Madhyamik English Suggestion 2020

Madhyamik English Suggestion 2020

Prepared By Dipankar Sir, BA(Eng)Hons.,MA(1st),Net Qualified

Category-wise Probable Materials

Reading (Seen)

Scoring 20 Marks

Prose

1.       Passing Away Bapu.

2.       Our Runaway Kite**

3.       The Cat*

Poem

1.       My Own True Family***/sea feaver

2.       Fable**

3.       The Snail*

 

Reading (Unseen)

Scoring 20 Marks

News Report from “The Times of India’ and “Telegraph” from January, 2019 to October, 2019

Some highlighted topics are given below:-

1.       Flood in Kerala (Most Probable)

2.       Rainfall in Chennai / APJ Abdul Kalam and his Life

3.       Nirmal Bangla Mission / Work of young Scientist

4.       Dengue : A brief description / Train accidents / Robberies

5.       Football World Cup in Kolkata 2017

6.       Report on Sportspersons/ Games / Cricket and Bengal

7.       Girls Education / Story of any inspiring woman or girl

8.       Global Warming / Space and India / Mars mission / Environment and its problems

9.       Dry and flood / Award shows / Increasing use of Internet and Computer

10.   Development of Bengal

11.   Kolkata and Durgapooja

Grammar and Vocabulary

Scoring 20 Marks

Articles and Preposition-1 × 4 = 4

Example: At last______ hunters saw the tiger lying dead______ the ground. Its killer was severely wounded too. They had to take him_____ Calcutta______ expert treatment.

Correct form of Verb-1 × 4 = 4

Example:  A motor-cyclist ______ (injured/ was injured/ were injured) when a Tata Sumo _____(hit/ was hit/ was hitting) his motorcycle from behind. He _____ (is rushed/ was rushed/ has been rushed) to a nearby hospital.

Do as directed

Scoring - 1 × 6 = 6

1.       Direct to Indirect speech (e.g.: “What are you doing here”, the giant cried.)

2.       Voice change (e.g.: Let the Police be informed about the accident.)

3.       Transformation of sentences assertive/ negative/ simple/ complex/ compound/ interrogative. (e.g.: Tell me what your name is. (Turn into Simple Sentence)

4.       Degree/ Joining/ nominal/ relative/ adjective. (e.g.: You will be successful in this examination. (Use the verb form of the underlined word)

5.       Correct form of verb/ Use as noun/ adjective. (e.g.: It is not necessary for you to come today. (Rewrite using ‘need’)

Phrasal verb

Scoring - 1 × 3 = 3

Suggestion:- Keep on, Pass away, Bear with, Put away, Make Out, Look Over Call up, Fall out, Put up, Turn away from, Give off, Bring up, Carry out, Up, Bring up, Go up, Put up with, Make of, Call for, make out, Put up, Tell upon, Break out, Come across, Take off , Fall back, Keep away  from, Go on, Keep up, Come of, Turn up, Break off, Call for, Go off, Break out, Keep away, Call in, Break out Go up, Call on, Do away with, Turn up, Lay down, Come out, Run into, Cut down, Come across, Call across, Call off, Hold up, Look for, Go about, Give away, Lay down, Go about, Give away,  Look for, Put out, Fall through, Stand for, Look up, Come by, Run over , Bring up, Call up , Work out, Lay by, Deal in, Call off, Set up, Look into.

Question Number 6 : Synonyms from unseen passage

Scoring - 2 × 4 = 8

Writing Skill

Scoring 30 Marks

For M.P. 2019 Prepare Paragraph Writing, Notice, Letter writing - Official and Personal, Story must.

Paragraph Writing

1.       Tree plantation Programme / Importance of trees

2.       Importance of Cleanliness / Midday meal in Schools

3.       Importance of games and sports in life / APJ Abdul Kalam

4.       The movie you recently watched / The book you recently read

5.       Importance of Education / Value of time

6.       Pollution and Global Warming

7.       Visit to a place / Historical place /  Fair

8.       The value of Morning Walk / Exercise

9.       Memorable day in your life/ My hobby / Aim in life

10.   Your Idol / Person you like the most

Letter Writing

Personal (To your pen-friend or brother)

1.       Reading newspaper daily / Importance of reading books

2.       Use and misuse of mobile / Advice to your friend or brother

3.       A place you visited / your summer vacation / Visit to a place of historical value / Your experience in a cricket match or movie you watched / Your Durgapuja Experience

4.       Road safety  / Early Rising / Smoking is killer / Benefits of morning walk or Exercise

5.       Your Exam Preparation / Your result / Your Birthday Gift

Official (To your Head of Institute & Editor or any other)

1.       Problem of unemployment in India / Price hike of essential commodities

2.       Problems of hospitals/ roads/ water/ electricity etc./ Plastic Bags

3.       Fee concession/ Free books from library/ Leave/ permission to organize an event

4.       Inviting a Celebrity (Singer/film star/ sportsman) or an Important Person to any event

5.       Deforestation/ Problem of cutting-down trees. (Official Less Important)

Notice Writing

1. Fund Raising for Kerala Victims/ School magazine / Trip to a place Digha or Shanti Niketan / Teachers’ Day

2. Lecture on a topic / Drawing Competition / Poem and essay writing / Blood donation camp

3. Competition on Banner making and Slogan making on Topics like Cleanliness/

4. Environment day / Helping flood victims / Eye treatment camp / Lecture of a doctor or professor on a topic

5. Garbage cleaning dive in school or in your locality / Tree plantation / Farewell of a retired Teacher/ A child of your school is missing

Report Writing

1.       Heavy Rain / Robbery/ Football World Cup 2017

2.       Road Accident/ Train Accident/ Metro

3.       Garbage Cleaning Event/ Football Match you watched

4.       Prize distribution in your school/ Annual sports / Camp for Kerala Victims

5.       World Yoga day / Environment day / Earth day

6.       Teachers day celebration/ School Magazine/ Reporting an event in your school

7.       Tree plantation Programme in your school

8.       Blood Donation Camp/ Malaria and Dengue / Free check-up

9.       Prepare Process Writing Also

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Letter For HS 2018

2. A letter within 120 words to the editor of an English daily expressing your concern at the increasing number of road accidents.                                                                                        [H.S - 2008]

                                                                                                                                                                                               

Sub : Road accidents on the increase / Reckless driving.

Sir,

    I shall be highly obliged if you kindly allow me a little space in the column of your esteemed daily to express my grave concern about the increase in road accidents in various parts of the state.

Travelling by buses and minibuses and even going out into the streets is no longer safe. Reckless driving has now become the order of the day. Drivers drive their vehicles at break-neck speed caring little for the traffic rules. On the other hand, the on-duty traffic police are mostly mere spectators to reckless driving. All the requests of the passengers to drive vehicles slowly seem to fall on deaf ears of the drivers who are very often found in a drunken state. The commission system to the bus drivers and conductors has worsened the situation all the more. This leads the bus drivers to a rivalry to overtake one another. This rivalry sometimes results in the loss of many precious lives in serious accidents. Such accidents due to reckless driving are now on the rise. 

It is high time for the Government to take stringent steps against the erring drivers to put a stop to this menace.

                Thanking you

3. A letter within 120 words to the editor of an English daily expressing your concern about the rising prices of essential commodities.                                                                                                  [H.S - 2010]

                                                                                                                                                                                               

Sub : Rising prices of essential commodities.

Sir,

    I shall be highly obliged if you kindly allow me a little space in the column of your esteemed daily to express my grave concern about the rising prices of essential commodities.

The prices of daily necessaries are going up by leaps and bounds though there is a bumper production of food grains this year. The prices of essential commodities like rice, pulse, fish, sugar, wheat, mustard oil, spice, kerosene etc. soared up beyond the buying capacity of common people. As a result, people of lower and middle-income group find it really difficult to make two ends meet. Irregular supply of essential articles from ration shops has worsened the situation all the more. Moreover, price-hike of diesel and petrol has contributed a lot to the price-rise of everyday necessities. The dishonest traders and hoarders are taking advantage of this situation creating an artificial crisis in the market. People are getting involved in anti-social activities for the bread of life.

It is high time that the Government should take immediate steps against the dishonest traders and ensure a steady flow of essential commodities through the ration shops.

                Thanking you

                                                                                                                                                                                               

Sub : Use of polythene bags.

Sir,

    I shall be highly obliged if you kindly allow me a little space in the column of your esteemed daily to air my views on the use of polythene or plastic bags.

Polythene bags are now widely used across the state. But nobody bothers about the hazards they pose to us. Polythene is a polymer of ethylene - a very toxic chemical. It is a non-biodegradable substance. Once produced, it has no destruction. It chokes the drain, eats up the water bodies and lowers the groundwater level. If left on the earth, it reduces the fertility of the soil. It contaminates the food that we very often carry home in plastic bags from the market. This food causes multifarious unknown health hazards. If burnt in the air, it emits a poisonous gas that causes breathing trouble, asthma, bronchitis, skin disease and even lung cancer. The Govt. should ban the use and production of polythene bags and boost up the production of eco-friendly jute bags or paper bags.

A powerful editorial from your mighty pen will, I think, go a long a way in forming public opinion against the use of polythene bags.

               Thanking you

7. A letter within 120 words to the editor of an English daily about the inconvenience caused by the use of microphones.

                                                                                                                                                                                               

Sub : Inconvenience caused by the use of microphones.

Sir,

    I shall be highly obliged if you kindly allow me a little space in the column of your esteemed daily to air my grave concern about the inconvenience caused by the use of microphones.

Thanks to science for inventing such a wonderful amplifying instrument like microphone. But this very boon of science has become a curse at the hands of some unscrupulous young people. Continuous use of microphones during any social, political or religious gathering causes sound pollution and thereby puts the people to a great inconvenience. The pupils, particularly the examinees are the worst sufferers. They can hardly concentrate on their studies. The old and the sick can hardly get a wink of sleep at night. The blaring noise of microphones causes different problems such as physical irritation, deafness, heart problems, sleeplessness and the like. What is worse, the pop, rap and other songs lower the moral standard of people particularly children and youths.

May I, therefore, request the authority to take drastic step against the violators of the rules of Pollution Control Board in the larger interest of the people?                                                                                                                         

         Thanking you,