CBSE 12th English paper tomorrow; check these tips to score high
Rajni Pandey | Mar 1, 2019, 11:14 IST
NEW DELHI: Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will conduct the English subject examination for Class 12 students on Saturday, March 2, 2019. English subject is compulsory for all the streams in Class XII - Arts, Commerce and Science.
The CBSE Class 12 English paper is divided into different segments: Reading, Writing, and Literature & Long Reading texts. The students need to prepare for the exam since the beginning of the academic year to score high marks in annual examination. To score well in the exam, the students need to do well in each section of the paper.
Your exam preparedness process should include steps such as understanding the English paper pattern and the type of questions asked in the past and time-based preparation for each section.
Here are some of the tips that students can use to score high in 12th English Paper 2019:
1) Reading section
In this section of the English paper, you will find unseen passages of around 800–900 words. These paragraph can be of factual, descriptive or literary in nature. While reading the passage, you should keep highlighting important points with a pencil. Now, read the question asked based on these paragraphs. Highlighting important points while reading will decrease the time taken in finding the answer of the questions. Ideally, you should not take more than 10–12 minutes to solve para-based questions. There are around 19 questions in this section and the total marks is 30.
2) Writing section
The writing section consists of:
a) Short-answer type questions: Here you need to write short content for - advertisements, notices, posters, invitations etc. Try to show your creativity here
b) Letter types questions: Here you need to write business letters/applications. The tone of these letters are formal in nature and hence, you should practice for these kinds of letter every day to be prepared for the exam day.
c) Very long content: Here you would require to write long content such as - article, debate, speech etc.
However, the good part is that each of these questions will have options. Select the one you find easy to write.
An easy way to practice for the writing section is to refer to different types of content every day. Read newspapers, check advertisement content etc. Check how many words you can write and how much time it takes you to write. While writing, try to beautify and summarize each sentence.
3) Literature and Long Reading section
Literature and Long Reading is one of the most important sections of the English paper. The questions are based on various facts, stories, and poems. The best way to prepare for this section is to refer to your English textbook prescribed by the CBSE board. Questions will be asked from Poems, Novels, and stories in the textbook. You would be asked to write character sketches, describe an important incident from novels etc. There will be around 35 questions in this section. Read all the poems, stories, novel, drama given in the English textbook to boost your score in this paper.
The CBSE Class 12 English paper is divided into different segments: Reading, Writing, and Literature & Long Reading texts. The students need to prepare for the exam since the beginning of the academic year to score high marks in annual examination. To score well in the exam, the students need to do well in each section of the paper.
Your exam preparedness process should include steps such as understanding the English paper pattern and the type of questions asked in the past and time-based preparation for each section.
Here are some of the tips that students can use to score high in 12th English Paper 2019:
1) Reading section
In this section of the English paper, you will find unseen passages of around 800–900 words. These paragraph can be of factual, descriptive or literary in nature. While reading the passage, you should keep highlighting important points with a pencil. Now, read the question asked based on these paragraphs. Highlighting important points while reading will decrease the time taken in finding the answer of the questions. Ideally, you should not take more than 10–12 minutes to solve para-based questions. There are around 19 questions in this section and the total marks is 30.
2) Writing section
The writing section consists of:
a) Short-answer type questions: Here you need to write short content for - advertisements, notices, posters, invitations etc. Try to show your creativity here
b) Letter types questions: Here you need to write business letters/applications. The tone of these letters are formal in nature and hence, you should practice for these kinds of letter every day to be prepared for the exam day.
c) Very long content: Here you would require to write long content such as - article, debate, speech etc.
However, the good part is that each of these questions will have options. Select the one you find easy to write.
An easy way to practice for the writing section is to refer to different types of content every day. Read newspapers, check advertisement content etc. Check how many words you can write and how much time it takes you to write. While writing, try to beautify and summarize each sentence.
3) Literature and Long Reading section
Literature and Long Reading is one of the most important sections of the English paper. The questions are based on various facts, stories, and poems. The best way to prepare for this section is to refer to your English textbook prescribed by the CBSE board. Questions will be asked from Poems, Novels, and stories in the textbook. You would be asked to write character sketches, describe an important incident from novels etc. There will be around 35 questions in this section. Read all the poems, stories, novel, drama given in the English textbook to boost your score in this paper.
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