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Select the best option to fill in the blank:
Beneath the title of a report, the _____________ is written. 

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  1. main character's name

  2. reporter's name

  3. protagonist's name

  4. poet's name

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A report is written in this order: title, name of the writer, date, followed by content.

Hence option B is correct.
The other options do not state the writer's name. It is the writer of the report whose name comes under the title. The main character, protagonist and poet do not write reports. Reports are descriptions of events or people, they do not have something like a main character or protagonist. Hence options A, C and D are wrong.

Which option is the best order of the elements in a report?

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  1. title, name of writer, date, content

  2. name of writer, title, date, content

  3. title, date, name of writer, content

  4. title, date, content, name of writer

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Correct Option: A

Which of the following is true of a report?
Choose the best option:

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  1. You should use persuasive elements

  2. You should use direct speech

  3. You should base your report on facts

  4. The facts in your report may not be accurate

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Option C: A report's main function is to convey information. That information must be factual and accurate. Hence, the report must be based on facts and option C is correct.

Option A: A report is of many kinds and serves various purposes. It can't be persuasive in nature,. An essay is designed to convince the reader of a research or theory, and not a report.
Hence it can not use persuasive elements.
Option B: A report should not be written in direct speech. It is designed to lay out information, including someone else's speech. It is not written in first person point of view, hence it won't use direct speech.
Option D: The facts in a report must be accurate. Reports are written to inform others about something or someone. Hence it must be true.
So, option s A, B and D are wrong.

Select the best option to fill in the blank:
The information in a report is usually written in order of ____________ . 

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  1. dates

  2. place

  3. detail

  4. importance

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Information is usually arranged in order of importance, with the most importance information coming first. Hence option D is correct.

Options A, B and C: Report writing does not consider the order of dates, place or detail.
Hence options A, B and C are wrong.

Choose the best option:

Which of the following should not be included in a report?

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  1. name of people affected by the event

  2. date of the event

  3. place of the event

  4. time of the event

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
The correct option is the one that should not be included in a report.
The date, place and time are all included in a report. Hence options B, C and D are wrong.
This leaves option A. It states that the name of people affected by the event should be included. But, the option is a bit vague. There must be several people, or hardly a couple. The names are not the focus of the report, but the event. Hence the factor relevant to the event - date, place, time are to be included, and not the names of people.
So, option A is the correct option.

Select the best option to fill in the blank:
In a report, the place and date of the event is placed ________________ . 

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  1. at the bottom of the report

  2. in one of the body paragraphs

  3. at the start of the introduction

  4. above the title of the report

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Correct Option: C

Select the best option to fill in the blank:
You should write __________________ while writing a report for a school magazine. 

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  1. in a more formal tone

  2. in a more descriptive manner

  3. is a less descriptive manner

  4. about your friends and classmates

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

School reports should be written with a detailed description of the event that they cover.

Hence option B is correct.
Options A, C and D: School reports are not written in a more formal tone, as the school environment is not as formal as an office environment.
They are written in a descriptive manner. An event must be covered in detail.
But, they aren't written on a personal level. Friends and classmates are not spoken about while writing a report. It's not an essay.
Hence options A, C and D are wrong.

Select the best option to fill in the blank:
A report should be written in the ________ tense.

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  1. present

  2. past

  3. future

  4. conditional

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Option B: A report is the detailed description of what happened, or it is about someone.

Hence it will be in the past tense, as the event has already taken place. Hence option B is correct.
Option A: It states an action that is happening at the moment. A report describes what has already happened.
Option C: The future tense describes an action that is yet to happen.
Option D: A conditional states a hypothetical action, which has not happened yet.
But, a report describes a past, real event.
Hence options A, C and D are wrong.

Select the best option to fill in the blank:
___________ speech is used while writing a report. 

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  1. Direct

  2. Reported

  3. Persuasive

  4. Informal

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
A report gives a description about an incident or event that has happened. Hence, it will be in past tense.
Option B: Reported speech reports an event or action that happened. It can report something said by someone. Hence option B is correct.
Option A: Direct speech reports speech by directly quoting the words spoken by the speaker. But, a report narrates what was spoken, and is in third person point of view. It does not express firsthand information.
Option C: A report can be persuasive but it is not written in persuasive speech. Reports are not written in persuasive speech. A persuasive speech is spoken and not written. Reports are written.
Option D: Reports can be informal, such as a report written in a workplace, but it is not written in an informal speech. Informal speech is one that you use with your friends or relatives, but not in a professional environment. Informal reports still have a formal diction.
Hence options A, C and D are incorrect.

You should not try to do which of the following while writing a report?

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  1. inform the reader about an event

  2. state the sequence of events

  3. base the report on facts

  4. persuade the reader to do something

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Options A, B and C: A report is written to convey information about a particular topic. Hence, it must be based on facts.

While reporting an event, it must lay out information on that event, by stating what happened and other importance details covering that event.
These options, hence, state things that should be done. The question asks for the option that should not be done while writing a report.
Hence options A, B and C are wrong.
Option D: A report should not be persuasive, but merely informative.
Hence option D is correct.