CBSE Syllabus for Class 10 English

English is one of the most scoring subjects to overall increase your percentage in Class 10th Boards. The CBSE Class 10 board exam is an easy subject and students can easily higher scores. They need to have a clear knowledge of the CBSE Class 10 English syllabus. The Class 10 English syllabus of the CBSE board is divided into two parts: Communicative English and Language and Literature. In this article, we will provide you with a detailed CBSE Class 10 syllabus for English. Students must go through the entire syllabus to learn more about the chapters and topics to be prepared this year. In your first board exams, having a good understanding of the CBSE Curriculum will help you achieve success

The CBSE Class 10 English syllabus for the academic year 2024-25 includes detailed content for both Hindi Course A and Course B.

English Course:

Textbooks:
First Flight (Main Textbook)
Footprints Without Feet (Supplementary Reader)

Grammar Topics

Tenses
Modals
Subject-Verb Concord (Agreement)
Reported Speech
Determiners
Prepositions
Clauses
Active and Passive Voice
Sentence Transformation
Editing and Omission

units	units Name	Chapter Name
I	Reading Skills	Two unseen passages with a maximum word limit of 750 words Objective Type Questions (including Multiple Choice Questions), Very Short Answer Type Questions (one word/ one phrase / one sentence) and Short Answer Type Questions (30-40 words each)
II	Writing Skills	Email to school authorities (Application for leave/ change of subject /change of section/ bus-timings or similar topics) in maximum 50 words. Factual Description of a person/object in maximum 100 words One out of two formal letters, in maximum 120 words, thematically aligned to topics in MCB. One out of two articles based on verbal cues, in maximum 150 words, thematically aligned to MCB topics.
III	Grammar	Tenses ModalsSubject–verb concordReported speechClausesDeterminers
IV	Literature Textbook	Two out of three extracts from prose/poetry for reference to the context. Very Short Answer Questions will be asked to assess global comprehension, interpretation, inference and evaluation. Five Short Answer type Questions out of six from the Literature Reader to test local and global comprehension of theme and ideas, analysis, evaluation and appreciation (30-40 words each) One out of two Long Answer type Questions to assess how the values inherent in the text have been brought out. Creativity, evaluation and extrapolation beyond the text and across the texts will be assessed. This can also be a passage-based question taken from a situation/plot from the texts. (150 words).

First Flight

[Prose]

Chapter - 1 : A Letter to God Chapter - 2 :Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom Chapter - 3 :Two Stories about Flying Chapter - 4 : From the Diary of Anne Frank Chapter - 5 :Glimpses of India Chapter - 6 : Mijbil the Otter Chapter - 7 : Madam Rides the Bus Chapter - 8 : The Sermon at Benares Chapter - 9 :The Proposal

[Poem]

Chapter - 1 : Dust of Snow Chapter - 2 :Fire and Ice Chapter - 3 :A Tiger in the Zoo Chapter - 4 :How to Tell Wild Animals

Chapter - 5 :The Ball Poem Chapter - 6 :Amanda Chapter - 7 :The Trees Chapter - 8 :Fog Chapter - 9 :The Tale of Custard the Dragon Chapter - 10 :For Anne Gregory

Reader Footprints without Feet

Chapter - 1 : A Triumph of Surgery Chapter - 2 :The Thief’s Story Chapter - 3 :The Midnight Visitor Chapter - 4 : A Question of Trust Chapter - 5 :Footprints without Feet Chapter - 6 :The Making of a Scientist Chapter - 7 :The Necklace Chapter - 8 :Bholi Chapter - 9 :The Book that Saved the Earth

sl no.	Topics with Number of Periods	Weightage
I	Reading Skills (50 Periods)	22
II	Writing Skills and Grammar (50 Periods)	22
III	Grammar (50 Periods)	10
IV	Literature Textbook (50 Periods)	26
	Internal Assessment	20
	Total	80

In the CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) system, the evaluation process for Class 10 includes both formative and summative assessments to ensure a comprehensive assessment of the students' learning. Here’s an outline of the marks distribution for Class 10 subjects, including English:

Theory Examination (Board Exam)