Syllabus for English Class - Xth Standard

Syllabus for English  ( পাঠ্য নির্ঘন্ট ) দশম শ্রেণী - Class X

Distribution of marks : One paper — 100 marks ( Written - 90 ; Oral - 10 )

  To Test Reading Skill  —  40 marks (20 seen + 20 unseen)

  To Test Writing Skill   —  30 marks (unseen  

  Grammar and Vocabulary in proper communicative context — 20 marks  

English (SL)

Syllabus For Class-X

Prose (Section — A)

1. Engine Trouble

2. The Refugees

3. A Great National Hero

4. Most Beautiful

5. The Gifts of the Wise

6. The Lost Child

7. The Birth of a White Seal

Poems

(Section — B)

1. Wander -Thirst

2. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

3. If

4. Ring Out, Wild Bells

5. Sonnet to the Pupils of the Hindu College

List of Words

Additional Material for Practice

1. The Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech by Rabindranath Tagore.

2.  Practice Exercises.        Index

Grammar

Revision of all the grammar items treated in Class IX + These following items to be taught in Class X.

• Use of Verbs —> Finites & Non-finites, Simple Auxiliaries & Modal Auxiliaries, Verbs with -ing / -ed /-en Suffixes & their uses, Gerunds. Use of proper forms of Verbs in meaningful contexts. 
• Main Clauses & Dependent Clasues ; different functions of Dependent Clauses like Nominal Clause, Adjective Clause (Relative Clause), Adverb Clause ; Complex & Compound Sentences.
• Use of Prefixes & Suffixes.
• Use of Passive Voice.
• Time Expressions : Mid-position Adverbs ; Countable & Uncountable Nouns.
• Different words to describe the same action.
• Use of different derivative forms of words. Writing items must be practised from the book 'Strengthen Your English' published by W.B.B.S.E. All the writing items mentioned in Class IX should be practised again . More stress should be given to the following items for Class X.
• Paragraph Writing —> In different formats and contexts : Describing a situation/birds & animals (a game)/-a festival I Comparing and Contrasting / Expressing likes and dislikes / Expressing opinion etc. [vide the book 'Strengthen Your English' (W.B.B.S.E.) 
• Process Writing —> Using pictures / process (giving instructions) / Describing a process of making something etc. [vide the book 'Strengthen Your English' (W.B.B.S.E.)
• Writing a Notice —> On school excursion / school events etc.
• Writing Report —> Based on newspaper headline / Reporting on a burglary / Reporting an earthquake / Reporting an accident or any social problem etc. [vide the book 'Strengthen Your English' (W.B.B.S.E.)
• Writing a Biography —» Biography based on information provided — Biography based on an interview etc. [vide the book 'Strengthen Your English' (W.B.B.S.E.)]. To clarify the difference between a biography and an autobiography.
• Writing a Story —> Developing a story on some given points — on given pictures — on a given heading etc. [vide the book 'Strengthen Your English' (W.B.B.S.E.)]
• Writing a Dialouge —> Writing an imaginary conversation on any particular topic & situation mentioned in the question paper.  Dialouge — based on pictures etc. [vide the book 'Strengthen Your English (W.B.B.S.E)
• Letter Writing —> Both formal and informal letters — asking for permission, given advice, giving    suggestions ; describing an event, telling about an experience, letter of enquiry, letter to the editor etc.  [vide the book 'Strengthen Your English' (W.B.B.S.E.)] 

Class-X

CONTENTS

SECTION — A

SECTION — B

SECTION — C

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