Subject – English
Class – XII

There will be One question paper of 100 marks.

Section A – Reading- 12 Marks

1. One long passage followed by three short-answer questions and two vocabulary questions    3×3=9

(Short Questions)                                                                                                         1.5+1.5=3(vocabulary)

Section B – Writing- 20 Marks

2. Report writing/Note making and summary                                                     05
3. Essay/Article.                                                                                                                 10
4. Letter to the Editor/complaint letters                                                           05

Section C – Grammar- 28 Marks

5. Ten Questions (MCQ /very short answer type questions) on Narration, Synthesis, Transformation, Syntax,

     Idioms and Phrases/Phrasal verbs,  synonyms, Antonyms, one word substitution, Homophones.                                                                                                                                                                                                                             2×10=20
6. Translation from Hindi to English.                                                              08

Snapshot – Supplementary Reader – 15 marks

11. One long answer type question. 07
12. Two short answer type questions. 4+4=8

Prescribed ContentHORNBILL (Text Book)

Prose1. The Portrait of a Lady
2. We’re Not Afraid to Die……….if We Can All Be Together
3. Discovering Tut: The Saga Continues
4. Landscape of the Soul
5. The Ailing Planet: The Green Movements’ Role

6. The Browning Version
7. The Adventure
8. Silk Road

 Poetry-

1. A Photograph
2. The Laburnum Top
3. The Voice of the Rain
4. Childhood

5. Father to son

SNAPSHOTS (Supplementary Reader)

1. The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse
2. The Address
3. Ranga’s Marriage
4. Albert Einstein at school
5. Mother’s Day

6. The Ghat of the only World
7. Birth
8. The Tale of Melon City
Note- No book has been prescribed for grammar. Students can select any
book recommended by the subject teacher.

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