrayed as a nail-biting finish and we all completely enjoyed in the entire
match.
5) Travelling as a means of education
Travelling gives practical knowledge –
expands one’s mental horizons – widens perspectives – tool for acquiring life
skills.
An education trip
is very useful as it represents travelling gives practical knowledge. It
empowers the majority of the students to visit better places. What's more, an
educational trip improves the brain of student with information and widens
their standpoint. We all realize that simple perusing and composing doesn't
mean schooling. Education ought to be experiential learning on the off chance
that it must be viewed as evident training. It is in this situation that
travelling acquires significance. Travelling can be one method of getting
instructed. Rather than learning about any fort, isn't it better to go to see
that fort? Travelling gives functional information as well as extends our
psychological skylines. It widens our perspective and can be utilized as an
tool for acquiring life skills.
