CBSE Class 10 English Exam Pattern 2025: Marking Scheme & Last-Minute Tips for Tomorrow's Paper

CBSE Class 10th English Topper Answer Sheet

Section

Sub-Section

Details

Marks

Section A: Reading Skills

I. Reading Comprehension

- Discursive Passage (400-450 words) (10 Marks)

20

- Case-Based Factual Passage (200-250 words, with visual input like charts/statistical data) (10 Marks)

- Total length of both passages: 600-700 words. Questions include MCQs, objectives, and short answers (30-40 words).

Section B: Writing Skills and Grammar

II. Grammar

- Focus on determiners, tenses, modals, subject-verb concord, and reported speech (commands, statements, questions).

10

- Tasks: Gap filling, editing, and transformation; 10 out of 12 questions to be attempted.

III. Writing Skills

- Formal Letter Writing (100-120 words) based on a given situation (1/2 questions). (5 Marks)

10

- Analytical Paragraph (100-120 words) based on given map/chart/graph/cues (1/2 questions). (5 Marks)

Section C: Language through Literature

IV. Reference to the Context

- Extracts: One from Drama/Prose and one from Poetry (5+5 Marks). MCQs, objective questions, and short answers.

10

V. Short & Long Answer Questions

- Short Answer (First Flight): 4 out of 5 questions (40-50 words) for interpretation, analysis, inference, and evaluation (3 Marks each). (12 Marks)

30

- Short Answer (Footprints Without Feet): 2 out of 3 questions (40-50 words each). (6 Marks total).

- Long Answer (First Flight): 1 out of 2 questions (100-120 words) to assess creativity, imagination, and extrapolation (6 Marks).

- Long Answer (Footprints Without Feet): 1 out of 2 questions (100-120 words) on theme/plot, character sketch (6 Marks).

Total

80

Internal Assessment

Periodic Tests (10 Marks), Notebook Submission (5 Marks), and Subject Enrichment (5 Marks).

20

CBSE Class 10th English COMPLETE Study Material For Board Examination

Sections

Competencies

Total marks

Reading Comprehension

Conceptual understanding, decoding, analyzing, inferring, interpreting and vocabulary

20

Writing Skillsand Grammar

Creative reasoning,

expression of

justifying,

an

opinion, illustrating,

20

appropriacy of style and tone, using

appropriate format and fluency. Applying

conventions, using integrated structures

with accuracy and fluency

Language through Literature

Recalling, reasoning, appreciating, applying literary conventions illustrating and justifying etc. Extract relevant information, identify the central theme and sub-theme, understand the writers’ message and

writing fluently.

40

Total

80

Sections

Weightage

A

Reading Skills (40 periods)*

20 Marks

B

Writing Skills with Grammar (40 periods)*

20 Marks

C

Language through Literature (50 periods)*

40 Marks