PSEB Class 12 General English study guide
PSEB Class 12 General English · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
PSEB Class 12 General English is one of the subjects in the Senior Secondary Examination conducted by the Punjab School Education Board, which the Board's own site describes as coming "into existence through a legislative enactment in November 1969 for the development and promotion of school education in the state of Punjab." The Board is headquartered at Vidya Bhawan, Phase-8, SAS Nagar (Mohali), Punjab, India, and publishes the papers' structure, syllabus, question bank and model test papers on its website. The paper is a written board examination. Candidates typically answer it in four parts: unseen reading comprehension, writing tasks such as letters, reports, notices, paragraphs and essays, grammar and vocabulary (tenses, voice, narration and sentence structure), and literature from the prescribed prose, poetry and supplementary reader. This page is an independent study resource and is not affiliated with the Board. The PSEB Class 12 General English study guide has 4 sections and about 1,052 words.
01Reading Comprehension: Unseen Prose Passages
Reading Comprehension uses unseen prose passages. Questions ask for explicit information, inference, vocabulary in context, purpose, tone and a short summary.
250 words, about 1 min02Writing Skills: Format, Purpose and Register
Writing Skills tests purposeful composition in prescribed formats: formal and informal letters, reports, notices, paragraphs and essays. Examiners reward correct format, clear purpose, logical order, appropriate register and grammatical control.
261 words, about 1 min03Grammar and Vocabulary: Transformation and Usage
Grammar and Vocabulary checks control of tenses, active and passive voice, direct and indirect narration, sentence structure and word usage. Items usually ask you to transform, combine, correct or choose the best fit, so the grammar must remain accurate after the change.
284 words, about 1 min04Literature: Prose, Poetry and Supplementary Reader
Literature covers prescribed textbook prose, poetry and the supplementary reader. Questions test plot, character, conflict, theme, poetic device, tone and the ability to support an interpretation with textual evidence.
257 words, about 1 min