Q1) What are the recommended
books for class 9th English?
Q4) What is the marks weightage of different sections in 10th class English paper (2020-21)?
Q5) What is the syllabus of English grammar in 9th and 10th classes?
Q11) How to prepare for the grammar section?
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Remember such lines.
Ans) Recommended books for 9th class English are
1)
BEEHIVE
– Textbook for class IX
2)
MOMENTS
– Supplementary Reader for Class IX
3)
Words
and Expressions-I, Workbook
Q2) What are the
recommended books for class 10th English?
Ans) Recommended books for 9th class English are
1)
FIRST
FLIGHT – Text for Class X
2)
FOOTPRINTS
WITHOUT FEET – Supplementary Reader for Class X
3)
WORDS
AND EXPRESSIONS – II (WORKBOOK FOR CLASS X)
Q3) What is the marks
weightage of different sections in 9th class English paper (2020-21)?
Ans) There are three sections in 9th examination.
Section
|
Section name
|
Marks
|
A
|
Reading skill
|
20
|
B
|
Writing skill
|
30
|
C
|
Literature Textbook and
supplementary reading Text
|
30
|
Internal Assessment
|
20
|
|
total
|
100
|
Q4) What is the marks weightage of different sections in 10th class English paper (2020-21)?
Ans) There are three sections in 10th examination.
Section
|
Section name
|
Marks
|
A
|
Reading
|
20
|
B
|
Writing and contextual grammar
|
30
|
C
|
Literature Textbook and
supplementary reading Text
|
30
|
Internal Assessment
|
20
|
|
total
|
100
|
Q5) What is the syllabus of English grammar in 9th and 10th classes?
Ans) In 9th and 10th classes, syllabus
for English grammar is same. It includes the following topics
1)
Tenses
2)
Modals
3)
Use
of passive voice
4)
Subject
– verb concord
5)
Reported
speech:
a. Commands and requests b. Statements c.
Questions
6)
Clauses:
a. Noun clauses b. Adverb clauses c.
Relative clauses
7)
Determiners
8)
Prepositions
Q6) What types of
questions are asked in the Grammar section in 9th class final exam and
10th class Board exam?
Ans) Following Types of questions are
asked in the grammar section
§ Cloze passage / Gap Filling /
Editing.
§ Dialogue writing /Reporting a
dialogue on a given cue.
Q7) How many short and
long questions are asked in SECTION C (literature textbook and supplementary
reading text) in 9th class?
Ans) In the exam you have to do 5 short answered (30 to 40
words) and 2 long answered (100 to 150 words) questions.
From ‘Beehive’ you have to attempt 3 out of 4
short answered questions and from ‘Moments’
you have to attempt 2 out of 3 short answered questions.
From ‘Beehive’ you
have to attempt one out of two long answered questions.
Similarly one out of two long answered questions from ‘Moments’.
Q8) How many short and
long questions are asked in SECTION C (literature textbook and supplementary
reading text) in 10th class?
Ans) In the exam you have to do 5 short answered (30 to 40
words) and 2 long answered (100 to 150 words) questions.
From ‘First flight’ you have to attempt 3 out
of 4 short answered questions and from ‘Footprints
without feet’ you have to attempt 2 out of 3 short answered questions.
From ‘First flight’
you have to attempt one out of two long answered questions.
Similarly one out of two long answered questions from ‘Footprints without feet’.
Q9) If there are
choices of questions in the 10th board exam of English?
Ans) There is no overall choice but internal choices do
exist. For detail see the overall
structure of the 10th board paper in question 10.
Q10) How
many questions are asked in 10th board exam?
Ans) There are 10 questions (with internal parts) in the 10th
board paper.
The annual board examination will be of 80 marks, with duration of three hours.
SECTION A: READING (20 Marks)
Q1. A factual
passage of 300-350 words with eight Objective Type Questions (including
Multiple Choice Questions). 8 marks
Q2. A Discursive passage of 350-400 words with four Short
Answer Type Questions to test inference, evaluation and analysis and four
Objective Type Questions (including Multiple Choice Questions) to test
vocabulary. 12 marks
SECTION B: WRITING AND GRAMMAR (30
Marks)
Q3. Formal letter
based on a given situation in about 150-200 words. 10marks
Q4. Writing an analytical paragraph on the basis of the
given map/ chart/ report/ line graph etc. in about 150-200 words. 10marks
Q5.
Cloze passage / Gap Filling /Editing. 4marks
Q 6. Dialogue writing/Reporting a
dialogue on a given cue. 6marks
SECTION C LITERATURE
TEXTBOOK AND SUPPLEMENTARY READING TEXT (30 Marks )
Q7. One out of two extracts from
prose/poetry/drama for reference to context.
Two Short
Answer Type Questions on interpretation. 2x2=4marks
Q8. Five Short Answer Type Questions out of seven to be
answered in 30-40 words each from FIRST FLIGHT and FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET
(three from FIRST FLIGHT and two
from FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET). 2x5=10
marks
Q9. One out of two Long Answer Type Questions from the
book ‘FIRST FLIGHT’ to be answered
in about 100-150 words. 8 marks
Q10. One out of two Long Answer Type Question from the
book ‘FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET’ in
about 100-150 words. 8 marks
Q11) How to prepare for the grammar section?
Ans) Grammar section needs two level of preparation
a)
Learn
grammatical rules for the topics mentioned in the syllabus.
b)
Practice
lot of exercises. You must go through the last year questions as well.
Q12) How to prepare for
the Story writing /the guided writing?
Ans) Story writing checks the imaginative power of a student.
You have to cook a story around the given situation. Most of the time question
is open ended. For example
Q) Once a little girl
was going to her aunt’s house. She lost her way and it fell dark. She was alone
on the road. Suddenly………………..
Complete the story in about 200 words.
You can develop this story in any direction. Like
a)
She
saw some persons. They kidnapped her and……………….
b)
She
saw some persons. They helped her and……………..........
c)
She
saw her aunt and…………………………
d)
She
saw a ghost. It was a good ghost who took her to his house……………
There are endless lines of stories you can use.
How to practice for such stories?
One simple technique is to do “free writing”. In this, we keep writing on a topic or situation
without much bothering about the grammar, sentence structure, sequencing of
ideas etc. Write whatever come to your mind, only thing is that it should be around
the topic. Purpose is to get a feeling that you can write on any topic, with of
course some mistakes. With practice your ideas will be more close to the topic
and story will become smoother.
Q13) How to prepare for
the letters/ applications in 9th and 10th classes?
Ans) In 9th class syllabus we have “Informal
letters” and in 10th class syllabus we have “Formal letters”.
1) Firstly go through the format of
these letters. Always use the right format.
2)
There
are many lines that you can use in many letters like
I am well here and hoping the same for you.
Please convey my regards to your parents and love to Sonu.
I am confident that you will understand the gravity of the
situation and will take appropriate and swift action.
Remember such lines.
3)
While reading the question underline the crucial information like name,
address, school name. Use only this information and not the actual one.
Q14) How to prepare for
the Unseen passage (for 9th and 10th class)?
Ans) Unseen passages are the very
important but easy part of the paper both in 9th and 10th
classes.
You should read the
passage twice.
Firstly read it
slowly. Try to understand its meaning as much as you can. Also read the
questions in the end.
Now start second round of reading. This time underline the
possible answers to the questions that you have read in first round. Observe
the key words in the questions. Look for these words in the passage. If
you find these words in the passage, use the entire line that contains these
words as your answer.
Q15) How to prepare for
the literature Section (for 9th and 10th class)?
Ans) In this section you will have questions from your Text
book and supplementary book. There will be two types of questions –Short answered
type (30 to 40 words) and long answered type (100 to 150 words). There are
internal choices also.
To prepare for this section you need to read all the chapters,
at least once. Now prepare and learn some important questions from each chapter.
You can find many important questions in this blog also. You should also write
and learn important character sketches.
Even after preparing many questions, you can have new
questions in the exam. Here you have to use your writing skills. Create the
answers on the spot. It just needs the knowledge of the story.
Q16) What is the code
of English paper in 10th board exam?
Ans) English language and literature (code no. 184).
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