Exam Tips for English – Class 10

Hello students,

It’s time to give a final touch to your preparation for the upcoming examination. Scoring good marks in English needs systematic preparation, conceptual clarity in grammar and revision before the exams. Given the time constraint, your syllabus is huge and needs a quick glance before you enter that examination hall. It is the time to ruminate and review on whatever you have learnt till date. To help you in this process, we would like to share with you some tips through a few articles on English.

Hope our contribution helps you in scoring the best!

The Question paper is divided into four sections:

Section A : Reading – 20 Marks

Section B : Writing – 25 Marks

Section C : Grammar – 20 Marks

Section D : Literature – 25 Marks

We are providing some sure-shot preparation strategies which would ensure you good marks.

To tackle questions of English grammar section, you need to go through all the solved exercises that you have done throughout this second term

You should, again and again, revise the rules of certain important topics such as articles, reported speech, active and passive voice, transitive and intransitive verbs, modals, etc.

– Memorise the formats of formal and informal letters, e-mails, notice writing, biosketch, debate, speech, etc.

– Go through the summaries thoroughly to get a good grip on all the lessons of the textbooks.

– Jot down the most important poetic devices and figures of speech used in various texts of your syllabus.

– You are advised to take a mock test on your own by randomly selecting a sample test paper.

– During the test, do not take any break in between and adhere to the rules followed in the examination hall.

– If any confusion crops up in the mind then feel free to post your queries to us.

Practise to become perfect in time management to avoid losing time unnecessarily. Always answer to the point and according to the marks assigned to each question. You might lose out on long answer questions while going into details in the short answer type questions.

We would like to share with you the importance of preparation through a quote which says:

“Preparation. There is no substitute for it. You can have the most talent in the world and be beaten by a lack of preparation. So regardless of your talent level, whether you are a 1 or a 10, make your preparation a 10.”

Good Luck !

Team Meritnation