English MCB Revision

• English
• Secondary Education

Expected Learning Outcomes

Learners will be able to:

1. Revise the prose- Young Sherlock Holmes,

Charlie's Mother and

About Famous Mothers.

Annual Examination MCB Syllabus

Prose- Young Sherlock Holmes

Charlie's Mother

About Famous Mothers

poetry- I was born different

Night Voices

A Mother's Love

Young Sherlock Holmes

How did Holmes find out
a. the name of the newcomer?
b. where the boy came from?
c. what his father's profession was?
d. what the boy did in his leisure time?
e. that boy was fond of custard tarts?

Which was Holmes guesses was wrong? Was his guess terribly wrong?

Holmes was throwing away the violin because he could not master it in three days. This might suggest he was ______ (Write an adjective)

Charlie's Mother

In what way did Hannah's 'worst fears come true' one evening on the stage?

How can we tell that Hannah and the boys lived in poverty?

Which of Hannah's qualities do you think Charlie Inherited?

About Famous Mothers

The writer's mother did not attend school or college, but was a voracious reader. How?

Who are the two people in Vijay's Career who believed in his potential to become the National Champion?

Do you think Sarah was keen to educate Lincoln? Give reasons

What makes Shabhnam say, 'I was stunned and in denial'?

What were the 'right notes' on which the year started for Yuvraj Singh?

MCB Revision (Prose), SAQ and LAQ (Notebook Work) 

1. Watson feels that Holmes was rude. Do you agree? Why/Why not?

2. How did Hannah managed 'to bring some magic' into the lives of Charlie and Sydney? What does this tells you about her?

3. Nothing Ventured nothing gained. Identify the meaning.

4. Why does the writer say that Yuvraj is neither an 'average cricketer' nor 'an ordinary fighter'.

5. Though Sarah was Abraham Lincoln's stepmother, she was more than a mother to him. Do you agree? Give reasons.

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Expected Learning Outcomes

Learners will be able to:

1. Revise the poetry- A mother's love I was born different and Night voices.

A mother's love

This poem is about mother's love helping one to cope with the physcological and emotional problems faced during growing-up years.

True

False

Complete the msissing lines from the poem and explain them. There are times when only a mother's love ___________________________,
_________________________________.
__________________________

I was Born Different

What are the sports that the poet takes part in? Is she a successful athlete? How can you tell?

In what ways do people react when they see the poet?

Night Voices

Why do you think the poem is called Night Voices?

Identify the rhyming scheme of the poem

Identify the literary devices used in the poem

MCB Revision (Poetry), SAQ and LAQ (Notebook work)

1. What helps one on life's way?

2. Give four reasons why the poet thinks she is born different?

3. Where are the speaker and his father? How can you tell?

4. Why do you think people with disabilities are discriminated by the society?

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