Revised Syllabus for HSC Examination 2024

(According to Revised Syllabus 2023)

Subject: English 2nd Paper

Subject Code: 108

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 Revised Syllabus for HSC Examination 2024 due to Covid-19 Pandemic

Subject: English Paper: II Subject code: 108 Full marks: 100

Title Learning outcome Content No of Serial Comment
classes of
require classes
d
The Sentence Describe a process (speaking, writing) types of sentences, affirmative, 10 1st ,2nd,
narrate incidents and events in a logical negative, interrogative, 3rd, 4th
sequence (speaking, writing) imperative, exclamatory, 5th, 6th,
simple, complex, compound) 7th
modifier, sentence connectors, 8th.9th,10th
punctuation, conditionals,
questions (WH-words and
action verb), statement
question, tag question
Word formation speak, read, and write English accurately synonym and antonyms, 4 11th,12th,
in all aspects of communication. (speaking, compound 13th,14th
reading, writing)
The Phrases speak, read, and write English accurately noun phrase, prepositional 6 15th,16th
in all aspects of communication. (speaking, phrase, verb phrase, adjective ,17th,18th,
reading, writing) Phrase, infinitive phrase 19th,20th

The Clause speak, read, and write English accurately main clause, subordinate 8 21st.22nd.
in all aspects of communication. (speaking, clause, coordinate clause, noun 23rd,24th,
reading, writing) read, understand and clause, adjective clause 25th,26th,
follow authentic texts and signs i.e. adverbial 27th,28th

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 instructions, directions, signposts and
notices (reading, listening)
Use of Nouns speak, read, and write English accurately countable uncountable , 3 29th,30th,
in all aspects of communication. (speaking, abstract , common 31st
reading, writing)
Use of Pronouns speak, read, and write English accurately pronoun referencing 3 32nd,33rd,
in all aspects of communication. (speaking, 34th
reading, writing)
Use of Preposition speak, read, and write English accurately selected by the teacher 5 35th,36th,
in all aspects of communication. (speaking, 37th,38th,
reading, writing) 39th
Subject -verb speak, read, and write English accurately selected by the teacher 5 40th,41st,
Agreement in all aspects of communication. (speaking, 42nd,43rd,
Comparison of reading, writing) 44th,
Adjectives and
Adverbs
Study of verbs speak, read, and write English accurately regular and irregular verbs  Be 5 45th,46th,
in all aspects of communication. (speaking, verbs  finite verbs, non-finite 47th,48th,
reading, writing) verbs  transitive and 49th,
intransitive verbs  infinitives,
gerund, participles  modals

Use of Tenses speak, read, and write English accurately selected by the teacher 10 50th
in all aspects of communication. (speaking, 51st,52nd,
reading, writing) 53rd,54th,
55th,56th
,57th,58t
h,59th
Adverb and speak, read, and write English accurately selected by the teacher 6
Adverbials in all aspects of communication. (speaking, 60th,61st,
reading, writing) 62nd,63rd,
64th,65th,
Direct and Indirect speak, read, and write English accurately selected by the teacher 5 66th,67th,

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Speech in all aspects of communication. (speaking,
Special Uses reading, writing) read, understand and
follow authentic texts and signs i.e.
instructions, directions, signposts and
notices (reading, listening)
Composition  write formal, informal, academic,
professional and other genres of
texts e.g. descriptive, narrative,
argumentative (writing)
 use references in writing and
making bibliography (reading,
writing)
68th,69th,
70th, Total
number
of
classes
mechanics of writings: topic 5 71st,72nd, 75
selection, brainstorming, 73rd,74th,
outlining, writing topic 75th
sentence, developing ideas,
maintaining cohesion,
coherence, writing conclusions
etc.  Types of paragraphs
(paragraph writing by listing,
narration, comparison and
contrast, cause and effect) 
Descriptive, narrative,
persuasive/argumentative,
imaginative and creative
writing (such as
telling/completing stories)
Academic writing: taking notes,
analysing graphs and charts,
summary writing, referencing
and making a bibliography
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 Marks Distribution for HSC English 2nd paper
(For the year 2024)
Subject Code - 108
Test Item/s Marks
Part A: Grammar (60 marks)
1 Gap filling activities without clues (for prepositions) .5x10=05
2 Gap filling activities with clues (special uses: was born, have to/has to, would rather, had better, let 0.5×10=05
alone, as soon as, what’s…like, what does…look like, introductory ‘there’ or ‘it’)
3 Completing sentences (with clauses/ phrases) 10×1= 10
4 Use of verbs (right form of verbs and subject-verb agreement as per context) 0.5×14=7

5 Narrative style (direct to indirect and vice versa) 7

6 Use of modifiers 0.5×10=5
7 Use of sentence connectors 0.5×14=7
8 Use of synonym and antonym 0.5×14=7
9 Punctuation 0.5×14=7
Part-B: Composition (40 marks)
10 Formal letter writing/Gmail 10
11 Writing paragraph (by listing/ description) within 200 words 15
12 Writing paragraph (comparison and contrast/ cause and effect) within 200 words. 15