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Class – XI [ENGLISH CORE] General Instructions

 ENGLISH CORE

CLASS – XI 

General instructions and guidelines for the paper

General instructions

1.The paper will be divided into three sections

● Section A (Reading Skills) - 26 marks

● Section B (Grammar and Writing Skills) - 23 marks

● Section C - (Literature)  31 marks

2. Read the instructions carefully for the respective sections and answer all the questions properly.

3. Pay close attention to the word limit given for the questions.

Section A

Reading Skills

Reading Comprehension through Unseen Passage 18 Marks

I. One unseen passage to assess comprehension, interpretation, inference and vocabulary. The

passage may be factual, descriptive or literary.


II. One unseen case-based passage with verbal/visual inputs like statistical data, charts etc.

Note: The combined word limit for both the passages will be 600-750.

Multiple Choice Questions / Objective Type Questions will be asked. (10+8 = 18 Marks)


III. Note Making and Summarization based on a passage of approximately 200-250 words.

i. Note Making: 5 Marks


○ Title: 1

○ Numbering and indenting: 1

○ Key/glossary: 1

○ Notes: 2


ii. Summary (up to 50 words): 3 Marks


○ Content: 2

○ Expression: 1


Section B: Grammar and Writing Skills


IV. Grammar 7 Marks

i. Questions on Gap filling (Tenses, Clauses)

ii. Questions on re-ordering/transformation of sentences

(Total seven questions to be done out of the eight given).


V. Creative Writing Skills 16 Marks

i. Short writing task – Classified Advertisements up to 50 words. One out of the two given

questions to be answered (3 Marks: Format : 1 / Content : 1 / Expression : 1)


ii. Short writing task –Poster up to 50 words. One out of the two given questions to be

answered.(3 marks:Format : 1 / Content : 1 / Expression : 1)


iii. Writing a Speech in 120-150 words based on verbal / visual cues related to some contemporary

/ age-appropriate topic.


iv. Writing a Debate based on visual/verbal inputs in 120-150 words. The theme should be

contemporary topical issues. One out of the two given questions to be answered. (5 Marks:

Format: 1 / Content: 2 / Expression: 2)


Section C: Literature

This section will have a variety of assessment items including Multiple Choice Questions, Objective Type, Questions, Short Answer Type Questions and Long Answer Type Questions to assess comprehension, analysis, interpretation and extrapolation beyond the text.


VI. Reference to the Context

i. One Poetry extract out of two from the book Hornbill to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis and appreciation.                                                                                                  (3x1=3 Marks)


ii. One Prose extract out of two from the book Hornbill to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis and appreciation.                                                                                                 (3x1=3 Marks)


iii. One prose extract out of two from the book Snapshots to assess comprehension, interpretation and analysis.                                                                                                                           (4x1=4 Marks)


VII. Two Short answer type questions (one from Prose and one from Poetry from the book Hornbill), out of four, to be answered in 40-50 words. Questions should elicit inferential responses through critical thinking.                                                                                                                 (3x2=6 Marks)


VIII. One Short answer type question, from the book Snapshots, to be answered in 40- 50 words.

Questions should elicit inferential responses through critical thinking. Any 1 out of 2 questions to

be done.                                                                                                                             (3x1=3 Marks)


IX. One Long answer type question, from Prose/Poetry Hornbill, to be answered in 120-150 words.

Questions can be based on incident / theme / passage / extract / event as reference points to

assess extrapolation beyond and across the text. The question will elicit analytical and evaluative

response from student. Any 1 out of 2 questions to be done.                                          (1x6=6 Marks)


X. One Long answer type question, based on the chapters from the book Snapshots to be answered

in 120-150 words to assess global comprehension and extrapolation beyond the text. Questions to

provide evaluative and analytical responses using incidents, events, themes as reference points.

Any 1 out of 2 questions to be done.                                                                           

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