CBSC CLASS 12 ENGLISH PAPER: 7 TIPS FROM BOARD EXAMINER TO HELP YOU EASILY SCORE OVER 90

CBSC Class 12 English Paper: 7 Tips From Board Examiner To Help You Easily Score Over 90

BSE Boards 2018 is just around the corner and the English Core paper is scheduled to be held on March 5. English in class 12 is a breather exam compared to the humungous syllabus in almost all other subjects for each stream. This is why many students completely ignore this paper, leaving it for the last moment.

Now, if you are good in basic grammar and don't have any proper in understanding the concept while reading through the texts, then scoring good marks in the Class 12 English paper will not be an insurmountable task.

However, if you want to score above 90, you will need to make sure you are not making the common mistake most students make which can make your aggregate percentage drop even after scoring well on PCM (if you are from Science stream).

India Today Education spoke to senior English teacher Suvalakshmi Bhattacharya, with 23 years of teaching experience and 21 years of experience as Board Examiner, about a few tips and tricks that students should definitely know to maximize their marks.

HERE ARE A FEW CRUCIAL TIPS FROM THE BOARD EXAMINER THAT WILL HELP YOU SCORE OVER 90 IN YOUR ENGLISH PAPER:

1

Plan before leaving home which section (A/B/C) you are going to attempt first in the exam and how much time you will allow to each section.

2

Do not exceed the word limit. Unnecessarily long answers will NOT FETCH you more marks. On the other hand, it will cut into your limited time.

3

Underline the value points - important words and phrases - while writing the answer itself as you might not have time later on to go back and read through line by line again.

4

Do not leave out any question. If you are not sure of the answer, leave some space according to the allotted marks and come back to it later on. Do NOT leave it out.

5

For section B Writing section, the following points must be noted: (a) Formats must be followed as prescribed by CBSE (b) Break your text into paragraphs wherever needed - in letters, articles, reports, debates and speeches (c) Select the question to answer wisely when you have options in a question (d) Be careful when you are writing the dates in letters (e) In Note Making, the title, subheadings and the abbreviations must be written properly to score marks (f) You need a minimum of four abbreviations in Note Making, for which 1 mark is allotted, but don't write a full page of abbreviations

6

For section C Literature section, the following points must be noted: (a) Each 3-mark question must have at least two value points (b) Each 6-mark question must have at least four value points (c) 'The Invisible Man' MUST be prepared and will have two questions based on it -- one character based question and one plot-based question

7

Aim to complete your paper in 2 hours 45 minutes so that you have 15 minutes to revise your answers.