29/06/2025
HSC-25 peeps, this guideline is for yâall
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đ Section A: Reading (60 Marks)
1âĸ MCQ
āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠MCQ āĻā§āϞāĻŋ seen passage āĻĨā§āĻā§āĻ āĻāϏāĻŦā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ important type āĻšāĻā§āĻā§ passage āĻāϰ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāĻāĻāĻž word āĻāϰ parts of speech āĻŦā§āϰ āĻāϰāĻž, synonym/ antonym āĻŦā§āϰ āĻāϰāĻž āĻ
āĻĨāĻŦāĻž passage based āĻā§āύ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻāϰāĻžāĨ¤ āĻāĻ āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĻā§ āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ Passage āĻāĻžāϞā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āĻā§ āύāĻžāĻ āϝāĻžāϤ⧠context āĻĨā§āĻā§ word guess āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤ āĻĒā§āϰāϏā§āϤā§āϤāĻŋ āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ Important seen passage āĻāϰ Difficult words highlight āĻāϰ⧠meaning āĻŽāύ⧠āϰāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
2âĸ Comprehension Questions
āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠mainly Open-ended analysis & reasoning type āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšā§āĨ¤ āϏāĻŦāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻāϤā§āϤāϰāĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāϤā§āϤ seen passage āĻāĻ āĻĒā§ā§ā§ āϝāĻžāĻŦā§āĨ¤ āϤāĻžāĻ āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻžāϞāϞ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ passage āĻāĻž āĻāĻžāϞā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āĻāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤ āĻāύā§āϏāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§ Full sentence use āĻāϰ⧠āĻāĻŦāĻ "Because", "So", "Thatâs why" āĻāĻžāĻāĻĒ logical āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
3âĸ Information Transfer / Flow Chart
āϏāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽā§ passage āĻĨā§āĻā§ Key info (Date, Place, Event, Person) āĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻŖāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰ⧠chart fill āĻāϰā§āĨ¤ āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž āĻāϰāĻŦā§ āϏāĻŦāĻā§āϞāĻŋ sentence āĻāĻāĻ tense āĻāĻŦāĻ Structure-āĻ āϞāĻŋāĻāϤā§āĨ¤
4âĸ Summarizing
āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽā§ passage āĻāĻž āĻāĻžāϞā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āĻā§ main idea āĻā§āĻāĻā§ āĻŦā§āϰ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤ āĻāϰāĻĒāϰ āϏāĻāĻā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ⧠āϞāĻŋāĻā§, āύāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻžā§ rewrite āĻāϰ⧠â but core meaning āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻĨāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰ⧠Passive voice & linking words āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
5âĸ Cloze Test with Clues
Clue āĻ
āύā§āϝāĻžā§ā§ grammar rule āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāϰ⧠āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻŖ āĻāϰ⧠āĨ¤ Verb form, Article, Pronoun āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻāϰ⧠āĻŦāϏāĻžāĻāĨ¤Verb form āĻāϰ āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĻ āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻāϰ⧠āĻĒā§āϰā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋāϏ āĻāϰāϞ⧠āĻāĻ āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĻā§ āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻāϰāĻž āϏāĻšāĻāĨ¤
6âĸ Cloze Test without Clues
clue āĻāĻžā§āĻž āĻā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ-āĻĢāĻŋāϞ āĻāĻĒ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŦā§ (āĻāĻāĻžāĻ āϏāĻŦāĻā§ā§ā§ tricky)āĨ¤ āϤāĻžāĻ Tense, Vocabulary, Linking words āύāĻŋā§ā§ āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āϰāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤ āϝā§āĻšā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻāĻž No help! āϤāĻžāĻ grammar knowledge + logical guessing āĻĻāϰāĻāĻžāϰāĨ¤ āĻāĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰ⧠Time tense subject-verb āĻ āĻŋāĻ āϰāĻžāĻā§ āĨ¤ āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§āώāĻž āĻļā§āώ⧠āĻ
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7âĸ Rearranging
Rearranging always āĻāĻāĻāĻž sequence maintain āĻāϰā§āĨ¤ āϤāĻžāĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽā§āĻ āϏāĻŦāĻā§āϞāĻŋ sentence āĻā§ā§āĻāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§ā§ sequence āĻāĻž āĻŽāĻŋāϞāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž āĻāϰāĻŦā§āĨ¤
First sentence â subject introduction
Last sentence â conclusion āĻŦāĻž result
Sequence āĻāĻž Cause â Effect, Time Order, Pronoun ref. āϧāϰ⧠āϏāĻžāĻāĻžāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
đī¸ Section B: Writing (40 Marks)
8âĸ Paragraph Writing
āĻāĻāĻāĻž paragraph āϞāĻŋāĻāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§, āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύā§āϰ āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ āĻ
āύā§āϝāĻžā§ā§ āĻāĻ āύ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻāύā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽā§ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύā§āϰ āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ rough āĻ āĻĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ, āĻĒāϰ⧠paragraph āĻŦāĻžāύāĻžāĻāĨ¤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āύā§āϰ āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ āϧāϰā§āĻ paragraph āĻāĻ āύ āĻāϰā§
ā§§āĻāĻž Intro + 2/3 Main points + ā§§āĻāĻž Conclusion
āĻāĻ sequence maintain āĻāϰāĻŦā§āĨ¤
9âĸ Completing Story
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ story outline āĻŦāĻž first few lines āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻž āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŦā§, āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻ
āĻāĻļ āĻļā§āώ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰ⧠Conflict â Resolution â Moral structure āĻāĻ sequence maintain āĻāϰāĻŦā§āĨ¤ Short, simple language āĻ āϞāĻŋāĻāĻŦā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ Grammar āĻ narration āĻ āĻŋāĻ āϰāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤ āϏāĻŦāĻļā§āώ⧠Moral/Ending āĻ
āĻŦāĻļā§āϝāĻ strong āĻ meaningful āĻšāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
10âĸ Informal Email Writing
āϝ⧠Format follow āĻāϰāĻŦā§: To â Subject â Greeting â Body â Closing
Email āĻāĻāĻĻāĻŽ āϏāĻāĻā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āϞāĻŋāĻāĻŦā§, letter āĻāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧠āĻŦā§ āĻāϰāĻŦā§ āύāĻž āĻāĻāĻĻāĻŽāĻāĨ¤
11âĸ Graph Chart
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ bar/pie/line graph āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŦā§, āϏā§āĻāĻž āĻĒā§ā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āϞā§āώāĻŖ āϞāĻŋāĻāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤ Intro â 2/3 comparisons â Conclusion āĻāĻ āĻĢāϰāĻŽā§āĻā§ āϞāĻŋāĻāϞ⧠āĻāĻžāϞā§āĨ¤
Intro: Chart āĻāĻž āĻā§ āύāĻŋā§ā§ āϏ⧠āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻ⧠⧍āϞāĻžāĻāύ āϞāĻŋāĻāĻŦā§āĨ¤ āĻāϰāĻĒāϰ 2-3āĻāĻž important comparison āĻĻā§ā§āĻžāϰ āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž āĻāϰāĻŦā§ āϏāĻŦāĻļā§āώ⧠End with conclusion or suggestionāĨ¤
12âĸ Appreciating Short Stories/Poems
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāϞā§āĻĒ/āĻāĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻž āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āϤāĻžāϰ theme, subject matter, interpretation āĻāĻžāύāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻž āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻāύā§āϝ Poem/story āĻāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽā§ āĻŦā§āĻā§ āύāĻžāĻāĨ¤ Identify theme, tone, message āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻļā§āώ⧠Answer āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻāĻŋā§ā§ emotion + logic āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ English For Today āĻāϰ "Reading for Pleasure" āĻ
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Written By: Mahin Uz Zaman (AUST, HSC 2023)