Introduction

Introduction

There are many kinds of test items commercially produced and compiled by various publishing houses in the market. These products do more harm than good to the students. (Study on Student Performance in SLC: 2005). It is frequently commented that SLC candidates as well as the school teachers are not familiar with the test items that appear in the SLC examinations. These prototype tests are prepared for the same purpose. These tests can be administered among the SLC candidates and the results will indicate the problem areas where both teachers and students need to focus to enhance their achievement. These tests will also enable them to know the standards and expectations of the SLC examinations. Attempting the test items of these sets and comparing the answers with the keys given at the end will enable the students to find out how much they have learnt and what difficulties and weaknesses they have. The test papers are preceded by some practical tips on attempting the SLC test items of English subject. These tips are not only helpful to students, but also equally helpful to the teachers to guide their students to prepare for the examination.

These test papers are prepared by a team of secondary English teachers: Dinesh Sanjel, Lalmani Joshi, Ananda Dhungana, Dharmananda Joshi, Bharat Babu Khanal, Suresh Shrestha and Romharsha Panthi. Likewise, Bishnu Prasad Parajuli from Curriculum Development Center (CDC) and Shankar Adhikari from Office of the Controller of Examinations (OCE) have contributed a lot to prepare these test papers. OCE is grateful to all those who have invested their time and efforts to prepare these test papers.