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English — Revision Checklist

Section-wise revision checklist for TS Intermediate 2nd Year English. Tick off each item to track your exam preparation. Paper: 80 marks · 3 hours.

Prose (5 texts)

How to Avoid Foolish Opinions — author info, main argument, important quotationsThe Awakening of Women — themes, Annie Besant's key pointsSolution to the Plastic Pollution — causes, solutions, statistics in textGoodbye Party for Miss Pushpa TS — irony, humour, Nissim Ezekiel styleGuilty — Chekhov's moral, character analysis, ending significance

Poetry (3 poems)

Fear — Gabriela Mistral, central theme, imagery, key stanzasAwake — Rabindranath Tagore, call to action, spiritual meaningOn the Grasshopper and Cricket — Keats, imagery of nature, two insects contrasted

Short Stories (3 stories)

The Woman on Platform No. 8 — Ruskin Bond, themes of motherly love, key sceneA Gift for Christmas — theme, characters, plot summaryThe Doctor's Word — R. K. Narayan, Clemency's dilemma, moral

Grammar & Language Skills

Reading comprehension strategy — skimming, scanning, inferenceLetter writing format — formal letter (application, complaint, request)Informal letter structureDialogue writing — format, natural languageIdioms and phrases — minimum 20 idiomsVerb patterns — V+to-infinitive vs V+gerundWord stress patterns — polysyllabic wordsPhonetic transcription basics

Writing Skills

Resume / Bio-Data format — objective, education, skills, personal detailsStatement of Purpose — structure and purposeNote making — key words, abbreviations, indentationUnderstanding advertisements — visual and text analysisNon-verbal data — interpreting tables, graphs, pie charts in context

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