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Std 10 English Writing Skills Practice Games (SSC Section V)

Std 10 English › Writing Skills

In short: Section V Writing Skills carries 20 marks: five tasks of 5 marks each, with an either/or choice in every task. Most marks are lost on format (date, subject, dateline, title) and missed cues, not on weak English. These games train exactly those habits.
(लेखन कौशल्य विभाग २० गुणांचा आहे. बहुतेक गुण फॉरमॅट आणि सुटलेल्या मुद्द्यांमुळे कमी होतात.)

Letter · Information Transfer · Speech · News Report · Story · Checklists

How Section V is marked

Task Marks Choice
Letter Writing 5 Formal OR informal
Information Transfer 5 Non-verbal to verbal OR verbal to non-verbal
Speech / Dialogue 5 Speech OR view-counterview / dialogue
News Report / Expansion 5 News report OR expansion of an idea
Story / Experience 5 Story OR narrating an experience

Mark splits inside each task vary by moderator. Follow the model answer key your teacher shares.

🎮 Writing Skills Practice Games

Play every game below. All five writing tasks score together, so check your total and stars at the end! (सर्व खेळ खेळा आणि शेवटी तुमचे गुण पाहा.)

✉️ 1. Letter Writing (5 marks)

Remember: block format, every line starts at the left margin. Date in full: 24th October, 2026. (प्रत्येक ओळ डाव्या समासापासून सुरू करा.)

🧩 Put the letter in order

👉 Tap the parts of a formal letter from top to bottom.

Parts of a formal letter

  1. Sender's address
  2. Date
  3. Receiver's designation and address
  4. Subject
  5. Salutation (Sir / Madam)
  6. Body (3 short paragraphs)
  7. Closing (Yours faithfully)
  8. Name and signature

🔍 Be the Board moderator

🗂️ Will the moderator accept this, or cut marks?

Correct or mistake?

Date written as 24th October, 2026
Date written as 24/10/26
Subject: Irregular water supply in Shivaji Nagar
Indenting the first line of every paragraph in a block-format letter
Closing a complaint to the Commissioner with “Yours lovingly”
Copying the cues as bullet points in the body
Using every cue in full sentences

🔗 Match the purpose to the phrase

🎯 Tap a letter purpose, then the phrase that suits it.

Purpose ↔ useful phrase

⚡ Quick quiz

👉 Tap the correct answer.

Which date format should you use in the Board exam?

Answer: Write the date in full. Short forms like 24/10/26 lose the format mark.

A letter to your friend Asha begins “Dear Asha,”. How should it close?

Answer: Informal letters close warmly. Keep “Yours faithfully” for letters that begin with Sir or Madam.

A formal letter begins “Sir,”. How should it close?

Answer: Sir / Madam goes with Yours faithfully.

📊 2. Information Transfer (5 marks)

Remember: give a title, cover every branch, write full sentences joined with linkers. Don’t add your own points. (प्रत्येक मुद्दा पूर्ण वाक्यात लिहा.)

🧩 Build the paragraph

👉 Turn the web diagram “Uses of Trees” into a paragraph. Tap the lines in order.

Uses of Trees: put the paragraph in order

  1. Title: Uses of Trees
  2. Trees are very useful to all living things.
  3. Firstly, they give us oxygen and clean the air.
  4. In addition, they provide fruits, wood and medicine.
  5. Moreover, they give shade and prevent soil erosion.
  6. Thus, we must protect trees and plant more of them.

🔍 Sentence or fragment?

🗂️ Full sentences earn marks. Fragments are just copying.

Sort each line

Trees – shade
Trees give us cool shade in summer.
fruit, wood, medicine
Birds and animals make their homes in trees.
oxygen + clean air
Trees stop the soil from being washed away.

🗺️ Pick the right diagram

🗂️ For verbal to non-verbal: which diagram suits this information?

Choose the diagram type

Steps to make a cup of tea
Types of transport (land, water, air), each with examples
Marks of 3 students in 4 subjects
Uses of water

⚡ Quick quiz

👉 Tap the correct answer.

What do students forget most often in information transfer?

Answer: Write the title first, before anything else. It is an easy half mark.

You know an extra fact that is NOT in the diagram. What should you do?

Answer: Extra points earn nothing and waste time. Transfer only what is given.

In verbal to non-verbal, what goes inside the boxes?

Answer: Diagrams use short keywords. Sentences inside boxes lose marks.

🎤 3. Speech / View-Counterview / Dialogue (5 marks)

Remember: a speech talks to people. Greet them, ask a question, use we and you, and thank them at the end. (भाषणात श्रोत्यांशी थेट बोला.)

🧩 Put the speech in order

👉 Topic: Save Water. Tap the parts of the speech in order.

Save Water: speech order

  1. Respected Principal, teachers and my dear friends,
  2. Today I am going to speak on saving water.
  3. Can we imagine even one day without water?
  4. We waste water by leaving taps open and washing vehicles daily.
  5. Let us all promise to close taps and reuse water.
  6. Thank you.

⚖️ View or counterview?

🗂️ Topic: Mobile phones should be allowed in school.

Sort the arguments

Phones help students find information quickly.
Phones distract students during lessons.
Parents can contact children in an emergency.
Costly phones make some students feel left out.
Students can use learning apps for revision.
Students may use phones to copy in tests.

⚡ Quick quiz

👉 Tap the correct answer.

View: “Online classes save travel time.” Which counterview answers THIS point?

Answer: A counterview must argue the same point as its view. This one is also about time.

Which line makes a speech sound like a speech, not an essay?

Answer: Addressing the audience and asking a rhetorical question earns the appeal mark.

Which is the correct way to write a dialogue line?

Answer: Dialogue writing uses the speaker’s name, a colon and the exact words. Keep lines short.

📰 4. News Report / Expansion of Theme (5 marks)

Remember: headline, byline, dateline, then a lead paragraph that answers who, what, when, where and why. Past tense, no I. (बातमी भूतकाळात आणि तृतीय पुरुषात लिहा.)

🧩 Put the news report in order

👉 Tap the parts of a news report from top to bottom.

Parts of a news report

  1. Headline
  2. Byline (By our Staff Reporter)
  3. Dateline (Kolhapur, 23rd October, 2026:)
  4. Lead paragraph (who, what, when, where, why)
  5. Body with details and a quote
  6. Conclusion (what happens next)

🔍 Find the 5 Ws

🗂️ Lead: “The students of New English School planted 500 saplings in the school grounds on 22nd October, 2026 to mark Environment Week.”

Which W does each part answer?

the students of New English School
planted 500 saplings
on 22nd October, 2026
in the school grounds
to mark Environment Week

⚡ Quick quiz

👉 Tap the correct answer.

Which is a correct dateline?

Answer: City, full date, then a colon. A missing dateline is the most common lost mark.

Which sentence belongs in a news report?

Answer: Reports are third person and fact-first. “I” turns it into a story.

Expanding “Health is wealth” needs meaning, an example and ___.

Answer: Meaning → example or short story → lesson. Repeating the proverb in other words is not expansion.

📖 5. Story Writing / Narrating an Experience (5 marks)

Remember: title, the given line copied exactly, a problem and a solution, and a moral. Plan before you write so the ending isn’t rushed. (आधी कथेचा आराखडा करा.)

🧩 Build the story

👉 Ending: “…and from that day, Raju never told a lie again.” Tap the story lines in order.

Raju’s story: put it in order

  1. Raju was a village boy who loved cricket.
  2. One day his ball broke the school window.
  3. Afraid, he told the teacher that Sameer had done it.
  4. Sameer was punished, and Raju felt terrible.
  5. At last Raju went to the teacher and told the truth.
  6. …and from that day, Raju never told a lie again.

⚖️ Story or experience?

🗂️ Which task does each rule belong to?

Sort the rules

Develop it from a given beginning or ending
Write in the first person about something that happened to you
End with a moral
End with what you learnt or felt

⚡ Quick quiz

👉 Tap the correct answer.

Which moral suits Raju’s story?

Answer: Raju learns that lying hurts others. Write the moral on its own line at the end.

The question gives you an ending line. What must you do with it?

Answer: Changing the given line, even slightly, loses the mark for it.

Only 3 minutes left and your story is half done. What is best?

Answer: A short, finished story scores more than a long, unfinished one.

✅ Before you hand in your paper

Open each checklist and tick it in your head before the bell. (उत्तरपत्रिका देण्याआधी ही यादी तपासा.)

✉️ Letter checklist
  1. Every line starts at the left margin.
  2. Date in full: 24th October, 2026.
  3. A clear subject line.
  4. Every cue used in a sentence.
  5. Closing matches: Yours faithfully / Your loving friend.
📊 Information transfer checklist
  1. Title written.
  2. Every branch covered (count them).
  3. Full sentences, no fragments.
  4. At least 3 linkers.
  5. Nothing added from outside.
🎤 Speech / View-Counterview checklist
  1. Greeting at the start, thank you at the end.
  2. At least one question to the audience.
  3. Used we and you.
  4. Every cue covered.
  5. Each counterview answers its view.
📰 News report checklist
  1. Headline, byline and dateline.
  2. Lead answers who, what, when, where.
  3. At least one quote.
  4. Past tense, no I.
  5. Ends with what happens next.
📖 Story checklist
  1. A title.
  2. Given line copied exactly.
  3. A problem and a solution.
  4. Moral on its own line.
  5. Past tense all through.

Keep practising

Done with writing? Revise your chapters with Std 10 chapter question answers and games, then try the lesson-wise online tests and past papers.