CBSE Class 10 English Syllabus 2021-2022: Combined for Terms 1 & 2

Term - I

SECTION	WEIGHTAGE (IN MARKS)
READING WRITING & GRAMMAR LITERATURE   TOTAL       + INTERNAL ASSESSMENT GRAND TOTAL	10 10 20   40  + 10 50

READING 

Question based on the following kinds of unseen passages to assess inference, evaluation, 

vocabulary, analysis and interpretation: 

1. Discursive passage (400-450 words)

2. Case based Factual passage (with visual input/ statistical data/ chart etc. 300-350

words)

WRITING SKILL

1. Formal letter based on a given situation.

a. Letter to the Editor

b. Letter of Complaint (Official) 

c. Letter of Complaint (Business)

GRAMMAR

1. Tenses

2. Modals

3. Subject-Verb Concord

4. Determiner

5. Reported Speech

6. Commands and Requests

7. Statements

8. Questions

LITERATURE

Questions based on extracts / texts to assess interpretation, inference, extrapolation beyond 

the text and across the texts.

FIRST FLIGHT 

1. A Letter to God

2. Nelson Mandela 

3. Two Stories About Flying

4. From the Diary of Anne Frank

5. The Hundred Dresses 1

6. The Hundred Dresses 2

POEMS

1. Dust of Snow

2. Fire and Ice

3. A Tiger in the Zoo

4. The Ball Poem

FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET 

1. A Triumph of Surgery

2. The Thief's Story

3. Footprints Without Feet

Term - II

SECTION	WEIGHTAGE (IN MARKS)
READING WRITING & GRAMMAR LITERATURE   TOTAL       + INTERNAL ASSESSMENT GRAND TOTAL	10 10 20   40  + 10 50

READING 

Question based on the following kinds of unseen passages to assess inference, evaluation, 

vocabulary, analysis and interpretation: 

1. Discursive passage (400-450 words)

2. Case based Factual passage (with visual input/ statistical data/ chart etc. 300-350 

words)

WRITING SKILL

 1. Formal letter based on a given situation

a. Letter of Order

b. Letter of Enquiry

 2. Analytical Paragraph (based on outline/chart/cue/map/report etc.)

GRAMMAR

1. Tenses

2. Modals

3. Subject Verb Concord

4. Determiner

5. Reported Speech

6. Commands and Requests

7. Statements

8. Questions

LITERATURE

Questions based on extracts / texts to assess interpretation, inference, extrapolation beyond 

the text and across the texts.

FIRST FLIGHT 

1. Glimpses of India

2. Madam Rides the Bus

3. The Sermon at Benares 

4. The Proposal (Play)

POEMS

1. Amanda

2. Animals

3. The Tale of Custard the Dragon

FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET 

1. The Making of a Scientist

2. The Necklace

3. The Hack Driver

4. Bholi

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