WBBSE : ENGLISH : CLASS-X
WEST BENGAL BOARD OF SECONDARY EDUCATION [WBBSE]
NEW SYLLABUS ENGLISH [B]
CLASS-X
SYLLABUS WITH QUESTION PATTERN
FULL MARKS = 100
[Written=90 & Internal Formative Evaluation=10]
SECTION-A
[Reading Comprehension]
SEEN [20 MARKS]
[Prose–12 & Poetry–08]
Total 20 Marks
PROSE => 12 Marks WRITER / AUTHOR
1. Father’s Help 👉R. K. Narayan
2. The Passing Away of Bapu 👉Nayantara Sehgal
3. Our Runaway Kite 👉Lucy Maud Montgomery
4. The Cat 👉Andrew Barton Paterson
Question Pattern : Prose 12 Marks
MCQ [Multiple Choice Questions] {5 of 5}
[1 Mark Each => 1×5=5]
Completing Sentence [3 of 3]
[1 Mark Each => 1×3=3]
T/F With S/S [2 of 2]
[2 Marks Each => 2×2=4]
[MCQ (5) + Completing (3) + T/F (4)=12 Marks]
POETRY=> 08 Marks POET
1. Fable 👉Ralph Waldo Emerson
2. My Own True Family 👉Ted Hughes
3. Sea Fever 👉John Masefield
4. The Snail 👉William Cowper
Question Pattern : Poetry 08 Marks
MCQ [Multiple Choice Questions] {4 of 4}
[1 Mark Each => 1×4=4]
LAQ [Long Answer-type Questions] {2 of 2}
[2 Marks Each => 2×2=4]
[Answer within 25 words]
[MCQ (4) + SAQ (4) = 08 Marks]
UNSEEN [20 Marks]
An unknown passage, especially an excerpt from a newspaper will be set in the question paper, and students (examinees) firstly should have to go through the passage carefully and then answer the questions given below the end of the passage.
Question Pattern
MCQ [Multiple Choice Questions] {6 of 6}
[1 Mark Each => 1×6=6]
T/F With S/S [3 of 3]
[2 Marks Each => 2×3=4]
LAQ [Long Answer-type Questions] {4 of 4}
[2 Marks Each => 2×4=8]
[Answer within 30 words]
N.B.
👉MCQ type is concept based /inference type question.
👉LAQ type is information or knowledge based type question.
👉MCQ questions will have four options and students have to complete the sentences choosing the correct answer from the alternatives given.
👉MCQ questions will be of 1 Mark each.
👉LAQ questions will be of 2 Marks each.
SECTION-B
GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY [20 Marks]
[Grammar-12 Marks]
[Vocabulary-08 Marks]
GRAMMAR 12 Marks
👉Choosing Correct Verb-form [3 of 3]
[1 Mark Each => 1×3=3]
👉Filling the blanks with appropriate articles and/or prepositions [3 of 3]
[1 Mark Each => 1×3=3]
👉Choosing correct phrasal verb [3 of 3]
[1 Mark Each => 1×3=3]
👉Do as Directed –{3 of 3}
[1 Mark Each => 1×3=3]
I) Voice Change — 1
II) Narration Change — 1
III) Joining — 1
Others
IV) Splitting
V) Transformation of Sentences
(especially Degree, Positive/Affirmative <==> Negative)
VI) Interchange of Parts of Speech
VII) Error Correction
VIII) Nominal Compounds
IX) Prefixes & Suffixes
X) Framing Questions
XI) Subject Verb Agreement
VOCABULARY [08 Marks]
Four similar meaning words will be given in this section. Students will have to find out the synonyms of these words from the unseen passage, and write them in the appropriate boxes on the right-hand side.
[4 of 4] [2 Marks Each => 2×4=8]
SECTION-C
WRITING SKILL [30 Marks]
[3 of 3] [10 Marks Each => 10×3=30]
Three items will be set in the question paper out of these following ones
Paragraph Writing
Letter Writing
Report Writing
Story Writing
Process Writing
Notice Writing
Biography Writing
Dialogue Writing
Summary Writing
Syllabus of the Internal Formative Evaluation
10 Marks
Six Modalities
(1) Survey Report
(2) Nature Study
(3) Case Study
(4) Creative Writing
(5) Model Making
(6) Open Book Evaluation
(Out of these six modalities noted above, any three are to be chosen in the academic year for Internal Formative Evaluation following the English teacher’s instruction)
