Score 100 Percent in CBSE English Board Exam
BY ADMIN PUBLISHED December 12, 2017, UPDATED January 18, 2023
SOME COMMON THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND while appearing for the English Board Exam
- Solve previous years question papers or mock question papers to learn time management.
- Divide the allotted time as per the sections.
- Do attempt and try to finish sections A and B in the first half of the allotted time.
- Neat and legible handwriting, leaving space between the answers and underlining value points has a positive impact on the examiner.
- The complete knowledge of the subject is not sufficient enough, but reproducing it on the answer sheet in an efficient manner matters a lot to earn more marks.
- DO NOT ATTEMPT SECTIONS IN FRAGMENTS. Finish each section after moving to the next one.
- You can decide your sequence; FOR e.g.: SEC A, SEC C, and SEC B. DO NOT JUMBLE THEM UP.
- DON’T COPY THE QUESTIONS. ONLY WRITE ANSWERS.
- ALWAYS MENTION THE QUESTION NUMBER AND TYPE. E.g.
Q4. Notice /Poster/ Invitation Q5. Letter to the Editor
The English exam will consist of the three following sections:
Section A: Reading
Section B: Writing
Section C: Literature
Now, some section-wise inputs:
SECTION A:
- The comprehension passage needs to be read at least twice.
- Read the questions once before returning to the passage.
- Optimize the reading-time provided before the writing- time begins. Read once during that duration and the second reading can be later.
- Note that the questions framed in the reading section are always in sequence.
- Answer them briefly. Don’t give your views unless asked for. Stick to the passage.
- Never provide two options for a vocabulary question. Place the chosen word in context before finalizing your answer.
- Don’t overshoot time limit (max-25 to 30 mins) for Note-making. Remember, not all information given in the paragraph can be translated into NOTES. Use INCOMPLETE/HALF BROKEN SENTENCES / PHRASES for preparing Notes.
- Give proper indentation. Use abbreviations and draw a table for the ‘key’. Follow the word-limit for the summary. Don’t use abbreviations for the summary and write complete sentences in a paragraph with a proper heading for the summary.
SECTION B:
- Keep it simple (most often we use hard long words to impress the checker but it goes the wrong way.) Always remember “it’s always the simple that produces the marvelous”.
- Follow the format to the TEE.
- Enclose all short writing tasks inside boxes. DO NOT FORGET TO CARRY A RULER, PENCIL AND AN ERASER.
- Use the process of ‘C O D E R’ for all writing tasks i.e.:
- Collect ideas /th0ughts 2. Organize them 3. Draft 4. Edit 5. Revise
- Underline the topmost (which according to you are most relevant) points of your Speech/Debate/Article (there are lots of copies so the evaluator may not read the entire thing.)
- Always keep a single thing in each para, don’t mix it otherwise you may lose a precious point that can be converted into a para.
- Focus on the topic, don’t get lost.
- Use small sentences, so that there are least chances of grammatical mistakes.
- Adhere to the world limit.
- There should always be a flow in your writing task leading to a particular conclusion (make a conclusion in the beginning and write the points in favor of your conclusions throughout), it shows ideas in logical order.
- If you have a bad handwriting or a little messy one, then use a larger font size. Write legibly.
- Underline quotes/ sayings or some rhyming lines within inverted commas, at the end of the speech/ debate/article, or after the end of the para.
- DO NOT use colloquial /SMS language / Unparliamentary words anywhere.
- To make your writing task more relevant, supplement/provide current examples/statistics from surveys etc relating to the current scenario.
- Follow “current affairs” and keep yourself updated with latest government policies in the social, political and economic sectors. TOPIC QUESTIONS CAN BE BASED ON THOSE
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SECTION C:
- Write mostly textual language. Fill the answer with textual “value points”.
- Be precise, concise and to the point. Don’t write in points but in paragraph form.
- Don’t give the summary of long answer type questions. Answer it.
- Write the answer in the same tenses in which the question is asked.
- A good beginning and a proper conclusion will fetch good marks.
- Never copy a wrong spelling from the question.
- Read the questions thoroughly. Check whether it is a ‘WHEN/WHO/WHY/WHAT’ question and answer accordingly.
- There may be two parts to a question. Hasty reading may result in unintended omission.
- Don’t answer what is not asked.
- Write simple and pleasant English while answering questions and don’t try to be scholarly by using difficult connotations.
- Never write answers in incomplete sentences or beginning with ‘Because’ and letting the sentence incomplete.
- Prepare all character sketches from the supplementary book.
Remember—-
Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven’t planted. – David Bly
