There will be one question paper of 100 marks.
Section A- Reading 15marks.
1. One long passage followed by four short answer type questions and three
vocabulary questions. 4x3=12(short answer questions)
3x1=3(vocabulary)
Section B - writing 20 marks
2. Article (Descriptive, Argumentative/autobiographical) -100 to 150 words 10
3. Letter to the editor / complaint letters / business letter 10
Section C- Grammar 25 marks.
4. Ten questions (MCQ and very short answer type questions) based on
Narration, Synthesis, Transformation, Syntax, Idioms and Phrases/ Phrasal Verbs,
Synonyms, Antonyms, One word substitution, Homophones 10x2=20
5. Translation from Hindi to English- 7 to 8 Sentences 5
Section D - Literature 40 marks
Flamingo Textbook
prose
6. Two short answer type questions 4+4=8
7. One long answer type question 7
Poetry
8. Three very short answer type questions based on the given poetry extract- 3x2=6
Note-(Questions related to identification of the following figures of speech will
be included in the poetry section-
Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Oxymoron, Apostrophe, Hyperbole,
Onomatopoeia).
9. Central idea of the given poem 4
Vistas - Supplementary Reader
10. Two short answer type questions. 4+4=8
11. One long answer type question 7
Following books are prescribed:-
Flamingo Text Book
PROSE-
1. The Last Lesson Alphonse Daudet
2. Lost Spring Anees Jung
3. Deep Water William Douglas
4. The Rattrap Selma Lagerlof
5. Indigo Louis Fischer
6. Poet and Pancakes Asokamitran
7. The Interview - Part I and Part II Christopher Silvester
8. Going Places A.R. Barton
POETRY-
1. My Mother at Sixty-six Kamala Das
2. An Elementary School
Classroom in a Slum Stephen Spender
3. Keeping Quit Pablo Neruda
4. A Thing of Beauty John Keats
5. A Road side stand Robert Frost
6. Aunt Jennifer's Tiger Adrienne RichPoet and Pancakes
VISTAS - Supplementary Reader -
1. The Third Level Jack Finney
2. The Tiger King Kalki
3. Journey to the end of the Earth Tishani Doshi
4. The Enemy Pearl S. Buck
5. Should Wizard hit Mommy John Updike
6. On the Face of it Susan Hill
7. Evans tries an O-level Colin Dexter
8. Memories of childhood Zitkala-Sa and Bama
- The Cutting of My Long Hair
- We Too Are Human Being
Note- 1. No book has been prescribed for grammar. Students can select any book
recommended by the subject teacher.
2. No reduced syllabus for 2023-24
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