Syllabus 10+2 based on annual system for PSEB Students(GENERAL ENGLISH)

 1. GENERAL ENGLISH

                                                                                                      Theory: 50 marks

Time :- 3 hrs                                                                                       CCE: 25 marks

                                                                                                             Total: 75 marks

STRUCTURE OF QUESTION PAPER

Do all questions.

Part-A

1        Objective type question (13 questions) based on total syllabus.             13 marks

                                 Part-B (English Reader Book VI)                                 15 marks

2        a) Comprehension passage                                                                       8 marks

b) Essay type question (one out of two) from English Reader in about

   100 words.                                                                                             5 marks

 c) Translation from Vernacular into English.  (2 isolated sentences).         2 marks

Note:- A special question in lieu of translation for foreign students (To paraphrase a stanza in simple English.)

                     Part-C (Supplementary Reader)                                      17 marks

4        a) Short answer type questions (3 out of 5 questions)                        3x2= 6 marks

b) Essay type question (one out of two stanzas) from Supplementary

    Reader in about 100 words.                                                               4 marks

5        a) Reference to the context & explanation. (1 out of the 2 stanzas)          4 marks

b) Central Idea of a poem   (1 out of 2)                                                      3 marks

                                             Part – D                                                         5 marks

6             Do any one out of the following : Paragraph /application/ letter/Precis writing

Paragraph writing (descriptive only) (one)

Application/Letter (Personal/ (one)  

Precis writing (one)                                                                                         5 marks                                                                                 

                                 

MARKING SCHEME FOR COMPREHENSION

Sr.No.                   Questions                                                                     M.M. 8

           

1.                Name of the Writer and the Chapter                                         2 marks     

2.                Short Question                                                                         1 mark       

3.                 Short Question                                                                         1 mark       

4.                Match the two words with their meanings                               2 marks     

5.                Fill in the blank with a suitable word from the passage           1 mark       

6.                Give meanings in simple English (two)                                    1 mark       

                  

INSTRUCTIONS FOR OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTION

Objective type question will cover the whole syllabus prescribed

Note :- All questions will be strictly based on the syllabus. 

All sub-questions are compulsory (marks-13)      

 

         Grammar: 7

          English Reader: 4        

       Supplementary Reader: 2

Q.1(a)   Do as Directed :

• Change the Tense                                                                                          (1)
• Change the Voice                                                                                           (1)
• Change the Narration                                                                                     (1)
• Use of same word as a Noun and as a Verb (only one)                                   (1)
• Use of Prepositions and Determiners in sentences (two) from the text   (1+1=2)
• Transformation of sentences                                                                          (1)

(b)  One line answer questions from English Reader-VI                                  4 marks

(c)  One line answer questions from Supplementary Reader-VI                      2 marks

General English

Syllabus

English Reader

1.       Monday Morning

2.       Swami and his Father

3.       All about a Dog

4.       Treasure from the Deep

5.       Maori Villages

6.       The Penguins

7.       Alfred Nobel

8.       The Easter Egg

9.       On Patrol

10.     Columbus Sails

11.     Fighting the Invisible

12.     Operation Indian Ocean

13.     Nehru's Will and Testament

14.     The Death of Socrates

Supplementary Reader

1.       The Diamond Necklace

2.       The Lost Child

3.       The Doctor's Word

4.       The School for Sympathy

5.       Tolstoy's Home

6.       On Saying ‘Please’

7.       Forgetting

8.       The Never-Never Nest

9.       Uncle Podger Hangs a Picture

10.     Reconciliation

11.     Fasting as Penance

12.     The Tank

13.     The Variety and Unity of India

Poems

i.        Where the Mind is Without Fear

ii.       Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

iii.      Leisure

iv.      Say Not, the Struggle Naught Availeth

v.       The Daffodils

vi.      Indian Weavers

vii.     No Men are Foreign

Grammar

1.       Determiners and Prepositions

2.       Use of same words as a Noun and as a Verb

3.       Change the Tenses

4.       Voice

5.       Narration

6.       Transformation of Sentences

Composition

1.       Letter-Writing

2.       Paragraph-Writing

3.       Precis Writing