2nd PUC ENGLISH WORKBOOK ANSWERS STREAMS PARAGRAPH WRITING/EXPANSION

 

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:

·        The first sentence gives an introduction to the subject.

·        The paragraph should have a logical sequence of thought.

·        It should consist of an introduction, a body and a suitable conclusion.

·        One sentence leads to another, making for a coherent paragraph.

·        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.