Latest Syllabus
(Issued by CBSE Dated on 28th March, 2025)
English Language and Literature (Code No. 184)
Class - X
SECTION - WISE WEIGHTAGE
Sections Weightage
A Reading Skills 20 Marks
B Writing Skills with Grammar 20 Marks
C Language through Literature 40 Marks
Section A: Reading Skills
I. Reading Comprehension through Unseen Passage 20 Marks
1. Discursive passage of 400-450 words. (10 marks)
2. Case-based passage (with visual input- statistical data, chart etc.) of 200-250 words. (10 marks)
(Total length of two passages to be 600-700 words)
Multiple Choice Questions / Objective Type Questions, and Short Answer Questions (to be answered in
30-40 words) will be asked to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, inference, evaluation and
vocabulary.
Section B : Writing Skills with Grammar
II. Grammar 10 Marks
• Determiners
• Tenses
• Modals
• Subject – verb concord
• Reported speech
o Commands and requests
o Statements
o Questions
3. The courses at the secondary level seek to cement high professional grasp of grammatical items and levels of
accuracy. Accurate use of spelling, punctuation and grammar in context will be assessed through Gap Filling/
Editing/Transformation exercises. Ten out of 12 questions will have to be attempted.
III. Writing Skills 10 Marks
4. Writing a Formal Letter based on a given situation, in 100-120 words. One out of two questions is to be
answered. 5 marks
5. Writing an Analytical Paragraph in 100-120 words on a given Map / Chart / Graph / Cue/ s . One out of two
questions is to be answered. 5 marks
Section C: Language through Literature 40 Marks
IV. Reference to the Context 5 + 5 = 10 Marks
6. One extract out of two from Drama / Prose.
7. One extract out of two from Poetry.
Multiple Choice Questions / Objective Type Questions Very Short Answer Questions (One word/ One
sentence), Short Answer Questions (to be answered in 30-40 words) will be asked to assess inference, analysis,
interpretation, evaluation and vocabulary.
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Syllabus (contd.)
V. Short & Very Long Answer Questions 30 Marks
8. Four out of Five Short Answer Type Questions to be answered in 40-50 words from the book FIRST FLIGHT to
assess interpretation, analysis, inference and evaluation. 4×3=12 marks
9. Two out of Three Short Answer Type Questions to be answered in 40-50 words each from FOOTPRINTS
WITHOUT FEET to assess interpretation, analysis, inference and evaluation. 2×3=6 marks
10. One out of two Long Answer Type Questions from FIRST FLIGHT to be answered in about 100-120 words each
to assess creativity, imagination and extrapolation beyond the text and across the text. This can be a passage-
based question taken from a situation/plot from the text. 6 marks
11. One out of two Long Answer Type Questions from FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET, on theme or plot involving
interpretation, extrapolation beyond the text and inference or character sketch to be answered in about 100-
120 words. 6 marks
Prescribed Books: Published by NCERT, New Delhi
1. FIRST FLIGHTS
A. Prose
1. A Letter to God 2. Nelson Mandela - Long Walk to Freedom 3. Two Stories About Flying
4. From the Diary of Anne Frank 5. Glimpses of India 6. Mijbil the Otter
7. Madam Rides the Bus 8. The Sermon at Benares 9. The Proposal (Play)
B. Poems
1. Dust of Snow 2. Fire and Ice 3. A Tiger in the Zoo
4. How to Tell Wild Animals 5. The Ball Poem 6. Amanda!
7. The Trees 8. Fog 9. The Tale of Custard the
10. For Anne Gregory Dragon
2. FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET
1. A Triumph of Surgery 2. The Thief's Story 3. The Midnight Visitor
4. A Question of Trust 5. Footprints Without Feet 6. The Making of a Scientist
7. The Necklace 8. Bholi 9. The Book That Saved the
Earth
3. WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS – II (WORKBOOK FOR CLASS X) – Units 1 to 4 and Units 7 to 11
Note: Teachers are advised to:
(i) encourage interaction among peers, students and teachers through activities such as role play, discussions,
group work etc.
(ii) reduce teacher-talking time and keep it to the minimum,
(iii) take up questions for discussion to encourage pupils to participate and to marshal their ideas and express and
defend their views, and
(iv) follow the Speaking and Listening activities given in the NCERT books.
Besides measuring learning outcome, texts serve the dual purpose of diagnosing mistakes and areas of non-
learning. To make evaluation a true index of learners’ knowledge, each language skill is to be assessed through a
judicious mixture of different types of questions.
INTERNAL ASSESSMENT
Listening and Speaking Competencies
Assessment of Listening and Speaking Skills will be for 05 marks.
It is recommended that listening and speaking skills should be regularly practiced .
Art-integrated projects based on activities like Role Play, Skit, Dramatisation etc. must be used. Please refer to
the Circular no. Acad-33/2020 dated 14th May 2020 at the
http://cbseacademic.nic.in/web_material/Circulars/2020/33_Circular_2020.pdf for details
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Syllabus (contd.)
ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
Code No. (184)
CLASS-X
Marks : 80
Sections Competencies Total marks
Reading Comprehension Conceptual understanding, decoding, analysing, inferring,
interpreting and vocabulary 20
Writing Skill and Grammar Creative expression of an opinion, reasoning, justifying,
illustrating, appropriacy of style and tone, using appropriate
20
format and fluency. Applying conventions, using integrated
structures with accuracy and fluency
Language through Literature Recalling, reasoning, appreciating, applying literary conven-
tions illustrating and justifying etc. Extract relevant informa-
40
tion, identifying the central theme and sub-theme, under-
standing the writers’ message and writing fluently.
Total 80
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