The Tamil Paper II comprises mostly of essay type questions. There are reading comprehensions, poetry comprehensions and essays in the paper. All the questions asked in the paper are based on the syllabus. Therefore it is very important to learn all the topics covered during the course of the year. A better understanding would also be provided by the various model question papers available freely on the net.

It is important that you manage to complete the paper in the given time frame of two and half hours. Remember to write substantial content for each question. You should always remember to begin your answers with a good introduction, followed by a middle part leading to a conclusion.

There will be various kinds of compositions asked in the paper ranging from simple essays to letters to creating an ad etc. All these questions are aimed at assessing the creative and writing abilities of the student in question. It is true that Tamil is not a scoring paper. However, a good and complete paper can easily award you an 80 – 85%. Always be sure to complete your paper in the stipulated time duration.