CBSE Class 10 Communicative English Syllabus 2019 - You will find here Syllabus of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) English Language & Literature for academic session 2019-20.
SECTION A: READING
Qs 1-2. This section will have two unseen passages of a total length of 700-750. The arrangement within the reading section is as follows:
Q. 1: A Factual passage of 300-350 words with eight very short answer type questions. [8 marks]
Q. 2: A Discursive passage of 350-400 words with four short answer type questions to test inference, evaluation and analysis and four MCQs to test vocabulary. [12 Marks]
SECTION B: WRITING AND GRAMMAR
Q. 3: Letter to the editor / article in about 100-120 words based on visual or verbal stimulus. [5 marks]
Q. 4: Writing a short story based on a given outline or cue/s in about 150-200 words. [10 marks]
The Grammar syllabus will include the following areas in classes IX and X.
1. Tenses
2. Modals (have to/had to, must, should, need, ought to and their negative forms)
3. Use of passive voice
4. Subject – verb concord
5. Reporting
(i) Commands and requests
(ii) Statements
(iii) Questions
6. Clauses:
7. Noun clauses
8. Adverb clauses of condition and time
9. Relative clauses
10. Determiners, and
11. Prepositions
The above items may be tested through test types as given below:
Q. 5: Gap filling with one or two words to test Prepositions, Articles, Conjunctions and Tenses. [3 marks]
Q. 6: Editing or omission. [4 marks]
Q. 7: Sentences reordering or Sentence Transformation in context. [3 marks]
SECTION C: LITERATURE TEXTBOOKS AND LONG READING TEXT
Q.8: One out of two extracts from prose/poetry/drama for reference to context. Three very short answer questions. [3 marks]
One mark in each extract will be for vocabulary. One question will be used for testing local and global comprehension and one question will be on interpretation.
Q.9: Four short answer type questions from FIRST FLIGHT & FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET (two from each) to test local and global comprehension of theme and ideas (30-40 words each). [2x4=8 marks]
Q.10: One out of two long answer type questions to assess how the values inherent in the texts have been brought out (FIRST FLIGHT & FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET). Creativity, imagination and extrapolation beyond the text and across the texts will be assessed. (80-100 words). [4 marks]
Q.11: One out of two Long Answer Questions on theme or plot or character involving interpretation and inference in about 100-120 words based on prescribed novel. [10 marks]
SECTION A: READING
Qs 1-2. This section will have two unseen passages of a total length of 700-750. The arrangement within the reading section is as follows:
Q. 1: A Factual passage of 300-350 words with eight very short answer type questions. [8 marks]
Q. 2: A Discursive passage of 350-400 words with four short answer type questions to test inference, evaluation and analysis and four MCQs to test vocabulary. [12 Marks]
SECTION B: WRITING AND GRAMMAR
Q. 3: Letter to the editor / article in about 100-120 words based on visual or verbal stimulus. [5 marks]
Q. 4: Writing a short story based on a given outline or cue/s in about 150-200 words. [10 marks]
The Grammar syllabus will include the following areas in classes IX and X.
1. Tenses
2. Modals (have to/had to, must, should, need, ought to and their negative forms)
3. Use of passive voice
4. Subject – verb concord
5. Reporting
(i) Commands and requests
(ii) Statements
(iii) Questions
6. Clauses:
7. Noun clauses
8. Adverb clauses of condition and time
9. Relative clauses
10. Determiners, and
11. Prepositions
The above items may be tested through test types as given below:
Q. 5: Gap filling with one or two words to test Prepositions, Articles, Conjunctions and Tenses. [3 marks]
Q. 6: Editing or omission. [4 marks]
Q. 7: Sentences reordering or Sentence Transformation in context. [3 marks]
SECTION C: LITERATURE TEXTBOOKS AND LONG READING TEXT
Q.8: One out of two extracts from prose/poetry/drama for reference to context. Three very short answer questions. [3 marks]
One mark in each extract will be for vocabulary. One question will be used for testing local and global comprehension and one question will be on interpretation.
Q.9: Four short answer type questions from FIRST FLIGHT & FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET (two from each) to test local and global comprehension of theme and ideas (30-40 words each). [2x4=8 marks]
Q.10: One out of two long answer type questions to assess how the values inherent in the texts have been brought out (FIRST FLIGHT & FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET). Creativity, imagination and extrapolation beyond the text and across the texts will be assessed. (80-100 words). [4 marks]
Q.11: One out of two Long Answer Questions on theme or plot or character involving interpretation and inference in about 100-120 words based on prescribed novel. [10 marks]
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