FORMATS GUIDE

REPORT

Report to : Principal, Crescent School

Report by: Hassan Ali , Senior Prefect / Cambridge 3, Crescent School

Date: May 3 , 2021

Dear Sir / Madam,

Subject:

Bullet points coverage

Signature

Full name

Senior Prefect / Cambridge 3

LANGUAGE FEATURES: FORMAL

NO DIRECT SPEECH IS ALLOWED FOR A FORMAL REPORT OR FORMAL ACCOUNT

NEWS REPORT (for the publication in newspaper)

Factual and straightforward HEADLINE ( should be based on not more than seven
words)

By: Ahmed Ali

Sadiqabad

WEDNESDAY, MAY 14: first paragraph should be answering what , where, how , when and
why( ONLY IN ONE SENTENCE).

Second paragraph must be describing the incident in detail.

Inclusion of direct speech , direct words of an eye witness of the incident , is allowed.

Sentences which begin as it is stated , it is proposed , it is noticed are appreciated.

Third paragraph may be based on some apt suggestions written formally from your side.
 PLEASE CONSIDER A NEWS REPORT OR A REPORT MEANT FOR PUBLICATION IN A NEWSPAPAER IS
VERY TECHNICAL FOR ALL ASPECTS IN THE FORMAT I MENTIONED ABOVE. FOLLOW THE FORMAT
VERY CAREFULLY.

ARTICLE

An article for Time magazine

Headline

Caption

By: Ahmed Ali

Cambridge 3/ Lahore

LANGUAGE FEATURES : INFORMAL

FORMAL ACCOUNT

ACCOUNT FOR POLICE INVESTIGATION

Account to: The Police Officer , Liberty Police Station , Lahore

Account by : Ahmed Ali , liberty , Lahore

Date : May 9 , 2021

Dear Officer/ Sir,

Title/ Subject

Bullet points coverage

 Signature

Full name in bold letters ( AHMED ALI)

House 10 , Street 15 Haider Chowk , Liberty

Contact number: 0333124567

Email: ahmedali@outlook.com

CNIC : 17645098

LANGUAGE FEATURES: FORMAL

INFORMAL ACCOUNT ( IT MAY BE MEANT FOR PUBLICATION IN SOME MAGAZINE)

Title

By: Sara Ali

Cambridge 3/ Lahore

LANGUAGE FEATURES: SEMI FORMAL OR INFORMAL BASED ON NATURE OF TOPIC

INFORMAL ACCOUNT MAY ALSO BE GIVEN AS DIARY PAGE

DIARY PAGE (YOU MUST NAME YOUR DIARY AS I HAVE WRITTEN FLUFFY HERE)

Monday , 8th MAY , 2021

Dear Fluffy,

LANGUAGE FEATURES: INFORMAL

SPEECH

“GOOD MORNING EVERYONE”

“………………………………………

……..

“………………………………………..

……….. SPEECH MARKS TO BE CLOSED WITH LAST PARAGRAPH ONLY

USE OF SEMIFORMAL FEATURES IS THE BEST APPROACH.

SPEECH MAY HAVE FORMAL , INFORMAL , SEMIFORMAL TONE OF WRITIG DEPENDING ON THE
AUDIENCE AND NATURE OF TOPIC.
 USE OF RHETORICAL QUESTIONS , EXCLAMATION MARKS AND ADDRESSING THE PERSON BY
HIS NAME FOR SWITCHING BETWEEN THIRD PERSON TO SECOND ( FROM HE TO YOU) ARE THE
AREAS OF SPECIAL FOCUS.

FOR A VERY INFORMAL SITUATION , YOU MUST INCLUDE INFORMAL LAGUAGE FEATURES PURELY
TO MAKE IT IMPACTFUL AND INTERESTING

YOU MAY CLOSE SPEECH AS

“ THANK YOU”

INFORMAL LETTER

Sender’s address House no: 10

Street 11

Nation power township

Maleer, Karachi

Dear Anna,

Bullet points coverage

Love,

Ahmed (first name only)

LANGUAGE FEATURES : INFORMAL

FORMAL LETTER

House no. 12

Street no. 15

Area township

Liberty , Lahore

Date: May 5, 2021

Mr. Hassan Ali

Managing Director

Star power plants

Lahore

Dear Sir,

Subject:

Bullet point coverage

Yours faithfully

Signature

Raza Ali (full name)

LANGUAGE FEATURES : FORMAL

LETTER TO EDITOR ( LETTER FOR PUBLICATION )

House no: 10

Street no: 12

Chowk township

Liberty, Lahore

Date: May 8, 2021

The Editor ( name of editor is not mentioned)

Dawn newspaper

Lahore

Dear sir,

Subject: A request for the publication of letter

Title

( please, write down the opening lines specifically given for a suitable and required starting of such
letters. I am writing them again )

I am writing this letter in response to the article / letter published in your newspaper on Tuesday, May
10, and raised disadvantages of online classes .I strongly oppose that concern and will put forward many
advantages of the online education .

I am writing this letter to raise a truly important concern raising the disadvantages of online schooling to
draw the attention of readers towards this matter through the esteemed papers/ columns of your
newspapaer.