CBSE Class 12 English Exam Pattern 2024 with Marking Scheme and Topic-wise Weightage

Section

Competencies

Total marks

A- Reading Skills

Conceptual understanding, decoding, Analyzing, inferring, interpreting, appreciating, literary, conventions and vocabulary, summarizing and using appropriate format/s.

1 and 2 mark questions

22

B- Creative Writing Sills 

Conceptual Understanding, application of rules, Analysis, Reasoning, appropriacy of style and tone, using appropriate format and fluency, inference, analysis, evaluation and creativity.

4 and 5 mark questions

18

C- Literature Text Book and Supplementary Reading Text

Recalling, reasoning, critical thinking, appreciating literary convention, inference, analysis, creativity with fluency. 

2, 4, 5 and 6 mark questions. These might be divided into 1 to 2-mark questions. 

40

Total

80

Internal Assessment

Assessment of Listening and Speaking Skills  

10

5+5

Project Work+Viva

10

Total

20

Grand Total

100

Section

Marking Criteria 

Marks

A- Reading Skills

Each question is typically worth 1 to 2 marks. MCQ, one-word, fill-in-the-blank and one-liner questions. 

22

B- Creative Writing Sills 

Marks are allocated based on the quality of writing and the correctness of grammar.

18

C- Literature Textbook and Supplementary Reading Text

Marks are distributed among different types of questions, such as short-answer, long-answer, and essay-type questions.

40

Total

80

Parameters for Assessment

The listening and speaking skills are to be assessed on the following parameters:

a. Interactive competence (Initiation & turn taking, relevance to the topic)

b. Fluency (cohesion, coherence and speed of delivery)

c. Pronunciation

d. Language (grammar and vocabulary)

20

Grand Total

100

Section

Competencies

Total marks

% Weightage

Reading Comprehension

Conceptual understanding, decoding, Analyzing, inferring, interpreting, appreciating, literary, conventions and vocabulary, summarizing and using appropriate format/s

20

25%

Applied Grammar

Applying appropriate language conventions comprehension using structures interactively, application, accuracy

8

10%

Creative Writing

Reasoning, appropriacy of style and tone, using appropriate format and fluency, inference, analysis, evaluating, and creativity with Fluency.

20

25%

Textbook 

Recalling, reasoning, appreciating literary convention, inference, analysis, and creativity with fluency

22

27.5%

Fiction

Recalling, reasoning, appreciating interventions, illustrating with relevant quotations from the text, inferring, analyzing, evaluating and creating, giving opinions, justifying with fluency

10

12.50%

Total

80

100%

Seminar

Seeking information and clarifying, illustrating with relevant quotations from the texts, reasoning, diction, articulation clarity of pronunciation, using appropriate language conventions Addressing participants using appropriate titles or nomenclatures and overall fluency

20

–

Grand Total

100

Section

Marking Criteria

Total marks

A- Reading Skills

20

Passage one (12 Multiple Choice Questions / Objective Type Questions, out of 15)

12

Poem (4 out of 5 multiple choice questions / Objective Type Questions)

4

Passage two (4 out of 5 multiple choice questions / Objective Type Questions)

4

B- Grammar and writing

28

Applied Grammar (Eight multiple-choice questions / Objective Type Questions, out of ten)

8

Creative Writing (Three Long Writing Tasks, out of four, to be answered in 120-150 words each )

(5×3)15

One Long Writing Task out of two to be answered in 120-150 words

5

C- Literature and fiction

Textbook

22

Reference to the Context 

One Prose extract, out of two

6

One Poetry extract, out of two

6

One Short Answer Question, out of two

2

One Short Answer Question, out of two (40-50 words)

3

One Long Answer Question, out of two (120-150 words)

5

Fiction

10 

One Short Answer Question, out of two (30-40 words)

2

One Short Answer Question, out of two (40-50 words)

3

One Long Answer Question, out of two (120-150 words)

5

Total

80

Seminar

• Presentation
• Poetry reading
• Conducting a theatre workshop

20

Total

20

Grand Total

100