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📋 CBSE Class 10 English Syllabus 2025-26
Official CBSE Curriculum • First Flight + Footprints Without Feet • Grammar + Writing Skills
📊 Marks Distribution (Total 100)
| Section | Topic | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| A — Reading | Comprehension (Discursive + Case-based) | 20 |
| B — Writing & Grammar | Grammar (10) + Writing (10) | 20 |
| C — Literature | First Flight + Footprints Without Feet | 40 |
| Internal | Listening, Speaking, Project, Portfolio | 20 |
📝 Grammar Topics (10 Marks)
- Tenses — Present, Past, Future (all forms)
- Modals — can, could, may, might, must, should, would
- Subject-Verb Concord
- Determiners — a, an, the, some, any, much, many
- Reported Speech — Direct & Indirect
- Active & Passive Voice
- Prepositions
- Articles
- Clauses — Noun, Adjective, Adverb
- Sentence Reordering / Gap Filling / Editing
✍️ Writing Skills (10 Marks)
- Formal Letter (Letter to Editor, Complaint, Enquiry)
- Analytical Paragraph (based on chart/graph/cue)
📖 Literature (40 Marks)
First Flight: 9 Prose + 10 Poems
Footprints Without Feet: 10 Supplementary Stories
Questions include — Reference to Context, Short Answer (30-40 words), Long Answer (100-120 words), Value-based Questions.
🎯 Internal Assessment (20 Marks)
- Listening Test — 5 Marks
- Speaking Test — 5 Marks
- Project Work — 5 Marks
- Portfolio — 5 Marks