I-5 For all promising CA Professionals it is imperative to develop formal writing skills which will not only help them to clear their Business Correspondence and Reporting paper in CA foundation course but also enhance their career skills. This comprehensive book is for CA founda tion students based on the latest Syllabi of ICAI. THE ORGANIZATION OF THE BOOK: The book is divided into four parts for the purpose of clarity and better Partunderstanding.I:Focuses on Communication Skills. Part II : Focuses on grammar Part III : Focuses on Comprehension passage and Note Making Part IV : Focuses on business writing skill Each Chapter is supplemented with word examples, test questions and Quick revision section for thorough learning. DR. C.B. GUPTA ANURADHA SINGH toPrefaceThirdEdition
I-7 PAGE Preface to Third Edition I-5 PART I COMMUNICATION CHAPTER 1 : Communication Skills 3 PART II SENTENCE TYPES AND WORD POWER CHAPTER 2 : Sentence-Structure and Types 19 CHAPTER 3 : Direct and Indirect Speech 45 CHAPTER 4 : Active and Passive Voice 58 CHAPTER 5 : Vocabulary Building 80 PART III COMPREHENSION PASSAGES AND NOTE MAKING CHAPTER 6 : Comprehension of Unseen Passages 141 CHAPTER 7 : Note Making 159 PART IV DEVELOPING WRITING SKILLS CHAPTER 8 : Basics of writing 181 CHAPTER 9 : Precis writing 198 CHAPTER 10 : Article writing 238 CHAPTER 11 : Report writing 247 Contents
PAGE CHAPTER 12 : Writing formal Letters 271 CHAPTER 13 : Writing Formal E-Mails 342 CHAPTER 14 : Resume Writing 357 CHAPTER 15 : Business Meetings 400 Mock Test Paper 1 425 Mock Test Paper 2 435 Mock Test Paper 3 (Unsolved) 443 SOLVED EXAMINATION PAPER: December 2021 447 SOLVED EXAMINATION PAPER: June 2022 457 I-8
Subordinate or Dependent Clause : A subordinate clause does not make complete sense on its own. It is dependent on the main clause. However, it consists of a subject and a predicate, For example : She has a ring which is made of diamonds This is the place where Himalaya was buried.
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The words in italics are the subordinate clauses. As they on their own do not make complete sense and are dependent on the main clause She has a ring and This is the place.
A clause is a group of words consisting of a subject and a predicate. It can make complete sense on its own. It may or may not be part of a sentence.
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Main or independent clause : A main clause can stand by itself as a complete sentence and function as a simple sentence. It consists of a subject and a predicate. For example : She has a diamond ring Ashok lives in Dubai In the above examples, She and Ashok are subjects. Has a diamond ring and lives in Dubai are predicates Also, the whole clause makes complete sense.
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Grammar is the set of rules that govern the structure of language. Language evolves and changes over time. Knowledge of grammar helps in spoken and written communication. Three basic units which constitute the structure of language are - Phrase, Clause and Sentence. A phrase is a group of words that makes incomplete sense. It is a part of a sentence and cannot stand alone. It does not include a subject and a verb. For example. in the south a pink dress at ten o’clock
®TAXMANN 20 2.1 DEFINITION OF A SENTENCE 2.2 STRUCTURE OF A SENTENCE Illustration: A sentence consists of the following parts : PredicateSubjectHisThesisterflight
TAXMANN® 21 TheThis young lady The temperature in Gulmarg Direct Object breakfasttastybookmobilebook Indirect Object Rava his wife histhemmother Object of the Preposition the mouse ooty
®TAXMANN 22 Monika Monika Verbs knowranis i Finite Verbsisaregoesgo ii Non-Finite Verbs a Infinitive forgiveerr sing b Participle ing ed t
TAXMANN® 23 breaking news broken glass burnt log. c Gerunds gerund ing reading PaintingRunningPlayingdancing iii Auxiliary Verbsis was iv Modals Can Must Should Could Will Need to May Would Ought to Might shall Used to maycan
®TAXMANN 24 mightshould might v Transitive Verbstold fined licked vi Intransitive Verbssnag PhrasesiPrepositional Phrase toinhertraffic jam for the entire country describing noun object ii Noun Phrase
TAXMANN® 25 dark, foulasmokelotof office work at home a great place for a press confer ence iii Verb Phrasehave read was havereadingalready read must have been reading Complementsi SubjectbhajancomplementMagnificentsinger ii Object Complement member of the harmfulParliamenttohealth iii Verb Complementmyumbrella
®TAXMANN 26 2.3 TYPES OF SENTENCES Classification According to Function Declarative/Assertive Sentences Imperative Sentences express Interrogative Sentences
TAXMANN® 27 Exclamatory Sentences Classification According to Structure Simple CompoundSentencesSentencesnouns coordinating conjunctions
®TAXMANN 28 FANBOYS ran ComplexTheSentencesrobberran away he ran away She returned the computer after When , customers buy less clothing Since I think I’ll knit a warm sweater because
TAXMANN® 29 Conjunctions Conjunctions Relative Conjunctions ConjunctionsRelative Conjunctions Conjunctions Conjunctions Complex Compound Sentences laughed delightedly raining I left my house I had to attend an important meeting
®TAXMANN 30 Jay’s mother went to the store she bought him a present. The team captain jumped for joy the fans cheered Subject-Verb Agreement dog dogsplaysplay Rules for subject-verb agreement Polly loves The teachers want One is
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®TAXMANN 32 TEST QUESTIONS 1. Classify, the following sentences as simple, compound, complex and compound complex. iiiiiiivvvi heavily viiivii wears pillion ixx 2. Identify the types of sentences: viiiviiiiiiiiivvviixx
TAXMANN® 33 xiiixiixixivxv 3. Identify the sentences: 4. In each of the following items, sentence A is complete, but sentence B is not. Complete sentence B, making it as similar in meaning as possible to sentence A. Write down sentence B in each case. Example : Answer :
®TAXMANN 34 viiiviiiiiiiiivvviixx 5. In each of the following items, sentence A is complete, while sentence B is not. Complete sentence B, making it as similar in meaning as possible to sentence A. Write down sentence B in each case. Example : Answer : iiiiii
TAXMANN® 35 viiiviiviivv 6. Fill in each blank with a suitable word. (Do not write the sentence) : viiiviiiiiiiiivvviixx 7. In each of the following items, sentence A is complete, while B is not. Complete sentence B, making it as similar in meaning as possible to sentence A. Write down sentence B in each case. AnswerExample iii
®TAXMANN 36 iiiivv 8. Fill in each blank with a suitable word. (Do not write the sentence). hbacdefgij 9. In each of the following items, sentence A is complete, but sentence B is not. Complete sentence B, making it as similar in meaning as possible to sentence A. Write down sentence B in each case. Example : Answer : iiiiiiivv
TAXMANN® 37 viiiviiviixx 10. Fill in each blank with a suitable word. (Do not write the sentence) : 11. In the following passage fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given in brackets. (Do not copy the passage, but write in correct serial order the word appropriate to the blank space) :
®TAXMANN 3812. In each of the following items, sentence A is complete, but sentence B is not. Complete sentence B, making it as similar in meaning as possible to sentence A. Write down sentence B in each case: Example : Answer : viiiviiiiiiiiivvviixx 13. Fill in earn blank with a word which is appropriate. (Do not write the sen tence) :
TAXMANN® 39 14. In each of the following items, sentence A is complete, but sentence B is not. Complete sentence B, making it as similar in meaning as possible to sentence A. Write down sentence B in each case. AnswerExample: viiiiiiiiivvvi 15. Correct the following sentences: ba
®TAXMANN 40 hdcefgi 16. Complete the following with correct forms of verbs: dbac ANSWERS OF TEXT QUESTIONS Ans. 1. i ii iii iv v vi vii viii ix x Ans. 2. i ii iii iv v vi vii viii ix x xi xii xiii xiv xv Ans. 3.
TAXMANN® 41 Ans. 4. viiiviiiiiiiiivvviix Ans. 5. viiiviiiiiiiiivvvi Ans. 6. i ii iii iv v vi vii viii ix x
®TAXMANN Ans.42 7. iiiiiiivv Ans. 8. a b c d e f g h i j Ans. 9. viiiviiiiiiiiivvviixx Ans. 10. Ans. 11. Ans. 12. iii
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Rs. : 575 | USD : 38 AUTHOR : C.B Gupta , Anuradha Singh PUBLISHER : TAXMANN DATE OF PUBLICATION : July 2022 EDITION : 3rd Edition ISBN NO : 9789356223103 NO. OF PAGES : 474 BINDING TYPE : PAPERBACK Business Correspondence & Reporting (BCR) | Study DescriptionMaterial ORDER NOW This book is prepared exclusively for the Foundation Level of Chartered Accountancy Examination requirement. It covers the entire revised, new syllabus as per ICAI. This book is divided into four parts: · Part I – Focusing on Communication Skills · Part II – Focusing on Grammar · Part III – Focusing on Comprehension Passage & Note Making · Part IV – Focusing on Business Writing Skill The Present Publication is the 3rd Edition for CA-Foundation | New Syllabus | CA-Foundation | New Syllabus | Dec. 2022/June 2023 exams. This book is authored by Dr. C.B. Gupta & Anuradha Singh, with the following noteworthy features: · Strictly as per the New Syllabus of ICAI · [Simple & Lucid Language] has been used throughout the book to present the subject matter · [Topic-wise Coverage] and presentation of concepts · [Includes Word Examples, Test Question & Quick Revision Section] for thorough learning · Coverage of this book includes: Practice Questions from the ICAI Past Exam Questions till June 2022 Exam | Memory Based · [Student-Oriented Book] The authors have developed this book, keeping in mind the following factors: Interaction of the authors with their students, with specific emphasis on difficulties faced by students in the examinations Shaped by the authors' experience of teaching the subject matter at different levels Reactions and responses of students have also been incorporated at different places in the book
