H.S. English Suggestion 2021, WBCHSE

Higher Secondary 2021 English Suggestion

Date of Exam: will be announced shortly

Prose

The Eyes Have It

1. Who said to whom and when? What else did the person say? What reply did he get? (3+1+2)

2. What mistake did the speaker make? Why was it a ‘mistake?’ what removed the speaker’s doubts? What did the speaker do then?

3. Who said this and about whom? What is the ‘brief encounter’ referred to here? Why did the speaker think so? (2+2+2)

 

Strong Roots

1.Who is the speaker? How does the speaker describe the locality? What picture of communal harmony do you learn in this explanation? (1+3+2)

2. Who ate with his mother? What is the name of his mother?  Where did he eat with his mother? What did he eat with his mother? (1+1+1+3)

3. What had fixed the daily routine for Abdul Kalam’s father even when he was in his late sixties? What does Abdul Kalam say about emulation of his father? 

 

Thank You Ma’am

1. Who said this to whom and when? How did the speaker convert the person spoken to here? (1+1+1+3)

2. Who is the speaker? To whom did the speaker say this? Why did the narrator want to go to the store? What did they have in supper? (1+1+1+3)

3. Who is the speaker? What is offered by the narrator to the listener? What picture of the speaker’s character is exposed in this line? (1+1+4)

Three Questions

1. What were the questions that had happened to the Tsar? Why did he need right answers to those questions? What did he do when he was not pleased with the answers of the learned men? (3+1+2)

2. What was the reason for the bearded man come to be an enemy of the Tsar? What did the man swear and determine to do? Why did the bearded man ask forgiveness of the Tsar and what did he promise him? (1+2+3)

3. What were the questions to which the Tsar got different answers? Whom did the Tsar decided to consult when he was not satisfied? Where did that person live whom the Tsar resolved to consult? What was he famous for? (3+1+1+1)

Poetry

 

On Killing a Tree

1. How does a tree offer struggle to its annihilation? How does its resistance fail? (3+3)

2. Justify the title of the poem. 6

3. Much time is needed to kill a tree. -Why? According to the poet how the tree is finally killed? (3+3)

 

 

Asleep in the Valley

1. Who is the person referred to here? What do the ‘two red holes’ signify? What attitude of the poet towards the war is reflected here?  (1+2+3)

2. How does the poet express the futility of war through his poem Asleep in the Valley? What message does he want convey? (4+2)

3. Who is the ‘soldier’, referred to here? Describe in your own words how the soldier lies in the valley? (2+4)

 

Shall I Compare Thee to a summer’s Day

1. From which poem is the line quoted? Who is the poet? Briefly explain the meaning of the quoted line. How does the poet venture the method to immortalize his friend’s beauty? (1+1+2+2)

2. How does Shakespeare compare the beauty of his friend to that of a summer’s day in Sonnet No 18? 6

3. What does ‘this’ refer to? How can ‘this’ give life to ‘thee’? (3+3)

The Poetry of Earth

1. What portrayal of summer is presented in the poem? How has it been passed onto the picture of winter? (4+2)

2. Who takes the lead? When does he take the lead? How does he take the lead?  (1+2+3)

3. Explain the title of the poem, The Poetry of Earth. 6

4. Who is he? What are the ‘delights’? Why has he never done with his delights? (1+2+3)

Play

 

The Proposal

1. Who said this and to whom? What documents are referred to here? What was the response of the person spoken to at this? (2+2+2)

2. Who said this and about whom? Analyze the character of the person referred to here, under the light of the comment above. (2+4)

3. Who is the speaker? Who is the person spoken to? What would the speaker make a present of? Why did the speaker say so? (1+1+1+3)

4. Make a brief sketch of social life as you see in the play, The Proposal. 6

6. Describe the love relationship between Lomov and Natalya. Or, the marriage proposal is essential to all the characters in the play. 6

Grammar, Vocabulary and Unseen Passage

For Unseen Passage, you have to practice lessons from Your Text Book and Current Events of Newspaper

Grammar Section contains Narration Change, Article and Prepositions, Error Finding etc.

Writing Skill

(Letter Writing)

Letter to the Editor -

 

1) Selling of unhealthy foods

2) High prices of essential commodities

3) Use of plastic bags and cups.

4) Reckless driving of vehicles

5) Bad condition of roads.

6) Anti-social activities of your locality

7) Reservation of Drinking water

8) Bad effects of smartphone 

 

Letter to the Bank Manager for

            Duplicate pass book

            Opening of a bank account

 

Letter to the Hotel Manager for

            Booking room

            Cancelling room

Letter to the Officer in Charge for

            Theft

            Lose of your documents

Letter to the Store Manager for

            Buying goods

            Replacement of goods

            Repairing something

 

(Report Writing)

 

1) Birth Anniversary of Vidyasagar

2) ‘Clean up your school’ campaign. 

3) Safe Drive Save Life

4) Awareness of waste no water

5) Educational tour/ excursion

6) Sports Competition

7) Sabuj Sathi Prakalpa

8) Tree Plantation Program

9) Teacher’s Day Celebration

10) Independence Day Celebration

11) Health Awareness Camp

 

(Précis Writing)

Do practice from Test Papers.

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👉 Prepare M.C.Q from the Text above

Also Read:

👉 The Proposal – M.C.Q

👉 The Proposal – M.C.Q (Mock Test)

👉 The Proposal – D.A.Q (Part – I)

👉 The Proposal – D.A.Q (Part – II)