Syllabus : CBSE Syllabus of English Language and
Literature for Class 10 For March 2009 Examination
ENGLISH - LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
(Code No. 184)
Syllabus and Examination Specifications
CLASS X
One Paper Time:3 Hours Marks : 100
SECTION A : READING 20 Marks 30 Periods
Question No. 1 & 2 will be two unseen passages of
total 500 words with a variety of questions including 4 marks
for vocabulary.Only prose passages will be used. One will be
factual and the other will be literary.
Passage 1 - 200 words (8 marks) - Four or five comprehension
questions
Passage 2 - 300 words (12 marks) - Four or five comprehension
questions and two questions on vocabulary. Marks for
vocabulary will not exceed 4 marks.
Typology of questions:
Very short answer type and short answer type questions may be
asked to test local comprehension besides questions on
vocabulary and comprehension of higher level skills such as
drawing inferences and conclusions. Students may also be asked
to frame questions for 2 marks. Two passages may be either
factual, discursive or literary.
SECTION B : WRITING 20 Marks 40 Periods
Question No. 3 Letter Writing - One letter in not
more than 150 words based on provided verbal stimulus and
context. Types of letter : Informal; Personal such as to
family and friends. Formal : Letters of complaint, enquiry,
request & application 8 Marks
Question No. 4 Writing a short paragraph on a given
outline/topic in about (50-80 words) 4 Marks
Question No. 5 Writing a short writing task based on a
verbal and / or visual stimulus. (diagram, picture, graph,
map, chart, flow chart etc.) Descriptive/Argumentative/
imaginative writing-(125-150 words)and 8 marks.
SECTION C : GRAMMAR 15
Marks 45 Periods
Question No. 6-9 A
variety of short questions involving the use of particular
structures within a context. Text types used will include
gap-filling, sentence-completion, sentence-reordering,
dialogue-completion and sentence-transformation (including
combining sentences). The Grammar syllabus will include the
following areas for teaching:
1. Use of non-finites.
2. Sentence connectors : as, since, while, then, just because,
just, until.
3. Clauses with what, where and how.
4. Past Tense.
5. Modals : can, could, may, must, might.
Note : All other areas covered in Class IX will also be
tested in Class X as this is an integrated course for this
area of learning.
Q. 6 Fill in the blanks/editing/omission- 4 marks
(use of tenses/determiners/
preposition/non-finite/modals)
Q. 7 Transformation of sentences and relation between
sentences, clauses and the use of the simple past tense tested
through sentence completion.- 4 marks
Q. 8 Word building/word finding- 4 marks
(negatives, noun , verb, adjectival & adverb forms;
synonyms and antonyms
Q. 9 Rearranging words/phrases to make meaningful
sentences- 3 marks
SECTION D : TEXT BOOKS
45 Marks 95 Periods
Prose-20 marks
Q. 10 & Q. 11 Reading a
given text – 2 passages of 5 marks each -10 marks
Q. 12 Long answer-(one out of two-80 words)
1x6=6marks
Q. 13 two out of three Short answer-(30-40
words)=4 marks
Poetry-10 marks
Q. 14 One
out of two extracts for 4 marks
Q. 15 Three short questions for 2 marks
each based on lines given from the poems (2x3)-6 marks
Supplementary Reader – 15
marks
Q. 16 1 out
of 2 long answer question-(100 words) -8 marks
Q. 17 1 out of 2 short answer questions
-(30-40 words) -4 marks
Q. 18 1 out of 2 short answer questions
-(20-30 words) -3 marks
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