Grid for Class 11/12 Compulsory English. कक्षा ११/१२ को फाइनल परिक्षामा कहाँ बाट कसरि र कति अंकको प्रश्नहरु सोधिन्छ जानौ अनि तयारि गरौl

ENG. 003 (Grade XI)/ 004 (Grade XII)

Test Specification/Grid for Final Exam

Reading (35 marks)

1.  Reading Comprehension Test (15 marks)

a. One unseen prose text of about 600 words like; book/film reviews, news reports and articles, stories, reports, letters or emails, essays, biographies/auto-biographies, product guides, blogs, brochures, travelogues/memoire etc.
Number of test items: 15

b. Types of test items: any three of: Multiple Choice, True/False/Not Given, Sentence Completion, Matching, Ordering, Summary Completion and Short Answer Questions. One type of question should test the vocabulary in context.

2. Text Based Questions (20 marks)
This section contains seven text based questions from literature section. This follows the following chart:
- Genres:

- Short stories- 7 

- Poems- 5 

- Essays- 5

- One act plays- 3
Short Answer Questions = 5×2 = 10
Long Answer Questions = 2×5 = 10

Writing (25 marks)

Three writing tasks will be given:

1. Task 1 (7 marks)- Any one of: paragraph writing, summary writing, interpreting graphic text, news story, writing, note taking and skeleton stories. (Word limit: 150 words.)
2. Task 2 (8 marks)- Any one of: personal letter, job application letter, letter to the editor, business letter, emails and writing a CV. (Word limit: 180 words)
3. Task 3 (10 marks)- Any one of: essay, travelogue, memoir, book/film review, biography, diary entry, communique and press release. (Word limit: 300 words)

Grammar and Vocabulary (15 marks)

1. Grammar (10×1=10 marks)- The test item on grammar will cover the following contents.
- Adjectives and adverbs
- Concord/subject verb agreement
- Prepositions
- Modal auxiliaries
- Tense and aspect
- Infinitives and gerunds
- Conjunctions
- Relative clause
- Voice
- Reported speech

2. Vocabulary: (5x1= 5 marks)- This section covers the following contents.
- Sound system of English: consonants and vowels
- Vocabulary study
- Stem/root /Suffixes
- Prefixes /Derivation
- Inflexion

- Synonyms/antonyms
- Parts of speech

- Idioms and phrases
- Nouns-number /Verb conjugation
- Spelling
- Punctuation
- Dictionary use
(Note: Sound System of English will be tested in grade 12 only)