Crack The Code of Class 10 CBSE

Less importance to formats in lower classes – Till grade 8, in my school, I studied a subject called “English Language”. This subject focused on the basics of English grammar such as tenses, modals, nouns, etc. It also included other writing skills such as letter writing, dialogue writing etc. The format for “letter writing” was given by my school. So, I wrote letters according to the format given to score marks. Creative writing questions in Class 10 – In class 10, I paid a lot of attention to the different types of letters and different creative writing questions. For the boards, I studied four types of letters – Ordering, Complaint, Enquiry for joining a course/accommodation and enquiry for a trip. I also needed to study some other formats such as Diary Entry, Article Writing etc., for writing VBQ’s based on these. Difficulties faced while writing letters and solutions – I found that many students knew all the formats, but didn’t know how to write the content according to...

Definition of keywords - Till Class 9, I studied all the lessons and wrote answers in my own words. Class 10 was the first time; I heard the term “Keywords”. According to my teachers, “keywords” were phrases/words which described the whole answer and had to be underlined in the answer. Importance of keywords - They also told me that, teachers who correct papers in the boards, check for these keywords, and allot marks accordingly. My teachers, wanted these “keywords” to be underlined for all my answers. They also wanted me to use these keywords in the VBQ’s also. I was already accustomed to writing answers in my own way, without any keywords underlined. But, my English teacher, didn’t give me full marks for my answers in unit tests, since I didn’t use any of the keywords in my answers. My teacher insisted me, in using those words/phrases, so that I could score well in my board exams. Usage of keywords - At first, it was very tough to include these keywords in my answers. It...