CBSE Class 10 English Syllabus

The CBSE Class 10 English syllabus includes a variety of components designed to develop reading, writing, and analytical skills. Here's an overview of the syllabus for the academic year:

**1. Reading Comprehension

• Unseen Passages: Comprehension of passages based on factual or literary content, including multiple-choice questions, short-answer questions, and long-answer questions.

**2. Writing Skills

• Short Writing Tasks: Notices, advertisements, invitations, and replies.
• Long Writing Tasks: Letters (formal and informal), articles, and reports.

**3. Grammar

• Tenses: Revision of various tenses.
• Modals: Usage and function.
• Subject-Verb Agreement: Correct usage of verbs with subjects.
• Reported Speech: Conversion of direct to indirect speech and vice versa.
• Determiners: Articles, quantifiers, and demonstratives.
• Conjunctions and Prepositions: Usage in sentences.
• Voice: Active and passive voice.
• Rewriting Sentences: Correcting sentences based on grammar rules.

**4. Literature

• Prose:

  • "A Letter to God" by Gregorio Lopez y Fuentes
  • "Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
  • "Two Stories about Flying" by Lila Poonia
  • "The Hundred Dresses" by Eleanor Estes

• Poetry:

  • "Dust of Snow" by Robert Frost
  • "Fire and Ice" by Robert Frost
  • "A Tiger in the Zoo" by Leslie Norris
  • "How to Tell Wild Animals" by Carolyn Wells

• Drama:

  • "The Hack Driver" by John Galsworthy

**5. Supplementary Reading

• "Footprints without Feet" (Supplementary Reader):
  • "A Triumph of Surgery" by James Herriot
  • "The Thief's Story" by Ruskin Bond
  • "The Midnight Visitor" by Robert Arthur
  • "A Question of Trust" by Victor Canning
  • "The Making of a Scientist" by Robert W. Peterson
  • "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant

**6. Assessment and Evaluation

• Internal Assessment: Based on periodic tests, assignments, and projects.
• Board Examination: Includes questions from the prescribed textbooks and unseen passages.

This syllabus aims to enhance students' proficiency in English through diverse textual materials and various writing tasks, fostering critical thinking and effective communication skills. For detailed content and specific chapters, refer to the official CBSE curriculum and prescribed textbooks.