English Core – Class XII Student Support Material (2025–26)

1️⃣ Reading Comprehension (Narrative Passages)

This section focuses on developing reading and analytical skills through narrative-based passages. It includes solved and unsolved passages with multiple-choice, short-answer, and value-based questions. Students learn how to identify the main idea, infer meaning, understand vocabulary in context, and interpret the author’s message.

2️⃣ Reading Comprehension (Case-Based Passages)

This part contains case-based passages related to contemporary issues such as Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), NEP 2020, Artificial Intelligence in mental health, environmental concerns, and social awareness topics. These passages test analytical thinking, interpretation of data, and application-based understanding.

3️⃣ Notice Writing

This section explains the format, structure, and key features of notice writing. It includes layout guidelines, sample notices, templates, and important language points such as clarity, conciseness, and formal tone. Students are guided on how to present information effectively in a structured format.

4️⃣ Invitations and Replies

This section teaches students how to draft formal and informal invitations along with their replies. It focuses on correct format, tone, and language suitable for various occasions such as birthdays, weddings, official functions, and school events.

5️⃣ Letter to the Editor

This section provides guidance on writing formal letters to newspaper editors on social, environmental, and civic issues. Students learn how to express opinions logically, suggest solutions, and maintain a persuasive yet formal tone.

6️⃣ Job Application

This part explains how to write job applications along with biodata/resume. It includes proper format, essential details, and examples to help students understand professional communication skills.

7️⃣ Article Writing

This section focuses on writing structured articles on various topics. It teaches students how to organize ideas into introduction, body, and conclusion while maintaining clarity and coherence.

8️⃣ Report Writing

This part explains how to write factual reports based on events, surveys, or school activities. It emphasizes objective language, proper structure, and chronological presentation.

9️⃣ Flamingo (Prose Section)

This section includes detailed summaries, explanations, and question-answer practice for prose chapters such as:

The Last Lesson

Lost Spring

Deep Water

The Rattrap

Indigo

Poets and Pancakes

The Interview

Going Places

Each chapter includes theme analysis, character sketch, and value-based questions.

🔟 Flamingo (Poetry Section)

This section covers detailed explanation and poetic appreciation of poems such as:

My Mother at Sixty-Six

Keeping Quiet

A Thing of Beauty

A Roadside Stand

Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers

It includes poetic devices, central idea, stanza-wise explanation, and exam-oriented questions.

1️⃣1️⃣ Vistas (Supplementary Reader)

This section contains summaries and practice questions for chapters such as:

The Third Level

The Tiger King

Journey to the End of the Earth

The Enemy

On the Face of It

Memories of Childhood

It focuses on themes, moral values, and character analysis.

1️⃣2️⃣ Poetic Devices

This section explains important poetic devices such as simile, metaphor, personification, imagery, alliteration, and symbolism with examples for better understanding.

1️⃣3️⃣ Sample Question Papers (Solved)

This section provides solved sample question papers aligned with the latest CBSE pattern. It helps students understand marking scheme and answer presentation.

1️⃣4️⃣ CBSE Curriculum Link & Resources

This final section provides curriculum alignment and additional reference links for structured exam preparation.