CBSE Class 10 English Language and Literature (086) - Deleted portion, First Flight - All Chapters

CBSE curriculum for class 10 plays a very crucial role in designing the course structure. It helps students in planning their studies in an organised manner so that they are able to perform well in their first board examination. Thus, students must be aware of any kind of changes or alterations made to the syllabus. They should clearly know the names of topics and chapters deleted from the syllabus of all their subjects. At the same time, they should also check the revised syllabus of class 10 according to which the internal assessment and the year-end examination will be conducted. Deleted CBSE Class 10 Syllabus For All Subjects: 10th Board Exam plays a great role in shaping a student’s life.

In this article, we are providing the complete list of topics and the names of chapters that have been eliminated from the CBSE Class 10 English Language and Literature Syllabus released in the month of April. Students are suggested to know these topics and keep them in mind while studying the English subject and preparing the same for the CBSE Board Exam 2021. 

CBSE Class 10 English Language and Literature (086) - Deleted portion (Theory):

Grammar

Use of Passive Voice

Clauses: Noun, Adverb Clauses of condition and time, Relative

Prepositions

FIRST FLIGHT – Text for Class X

Literature

FIRST FLIGHT

How to Tell Wild Animals

Trees

Fog

Mijbil the Otter

For Anne Gregory

FOOTPRINTS WITHOUT FEET

The Midnight Visitor

A Question of Trust

The Book That Saved The Earth

Find below the complete syllabus for CBSE Class 10 English Language and Literature:

ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (Code No. 184)

CLASS – X (2020-21)

PART A

Reading 20 Marks

1. Multiple Choice Questions based on a Discursive passage of 400-450 words to test inference, evaluation and vocabulary. Ten out of twelve questions to be answered. (10x1=10)
2. Multiple Choice Questions based on a Case-based factual passage (with visual input statistical data, chart etc.) of 300-350 words to test analysis and interpretation. Ten out of twelve questions to be answered. (10x1=10)

(Total length of two passages to be 700-750 words).

Literature Textbooks  10 Marks

III. Multiple Choice Questions based on an extract from drama/prose to test inference, evaluation and vocabulary. Any 1 out of 2 extracts to be done. (5x1=5)

Multiple Choice Questions based on an extract from poetry to test analysis and interpretation. Any 1 out of 2 extracts to be done (5x1=5)

Grammar 10 Marks

Ten Multiple Choice Questions, out of twelve, to be answered. Questions shall be based on the following:

1. Tenses
2. Modals
3. Subject – verb concord
4. Reported speech

a. Commands and requests

b. Statements

c. Questions

v. Determiners

First Flight - All Chapters
Class 10th English (Footprints Without Feet Textbook)

Chapter 1: A Triumph of Surgery

Chapter 2: The Thief’s Story

Chapter 5: Footprints Without Feet

Chapter 6: The Making of a Scientist

Chapter 7: The Necklace

Chapter 8: The Hack Driver

Chapter 9: Bholi

Class 10 English: First Flight - All Chapters

Chapter 1: A Letter to God

Chapter 2: Nelson Mandela: A Road to Freedom

Chapter 3: Two Stories about Flying

Chapter 4: From the Diary of Anne Frank

Chapter 5: The Hundred Dresses - I

Chapter 6: The Hundred Dresses - II

Chapter 7: Glimpses of India

Chapter 9: Madam Rides the Bus

Chapter 10: The Sermon at Benaras

Chapter 11: The Proposal

English CBSE class 10th 2020-2021 English Blueprints.- These blueprints will help you a lot with your preparation, you will get complete idea about the framing of questions and you will be able to solve your question paper easily.

Section Topics Weightage

Reading Skills 30

Writing Skills with Grammar 20

Literature Textbook and Supplementary Reading Text 30

Total 80