HSC Arts (English Medium) 12th Standard Board Exam - Maharashtra State Board Question Bank Solutions for English

Write the synonyms for the word ‘dress’ by filling appropriate letters in the blank.

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Give antonyms and synonyms of the following and make sentences of your own.

The supervisor of your class is going to retire after 28 years of service in your college. You have been selected to deliver a speech at the farewell function arranged by the college staff and the students. Prepare a speech to be delivered at this occasion in about 120 words.

All over the world there is a growing awareness about the problems of climate change. Your college is observing ‘Earth Day’ on April 22. Draft a speech in about 120 words to be delivered before your college students on the need to support the cause.

Your college NCC unit has undertaken a cleanliness drive in your town. Prepare a speech that you would give as an NCC captain.

You can use the following points.

1. Cleanliness is next to godliness.
2. Need/Importance of cleanliness.
3. Effects of unhygienic conditions- diseases, pollutions, etc.
4. Suggestions and concluding the speech.

Imagine that as a part of the Republic Day celebrations, your college has organized an elocution competition. Prepare a speech in about 120 words on: My Idea of India as a Developed Country.

Prepare a short speech in about 120 words to be delivered before your class on ‘Blood Donation.’

You wish to take part in the elocution competition which is organised by your college cultural committee. Prepare a speech on the topic "Mask for safety".

Prepare a speech on ‘The place of women in Indian society’ in about 100-150 words.

Speech Writing:

You are an active member of an NGO working for water conservation. Prepare a speech for the school children/students where you are invited on the eve of ‘World Environment Day’ to guide them about water harvesting. Your speech should not exceed 150 words.

Imagine you are preparing for an elocution competition and you wish to speak on the topic "Green Revolution."
Draft a speech in about 150 words on the given topic.

Prepare a paragraph with an appropriate title to be used for the Counter-View Section on the following topic in about 120 words :
"Facebook is a user-friendly device."
You may take help of the following points included in the View Section:

Prepare a paragraph with an appropriate title to be used for the Counter-View Section on the following topic in about 120 words:
''Can the use of Internet enhance students' learning?''
You can take the help of the following points from the View Section.

Write short paragraph in about 120 words to be used for the Counter - View section on the following topic:
“Science and Technology development have helped us in all walks of life”.
You may take help of the following points from the View section.

•  It's a growing linguistic revolution.
• It sharpens students' ability to think about construction and precision of words.
• Students will use numerals, punctuation marks and symbols to convey message.
• It's an art form.

View - Counter-view :
Prepare a paragraph to be used for the Counter-view Section on the following topic (about 120 words).
'Study says homework does not help students score better grades.'