English 2nd paper (HSC New shyllabus2023)

 Marks Distribution for HSC English 2nd paper

 (only for the year 2023)

Subject Code - 108

Test Item/s Marks

Part A: Grammar (60 marks)

1 Gap filling activities without clues (for prepositions)      .5x10=05

2 Gap filling activities with clues (special uses: was born, have to/has to, would rather, had better, let

alone, as soon as, what’s…like, what does…look like, introductory ‘there’ or ‘it’)       0.5×10=05

3 Completing sentences (with clauses/ phrases)                                 10×1= 10

4 Use of verbs (right form of verbs and subject-verb agreement as per context)      0.5×14=7

5 Narrative style (direct to indirect and vice versa)       7

6 Use of modifiers           0.5×10=5

7 Use of sentence connectors     0.5×14=7

8 Use of synonym and antonym     0.5×14=7

9 Punctuation          0.5×14=7

Part-B: Composition (40 marks)

10 Formal letter writing/Gmail                                                           10

11 Writing paragraph (by listing/ description) within 200 words        15

12 Writing paragraph (comparison and contrast/ cause and effect) within 200 words.    15