english tips for xii students

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I Paper II Paper

I C I D 12) Non-Det Essay 03

11) Plurals 02 II A 1317 Questions (14

Question)

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13) Abbreviation 02 III A 23) Summary 02

15) Blending 02 III B 24) Letter 07

16) Syllabification 02 IV A 25) NonLexical 02

18) Br& Am English 02 IV B Guiding a Person 02

20) Prefix & Suffix 02 Total 26

21) Compound Word (Formation) 02 Minimum Guarantee

23) Clipping 02 I Paper

II A Julius Caesar Essay 03

31) Sentence Pattern 01 Field Identification (Q No.

39-43)

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32) Question 01 II Paper

II B Question 110 ( Jumbled,Choose, Comprehension )

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35) Begin with 02 Matching (26-35) 04

IV A 55-60 Question ( Poetry ) 06 Total 13

IV B 62) Alliteration 01

IV C 64-66) ERC 02Total 29


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Letter for other Advertisement

(Land for sale/rent, Courses offered, Exhibition, other Products sale)

From

XXXX, YYYY.

To

Sir,

Sub:

Ref:

I saw the advertisement given by you in the newspaper The Hindu dated 01-01-07. I am very much interested to know more details regarding youradvertisement. I need more details like___________ _______________________ ___________. I have given my telephone number. (Kindly contactme at your convenient time. My phone number is ___________.) / Kindly inform

me the details that I require. Expect your early reply.

Yours truly,

( fees, courses, timings, batches, branches for some courses

Area measurement, location, expected amount, facilities available special features,warranty, service provided, others - for selling/ buying something)


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(A)SV(A) -(Gently) the birds fly (in the air)

(A)SVC(A) - (successfully) He became a doctor(this year)

(A)SVO(A) - (Yesterday) I bought a watch ( in

a Titan shop)

(A) SVIODO(A) - (Yesterday) I painted my car (atmy home itself)

(A)SVOC(A) - (Last week)I painted my car blue(at my home itself)

SENTENCE PATTERN


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POETRY QUESTIONS Explain BivouacThe Bivouac means simple tempoprary camp made by

soldiers.

Footprints of timeIt refers to the great achievements we leave behindus.

HedgerowsIt means the bushes or the low trees along the road side.

Cherished circleIt means someone very close to a person(like the familymembers)

Gossamer Thread - In the poem it refers to the unifying force of the soul It is the filament emitted by the spider to weave its

web.

Leech Craft - The ancient method of medical treatment to purify blood

Etna - Etna is a volcanic mountain in Sicily.

Albatross - Albatross is a sea bird.( here the reference is to S.T.Coleridges book Ancient Mariner)

Nipperkin - It is a small glass for drinking beer or wine.


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COMPOUND WORD

1. Noun + Noun = School Bus 2. Verb + Noun = Play ground

3. Adj. + Noun = Short story 4. Gerund + Noun = dining table

5. Prep. + Noun = Over coat 6. Verb + Prep. = Lock up

7. Noun + Adj. = Snow white 8. Prep. + Verb = Over take

9. Adj. + Verb = White wash 10. Noun + Verb = sunrise

11. Noun + Gerund = note making

12. Compound phrase = day-to-day


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IMPORTANT PLURAL FORMS

01. Hypothesis Hypotheses - e.g. Manyhypotheses have been disproved.

02. Phenomenon Phenomena - e.g. Corruptionand adulteration have become a common phenomena.

03. Alumnus Alumni - e.g. I joined our schoolsalumni association.

04. Crisis Crises - e.g. In times of crises listen to thewords of elders.

05. Criterion Criteria - e.g. What are the criteria forselecting the good books?

06. Medium Media - e.g. We know everythingthrough different media.

07. Index Indexes - e.g. The indexes help us touse the books easily.


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08. Axis Axes - e.g. The horizontal and vertical axesof a graph

are the fixed line for measurement.

09. Radius Radii - e.g. After bombing in Hiroshima almost everyonedied within the radii of 600 yards.

10. Datum Data - e.g. The data collected after Tsunami is so

shocking.

11. Matrix Matrixes - e.g. The molten metal was poured in to the

matrixes.

12. Syllabus Syllabi - e.g. The syllabi of matriculation and State board

schools differ from one another.

13. Erratum Errata - e.g. The list oferrata is given at the end of the

book.


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BLENDING

01. Travel + Catalogue = Travelogue

e.g. The Land of Snow is a travelogue. 02. Helicopter + airport = Heliport

The Minister landed at the heliport.

03. Documentary + Drama = Docudrama

The artists perform a docudrama on child labour.

04. Education + Entertainment = EdutainmentThe edutainment programme of the students was wonderful.

05. Motor + Hotel = MotelWe stopped at a motel to have our breakfast.


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06. Smoke + Fog = smogThe road vision is blurred by the smog.

07. Breakfast + Lunch = brunchSince I did not have time in the morning, I

was able to have only brunch.

08. Information + Commercial = infomercial

That documentary has infomercial value. 09. Lecture + Demonstration = lacdem

The scientist gave a lacdem.

10. International + Police = interpol

The Interpol was in search of that smuggler.

11. Electro + Execute = electrocuteThe criminal was electrocuted.


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CLIPPING

01. Hand Kerchief 02. Fountain Pen

03. Tele Phone 04.Suitecase 05. Hamburger 06. Refrigerator = Fridge 07. Microphone = Mike

08. Perambulator = Pram 09. Pantaloons = Pants

e.g. I bought a _______________

10. Centum 11. Mathematics = Mathse.g. I Got Centpercent in Maths.

12. Taxi cab 13. Helicoptere.g. I came here by a _______________


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14. Laboratory 15. Discotheque 16. Gymnasium

e.g. He is in the Gym/Lab/ Disco hall

17. Demonstration

e.g. The physics teacher gave a demo in the lab.

18. Memorandum

e.g. The manager gave memo to the clerk.

19. Kilogram

e.g. I bought a kilo of sugar.


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ABBREVIATIONS

01. AIR - All India Radio

02. BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation

03. BITS - Birla Institute of Technology and Science

04. BHEL - Bharat Heavy Electronics Limited

05. CBI - Central Bank of India

06. DIET - District Institute of Education and Training

07. HUDCO - Housing and Development Corporation 08. IAF - Indian Air force

09. ISRO - Indian Space Research Organisation

10. NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

11. NCERT - National Council of Education Research and Training

12. TNPSC - Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission

e.g. My brother is working in _________________


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01. CAD - Computer Aided Design

02. IMF - International Monetary Fund

03. LASER - Light Amplification by Simulated Emission of radiation

04. RADAR - Radio Detecting and Ranging

05. NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

06. SAARC - South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation

07. UNO - United Nations Organisation

08. UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation

09. UNICEF - United Nations International Childrens Emergency Fund 10. WHO - World Health Organisation

e.g. ___________serves our society in several ways.


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01. AIDS - Acquired Immuno DeficiencySyndrome is a dangerous disease.

02. SARS - Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome is

a dangerous disease. 03. ATM - Automatic Teller Machine All banks

give ATM cards to their customers.

04. CPU - Central Processing Unit is animportant part of the computer.

05. DTP - Desk Top Publishing My brother isdoing DTP work.

06. UPS - Uninterrupted Power Supply ensurespower supply even at the time of power cut

07. VAT - Value Added Tax is introduced by theTamilnadu Government.


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Prefix & Suffix 1. anti we use antibiotics to cure some illness

2. dis I disagree with you

3. il Many of our people are illiterates

4. re You have to rewrite the test

5. un He looks unhappy

6. fore The forecast is for light showers 7. in Kumar is inattentive in the class.

8.im Nothing is impossible

9. pre I use the prepaid sim in my cellphone.

10. de The king was dethroned in Nepal 11. ir Malini was irregular to the class.

12. mis His friends misguided him in that matter.


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able - Dog is a lovable animal

ian - He is a musician.

ful - I am hopefulof my success.

ment - He escaped the punishment.

- ship - I maintain good relationshipwith myfriends.

ical - There was a technical fault in my phone.

al - He wears only the traditional dress.

ity - The visibility decreased because of smog

ly - He went away happily

less - Avoid careless mistakes ful - Dog is faithful animal

hood - Childhood days are enjoyed byeveryone.

S f th


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Some of the common errors 1. Everybody, everyone, nobody, no one, somebody,

someone is followed by plural verb

e.g. Everyone have done the work perfectly.(has)

2. as well as and along with take the plural verb

e.g. Suresh as well as his mother have attended musicclasses(has attended)

3. Use of two conjunctions in a sentence

e.g. As he was tired, so he sat for some time(As he wastired, he sat for some time)

4. article an before words like honest, hour, MLA, MA, STDcall,

5. article a before words like European, University


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6. words like superior, inferior, junior, senior take to instead of than

e.g. He is junior than me. Correct sentence He is junior tome

I prefer coffee than tea. I prefer

coffee to tea.

7. One of the takes only plural noun and singular verb

e.g. This is one of the best books in the market

8. Some singular nouns end with s but not taken as plural.

e.g. sciccors, maths, spectacles,

9. Both the singular and plural forms are same for some words.

e.g. furniture, advice, news,

10. Phrases like bread and butter, time and tide do not take theplural form of the verb

e.g. Time and tide waits for none


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Non-lexical Fillers

Eh, oh, uh, er, mm, hmm, umm, ah, etc.

Discourse Markers

Well, of course, actually, yes, I see, you see,

see, okay, alright,

right, then, you know, so, my goodness, my

god, look, listen


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Sections of Library

Rererence Section

In reference section one can find

the dictionaries, encyclopaedia,atlas, year book, gazeteers and

other rare and important books


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Stack Section

This section has all the books other

than the books stored in reference

section


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Journal Section

In this section all the journals and

periodicals are kept. Also the

back volumes are stored in thissection


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Electronic Section

In electronic section audio video cassettes and

cd roms, micro films and other such electronic

media are kept.

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