BLUE PRINT BP_ENGLISH_XI_Set1
HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION 2024-25
CLASS – XI ENGLISH – CORE (301) MAX. MARKS – 80
Typology Testing Competencies Objective Type Short Answer Questions Long Answer Very Long Answer Total
Question and MCQs (3 marks each) Question Question marks
(1 mark each) (5 marks 120-150 words
each) (6 marks each)
Conceptual understanding, 10x1=10
decoding, Analysing, (descriptive passage)
inferring, interpreting, 8x1=8 1x3= 3 1x5=5
Reading Skills appreciating, literary, (case-based passage) Summary Note-Making - 26
conventions and [10+8=18]
vocabulary, summarizing
and using appropriate
format/s
2x1 = 2 2x3= 6 2x5 = 10
Grammar & Reasoning, appropriacy of (Reordering of (Short writing task) ( 1 out of 2
Creative style and tone, using Sentences) 3x1=3 (50 words each) Speeches &
Writing Skills appropriate format and (Gap Filling) 2x1=2 1 out of 2 1 out of 2 - 23
fluency, inference, analysis, (MCQs) [2+3+2=7] Advertisements Debates)
evaluation, and creativity (choice 7out of 8) & 1 out of 2 Posters (word limit
120 – 150
words)
Literature 3x1=3 1x6 = 6
Textbook and (1 poetry extract out 2x3 = 6 (1 question out of
Supplementary Recalling, reasoning, of 2) (2 questions out of 4 from 2 from Hornbill)
Reading Text appreciating literary 3x1=3 Hornbill;1 prose and 1 1x6=6
convention, inference, (1 prose extract out poetry) - (1 question out of
(Hornbill analysis, creativity with of 2 from Hornbill) 2 from Snapshots)
and fluency 1x3=3
Snapshots) 4x1=4( 1 prose (1 ques. out 2 from 31
extract out of 2 from Snapshots)
Snapshots) (Word limit 40-50
words)
TOTAL 35 18 15 12 80
Prescribed Syllabus for Half Yearly Exam
Reading Comprehension
i.Unseen Passage for Comprehension ( Factual, Descriptive or Literary)
ii Unseen Case- Based Passage (Factual)
Note: The combined word limit for both the passages will be 600-750 words.
iii.Note Making and Summary(200-250 Words)
Grammar and Creative Writing Skills
Gap filling (Tenses, Clauses)
Reordering / Transformation of sentences
Short Writing task- Classified Advertisements
Short Writing Task- Poster
Long Writing Task- Speech Writing (based on verbal/visual input)
Long Writing Task – Debate (based on verbal/ visual input)
Literature Section:
Hornbill ( Prose) Hornbill (Poetry) Snapshots
The Portait of a Lady A Photograph The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse
We’re not Afraid to Die The Laburnum Top The Address
Discovering Tut: The Saga Continues The Voice of the Rain Mother’s Day
The Adventure Childhood Birth
