Section A
Reading Skills
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Reading Comprehension through Unseen Passage – 20 Marks
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Discursive passage of 400-450 words. – 10 marks
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Case-based factual passage (with visual input- statistical data/chart etc.) of 200-250 words. – 10 marks
(Total length of two passages to be 600-700 words)
Multiple Choice Questions / Objective Type Questions/Very Short Answer Questions will be
asked to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, inference, evaluation and
vocabulary.
Section B
Writing Skills and Grammar
Grammar – 10 Marks
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Determiners
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Tenses
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Modals
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Subject – verb concord
Practice MCQs Online -
Reported speech
Commands and requests
Statements
QuestionsAccurate use of spelling, punctuation and grammar will be assessed through Gap Filling/ Editing/Transformation exercises. Ten
out of twelve questions will be attempted.
Writing Skills – 10 marks
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Writing a Descriptive Paragraph (word limit 100-120 words), describing a person /
event / situation, based on visual or verbal cue/s. One out of two questions to be answered.
(5 marks)
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Writing a Story (on a given cue/title) / Diary Entry, in 100-120 words. One out of two
questions is to be answered. (5 marks)
Section C
Language through Literature – 40 Marks
Reference to the Context 5+5 = 10 Marks
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One extract out of two, from Drama / Prose.
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One extract out of two, from poetry.
Multiple Choice Questions / Objective Type Questions will be asked to assess interpretation,
analysis, inference, evaluation, appreciation and vocabulary.
Short & Long Answer Questions
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Four out of Five Short Answer Type Questions to be answered in 40-50 words from the book
BEEHIVE to assess interpretation, analysis, inference and evaluation. (4×3=12 marks)
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Two out of Three Short Answer Type Questions to be answered in 40-50 words from the book
MOMENTS to assess interpretation, analysis, inference and evaluation. (3×2=6 marks)
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One out of two Long Answer Type Questions from BEEHIVE to be answered in about 100-
120 words to assess creativity, imagination and extrapolation beyond the text and across the
text. This can also be a passage-based question taken from a situation/plot from the text.
(6 marks)
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One out of two Long Answer Type Questions from MOMENTS, on theme or plot involving
interpretation, extrapolation beyond the text and inference or character sketch to be
answered in about 100-120 words. (6 marks)