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Edit the letters given below:

1) A-21 Chanakyapuri
New Delhi
21th August 20XXDear Sanjay,
Your school (a) goes to be closed for the summer vacation (b) for next Monday, (c) Here, you
will have a lot of time at your (d) dispersal. I (e) hence invite you to spend some days with
me. My mother will (f) happily see you. Let me (g) to know. I will be there (h) in the station to
receive you.
Yours affectionately
Mukesh

2) The Editor
The Times of India
New Delhi 20th March 20XX
Sub: Fast food causing health hazardSir,
Through the columns of your esteemed newspaper, I wish (a) enlighten the general public
(b) for the health hazard being (c) causing by eating fast food that has become so popular
(d) by the younger generation. The junk food (e) is ready available (f) on various outlets in
the city. So it attracts people of all ages without making (g) him even pause to think about (h)
their harmful effects.
Yours affectionately
Ramesh

3)The Director
CIEFL
Hyderabad
Sub: Cancellation of Mr Mehta’s lectureSir,
This is (a) inform you and (b) every other distinguished guests (c) on CIEFL, that the guest
lecture by Mr. Jubeen Mehta (d) schedule for 20th April, 2012 (e) has cancelled due (f) on
unavoidable circumstances. The lecture will now be (g) hold on 25th April, 20XX at 10:00
a.m. Please make it convenient to attend the lecture (h) along your team.
Yours faithfully
B. Balasubramaniam

4)House No.34
Block-VII
Vasaiit Kunj
New Delhi
20th February, 20XX
The Editor
The Hindustan Times
New Delhi
Sub: Control the growing populationSir,
I (a) want write this letter to make people aware (b) at the alarming situation (c) in that India
finds itself to day. The (d) grow population has made mockery of all our development
programmes, (e) Many population means more mouths to feed. Our natural resources are (f)
be exhausted every year. We have to control this growing population (g) for any cost. The
earlier, the (h) best it will be. Let us stop it at the earliest.
Yours faithfully
Rampal

5)12, Birsa Munda Nagar

Ranchi
20th March, 20XXDear Sachin,
You (a) will glad to know that our school (b) was organising an educational tour (c) on Agra.
Agra is (d) a old historical city. It has many monuments of the Mughals. (e) A Taj Mahal is
one of the most beautiful (f) monument of the world. The Mughal emperor Shahjahan (g) get
it built in the memory (h) for his beloved wife Mumtaj.
We will miss you in Agra.
Yours sincerely
Raja
6)10 Civil Lines
Agra
10th March 20XXDear Akbar,
I am (a) shock to learn that you have started (b) smoke again. It is very (c) shocked indeed.
Don’t you know that smoking (d) kill you (e) slow ? It can (f) caused cancer and many other
(g) disease. I request you to give up (h) smoke
for good.
Yours sincerely
Salim

7)10 Civil Lines

Imphal
10th March, 20XXDear Rupesh,
(a) Receive your letter. I am glad that you have (b) give up the company of bad boys. Dear
friend, you (c) can know that a man is (d) know by the company he keeps. Always try (e) to
have friend with good boys. Try to avoid the company (f) with bad boys. All of (g) we must be
ladies and gentlemen (h) what we grow up.
Yours sincerely
Ramesh

8)The Editor
The Hindu
Chennai
20th March, 20XX
Sub: Plight of the pedestrians.Sir,
Through the columns of (a) you esteem daily, I want to highlight the plight (b) at the
pedestrians. In India, pedestrians are (c) leave to die at their own fate, (d) Everybody cares
for them. First of all, footpaths are not (e) proper maintained. The vendors think it (f) his birth
right to encroach (g) in the footpaths. Where will the poor pedestrians go? No body (h) know
where.
Yours faithfully
Ramalingam

9)50 Refuge Camp

X.Y.Z. City
10th March, 20XXDear Simon,
I am writing this letter (a) on the Refugee Camp. We (b) are taken shelter here after fleeing
(c) for Mozambique. It was really a (d) terrify journey through the famous Kruger Park. We
could not walk fast (e) hence we were tired. When we (f) reach the camp, we felt a sigh (g)
on relief. We were away from our country but we could live (h) on peace here.
Yours sincerely
William

10)The Editor
The Indian Express
Ranchi
12th May, 20XX
Sub: Misuse of technologySir,
I would like (a) on express my deep concern and anxiety (b) in the misuse of technology that
can harm the present day youth. The youths of today can (c) easy become prey to
technology if they (d) misused it. They can harm (e) they health. They (f) were generally
addicted to gadgets like TV, mobile phones, Ipods etc. Their excessive use is harmful (g) for
the physical as well as mental health of our young men and women.I hope they start (h) use
technology only judiciously.
Yours faithfully
Ram Munda

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