ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
CLASS-X (2025-26)
SECTION - WISE WEIGHTAGE
Sections Weightage
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 andacross 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
1. A Letter to God
2. Nelson Mandela - Long Walk to Freedom
3. Stories About Flying
4. From the Diary of Anne Frank
5. Glimpses of India
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
4. How to Tell Wild Animals
5. The Ball Poem
6. Amanda!
7. The Trees
8. Fog
9. The Tale of Custard the Dragon
10. For Anne Gregory
2. FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET
1. A Triumph of Surgery
2. The Thief's Story
3. The Midnight Visitor
4. A Question of Trust
5. Footprints Without Feet
6. The Making of a Scientist
7. The Necklace
8. Bholi
9. The Book that Saved the Earth
3. WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS – II (WORKBOOK FOR CLASS X) – Units 1 to 4 and
Units 7 to 11
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