NICMAR

Pune
ACM 34, Workshop Group 9

Written Assignment

Roll no – AP20396 Date – 24.11.2020

English for Report writing and Analytical writing

1) Use the notes to make sentences in the past simple or present perfect. The first one is
done for you.
a) Telephone costs/ rise/ since January

Ans. Telephone costs have risen since January

b) Sales/drop/at the beginning of the year

Ans: Sales has dropped at the beginning of the year.
c) Energy consumption/increase/ over the past 30 years
Ans: Energy consumption have increased over the past 30 years
d) Property prices/ go up/ last month
Property prices had went up the last month
e) Number of customers/grow/since 2014
Ans: Number of customers have grown since 2014.
f) Surprisingly/interest rates/ fall yesterday
Ans: Surprisingly the interest rates had fallen yesterday.
g) TBN’s share price/hit a low/ after the crash in 2009
Ans: TBN’s share price had hit a downfall after the crash in 2009.
h) Online bookings/double/since May last year.
Ans: Online booking have doubled since May last year.
i) Between May and July/ order volume/fluctuate
Ans: Between May and July the order volume have fluctuated.

2) Rewrite the sentences (b – i) to express the opposites.

a) Telephone costs have fallen since January

b) Sales has increased at the beginning of the year.
c) Energy consumption have decreased over the past 30 years.
d) Property prices had went down the last month.
e) Number of customers have decreased since 2014.
f) Surprisingly the interest rated had rose yesterday.
g) TBN’s share price had hit a growth after the crash in 2009.
h) Online booking have halved since May last year.
i) Between May and July the order volume were steady.

3) Punctuation.

Look at this part of a report. Identify the spellings and other punctuation errors.
Total projects worth more than INR 59000 billion are under development in India, most of which
would have been impacted severely by COVID-19. India’s goal of becoming a USD5 trillion economy
rests on the completion of critical infrastructure under the National Infrastructure Plan.

The Indian construction industry employs over 49 million people, close to 12 per cent of the nation’s
working population. Further it has a multiplier effect on nearly 250 allied industries. One of the
largest construction company in the country is spending about Rs.150 million per day to provide
support for 230000 plus laborers staying at labour camps and provide them with food, basic
amenities, wages, sanitation and medical facilities. With number of such companies supporting the
essential needs of laborers at sites and physical work progress on a standstill, this is adding to the
stress in the value chain

4) Report writing. Write on any one topic between 100 and 120 words.
a) Your college has just finished its campus placements and the entire senior batch has secured
placements. As you are an active member of the placement team, the placement officer has
asked you submit a report on the placement activity. Follow the report writing format of
Introduction/SOP, Body and Closing.
REPORT ON THE ANALYSIS OF THE PLACEMENT ACTIVITY
Introduction:
The purpose of this report is to share information regarding the placement activity of the
entire batch. I have discussed the issue with a number of placed candidates and the
companies which offered placements.
Student’s View:
Most students I interviewed are happy about the job offers but some common queries were:
 Need to arrange mock sessions
 Providing complete data to the students about all the company and packages
beforehand.
Company’s View:
Most company appreciated the placement procedure and the common suggestions
regarding the procedure are:
 Need more bright candidates.
 To increase the competitive level of the placement procedure.
Conclusion and recommendation:
Clearly, there are many suggestions but also everyone is satisfied so, I think the placement
procedure needs to be developed.

b) There has been a huge fire in your office. Your boss has asked you to make a preliminary
investigation for the cause of fire and its impact. You have visited the site, interviewed the
people and made notes based on your observation. Now, write a formal report (between
120 – 180 words) which you would submit to your boss.

Massive fire – many materials of plastic – short circuit fire – stormy winds worsened situation – living
hell – 50 cabins gutted (destroyed) – fire brigade reached late – many people evacuated – no loss of
human life – loss of crores – employees not trained in handling fire calamity – committee to set up
proposing future preventive measure