CBSE Class 10 Syllabus 2027 English - Language and Literature

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CBSE Class 10 Syllabus
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
Subject Code-184
Classes-X (2026-27)

Marks-80
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Writing Skills Creative expression of an opinion, reasoning, justifying,
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format and fluency. 20
Applying conventions, using integrated structures with
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Language Recalling, reasoning, appreciating, applying literary
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Total 80

For the details of Internal Assessment of 20 marks, please refer to thecircular no.
Acad-11/2019, dated March 06, 2019.

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ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
CLASS-X (2025-26)

SECTION - WISE WEIGHTAGE

Section Weightage
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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 factual 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 and Grammar
II Grammar 10 Marks

 Determiners
 Tenses
 Modals
 Subject – verb concord
 Reported speech
o Commands and requests
o Statements
o Questions

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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 40 Marks
Language through Literature

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.

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
bookFIRST FLIGHT to assess interpretation, analysis, inference and evaluation.
4x3=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. 2x3=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
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Prescribed Books: Published by NCERT, New Delhi

1. FIRST FLIGHT
A. Prose

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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
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10. For Anne Gregory

2. FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET

1. A Triumph of Surgery
2. The Thief's Story
3. The Midnight Visitor
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3. WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS – II (WORKBOOK FOR CLASS X) – Units 1 to 4 and
Units 7 to 11

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Note: Teachers are suggested 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
skills to be assessed through a judicious mixture of differenttypes 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, Dramatization 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

Guidelines for the Assessment of Listening and Speaking Skills are given at Annexure I.

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ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
CLASS – X (2026-27)
Marks 80

Sections Competencies Total marks

Conceptual understanding, decoding, analyzing,
Reading inferring, interpreting and vocabulary 20
Comprehension
Creative expression of an opinion, reasoning, 20
Writing Skills and justifying, illustrating, appropriate style and tone,
Grammar using appropriate format and fluency.
Applying conventions, using integrated
structures with accuracy and fluency

Recalling, reasoning, appreciating, applying
Language through literary conventions illustrating and justifyingetc.
Literature Extract relevant information, identifying the 40
central theme and sub-theme, understanding
the writers’ message and writing fluently.

Total 80

For the details of Internal Assessment of 20 marks, please refer to thecircular no. Acad-
11/2019, dated March 06, 2019.

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Annexure I
Guidelines for Assessment of Listening and Speaking Skills (ALS)
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ALS is a component of the Subject Enrichment Activity under Internal Assessment. ALS must beseen as an integrated
component of all four language skills rather than a compartment of two. Suggested activities, therefore, take into
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i. Activities:
● Subject teachers must refer to books prescribed in the syllabus.
● In addition to the above, teachers may plan their own activities and create theirown material for
assessing the listening and speaking skills.
ii. Parameters for Assessment: The listening and speaking skills are to be assessedon the following
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 Noticeably/ long  Usually fluent;  Is willing to speak at  Speaks without  Speaks fluently
Fluency & pauses; rate of produces simple length, however noticeable effort, almost with no
Coherence speech is slow speech fluently, repetition is with a little repetition &
 Frequent but loses noticeable repetition minimal
repetition and/or coherence in  Hesitates and/or self  Demonstrates hesitation
self- correction complex corrects; hesitation to find Develops topic
this is all right in communication occasionally loses words or use fully & coherently
informal  Often hesitates coherence correct
conversation and/or resorts to  Topics developed, grammatical
 Links only basic slow speech but usually not structures and/or
sentences;  Topics partly logically concluded self- correction
breakdown of developed; not  Topics not fully
coherence always concluded developed to
evident. logically merit.

 Frequent 
Frequently  Largely correct  Mostly correct  Pronounces
Pronunciation inaccurate unintelligible pronunciation & pronunciation& correctly &
pronunciation articulation clear articulation clear articulation articulates clearly
 Communicatio  Frequent except occasional  Is clearly  Is always
n is severely phonological errors errors understood most comprehensible
affected  Major of the time; very  uses appropriate
communication few phonological intonation
problems errors
 Demonstrates  Is able to  Is able to  Is able to  Is able to
Vocabulary almost no communicate on communicate on communicate communicate on
& flexibility, and some of the most of the topics, on most of the most of the topics
Grammar mostly struggles topics, with limited with limited topics with using a wide range
for appropriate vocabulary. vocabulary. appropriate of appropriate
words  Frequent errors, A few grammatical vocabulary vocabulary, using
 Many but self-corrects errors  Minor errors that new words and
Grammatical do not hamper expressions
errors impacting communication  No grammatical
communication errors

iii. Schedule:
 The practice of listening and speaking skills should be done throughout the academicyear.
 The final assessment of the skills is to be done as per the convenience and schedule of the school.
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