CBSE Class X CCE Syllabus English Communicative
SECTION A: READING (20 Marks)
Qs 1-4 Four unseen reading passages of 5 marks each. Each reading passage
will have 5 sub- parts, each of 1 mark. All questions will be multiple choice
questions. The passages will be extracts from
poems/factual/descriptive/literary/discursive passages. Questions will test
inference, evaluation and vocabulary. There will be at least 04 marks for
assessing vocabulary skills. The total length of the 4 passages will be between
650 and 800 words.
SECTION B: WRITING (20 Marks)
The writing section comprises of three writing tasks as indicated below:
Q 5 A short answer question of upto 100 words in the form of a Biographical
Sketch (expansion of notes on an individual’s life or achievements into a short
paragraph)/Data Interpretation / Dialogue Writing or Description (people,
places, events).
The question will assess students’ skill of expressing ideas in clear and
grammatically correct English, presenting ideas coherently and concisely,
writing a clear description, a clear account of events, expanding notes into a
piece of writing, or transcoding information from one form to another. 4
Marks
Q 6 A long answer question (minimum 150 words) in the form of a formal
letter/informal letter or an email. The output would be a long piece of writing
and will assess the use of appropriate style, language, content and expression.
8 Marks
Q 7 A long answer question (minimum 180 words) in the form of a diary entry,
article, speech, story or debate.
Students’ skills in expression ofideas in clear and grammatically correct
English, planning, organising and presenting ideas coherently by introducing,
developing and concluding a topic, comparing and contrasting ideas and arriving
at a conclusion, presenting an argument with supporting examples, using an
appropriate style and format and expanding notes into longer pieces ofwriting
and creative expression of ideas will be assessed. 8 Marks
Important Note on Format and Word limit:
- Format will not carry any separate marks and in most cases, format will
be given in the question paper.
- The word limit given is the suggested minimum word limit. No candidate
may be penalised for writing more or less than the suggested word limit.
Stress should be on content, expression, coherence and relevance of the
content presented.
SECTION C: GRAMMAR (20 Marks)
This section will assess Grammar items in context for 20 Marks. It will carry
5 questions of 4 marks each. Tests items will be Multiple Choice Questions and
test various grammatical items in context.
Q 8.-Q 12 will test grammar items which have been dealt with in class X.
Different structures such as verb forms, sentence structure, connectors,
determiners, pronouns, prepositions, clauses, phrases, etc., can be tested
through formative assessment over a period of time. As far as the summative
assessment is concerned, it will recycle grammar items learnt over a period of
time and will test them in context through Multiple Choice Question format.
Tests types used will include gap-filling, cloze (gap filling exercise with
blanks at regular intervals), sentence completion, reordering word groups into
sentences, editing, dialogue-completion and sentence-transformation. The grammar
syllabus will be sampled each year, with marks allotted for: Verb forms Sentence
structures Other areas
Note: Jumbled words in reordering exercise to test syntax will involve
sentences in a context. Each sentence will be split into sense groups (not
necessarily into single words) and jumbled up.
Section D: LITERATURE (20 Marks)
Q 13 Two extracts out of three from prose, poetry or plays in the form of
Multiple Choice Questions based on reference to context. Each extract will carry
3 marks. (Word limit: 20-30 words) 3+3=6 Marks
Q 14 Four out of Five short answer type questions based on prose, poetry and
play of 2 marks each. The questions will not test recall but inference and
evaluation. (Word limit: 30-40 words each) 8 Marks
Q 15 One out of two long answer type questions to assess personal response to
text by going beyond the text/poem/story or extract. Creativity, imagination and
extrapolation beyond the text and across two texts will also be assessed.
6 marks
Prescribed Books/Materials
- Interact in English – X Main Course Book Revised edition
- Interact in English – X Literature Reader Revised edition Published by
CBSE
- Interact in English – X Workbook Revised edition Delhi-110092 Reading
Section:
Reading for comprehension, critical evaluation, inference and analysis is a
skill to be tested formatively as well as summatively. There will be no division
of passages for this section, however for reading purposes, the Interact in
English Main Course Book will be read in two terms i.e. Term I (April
-September) and Term II (October – March).
Writing Section:
All types of short and extended writing tasks will be dealt with in both I
and II Term Summative as well as in Formative Assessment. For purposes of
assessment all themes dealt with in Main Course Book and other themes may be
used.
