1. GUIDELINES
FOR ATTEMPTING
THE ENGLISH
PAPER
WITH BEST WISHES FROM
MR. R.S. NATHAN (PGT ENGLISH), KV NO.1,
BHUBANESWAR

2. Time Management
is very crucial in English
paper. Hence cater to
the word limit and
divide the sections of
the paper into three
hours allotted to you.

3. Question No. I & II are
more scoring .So, do
attempt these questions
in the FIRST HALF,
otherwise, you will not
have much time later on
to read the passages. So
do these first.

4. Answer the
Comprehension
Questions very briefly.
Pick up the answer from
the question itself. Don’t
add your own views if
not asked for.

5. NOTE MAKING
• USE INCOMPLETE /HALF/BROKE
SENTENCES OR PHRASES.
• DON’T USE FULL SENTENCES.
• USE ABBREVIATIONS.
• MAKE A BOX OF ABBREVIATIONS
USED
• GIVE THE MAIN HEADINGS IN
CAPITAL LETTERS.
• USE THE APPROPRATE FORMAT.

6. FORMATS

7. Newspaper
Report-writing

8. A ROAD ACCIDENT:TWO DIED
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9.  Use Past Tense
 UsePassive Voice more than Active
Voice.
 Use Third Person Pronoun
 Don’t use I, WE , YOU, YOUR
 Mention: WHAT, WHEN, WHERE,
HOW.

10. School Magazine/
Newsletter
Report-writing

11. REPUBLIC DAY CELEBRATED
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12.  Useany person: I, WE, YOU, HE, SHE
(AS PER THE NEED)
 USE PAST TENSE
 USE
PASSIVE VOICE ALONG WITH
ACTIVE ONE.
 Mention: WHAT, WHEN, WHERE and
HOW.

13. LETTERS
 LEARN
THE BEGINNINS AND THE
ENDINGS OF EACH TYPE OF LETTER.
 USE
BLOCK STYLE OF LETTER-
WRITING.
 DON’T USE COMMAS OR FULL STOPS
IN THE ADDRESSES.

14. NOTICE – WRITING
• Mention ---WHAT ,WHEN ,WHERE
,WHO ( IF ANY) AND HOW
• Mention ---For further details
contact the undersigned.
• Use future tense for notice
OR
IS GOING TO ORGANISE
/CELEBRATE

15. IMPORTANT TOPICS FOR ARTICLE WRITING
I. Frequent Elections - A Mere
Wastage
2. Reservation of Seats for Women in
Parliament
3. Future of Information Technology
4. Vocational Training - Part of
School Curriculum
5. Children Role in Curbing Black
Marketing
6. Education of Girls
7. Women's Rights
8. Protecting the Environment

16. 9.Information Technology in
Democracy
10. Terrorism
11. Drug Addiction
12. India - A Nuclear
Weapon State
13. Place of Women in Free India

17. 14.Future of Other Sports in a Cricket
Crazy Country.
15. The ILL Effects of Child Marriages.
16.Fashions Among The Youth.
17.Menace of Corruption in India
18.Faulty Examination System.
19.Problem of Security in Old age.
20.Newspapers Ought to Contain More
News and Fewer Advertisements

18. I. Read the question carefully
before attempting it.
II. Do not cross the word limit
III. Check whether you have
written name of the school/
institution, the word—NOTICE,
DATE, AND PUT SIGN. In a
notice –writing.

19. I. Use ---the poet /the author/the writer
II. Don’t start the answer with the
word-----BECAUSE
III. Pick the answer from the question
itself
IV. Write Reports, Advertisements,
Notices, Invitations and Posters in
appropriate Boxes

20. I. Write the long answer type
questions
beginning with the same
statement given in inverted
commas saying----------IT HAS
RIGHTLY BEEN SAID
THAT----------------- (STATEMENT)
II.DON’T WRITE ONLY THE
SUMMARY.ANSWER WHAT IS
ASKED IN THE QUESTION.

21. FMF ( Fifteen Minutes Funda)
CBSE gives you the paper 15
minutes in advance .Your 100%
ATTEMPT depends upon the
utilisation of this time .So, use
these 15 minutes to read out the
Comprehension passages
because you won’t have much
time to devote to these questions
later on.

22. SOMETHING WILL COME OUT OF
SOMETHING
Attempt all the questions. Don’t
leave any question untouched
because if you have written
something it will fetch you some
marks. But, NOTHING WILL COME
OUT OF NOTHING.

23. NO TIME TO WASTE
English Paper is lengthy to
look at .So, you don’t
have time to waste.
Hence it is better to give
15 SECONDS more to read
a question carefully rather
than losing 15 MINUTES in
writing the answer which is
not asked for.

24. Long answer type
questions on CHARACTER
SKETCH are frequently
asked from the
Supplementary book. So
do learn some Character
sketches.

25. Take along with you some
coloured pens or sketch pens
and a scale to attempt the
question on POSTER-
MAKING. Remember
----Only The Attractive
Posters can fetch you full
marks.

26. I. DON’T WRITE THE QUESTIONS.
II.WRITE ONLY THE ANSWERS.
III. DON’T FORGET TO WRITE THE
QUESTION No.

27. WRITE THE ANSWER
IN THE SAME TENSE
IN WHICH THE
QUESTION IS
ASKED.

28. SHORT
ANSWER
TYPE
QUESTIONS

29. .Q.1 “The steel canister seems
heavier than the plastic bag. How?
Q.2 ‘‘Garbage to them IS GOLD”
Explain.
Q.3 What are the different meanings
of garbage?
Q.4 “His dream looms like a mirage”
Q5. Whose dreams are being referred
to here?
Q6. Why are they compared to a
mirage?

30. Q.5. Mention the hazards of working
in the glass bangles Industry.
Q.6.Mention two worlds as described
by Anees Jung.
Q.7.”All we have to fear is fear
itself” said Roosevelt .Explain.
Q.8.Why did the peddler accept
Edla’s invitation?
Q.9.Why was Gandhiji not permitted
to draw water from the well?

31. Q.10. Why was Gandhiji summoned to
appear in court?
Q.11.What was the conflict of Gandhiji?
Q12. Why did magistrate release Gandhiji?
Q.13 Why did Gandhiji say----:” The battle
of Champaran is won”?
Q.14.Why did Gandhijiagree to the
settlement of 25% refund to the
peasants?
Q15.How did Champaran episode change
the plight of the peasants.?

32. Q16.What is the example of national
integration that the author refers to?
Q17.Who was Subbu?
Q.18.Who according to Asokamitran
was a communist?
Q19. What was MRA?
Q20.Whyis the Englishmman’s visit
referred to as an unexplained
mystery?
Q21’Write a note on The god that
failed’.
Q22.What are Denis Brian’s opinions
about interview?

33. Q23.What is the concept of
Interstices?
Q24.What was the reason behind the
success of ‘The Name of the
Rose’?
Q25.Why has the mother been
compared to the ‘late winter’s
moon?
Q.26. What do the parting words of
the poet and her smile signify?
Q.27.”The stunted unlucky heir of
twisted bones’.Explain.
Q.28.What are the features of of a
beautiful thing?

34. Q29.What does the line –“Therefore
are we wreathing a flowery band
to bind us to Earth” suggest to
you?
Q30.Why is ‘grandeur ‘associated
with the ‘mighty dead’?
Q.31.” Shakespeare is wicked ,the
map a bad example”.How?
Q32.Explain: “slag heap”.
Q33.What is the “sadness” that the
poet refers to in the poem---
Keeping Quiet’?

35. Q.34.What symbol from Nature does
the poet invoke to say that there
can be life under apparent
stillness?
Q35.Make a list of things of beauty
mentioned in the poem.
Q36.what is the importance of
‘Phytoplanktons’?
Q37 What does the third level refer
to?
Q38 What are the other two levels
acc.to the books of the railways?

36. Q39.How did Antarctica come
into existence?
Q40.What was the prediction
of the astrologers?
Q41.What were M.Hamel’s
views about French
language?
Q42.What was more tempting
than the rules of
participles?

37. What is the importance of
correction slip?
What is the moral issue that
the story Should Wizard Hit
mommy ‘raises?
There are moments in life
…

38. Long
Answer
Type
Questions

39. “As long as they hold fast to
their language it is as if they
had the key to their prison”
Discuss with reference to the
Last Lesson.

40. How did Douglas overcome
his fear of water?
OR
How did the instructor build a
swimmer out of Douglas?

41. “The story ‘The
Rattrap’ focuses on
human loneliness
and the need to bond
with others” Explain.

42. How was Champaran
Episode a turning
point in Gandhiji’s
life?

43. Write detailed note
on the humorous
instances in the
lesson POETS and
PANCAKES.

44. What are the
different opinions
of the various
people about
Interview?

45. What was
distinctive about
Eco’s academic
style of writing?

46. “The modern world is
full of insecurity, fear,
war, worry and stress”
What are the ways in
which we attempt to
overcome it?

47. “The story ‘The Tiger King
is a satire on the conceit
(willfulness) of those in
power” Discuss with
reference to the story you
have read.

48. Do you agree that
between crime and
punishment it is
mainly a battle of
wits? Give reasons.
OR

49. According to Sherlock
Holmes: “A complex mind,
all great criminals have
that ,he is able to con and
deceive them” Discuss with
reference to ‘ Evans Tries an
O-Level’

50. BELIEVE IN YOURSELF AND
REMEMBER:
SELF HELP IS THE BEST HELP.
DON’T DEPEND UPON
OTHERS.
BEST OF PERFORMANCE!