UP Board Class 10 Syllabus 2023 English

Class – X
Subject – English
Max Marks – 100
There will be one question paper of 70 marks. Internal Assessment will be for 30 marks .
Reading- 10 Marks

1. One short passage followed by three MCQs. 3X1=3
2. One passage followed by three very short answer type questions. 3x2=6
And one vocabulary based question 1

Writing Skills 10 Marks

3. Letter(formal/informal)/ Application. 4
4. Descriptive paragraph/Report/Article ( One option based on given verbal input, another
on figurative input) in about 80-100 words. 6

Grammar 15 Marks

5. five MCQs based on parts of speech, tenses, articles, reordering of sentences, spellings.
5X1=5
6. Three very short answer type questions based on narration voice, punctuation. 3x2=6
7. Translation of a short passage from Hindi to English.(4 Sentences) 4

Literature 35 Marks

First Flight (23 marks)

Prose (15 marks)

8. Two MCQs based on the given extract. 2x1=2
9. Three MCQs based on lessons. 3x1=3
10. Two short answer type questions in about 30-40 words each. 3+3=6
11. One long anser type question in about 60 words. 4

Poetry (08 marks)

12. Two MCQs based on the given extract. 2x1=2
13. One short answer type question based on poetry lessons in about 30-40 words. 3
OR
Four lines from any poem prescribed in the syllabus
14. Central indea of the given poem. 3

Foot Prints Without Feet (12 marks)

15. Five MCQs based on prescribed lessons. 5x1=5
16. One short answer type question in about 30-40 words. 3
17. One long answer type question in about 60 words 4

Prescribed books and Lessons

First Flight – Text Book

1. A Letter to God G.L. Fuentes
2. Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
3. From the Diary of Anne Frank Anne Frank
4. Glimpses of India
i. A Baker from Goa Lucio Rodrigues
ii. Coorg Lokesh Abrol
iii. Tea from Assam Arup Kumar Datta
5. Madam Rides the Bus Vallikkannan
6. The Sermon at Benares

1. Dust of Snow Robert Frost
2. Fire and Ice Robert Frost
3. A Tiger in the Zoo Leslie Norris
4. Amanda! Robin Klein
5. Animals Walt Whitman
6. The Trees Adrienne Rich
7. Fog Carl Sandburg

Footprints Without Feet-Supplementary Reader

1. A Triumph of Surgery James Herriot
2. The Thief’s Story Ruskin Bond
3. Footprints Without Feet H.G. Wells
4. The Making of a Scientist Robert W. Peterson
5. The Necklace Guy De Maupassant
6. Bholi K.A. Abbas

Words & Expression (Eng. Work Book)

For the Academic Session 2022-23

The internal assessment should be conducted as follows:-

1.First Internal Assessment (Oral Expression Based) August 10 Marks
2.Second Internal Assessment(Creative Writing Based) December 10 Marks

Four Monthly Tests- 10 Marks
1. First Monthly Test (Descriptive Questions Based) July
2. Second Monthly Test (MCQs Based) August
3. Third Monthly Test (Descriptive Questions Based) November
4. Fourth Monthly Test (MCQs Based) December

The Sum of the marks obtained in all the four monthly Tests should be converted into 10
Marks.

30% Reduced Syllabus for session 2022-23
Text Book
 Two Story about Flying
i. His First Flight Liam O’Flaherty
ii. Black Aeroplane Frederick Forsyth
 The Hundred Dresses-I El Bsor Ester
 The Hundred Dresses-II El Bsor Ester
 Mijbil The Otter Gavin Maxwell
 The Proposal Anton Chekov

 How to Tell Wild Animals Carolyn Wells
 The Ball Poem John Berryman
 The Tale of Custard the Dragon Ogden Nash
 For Anne Gregory William Butler Yeats

Footprints Without Feet – Supplementary Reader

 The Midnight Visitor Robert Arthur
 A Question of Trust Victor Canning
 The Hack Driver Sinclair Lewis
 The Book That Saved the Earth Claire Boiko