Section A

Reading Skills

1. Reading Comprehension through Unseen Passage – 20 Marks

2. Discursive passage of 400-450 words. – 10 marks

3. 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

• Determiners

• Tenses

• Modals

• Subject – verb concord
  Practice MCQs Online

• Reported speech
  Commands and requests
  Statements
  Questions

  Accurate 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

• 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)

• 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

• One extract out of two, from Drama / Prose.

• 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

1. 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)

2. 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)

3. 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)

4. 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)