CBSE Class 10 English Syllabus 2024-25: Download English Communicative FREE PDF

CBSE Class 10 English Syllabus 2024-25: The CBSE 2025 syllabus is out! Check the new and latest syllabus of CBSE Class 10 English (Communicative) course for the 2024-25 session here. Download free PDF from this article.

Apr 17, 2024, 17:52 IST

Download CBSE Class 10 English Communicative Syllabus 2024-25 PDF

CBSE Class 10 Communicative English Syllabus 2024-25: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has released the 2025 syllabus for Class 10. The syllabus was made available for teachers and students to take the 2024–25 academic year forward with the right curriculum. Here, the CBSE Class 10 English Communicative Syllabus 2025 is provided in PDF format, along with details related to question-paper design and the bifurcation of the course into theory and internal assessment. Teachers and students can also download the 2024 question paper PDF along with the answer key to prepare for the 2025 CBSE Class 10 Board exams. Check out this article for more details.

CBSE Class 10 English Communicative Syllabus 2024-25

Marks Breakup: Total Marks = 100 (Theory 80 + Internal Assessment 20)

CBSE Class 10 English Section-wise Weightage 2025

Section		Total Weightage
A	Reading Skills	22
B	Writing Skills	22
C	Grammar	10
D	Literature Textbook	26
	Total	80

Also Read: CBSE Class 10 Syllabus 2024-25 (All Subjects)

CBSE Class 10 English (Communicative) Course Contents 2024-25

SECTION A: READING SKILLS - (12+10=22 Marks) - 50 Periods

The section will have two unseen passages with the maximum word limit of 750 words. The passages can have continuous and non-continuous text inspired from the themes in prescribed books. Please refer to the Main Course Book (MCB) for types of non-continuous texts. (For example –Unit 1 has lists, tables, cues, message, telephone conversation etc.).
Objective Type Questions (including Multiple Choice Questions), Very Short Answer Type Questions(one word/ one phrase / one sentence) and Short Answer Type Questions (30-40 words each) will be asked to test interpretation, analysis, inference, evaluation and vocabulary in

SECTION B: WRITING SKILLS - 22 Marks - 50 Periods

This section will have a variety of short and long writing tasks

Email to school authorities (Application for leave/ change of subject /change of section/ bus-timings or similar topics) in maximum 50 words 3 Marks
Factual Description of a person/object in maximum 100 words 4 Marks
One out of two formal letters, in maximum 120 words, thematically aligned to topics in MCB. 7 Marks
One out of two articles based on verbal cues, in maximum 150 words, thematically aligned to MCB topics. 8 Marks

SECTION C: GRAMMAR - 10 Marks - 20 periods

Grammar items will be taught and assessed over a period of time.

1. Tenses

2. Modals

3. Subject – verb concord

4. Reported speech

Commands and requests
Statements
Questions

5. Clauses:

Noun clauses
Adverb clauses
Relative clauses

6. Determiners

The above items may be tested through test types as given below:

Gap filling - 3 marks
Editing or Omission - 4 marks
Sentences Reordering or Sentence Transformation in context - 3 marks

SECTION D: LITERATURE TEXTBOOK - 26 Marks - 50 Periods

Two out of three extracts from prose/poetry for reference to the context. Very Short Answer Questions will be asked to assess global comprehension, interpretation, inference and evaluation. 8 marks (4+4)
Five Short Answer type Questions out of six from the Literature Reader to test local and global comprehension of theme and ideas, analysis, evaluation and appreciation (30-40 words each) 5x2 = 10 Marks
One out of two Long Answer type Questions to assess how the values inherent in the text have been brought out. Creativity, evaluation and extrapolation beyond the text and across the texts will be assessed. This can also be a passage-based question taken from a situation/plot from the texts. (150 words) 8 marks

Prescribed Books:

Interact in English Series by CBSE (available on www.cbseacademic.nic.in)
Main Course Book (Revised Edition)
Literature Reader (Revised Edition)
Workbook (Revised Edition)

CBSE Class 10 English Communicative Question Paper Design 2024-25

Students can check the 2025 question paper design for CBSE Class 12 English communicative from here.

S. No	Competencies	% Weightage
1	Demonstrative Knowledge + Understanding (Knowledge based simple recall questions, to know specific facts, terms, concepts, principles or theories, identify, define, or recite, information, Comprehension – to be familiar with meaning and to understand conceptually, interpret, compare, contrast, explain, paraphrase information)	Up to 30%
2	Conceptual Application (Use abstract information in concrete situation, to apply knowledge to new situations; use given content to interpret a situation, provide an example or solve a problem)	Up to 35%
3	Analysis, Evaluation and Creativity Analysis & Synthesis- classify, compare, contrast, or differentiate between different pieces of information; organize and/or integrate unique pieces of information from a variety of sources.	Up to 35%