Report Writing

A report is a brief account of an event that has already taken place.

The report helps in recording the events of importance that occur in
our day-to-day life. It attempts to present the firsthand information
of an incident or event. A report of an event presents a record of
events that took place. A report of an event includes one’s ideas,
opinions and impressions about the event.

♦ Points to Remember:

 Mention the place, date, time and other relevant facts about the
event.
 Include information collected from the people around or affected
by the event.
 Write the name of the reporter.
 Provide a suitable title/heading.
 Write in past tense.
 Write in reported speech and use passive form of expression.
 Develop ideas (causes, reasons, consequences, opinions) logically.
 Write in a less formal and more descriptive manner, while writing a
report for a school magazine.
 Present your ideas and impressions to make the report interesting.

♦ Marks will be awarded for:

1. Title
2. Reporter’s name
3. Content
4. Expression: Accuracy + Fluency
Question 1.
You are Sweety/Suresh of L.M. Jain School, Ajmer. As Secretary
of your School Co-curricular Activities Club, you visited a slum
area in your city where the people suffered a great loss of life
and property in a massive fire. The students of your school
rendered their services and material help to the victims. Write a
report in 100-125 words for your school magazine. (Delhi 2010)
Answer:

Students Service To Victims Of Fire

By: Sweety
L.M. Jain School

14th February, 20xx. A major slum area in Vilas Nagar was gutted
by a massive fire on 10th February, 20xx. The fire whose exact
cause is still not very clear caused extensive damage to life and
property. Ten persons lost their lives, many were injured and
about two hundred people were rendered homeless. Our school
joined and relief to the victims. The students of our school got
together and collected food packets, old clothes, medicines,
utensils, etc. to be distributed to these homeless and helpless
people. Ten students and three teachers personally visited this
slum area to ensure proper and fair distribution of the items that
had been collected and thus provided some relief to these
unfortunate people in their time of crisis and misery.
Question 2.
Recently your school held a Seminar on Conservation of Water as
a part of World Water Day celebrations. As the School Pupil
Leader of Maryland School, Gurgaon, write a report in 100-125
words for a local daily. Sign as Pritham/Preeti. (Delhi 2010)
Answer:

Seminar On Water Conservation

By: Preeti
Maryland School,

Gurgaon 16th March, 20xx, Gurgaon: Our school organised a

seminar on ‘Water Conservation’ as part of the World Water Day
Celebrations on 13th August, 20xx. The main aim of this seminar
was to remind us all about the need to save the government and
the non-governmental organisations in providing help water as it is
a precious source imperative for our survival distinguished
environmentalists and eminent personalities were our guest
speakers and they reiterated the need not only of conserving
water but also spoke at length on how to conserve water by
stressing upon the fact that each drop of water is precious. Dr.
Yashraj, an eminent environmentalist, suggested rain-water
harvesting as one of the best ways to conserve water.

Using visual aids to highlight his discourse, he suggested that to

ensure availability of water for the future generations the
withdrawal of fresh water from an ecosystem should not exceed
its natural replacement rate. The seminar concluded on the note
that water conservation is the most cost-effective,
environmentally sound way to reduce our demand for water and so
each one of us must do our bit towards improving water
management to enhance optimum use of water.
Question 3.
Your school organised an exhibition-cum-sale of the items
prepared under Work Experience Certificate by your school
students. There was an overwhelming response from the public.
Prepare a report in 100-125 words for a local daily. You are the
Coordinator, S.U.P.W. activities, Nita School, Gurgaon.
Answer:

An Exhibition-Cum-Sale
By: ABC, Coordinator, SUPW Activities
Nita School, Gurgaon

3rd Aug. 20xx, Gurgaon. Our school organised an exhibition-cum-

sale of items prepared under Work Experience by our students on
the 31st of July in the school lawns. It was heartening to see the
overwhelming response our endeavour got from not only the
parents but also from the general public who showed a lot of
interest in the items made by the students. A wide array of items
such as candles, greeting cards, jewellery boxes, wooden
handicrafts had been prepared by talented students.

The students were really encouraged by the positive feedback

they got from everyone present. Our principal too was personally
present there all the time interacting with everyone. He
appreciated the students’ hard work and creativity and announced
that the money collected from the sale of items would be
donated to an old-age home in the vicinity of our school. Our
principal also decided that such initiatives would be taken up by
our school more frequently to motivate the creative students and
to help a noble cause.
Question 4.
Your state government has banned the use of plastic bags. Your
are Amarjeet, a reporter of The National Herald. Write a report
in 100-125 words on how the ban is being ignored and what
damage the indiscriminate use of plastic bags in causing to the
environment. (Comptt. Delhi 2010)
Answer:

Environment Unfriendly Polybags

By: Amarjeet, Staff Reporter
The National Herald

In the year 2002 the government had banned the production and
use of plastic bags in our country. But unfortunately, these are
now being widely used again everywhere. Not only are we using a
huge number of polybags daily but we are also discarding them in
our drains uncaring about the fact that they will block the flow of
drain water. Polybags are also a threat to our environment. They
cause pollution, kill wildlife and are responsible for using up the
natural resources of the earth. They are one of the main factors
that litter the landscape. If burnt, they will infuse the
surrounding air with toxic fumes.

The main problem of plastic bags is that they are non-

biodegradable. The decomposition of plastic takes around a
thousand years, so with the plastic rubbish produced each day it
is likely that this problem will never be solved. While the
government works out ways to lessen the impact of polybags on
the environment each one of us too should shoulder some
responsibility for this problem that ultimately harms us all.
Question 5.
You are Ramesh/Rani, Sports Secretary, Government Senior
Secondary School, Chandigarh. Last Monday an inter-school
twenty-over cricket match was played on your school ground.
Write a report in 100-125 words on the match.

Inter-School TwentyOver Cricket Match

Ramesh, Sports Secretary,

Govt. Senior Secondary School, Chandigarh 17th January, 20xx.

Last Monday an inter-school twenty over cricket match played in
our school grounds between Kendriya Vidyalaya, Sector-4 and
Central School, Sector-37. It was one of the most thrilling match
that we all had seen as the winner was decided only after the last
ball of the match had been bowled. Kendriya Vidyalaya won the
toss and chose to bat. They set a target of 130 runs in twenty
overs for the opposition team who beat them in the last ball of
the match by hitting a boundary which took their score to 131
runs. Central School had to make ten runs in the last two balls in
order to win. Their star batsman ABC scored a six followed by a
fantastic boundary to take his team to victory. It was a great
match with a nail-biting finish and all the spectators present
there thoroughly enjoyed watching it.
Question 6.
A major bus mishap which left several people seriously injured
took place at Nicholas Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai. Luckily no
life was lost. Collect the information from the eyewitnesses and
send a report in 100-125 words to ‘The Nungambakkam Times’.
You are Vinod/Vinodhini, a reporter. (Delhi 2011)
Answer:

Bus Mishap
Vinod, Staff Reporter

The Nungambakkam Times 14th February, 20xx: A major bus

mishap took place at Nicholas Road in Nungambakkam, Chennai
yesterday at about 10 a.m. It resulted in serious injuries to
almost twelve of the twenty-five passengers who were on board
the bus. Luckily though, there was no loss of life. An eyewitness
accounts how the high speeding bus overturned when it took a
sharp turn in an attempt to avert a collision with a truck that was
coming in the wrong direction.

The authorities have arrested the truck driver for his negligence.
The bus driver could not be taken into custody for overspeeding
as he is admitted in hospital with grievous injuries. The state
government has announced a compensation of? 25,000 for those
seriously injured and ‘10,000 for those whose injurious are not
very serious. A state-level inquiry has also been ordered into the
mishap.