CBSE Class 12 English: Section-wise common errors pointed out by Board examiner
CBSE Boards 2018 are around the corner and in Class 12, most students barely touch their English NCERT books and give more focus on the other subjects. But what they fail to remember is -- low marks in English could pull down their aggregate marks making it difficult to take admission in top colleges.
The English Core paper is the first exam of class 12 and is scheduled to be held on March 5. Make sure you read through your NCERT textbooks thoroughly. If you have that basic idea and a good hold on grammar, scoring above 90 in CBSE Class 12 English is not such an insurmountable task.
Getting a full 100 in English is, however, not easy at all. Board examiners often need to cut marks for very silly mistakes in your answers.
India Today Education spoke to senior English teacher Suvalakshmi Bhattacharya, with 23 years of teaching experience and 21 years of experience as Board Examiner, about the common mistakes students make that make them lose out on the rare full 100 per cent marks.
Here are section-wise common mistakes students tend to make in their CBSE Class 12 English Board exam:
Section A
- In Note Making, four abbreviations will fetch you one mark
- Students tend to write too many abbreviations unnecessarily, sometimes writing an entire page of abbreviations! This is a waste of their time
Section B
- When writing letters or articles, make sure you use the inputs provided in the question while framing your answer
- Do not write your own residential address in letter writing if different inputs are provided. This is a very common mistake!
- In letter-writing, dates must be written carefully, according to the inputs given in the question, and not necessarily the date on which you are giving your exam
- In long format writing questions such as letters and articles, make sure your break down your text into paragraphs. Your answer shouldn't be a long chunk of text
- Students often miss out the headings in their report or article writing questions. This has marks allotted to it
Section C
- For 1-mark questions, the answer must be written in a complete sentence
- Keep answers of 3-mark questions under 40 words. Do not write unnecessarily long answers!
- For long answer questions of 6 marks, students often tend to write a summary of the entire story! You must write the answer of the question and not a full brief of the story.
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