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Class 10 CBSE English Syllabus 2023-24
On April 21st, 2022, CBSE released a reduced class 10 CBSE English syllabus for 2022-23 academic session.
After so many changes in the last 2 to 3 years, CBSE has finalized a reduced syllabus for Class 10 teachers and students to follow. However, the term-based examination pattern will NOT BE FOLLOWED in 2022-23.
We were prompt about the syllabus release and have updated the changes in all the subjects for you. Here, you can find:
- PDF download links to the latest reduced Class 10 English Language & Literature Syllabus for 2022-23 academic session; and
- simple analysis of all the deleted topics/ chapters to be followed this year.
English Deleted Syllabus Class 10 2022-23
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We have also provided the syllabus for the 2020-21 session that was previously restored so that you can compare the deleted and added topics.
English Reduced Syllabus Class 10 2020-21
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| PART-WISE SYLLABUS ANALYSIS (2022-23) |
| Topics Added (✔️) | Topics Deleted (❌) |
| PART A: READING SKILLS |
| NIL |
| PART B: CREATIVE WRITING SKILLS |
| NIL |
| PART B: GRAMMAR |
❌ Use of Passive Voice
❌ Clauses: Noun, Adverb Clauses of condition and time, Relative Clauses
❌ Prepositions |
| Part C: LITERATURE |
| First Flight (Prose) |
❌ 5. The Hundred Dresses - I
❌ 6. The Hundred Dresses - II |
| First Flight (Poetry) |
✔️ 4. How to Tell Wild Animals
❌ 7. Animals
✔️ 8. The Trees
✔️ 9. Fog
✔️ 11. For Anne Gregory |
| Footprints without Feet |
✔️ 3. The Midnight Visitor
✔️ 4. A Question of Trust
❌ 8. The Hack Driver
✔️ 10. The Book That Saved The Earth |
| CLASS 10 ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE BLUEPRINT 2022-23 |
| Section |
Topics |
Marks Distribution |
Marks |
| A |
Reading Skills |
Discursive Passage |
10 |
20 |
| Case-based Passage |
10 |
| B |
Creative Writing Skills |
Formal Letter |
05 |
10 |
| Analytical Paragraph |
05 |
| Grammar |
Tenses, Modals, Subject – Verb Concord, Reported Speech, Commands and Requests, Statements, Questions, Determiners |
- |
10 |
| C |
Literature
(First Flight & Footprints without Feet) |
Reference to the Context |
10 |
40 |
| Short & Long Answers |
30 |
|
INTERNAL ASSESSMENT
Pen Paper Test (05) + Multiple Assessment (05) + Portfolio (05) + Subject Enrichment (05) |
20 |
|
TOTAL |
100 |
INTERNAL ASSESSMENT
Listening and Speaking Competencies
Assessment of Listening and Speaking Skills will be for 5 marks. It is recommended that listening and speaking skills should be regularly practiced.
| COMPETENCY-BASED QUESTION PAPER DESIGN |
| Sections |
Competencies |
Total Marks |
| Reading Skills |
Conceptual understanding, decoding, analyzing, inferring, interpreting and vocabulary |
20 |
| Creative Writing Skills and Grammar |
Creative expression of an opinion, reasoning, justifying, illustrating, appropriacy of style and tone, using appropriate format and fluency. Applying conventions, using integrated structures
with accuracy and fluency. |
20 |
| Language through Literature |
Recalling, reasoning, appreciating, applying literary conventions illustrating and justifying etc. Extract relevant information, identifying the central theme and sub-theme, understanding the writers’ message and writing fluently. |
40 |
| TOTAL |
80 |
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