TBSE Class 11 Syllabus 2025 English

SYLLABUS – 2024- 2025
CLASS – XI
SUBJECT – ENGLISH
Total Marks – 80 Internal Assessment - 20

COURSE STRUCTURE
SECTION - A
26 Marks
READING SKILLS

I. Reading Comprehension through Unseen Passages: (10+8=18 Marks)

1. One unseen passage to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, inference and vocabulary.
The passage may be factual, descriptive or literary.

2. One unseen case-based factual passage with verbal/visual inputs like statistical data, charts etc, to
assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, inference and evaluation.

Note: The combined word limit for both the passages will be 600-750.

Multiple Choice Questions / Objective Type Questions will be asked.

3. Note Making and Summarization based on a passage of approximately 200-250 words.

i) Note Making: 5 Marks
Title :- 1
Numbering and indenting :- 1
Key/ glossary :- 1
Notes :- 2
ii) Summary (up to 50 words): 3 Marks
Content :- 2
Expression :- 1

SECTION - B
23 Marks
GRAMMAR AND CREATIVE WRITING SKILLS

II. Grammar: 7 Marks
4. Questions on Gap filling (Tenses, Clauses).
5. Questions on re-ordering/transformation of sentences.
(Total seven questions to be done out of the eight given).

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III. Creative Writing Skills: 16 Marks

6. Short writing task - Classified Advertisements, up to 50 words. One out of the two given questions
to be answered (3 Marks: Format: 1/Content: 1/Expression: 1)

7. Short writing task- Poster up to 50 words. One out of the two given questions to be answered.
(3 marks: Format: 1/Content: 1/Expression: 1)

8. Long writing task: Business Letter in 120-150 words. One out of the two given questions to be
answered. (5 Marks: Format: 1/Content: 2/Expression: 2)

9. Long Writing Task: Debate. One out of the two given questions to be answered. (5 Marks: Format:
1/Content: 2/Expression: 2)

SECTION - C
31 Marks

LITERATURE TEXT BOOK AND SUPPLEMENTARY READING TEXT

This section will have variety of assessment items including Multiple Choice Questions,
Objective Type Questions, Short Answer Type Questions and Long Answer Type Questions to
assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, evaluation and extrapolation beyond the text.

10. One Poetry extract out of two, from the book Hornbill. 3x1=3 Marks
11. One Prose extract out of two, from the book Hornbill. 3x1=3 Marks
12. One Prose extract out of two, from the book Snapshots. 4x1= 4 Marks
13. Two Short answer type questions- 3x2= 6 Marks
(One from Prose and one from Poetry, from the book Hornbill).
14. One Short answer type question, from the book Snapshots, to be answered in 40-50 words. One
out of two questions to be done. 3x1= 3 Marks
15. One Long answer type question, from Prose/Poetry of Hornbill, to be answered in 120-150
words. Any one out of two questions to be done. 6x1= 6 Marks
16. One Long answer type question, based on the chapters from the book Snapshots, to be answered
in 120-150 words. Any one out of two questions to be done. 6x1= 6 Marks

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PRESCRIBED BOOKS:
1. Hornbill: English Reader published by 2. Snapshots: Supplementary Reader published
National Council of Education Research and by National Council of Education Research and
Training, New Delhi. Training, New Delhi.
 The Portrait of a Lady (Prose)
 The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse
 A Photograph (Poem)
(Prose)
 "We're Not Afraid to Die... if We Can be
 The Address (Prose)
Together (Prose)
 Birth (Prose)
 Discovering Tut: the Saga Continues
 The Tale of Melon City
(Prose)
 The Laburnum Top (Poem)
 The Voice of the Rain (Poem)
 Childhood (Poem)
 Silk Road (Prose)

LITERATURE SYLLABUS FOR HALF-YEARLY EXAMINATION: 2024-2025

HORNBILL: ENGLISH READER SNAPSHOTS: SUPPLEMENTARY READER
 The Portrait of a Lady (Prose)  The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse
 A Photograph (Poem) (Prose)
 "We're Not Afraid to Die... if We Can be  The Address (Prose)
Together (Prose)
 The Laburnum Top (Poem)

LITERATURE SYLLABUS FOR ANNUAL EXAMINATION: 2024-2025

HORNBILL: ENGLISH READER SNAPSHOTS: SUPPLEMENTARY READER
 Discovering Tut: the Saga Continues  Birth (Prose)
(Prose)  The Tale of Melon City
 The Voice of the Rain (Poem)
 Silk Road (Prose)
 Childhood (Poem)
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HALF-YEARLY/ ANNUAL EXAMINATION: 2024-2025
BLUE-PRINT OF DISTRIBUTION OF MARKS

MCQ SA LA- I LA- II LA - III
VSA Total
Secti Contents (1 (3 (4 (5 (6
(1 Mark) Mark
on Mark) Marks) Marks) Marks) Marks)
s
Reading(18) 1x8 1x10 - - - - 18
A
Note Making - - 3x1 - 5x1 - 08
Writing (31)
Grammar - 1x7 - - - - 07
B Business Letter,
- - - - 5x2 - 10
Debate writing
Advt., Poster
- - 3x2 - - - 06
Writing
Literature (31)
TB (Hornbill) - - 3x4 - - 6x1 18
C
Supplementary
- - 3x1 4x1 - 6x1 13
Reader (Snapshot)
Total Marks 1x8=8 1x17=17 3x8=24 4x1=4 5x3=15 6x2=12 80

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WEIGHTAGE TO TYPE OF QUESTIONS

Type of Questions Marks (80) Percentage
1. Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) (1x8)
8 10
(Inclusive of Assertion, Reason, Differentiation & Stem)
2. Very Short Answer Type Questions (VSA) (1x17)
17 21.25
(Inclusive of Assertion, Reason, Differentiation & Stem)
3. Short Answer Type Questions (SA) (3x8)
(Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, 24 30
Synthesis & Create)
4. Short Answer Type Questions- I (LA-I) (4x1)
(Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, 4 5
Synthesis & Create)
5. Long Answer Type Questions – II (LA-II) (5×3)
(Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, 15 18.75
Synthesis & Create)
6. Long Answer Type Questions – III (LA-III) (6x2)
(Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, 12 15
Synthesis & Create)
80 100

NOTE:-
i) Typology of questions:- MCQ, VSA, Assertion- Reasoning type questions; SA-I, SA-II, LA-I,
LA-II, LA- III.
In LA- type questions source-based/ case- study based/ passage based questions may be
included.

ii) Approximately 33 % internal choice would be given.

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