SSC English Suggestion 2021

Are you confused about the new syllabus, marks distribution or question pattern? I’ll be answering all your question here.

At first, take a look at the marks distribution of English

SSC English 1st Paper Suggestion

Reading – 50 Marks

Seen passage 1

• Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) 1x 10=10
• Answering questions (open-ended and close ended) 2×6 =12

Seen passage 2

• Gap filling without clues 1×5=5

Suggestion for Seen Passages

Unseen passage

• Information transfer 1×6=6
• Summarizing 10
• Matching 1×7=7

Writing (marks 50)

• Writing paragraph answering questions 14
• Completing a story 12
• Writing emails 12
• Writing dialogue 12

English 2nd Marks Distribution

Total Marks: 100

Grammar (60 marks)

1. Gap filling activities with clues (prepositions, articles, parts of speech) .5 x10=5 marks
2. Gap filling activities without clues (prepositions, articles, parts of speech) .5×10=5 marks
3. Substitution table 1×6=6 marks
4. Right forms of verbs 1×10=10 marks
5. Changing sentences (change of voice, change of degrees, affirmative to negative, assertive to exclamatory, exclamatory to assertive, assertive to imperative) 1×10=10 marks
6. Use of suffix and prefix .5×14=7 marks
7. Tag questions 1×7=7 marks
8. Punctuations 0.5 x20=10 marks

Composition (40 marks)

• Writing a CV with cover letter 15 marks
• Formal letters (complaint letter, notice, purchase order, responses to an order/requests etc. 10 marks
• Writing paragraph 15 marks