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Classified advertisement

(1)Some of the classified advertisements are:

Situation vacant
Situation wanted
Matrimonial
Lost & Found
For sale and purchase of property / vehicle / house hold goods etc.
To Let
Missing persons / pet animal
Travel and Tours

(2)Main characteristic of classified advertisements

Categorized into column according to different classes.
Space, more economical
Written in short phrases and words
Language: simple and concise

Situation vacant
 Begin with ‘wanted’ or ‘Required’
 Name of the company, post and no of vacancies
 Age and sex of the candidate
 Qualification and experience
 Other details
 Pay scale and perks
 Mode of applying
 Contact address and phone no.

Situation Vacant

Wanted a smart, confident PA/Stenographer for a leading export house.

Qualification graduate, age 25-30 yrs, typing speed 40 w.p.m. Preference to
those who can handle computer. Salary negotiable. Apply with complete Bio-
data before 15-10-2022 to Secretary, Orient Export House, M. H. Nagar,
Chennai – 670001, Phone 04423423845
 Situation Wanted

A first class B Tech civil Engineer from Calicut university seeks a job in or
around cochin. Presently working with a private firm in Calicut. Salary expected
25000. Please contact. Rajesh Kumar – Shastri Nivas- Kannur (Dt.) Phone 0497
- 2786003

Lost and Found

 Begin with ‘lost ’ or ‘found’
 Specify item
 Brief physical description.
 When / where lost or found.
 Reward if any
 Contact address and phone no.

Lost and Found

Lost a black coloured VIP suitcase model no 555, 38 x 30 contain important

documents related marketing, left in bus no. DL-p 6778 on Delhi to Jaipur route
on 10th September. Kindly contact Purmal Singh Ph No. 9419284539

 For sale
 with for sale/purchase etc
 Type of accommodation / vehicle /article / household items.
 Brief physical description
 Contact address & phone number.

Car for Sale

For sale Maruti 800 DX, 2000, white, sparingly used, scratch less, self driven,
stereo-fitted, beautiful upholstery, excellent condition, no expense, rate
negotiable. Contact Amit Sharma , 25677900
To Let

 Begin with ‘wanted’ or ‘Available’

 Type of accommodation
 Brief description
 Rent expected
 Contact address & phone no.

To Let

Available on rent Anand Vihar Colony First Floor 2/3 bedroom, well furnished
and ventilated, facing Park, car Parking, walking distance from main market.
Reasonable rent. Contact. H. R. Meena 1A /23, Anand Vihar 278810017

žMissing person/pet animals

 being with ‘missing’
 brief physical description;
 For Person:name, age, height complexion, built, clothes and other
identifying features
 for pet-name, age, colour of fur and other identifying features
 since when/ from where missing
 Reward
 Contain address and phone no.

Missing Person
Missing a boy, Santosh Kumar, 15 years, 5’5”, fair slim built wearing black t-
shirt and white paints, since 10-09-2022 from Kota railway station. Finder will
be duly rewarded. Inform Kota police station phone no. 0744-220010 or A.K.
Sharma H.B road Kota phone no. 0744-220007

žTravels and Tours

 Begin with’ package available’ etc

 Name of travel agency
 Destination and duration
  Details of package-food/ boarding/lodging/sightseeing etc
 Cost and discount if any.
 Contact address and phone no.

Travel and Tours

Attractive package available for Manali and Ooty, 5 nights/4 days, breakfast and
dinner, stay at 5 star hotels, sight-seeing included. Rs 10000 per head. Special
discount for booking till 10th November 2006. Contact blue star travel and tours.
Chennai. 044-288000555

MATRIMONIAL

 Begin with Wanted/Alliance or Proposal invited.

 Educational/Professional Qualifications.
 Age, height, complexion, build.
 Qualities sought in partner.
 State boy/girl.
 Service/Profession — income.
 Caste/subcaste — religion.
 End with Box No C/o the daily.

Question:

You want a match for your highly qualified brother who is an IT professional settled in London.
Write a suitable advertisement in the ‘Matrimonial’ column of a national daily.

MATRIMONIAL

Alliance invited for a very handsome, tall and cultured IT professional 29 years, 180 cm tall
NRI settled in London as CEO of a reputed firm. Exceptionally beautiful, highly educated
and cultured girl between 21 and 25 and at least 5’-4” tall. Only status Punjabi families.
Box 867 B, The Times of India, New Delhi.

HOMEWORK
1. AK International School is looking for a receptionist for the school. Write
an advertisement in 50 words on behalf of the administrative office in the
classifieds column of a local newspaper giving necessary details.
2. Arun Gupta of Shimla has a good knowledge of touristic places in Shimla.
He wants to work as a touristic guide. Draft a suitable advertisement in 50
words for publication in Situation Wanted column of a local newspaper.

3. You are Manish Pant. You lost your passport. Draft an advertisement to be
published in the Lost and Found column of a local daily.

4. You have recently constructed a house with all facilities in a posh area. You
have got a foreign assignment and will be going abroad soon and you wish to
sell your house. Draft a suitable advertisement to be published in For Sale
column of a local newspaper.

5. You own a commercial flat suitable for an office/bank. You wish to rent it
out. Draft an advertisement in 50 words to be published in ‘Times of India’,
under the classified column.

6. You are Poonam/Prateek Gupta of 70, Chandni Chowk, New Delhi. Your
pet dog Buzo is missing. Draft an advertisement in 50 words to be published in
the Missing Pets column of a local newspaper.

7. Venus Travels, 99 Ansal Chambers II, Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi,
offers attractive at Chali for 2 nights/3 days in Rashi Resorts at concessional
rates. Draft an advertisement for ‘Travels & Tours’ column of The Times of
India, New Delhi.

8. You want a match for your highly qualified daughter. She is heading the
Sales and Marketing team for Microsoft India. Write a suitable advertisement
in the ‘Matrimonial’ column of a national daily.