CBSE Class 12 English Syllabus

When it comes to tde language subject, there is no doubt that students often tend to ignore these and always have more focus on the core subjects when they are doing their preparation for the examinations that they are going to give. However, there is a certain importance to the language subjects as well that shouldn’t be ignored. these subjects tend to have a lot of weight when it comes to marks. With the help of the CBSE Class 12 English syllabus, we are going to make the students understand exactly how important these language subjects are in the best way.

The CBSE Class 12th English syllabus includes a mix of prose, poetry, and drama. Key themes explore human emotions, social issues, and cultural values. Notable works include "The Last Lesson," "Lost Spring," and poems like "My Mother at Sixty-Six" and "An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum

CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) Class 12 English syllabus is divided into various units and sections. Here's an overview of the units and their key topics:

SectionContent
AReading Comprehension

Two Passages:

  1. One passage of 500-600 words
  2. One passage of 400-500 words
B

Creative Writing Skills

Short Writing Tasks

  1. Notice, Advertisement

Letters

  1. Formal letters based on a given situation
  2. Letter to the editor (giving suggestions or opinion on issues of public interest)
  3. Application for a job

Long Writing Tasks

  1. Formal letters based on a given situation
C

Literature Textbooks and Supplementary Reading Text

Flamingo Prose

  1. The Last Lesson, Lost Spring, Deep Water, The Rattrap, Indigo, Poets and Pancakes, The Interview, Going Places

Flamingo Poetry

  1. My Mother at Sixty-Six, An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum, Keeping Quiet, A Thing of Beauty, A Roadside Stand, Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers

Vistas

  1. The Third Level, The Tiger King, Journey to the End of the Earth, The Enemy, Should Wizard Hit Mommy?, On the Face of It, Evans Tries an O-Level, Memories of Childhood

Supplementary Reader

Flamingo

[Prose]

Chapter - 1 :The Last LessonChapter - 2 :Lost SpringChapter - 3 :Deep WaterChapter - 4 :The RattrapChapter - 5 :IndigoChapter - 6 :Poets and PancakesChapter - 7 :The InterviewChapter - 8 :Going Places

[Poem]

Chapter - 1 :My Mother at Sixty-sixChapter - 2 :Keeping QuietChapter - 3 : A Thing of BeautyChapter - 4 :A Roadside StandChapter - 5 :Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers

Vistas

Chapter - 1 :Third LevelChapter - 2 :The Tiger KingChapter - 3 :Journey to the End of the EarthChapter - 4 :The EnemyChapter - 5 :On the Face of ItChapter - 6 :Memories of Childhood

English Grammer

  • Tenses: Study of different tenses (Present, Past, Future) and their subtypes (Simple, Continuous, Perfect, Perfect Continuous) along with their correct usage.
  • Modals: Understanding and using modal verbs (can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, will, would, etc.) in sentences to express ability, permission, obligation, etc.
  • Clauses: Study of different types of clauses including noun clauses, adjective clauses, and adverb clauses, and their functions in a sentence.
  • Active and Passive Voice: Conversion of sentences from active voice to passive voice and vice versa, understanding their structures and usage.
  • Direct and Indirect Speech: Rules for converting direct speech into indirect speech and vice versa, including changes in tense, pronouns, and time expressions.
  • Subject-Verb Agreement: Understanding the agreement between the subject and verb in a sentence based on number and person.
  • Articles: Usage of definite (the) and indefinite articles (a, an), and understanding when to use or omit them.
  • Prepositions: Study of various prepositions and their correct usage in sentences.
  • Determiners: Understanding and using determiners like all, some, many, few, each, every, either, neither, and others in sentences.
  • Conjunctions: Study of coordinating, subordinating, and correlative conjunctions and their use in connecting words, phrases, or clauses.
  • Sentence Transformation: Practice in transforming sentences, such as converting simple sentences to complex or compound sentences, and vice versa.
  • Error Detection and Correction: Identifying and correcting grammatical errors in sentences related to various grammatical rules.
  • Editing and Omission: Exercises in identifying and correcting errors or omitting unnecessary words from passages.
  • Sentence Reordering: Rearranging jumbled sentences to form coherent and grammatically correct sentences.
  • Here is the CBSE Class 12th English Core syllabus for the 2024-2025 academic year, organized in a table with the subtopics listed under each main section

    internal Assessment(20)

    Listening Skills, Speaking Skills, Project Work

    1. Listening Skills-5 Marks
    2. Speaking Skills-5 Marks
    3. Project Work-10 Marks
    SectionContentMarks
    A

    Reading Comprehension

    Two Passages

    One passage of 500-600 words(12)

    One passage of 400-500 words(8)

    20
    B

    Creative Writing Skills

    Short Writing Tasks(4)

    Letters(6)

    Long Writing Tasks(10)

    20
    C

    Literature Textbooks and Supplementary Reading Text

    Flamingo(16)

    Vistas(14)

    Supplementary Reader(10)

    40

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