How To Score 95+ Marks In CBSE Class 12 English Exam

By Malavikka

English is a subject that can be studied at ease by those who love it. For those who have not been fluent with the language since childhood, it requires a lot of hard work to ace it. Nevertheless, for both categories, it requires thorough knowledge of the subject with wise presentation to get good scores.

 

In this article, CareerIndia offers the best tips to score 95+ in English, through a planned study session and also presentation techniques. But before that, let's take a look at the exam pattern.

SECTION AREA OF TESTING MARKS
A Reading Comprehension 30
B Writing Skills 30
C Literature Text Books and Long Reading Texts 40

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Objective Of The Paper

Objective Of The Paper

The core idea of the exam paper is to test the reading, writing and literary skills of the students.

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Section A - Reading Comprehension
 

Section A - Reading Comprehension

This section comprises unseen passages and involves note making to answer-related questions.

Basically, it implies the testing of a student's understanding ability rather than bookish knowledge. To ace in this section, reading a variety of passages from literature and story books would help train the brain in grasping. With less than a month left for preparations, random story reading might not be the wisest choice. However, you could perceive stories from your other subject textbooks too.

Rather than studying everything in a question and answer format, try reading a page from your science textbooks. Pick out the possible questions and answer them. This would not only help you ace the reading comprehension section, but also be a value addition to studying other subjects by doing it creatively.

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Section B – Writing Skills

Section B – Writing Skills

Writing skills need not necessarily mean how much you can write. It rather implies how well you can write and present answers. Here are the parameters that you would be evaluated for:

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Short Answer Questions

Short Answer Questions

Advertisement and notices, designing or drafting posters, writing formal and informal invitations and replies.

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Long Answer Questions

Long Answer Questions

Letters based on verbal or visual input.

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How To Ace In The Short Answers Section?

How To Ace In The Short Answers Section?

The beauty of English is that it is rewarding for those who could feel the bliss of its practical usage. A break from the hard core subjects, who would not love designing posters on a lighter note? Get excited about the topics and look at the practical uses of it.

  • Skim the newspapers for advertisements.
  • Look at the notices handed out to you on the roads.
  • Check out the latest movie and other ad posters stuck on the walls.
  • Observe the way marriage invitations are framed and how different they are from the invitations of other events.
  • What is the use of doing these? Learning is not reproducing what you studied by heart, but observing and interpreting things in the most efficient manner! If you could relate to everything that you see to your syllabus, it becomes the best kind of learning. So take a look at all the above mentioned practical collaterals. Now, get back to your books and put on your thinking hat. You would be amazed at the kind of energy flow and grasping skills you would emulate through this method.

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    How To Ace In The Long Answers?

    How To Ace In The Long Answers?

    Again, this comes with practice. Check out the previous years' question papers and the kind of questions that were posed under this section. Try answering them. The more you practise, the more you better your comprehension and writing skills.

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    Section C - Literature Text Books And Long Reading Texts

    Section C - Literature Text Books And Long Reading Texts

    When you had incurred a good amount of reading and writing skills through the above sections and tips to ace them, studying prose and poetry should ideally be a cakewalk. Still apprehensive? Don't you worry, follow these study hacks:

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