English with Sathish!

  Write a letter to the Editor of a newspaper about the nuisance created by the roadside vendors blocking the pavements and occupying the parking zone.   From Lakshmanan, 456, Bharathi Nagar, Sivakasi - 626 123 30 April, 2020 To  The Editor, The Hindu, 5, Nehru Street, Madurai. Sir,  Sub: Requesting to publish the encroachments issue in your daily - Reg.  I am writing this to be published in your daily so that an immediate solution for the issue. The West Street is in the heart of our city and it is one of the busiest streets. This road leads to bus stand and often there is heavy traffic. A vegetable market is on the road and the passage to ply becomes narrow as the both sides of the road is encroached upon by roadside vendors. They also occupy the parking lot meant for two wheelers. The scene becomes more chaotic in the peak hours. Many a times the traffic becomes congested. The students and office-goers are unable to reach their destination on time.  I re...

Write a letter to AZ Company requesting them to replace the defective juicer that you bought recently. Include the following details:  the problem, date of purchase, receipt number, model and warranty.  From S. Pauline, 765, West Street, Sivakasi To AZ Electronics, 22, Tamil Nagar, Chennai. Sir, Sub: Requesting to replace the defective juicer – Reg. I bought a juicer last month which was manufactured by your company. The model name is "Turbo" and the receipt number is 12467. The juicer came with the warranty period of one year.  It worked well during test run in the shop. At home, it stopped working suddenly after twenty days of its purchase. I tried a lot to make it work but it was of no use. It was operated properly and there was no chance of mishandling the machine. I am very disappointed with the product and I am shocked as your company is known for its quality products.  I have enclosed a copy of the purchase bill and warranty card along with this letter. I ...

  From S. Ashwin, S.R. No. 80476, Thoothukudi.   18 March, 2022.   To HRM, Regional Office, Tamilnadu Grama Bank, Thoothukudi.   Sir, Sub: Reply to the declining of leave and requisition for sanction of the same – Reg. With reference and reply to the letter dated 17/03/2022 stating the declining of my leave requisition, I write this letter.                 The reason for my leave requisition is genuine and I am suffering from severe back pain. I am advised by a doctor not to travel so as to cure the ailment. I have attached doctor certificate to substantiate my cause. I humbly request you to consider my health issue and sanction the leave which I have requested.   Thank you,   Yours truly, S. Ashwin.

  "From A Railway Carriage"                          - Robert Louis Stevenson Answer the following questions. 1. What does ‘charges along like troops in a battle’ mean? The phrase ‘charges along like troops in a battle’ means when the train moves fast it seems like the sudden attack of soldiers at the enemies in the battlefield.   2. What word could best replace ‘charges’ in the poem - marches, rushes or pushes? “Rushes” could be the best word to replace the word “charges”   3. Why does the child clamber and scramble? The child clambers and scrambles to pick berries from the bushes   Think and Write. (Paragraph answers)   Write a paragraph about 50 words describing the scenes that the poet passed by. The poet passed by the bridges, houses, hedges and ditches, meadows, hills and plains. He had a glimpse of painted railway stations. He noticed a child climbing and gatheri...

  "From A Railway Carriage"                         - Robert Louis Stevenson Read the lines and answer the questions given below.   1. Faster than fairies, faster than witches,   Bridges and houses, hedges and ditches;   a.      What is faster than fairies and witches? The train is faster than fairies and witches.   b.      Why does the poet mention ‘bridges and houses, hedges and ditches’? Where are they? The poet mentions them because we can see them during the travel by train. They are on the way of journey.   2. Here is a child who clambers and scrambles,        All by himself and gathering brambles;   a.     Where do you think the child is? The child is in a place with plants and bushes   b.     What does ‘gathering brambles’ mean? ‘Gathering br...

Reply letter to Mangai..  23, Ashwin Nagar, Thoothukudi. 25 February, 2022 Dear Mangai, I am fine. How about your family members? I would like to visit your new house soon. It must be so colourful and homely. I am very happy that you have got a friend whose interest is much like ours. I know that you are passionate about writing. I am filled with eager to read your story. I have taken up numismatics as a hobby. It is so interesting and educative. I shall show my collection when we meet.                 Convey my love to all your family members. Yours affectionately, Rosy. Address on the envelope To  S. M. Mangai, 15, Beach Road, Kanyakumari.

  A Birthday Letter                                 - Jawaharlal Nehru Explain the important elements of Nehru’s letter. When Indira was about to turn thirteen in 1930, Nehru wrote a letter wishing her on her birthday. Nehru wrote this letter from Central Prison, Naini. Nehru did not send any presents to Indira as he was in the prison. His presents are not a material or of a solid but his mind and spirit. So these cannot be stopped even by the high walls of prisons. He had always thought that the best way to find out what is right and what is not right, what should be done and what should not be done, is not by giving a sermon, but by talking and discussing. So Nehru disliked sermonizing. History tells us the great periods of great men and women in the life of nation. The ordinary men and women usually think of their bread and butter, their children and their household worries. When people become inte...