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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