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English
Class - X
Syllabus - First Semester

1. Reading Skills :
Comprehension of Unseen Passages
(Prose/Poetry)
2 English Main Course Book :
L-1 The Happy Prince
L-2 Where is Science Taking Us?
L-3 Secret of Happiness.
L-4 A Gift for Christmas
L-5 The War of Troy.

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3 Supplementary Reader :
L-1 A Vine on a House
L-2 Bed Number -29
L-3 Half A Rupee Worth
L-4 One Thousand Dollars
4 Poems :
P-1 Sweet are the Uses of Adversity
P-2 Character of a Happy Man
P-3 Death the Leveller
5 Vocabulary :
1 Pairs of words generally confused
2 Idioms
6 Grammar :
1 Use of determiners, prepositions, modals
2 Use and kinds of non-finites
3 Voice
4 Use of Tenses
7 Writing Skills :
1. Personal Letters, Business, official
2. Notice and Note making

CLASS X
STRUCTURE OF QUESTION PAPER
Semester-I
Time : 2 ½hrs. Marks: 55
CCE/I.A. : 25
1 Unseen Paragraph(Comprehension) 4 ×2=8
2 Main Course Book
(a) Short Answer Type (Do any two with internal choice) 2×2=4
(b) Long Answer Type (Do any one question withinternal choice) 1×4=4
3 Supplementary Reader
2 questions with internal choice 2×3=6
4 Poetry
(a) Stanza (2 questions out of 3) 2×2=4
(b) Central idea/long answer type with internal choice 1×4=4
5 Vocabulary 4
6 Objective type (Grammar) 12
7 (a) Letter Writing with internal choice 5
(b) Note making and Notice 4

Class-X
SECOND SEMESTER SYALLABUS
English
1 Reading Skills :
Comprehension of Unseen Passages (Prose/Poetry)
2 English Main Course Book :
L-6 Some Glimpses of Ancient Indian Thought and
Practices
L-7 Home Coming
L-8 The Making of the Earth
L-9 The Rule of the Road
L-10 The Merchant of Venice
L-11 The Grief
L-12 Fathers and Sons
3 Supplementary Reader
L-5 The Dying Detective
L-6 The Stolen Bacillus
L-7 How Much Land Does a Man Need
L-8 Return to Air
L-9 Terry's Tree
L-10 The Unexpected
4 Poems
P-4 The Tables Turned
P-5 A Ballad of Sir Pertab Singh
P-6 Razia the Tigress
P-7 Where the Mind is Without Fear
5 Vocabulary
1 One word for many
2 Common errors
6 Grammar
1 Sentence Connectors
2 Simple, Complex and Compound Sentences
3 Reported Speech
4 Punctuation
7 Writing skills
1 Paragraphs
2 Message or Advertisement

STRUCTURE OF QUESTION PAPER
Semester-II
Time : 3hrs. Marks 85
CCE/I.A. : 35
1 Unseen Paragraph (Comprehension) 5 ×2=10
2 Main Course Book
(a) Short answer type (Do any four with internal choice) 4×2=8
(b) Long answer type (two questions with internal choice) 2×5=10
3 Supplementary Reader
4 questions with internal choice 4×3=12
4 Poetry
(a) Stanza (3 questions out of 4) 3×3=9
(b) Central idea/long answer type with internal choice1×4=4
5 Vocabulary 5
6 Objective type (Grammar) 15
7 (a) Paragraph with internal choice 7
(b) Messages/Advertisements (with internal choice)