NIOS Class 10th English Syllabus

 English (202)

Weightage

Theory: 100 Marks

Tutor Marked Assignments (TMA): 20% Marks of theory

Scheme of evaluation

Theory paper 100 marks (3 hours)

Reading (unseen text-2 passages)  15 marks

Reading (Prescribed texts)              30 marks

(Poetry 10 + Prose 20)

Grammar                                             30 marks

Writing                                                 25 marks

Internal assessment (TMA) (20% of theory marks)

Pass criteria: 33% Marks 

BOOK: 1

Book: 2

Important Chapters

Chapter 1. Snake Bite

Chapter 2. How the Squirrel Got Its Stripes

Chapter 5. A Tiger Comes to Town-I

Chapter 7. The Shoeshine

Chapter 8. A Birthday Letter

Chapter 10. Noise: How It Affects Our Lives

Chapter 14. Stealing and Atonement

Chapter 15. My Vision for India

Chapter 16. My Only Cry

Chapter 18. The Little Girl

Chapter 22. The Truth

Chapter 25. Once Upon a Time

Chapter 26. Ustad Bismillah Khan

Chapter 27. The Parrot Who Wouldn’t Talk

Grammar and Usage

1. Parts of a sentence (subject, predicate, object)

2. Types of sentences (statements, questions ( wh, yes/no), commands, requests)

3. Subject Verb Concord (pronouns, singular/ plural, auxiliaries)

4. The Verb Phrase (verb forms, adverbs)

5. The noun phrase (nouns, determiners, adjectives, prepositions)

6. Time and tense

  • simple present
  • present continuous
  • simple past, past continuous
  • present perfect, present perfect continuous
  • past perfect, past perfect continuous
  • going to, will/ shall + verb

7. Non-finites (infinites, gerunds, participles)

8. The modals (will, would, shall, should, can, could, must, ought to, need)

9. Clauses (adv. Clauses of time, manner, reason; relative clauses, conditional clauses- if + simple Present+ simple future. E.g. if I had a lakh of rupees, I’ll buy a scooter)

10. Reported speech (modification of time, word order- reporting statements, questions, imperatives)

2. Weightage by Types of Question


Question Paper Design

Section :- A (Reading)      15 Marks

1. Passage – 8

2. Passage – 7

Section :- B (writing)         25 Marks

3. Conversation      4

4. Report                  7

5. Letter                   7

6. Paragraph           7

(100 words)

Section :- C (Grammar)       30 Marks

7. Fill in the blanks            3

using words

8. Fill in the blanks            6

(MCQ)

9. Fill in the blanks            3

(Dialogue)

10. Fill in the blanks          3

(Dialogue)

11. Complete the                 6

report

12. Correct from of             6

the verbs

Section :- D (Literature)              30 Marks

13. Stanza                     4×1

14. Ques & Ans            2×2

15. MCQ                        2×1

16. Passage                   4×1

17. Passage                   4×1

18. MCQ                         3×1

19. Answer any two of the following questions in 30-40 words each.

Ques & Ans                    2×2

20. Answer any one of the following questions in about 100 words.

Ques & Ans                    5 Marks

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