Notice Writing Format and Samples For Class 12 English Board Exam 2020

The class 12 English board exams will be held on February 27, 2020. All the students will be appearing for the exam to be held from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm. With a day to go for the exam, students can check here the notice writing format and samples for class 12 English board exam 2020. This will help with last-minute revision. Know below the proper way to attempt the notice writing in CBSE class 12 board exam and what is the marking scheme.

Notice Writing Format and Samples For Class 12 English Board Exam 2020

In writing section of English subjects, CBSE offers marks in the below given 3 areas:

• Format
• Content
• Expression

Now the marks for each of these parts are:

Format	1 marks
Content	2 marks
Expression	1 marks
Total	4 marks

Now let us just take a look at all the areas one by one and how one can get full marks in each of them.

A) Format

The format is the easier part to ace. Students must by-heart the elements of the format and their placements. The format has the below-given elements:

• Box inside which the content of the notice must be written
• Issuing Authority / Name of the institution
• The word “Notice”
• Heading
• Date
• Content
• Writer’s name with the designation

Important: CBSE has mentioned that the candidates should not be penalized if they use capital letters for writing a notice within or without a box. However, the students must make a box for their notice to avoid any possibility of losing marks. Do not use unnecessary capitalisation in the content or headings. Follow the word limit.

Notice Writing Sample For Class 12 English Board Exam 2020

B) Content

The content of the notice must be very direct and to the point. The content must convey a formal tone. Most of the notices are announcements or information-based. Therefore, do not provide any extra detail from your end. Only provide the data and facts that are given in the question. Here are some of the tips to write the content of the notice.

• Do not add any additional factor data of your own.
• Only provide the information that is given in the question.
• Use a formal tone.
• Use of all the facts mentioned in the question do not miss any and crosscheck all the facts and data from the questions like dates, time, name, place, designations etc.
• Take care of grammar and spellings

C) Expression

The expression means how the students have expressed the data and facts in the notice via their content. Here the student’s language, use of sentences, grammar and spelling are taken into consideration. Therefore make sure to use involve all the facts and data in the questions with good and crisp sentences in the notice.

Tips for some notice writing worthy phrases:

• This notice is regarding…
• XYZ invites all to…..
• Interested candidates are invited to….
• For more details contact the undersigned. (Closing phrase for a notice)

Recommended Reads

Class 12 English Notes, Important Questions & Practice Paper
CBSE Sample Papers 2020 for Class 12 – English (Elective)
CBSE Sample Papers 2020 for Class 12 – English (Core)

Hope this article helps clear all notice writing confusion. All the best to all the class 12 board students for their English exam on February 27, 2020. You will do well!