CBSE CLASS 11
ENGLISH CORE
NCERT-aligned Study Guide
Hornbill • Snapshots • Writing Skills • Grammar • Exam Practice
For revision and exam preparation
,How to Use This Guide
Read the chapter notes first, then practise the questions without looking at the answers. For complete text,
exercises and detailed explanations, use the prescribed NCERT books.
Writing Skills — Quick Revision
Notice: heading, date, concise details and contact information. Poster: catchy heading, concise message
and suitable appeal. Speech/Debate: salutation, clear arguments, examples and conclusion. Letter:
correct format, subject, salutation, organised body and closing. Article/Report: suitable title, logical
paragraphs and factual details.
Grammar & Language
Revise tenses, clauses, sentence transformation, editing, omission, reordering and contextual vocabulary
according to your school and current CBSE assessment pattern.
, Hornbill — The Portrait of a Lady
Revision notes
The chapter presents the narrator’s close relationship with his grandmother and shows how their bond
changes as he grows up. Themes: love, ageing, tradition, education and changing relationships.
Important questions
1. Describe the grandmother’s character. Explain the changing relationship between the narrator and his
grandmother. What is the significance of the sparrows?
2. Write the central idea/theme of the chapter or poem.
3. Write a character sketch or explain an important incident from the text.
ENGLISH CORE
NCERT-aligned Study Guide
Hornbill • Snapshots • Writing Skills • Grammar • Exam Practice
For revision and exam preparation
,How to Use This Guide
Read the chapter notes first, then practise the questions without looking at the answers. For complete text,
exercises and detailed explanations, use the prescribed NCERT books.
Writing Skills — Quick Revision
Notice: heading, date, concise details and contact information. Poster: catchy heading, concise message
and suitable appeal. Speech/Debate: salutation, clear arguments, examples and conclusion. Letter:
correct format, subject, salutation, organised body and closing. Article/Report: suitable title, logical
paragraphs and factual details.
Grammar & Language
Revise tenses, clauses, sentence transformation, editing, omission, reordering and contextual vocabulary
according to your school and current CBSE assessment pattern.
, Hornbill — The Portrait of a Lady
Revision notes
The chapter presents the narrator’s close relationship with his grandmother and shows how their bond
changes as he grows up. Themes: love, ageing, tradition, education and changing relationships.
Important questions
1. Describe the grandmother’s character. Explain the changing relationship between the narrator and his
grandmother. What is the significance of the sparrows?
2. Write the central idea/theme of the chapter or poem.
3. Write a character sketch or explain an important incident from the text.
