ENGLISH (ELECTIVE)CLASS XII

The CBSE has prescribed the following novels in thecurriculum:

(a) The Invisible Man (Unabridged) by H.G. Wells(b) Silas Marner (Unabridged) by George Eliot

The students have to opt for any of these.

In order to keep the price of the book, English (Elective)–XII,reasonable, we have published both the above mentioned novelswith word-notes, summary, etc in separate volumes. The studentscan purchase any of the novels, as per their requirement, fromtheir nearest booksellers.

Strictly According to the Latest Syllabus of C.B.S.E.

ENGLISH (ELECTIVE)[A BOOK WITH A DIFFERENCE]

CLASS XII

By

R.K. Gupta

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CONTENTS

Chapters Pages

Syllabus (ix)—(xi)

A. LITERATURE READER(1—317)

Prose ... 1—145

Unit 1. What’s Your Dream? ... 2Unit 2. A Devoted Son ... 19Unit 3. The Hum of Insects ... 45Unit 4. The Judgement of Paris ... 62Unit 5. On Education ... 86Unit 6. I Can Play Schools ... 103Unit 7. The Last Letter ... 127

Poetry ... 147—275

Unit 1. (a) The Darkling Thrush ... 148(b) Hope ... 163

Unit 2. Survivors ... 173Unit 3. At a Potato Digging ... 185Unit 4. Ode to Autumn ... 207Unit 5. Hamlet’s Dilemma ... 225Unit 6. Curtain ... 242Unit 7. A Walk by Moonlight ... 256

Drama ... 277—317

Unit 1. Remember Caesar ... 278Unit 2. The Monkey’s Paw ... 296

B. LANGUAGE SKILLS BOOK(319—445)

Unit 1: Sports and Sportsmanship ... 321Unit 2: Arts and Aesthetics ... 342Unit 3: Inventors and Inventions ... 364Unit 4: Exploring New Avenues ... 384Unit 5: Speaking and Listening—A Review ... 408

Sample Questions for Practice ... 421

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SECTION AI. READING SKILLS

(1–57)

A1. Unseen Passages ... 2A2. Unseen Passages ... 25A3. Unseen Poems ... 49

SECTION BII. WRITING SKILLS

(59–267)

Short Answer Questions ... 60–1451. Notices ... 612. Advertisements ... 783. Factual Description ... 964. Posters ... 1115. Invitations ... 133

(Formal and Informal; and Replies)

Long Answer Questions ... 147–206• Letters ... 148

1. Business Letters ... 1482. Letters to Principals/Institutes ... 1693. Official Letters ... 1754. Letters to the Editor ... 1855. Application for a Job ... 198

Very Long Answer Questions ... 207–267(Based on Verbal/Visual Inputs)

A. Very Long Answer Questions–I ... 209(Verbal Input)1. Articles/Speeches ... 2092. Reports ... 250

B. Very Long Answer Questions–II ... 263(Visual Input)

III. GRAMMAR(269–301)

Type I Reordering of Words and Sentences ... 270Type II Error Correction in Sentences ... 277Type III Drafting Questions/Questionnaires (Based on given Input) ... 286Type IV Composing a Dialogue (Based on given Input) ... 293

MODEL TEST PAPERS ... M–1–M–16

As the CBSE keeps on changing the syllabii for the senior classes frequently, we are giving avariety of questions in this book so that the students may have an edge in case of any change.Please refer to the CBSE syllabus while reading this book.

Chapters Pages

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SYLLABUS

EXAMINATION SPECIFICATIONS FOR CLASS XIIIssued by the Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi

One Paper 3 Hours Marks : 100

Unitwise Allocation

Unit Areas of Learning Marks

1. Reading Skills 202. Writing Skills and Grammar 403. Literature and Long Reading Text (Novel) 40

SECTION A

READING SKILLS 60 Periods

Very Short Answer/Short Answer and MCQ Type Questions

Two unseen passages (including poems) with a variety of questions including 04 marks forvocabulary such as word formation and inferring meaning. The total range of the two passagesincluding a poem or a stanza, should be around 850-950 words to assess comprehension, analysis,inference, evaluation and literary appreciation.

1. 550-600 words in length (for note-making and summarising)2. 300-350 words in length (to test comprehension)

The passage could be of any one of the following types:• Factual passages, e.g., illustrations, description, reports• Discursive passages involving opinion, e.g., argumentative, persuasive• Literary passages, e.g., poems, extracts from fiction, biography, autobiography,

travelogue, etc. In the case of a poem, the text may be shorter than the prescribedword limit.

SECTION B

WRITING SKILLS AND GRAMMAR 60 Periods

WRITING 30 Periods

• Short Answer Question: Notices, advertisements, factual description of people, placesand objects, drafting posters, accepting and declining invitations.

• Long Answer Question: Letter of any of the following types based on a verbal or visualinput:

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(a) Official letters for making inquires, suggesting changes—registering complaints,asking for and giving information, placing orders and sending replies.

(b) Letters to the editor on various social, national and international issues.(c) Application for a job including CV (Curriculum Vitae)/Resumé.

• Very Long Answer Question: Sustained writing task such as writing a speech, anarticle for a magazine or a report based on verbal/visual input.

GRAMMAR 30 Periods

A variety of questions, as listed below may be asked, involving the application of grammaritems in context (i.e., not in isolated sentences). The grammar syllabus will be sampled eachyear. Though only modals, determiners, voice and tense forms have been dealt with in class XI,however, other grammar items such as prepositions, verb forms, connectors which have beenlearnt earlier would also be included.Very Short Questions and Multiple Choice Questions

• Reordering of words and sentences• Composing a dialogue based on a given input• Error correction in sentences• Drafting questions/questionnaires based on given input.

SECTION C

LITERATURE

Prescribed Books and Long Reading Text (Novel) 70 PeriodsQuestions to test comprehension at different levels and of different kinds—local, global,interpretative, inferential, evaluative and extrapolatory.

• Very Short and Short Answer Questions: Based on different poems to test theme,setting and literary devices.

• Short Answer Questions: Based on different prose/drama/poetry pieces from theLiterature Reader to test local and global comprehension of ideas and languages used inthe text.

• Long Answer Question: Extended questions based on one of the prose texts or play inthe Literature Reader to test global comprehension and for extrapolation beyond thetext.

• Long Answer Questions: To test understanding, appreciation analysis, inference in aplot and writing a character sketch.

Note: Value-based questions for 4 marks may be asked in Section B or C.

Prescribed Books:1. Language Skills Book—Class XII English (Elective) published by the Central Board

of Secondary Education, Delhi.2. Literature Reader—Class XII English (Elective) published by the Central Board of

Secondary Education, Delhi.3. Novel (either one) Author

(i) The Invisible Man (Unabridged) H.G. Wells(ii) Silas Marner (Unabridged) George Eliot

QUESTION PAPER DESIGN 2014-15

CLASS XI

English (Elective) XII (Code No. 101) Time—3 hours Marks = 100

Typology Testing MCQ Very Short Long Long Very Total OverCompetencies/ 1 mark Short Anwer Answer–I Answer–II Long marks all %

learning Answer 50–60 80–100 120–150 Answeroutcomes 1 mark words words words 150–200

4 5 marks 6 marks wordsmarks (HOTS)

10marks

Reading Conceptual 5 5 1 — 1 — 20 20Skills understanding,

decoding, analys-ing, inferring,interpreting, appr-eciating, literaryconventions andvocabulary, sum-marising and usingappopriateformat/s

Writing Reasoning, appro- — 10 1 — 1 2 40 40Skills and priacy of style andGrammar tone, using appro-

priate format andfluency

Applying languageconventions appro-priately usingstructures integr-atively, withaccuracyand fluency

Literary Recalling, 10 1 2 1 1 40 40Texts and reasoning,Long appreciatingReading literaryTexts/ conventionsNovel and fluency

TOTAL 5×1=5 25×1=25 3×4=12 2×5=10 3×6=18 3×10=30 100 100

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