Punjab Board Class 10th English Syllabus 2024-25: Download PSEB Latest Syllabus PDF for 2025 Exams

Punjab Board Class 10 English Syllabus 2024-25: The Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) Class 10 English focuses on empowering global communicative language by educating students about its fundamentals and formats. It involves grammar and literature parts that emphasise learning the technical aspects of grammar and exploring the beauty of stories and tales. The syllabus is divided into reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills. All the sections and their 2024–25 syllabi are listed here. Students can check the detailed PSEB 10th English syllabus 2024–25 and download its PDF. For more information on the Punjab Board Class 10 syllabus subject-wise, read this complete article and refer to the related links. 

PSEB Class 10 English Syllabus 2024-25

1. Reading Skills

• Unseen passage of about 250-300 words with Short Answer Type Questions/ Objective type questions.
• Poster with Multiple Type Questions.

2. English Main Course Book

L-1 The Happy Prince

L-2 Where is Science Taking Us?

L-3 Secret of Happiness

L-4 A Gift for Christmas

L-5 Some Glimpses of Ancient Indian Thought and Practices

L-6 The Home - Coming

L-7 The Making of the Earth

L-8 The Rule of the Road

3. Poems

P-1 Character of a Happy Man

P-2 Death the Leveller

P-3 A Ballad of Sir Pertab Singh

P-4 Razia, the Tigress

P-5 Where the Mind is Without Fear

4. Supplementary Reader

L-1 Bed Number -29

L-2 Half A Rupee Worth

L-3 One Thousand Dollars

L-4 The Dying Detective

L-5 How Much Land Does a Man Need

L-6 Return to Air

5. Vocabulary

1 Pairs of words generally confused 1 to 40

2 Idioms 1to 40

3 One word for many 1to 40

4 Common errors All

5 Common proverbs 1 to 40

6. Grammar

1 Use of Determiners, Prepositions, Modals and Sentence Connectors

2 Use and Kinds of Non-Finites

3 Simple, Complex and Compound Sentences

4 Voice

5 Reported Speech

6 Use of Tenses

7 Punctuation

7. Writing Skills

1 Notice and Note making

2 Messages

3 Advertisements

4 Paragraphs

5 Letters (Personal, Business and Official)

8. Translation from English to Punjabi/Hindi and Translation from Punjabi/Hindi to English.

Translation from English to Punjabi or Hindi

1. Happy Prince

1. Why are you weeping then?
2. They pulled down the statue of the Happy Prince.
3. I am waited for in Egypt.
4. It is very cold here.
5. I have a golden bed-room.
6. There is not a single cloud in the sky.
7. Then another drop fell.
8. My courtiers called me the Happy Prince.
9. I have come to bid you good bye.
10. How hungry we are!

2. Where is Science Taking us?

1. Where is Science taking us?
2. This is the age of the machine.
3. War is the worst example.
4. I wish I had another hundred years.
5. Here Science is actually doing less than nothing.
6. Who is to keep them?
7. Science goes on raising its problems.
8. What is really needed in the world today?
9. What is Science really after?
10. What is its goal?

3. Secret of Happiness

1. He never lost his calm.
2. I didn’t want to die.
3. Fear is one of man’s most common enemies.
4. You are greater than you think.
5. I wanted to get out of there.
6. Then you will have total peace of mind.
7. You must do it yourself.
8. A fear is not unlike a ghost.
9. God watches over you and cares for you.
10. This is a problem common to us all.

4. A Gift for Christmas

1. Her eyes were shining brilliantly.
2. Tears appeared in her eyes.
3. Della let fall her beautiful hair.
4. I sold the watch to get the money to buy your combs.
5. Will you buy my hair?
6. Della finished crying.
7. It was a platinum watch-chain.
8. Jim was never late.
9. She found it at last.
10. She stopped at a shop.

5. Some Glimpses of Ancient Indian Thought and Practices

1. The gods approached the sage Dadhichi.
2. Dadhichi took no time in laying down his life.
3. Eat only after you’ve shared your meal with others.
4. A well-known sage named Ashtavakra was also invited to this meeting.
5. The entire universe is one family.
6. This does not belong to me.
7. They chose to be bricked alive.
8. The history of this great land is full of examples.
9. The people of this country believe in the unity of life.
10. King Janak of Maithil called a meeting of the scholars.

6. The Home-Coming

1. The boys were puzzled for a moment.
2. Phatik refused to move.
3. Phatik Chakravarti was the ring-leader amongst the boys of the village.
4. He could not bear this injustice. 
5. The stranger asked him again.
6. At last Bishamber asked the police to help him.
7. One day Phatik lost his lesson book.
8. The next morning Phatik was nowhere to be seen.
9. Bishamber brought in a doctor.
10. Mother, the holidays have come.

7. The Making of the Earth

1. The sun and the planets with their satellites form a happy family.
2. At night you see thousands of stars in the sky.
3. The real stars are like our sun.
4. So the earth started to cool.
5. Stars twinkle, planets do not.
6. Can you distinguish between a planet and a star?
7. The moon is called a satellite of the earth.
8. Our earth belongs to the family of the sun.
9. In reality our sun itself is a star.
10. We think the earth is very big.

8. The Rule of the Road

1. You may not think so.
2. I’m going to walk where I like.
3. He was obviously a well -intentioned person.
4. We must be judicious mixture of both.
5. The great moments of heroism and sacrifice are rare.
6. I hope my friend in the railway carriage will reflect on this.
7. You have liberty to laugh at me.
8. Liberty is not a personal affair only but a social contract.
9. We have got liberty now.
10. I may be as free as I like. 

Translation from Punjabi/Hindi to English

1-10. Modals related 

LESSON 1: THE HAPPY PRINCE

1. The drops were coming from the ______ of the Happy Prince.
2. The son of the seamstress was crying because he wanted to go to Egypt. (True/ false)
3. The poor seamstress was given the ________ by the swallow. i) gold ii) sapphire iii) ruby iv) oranges
4. Who ordered to pull down the statue of the Happy Prince? i) Mayor ii) swallow iii) seamstress iv) playwright
5. The statue of Happy Prince was decorated with diamonds. (True/ false)
6. Who was sent to bring the two most precious things from the city? i) Mayor ii) God iii) angel iv) match-girl
7. The man in the garret was writing a _____.

LESSON 2: WHERE IS SCIENCE TAKING US?

8. Modern drugs have decreased the average span of life of human beings. ( True /false)
9. Machines give us more and more hours of ______. i) hard work ii) leisure iii) life iv) health

1. Name two non-material things mentioned in the lesson.
2. According to the writer, Science is doing ‘less than nothing for material things’.( True/ false)
3. Which age group is overcrowded today? i) childhood ii) middle age group iii) upper age group iv) none of these
4. Science has helped man to live_____. i) forever, ii) no more, iii) longer, iv) a short life

LESSON 3: SECRET OF HAPPINESS

14. Which illustration was used by the professor of Psychology?
15. Who declared to give sermon against fear? i) Professor of Psychology ii) Gilberton Chesterton iii) Author iv) Kagawa
16. _____ values are needed in the world today.
17. The author found an elephant when he flung open the door. ( True / false)
18. We should have faith that ____ is always with us. i) God ii) somebody iii) everyman iv) nobody
19. ______ in God gives us real peace of mind. i) fear ii) hatred iii) faith, iv) anger

LESSON 4: A GIFT FOR CHRISTMAS

20. The signs of richness were everywhere in their house. (True/ false)
21. What did Della buy for Jim as a Christmas gift? i) jeans ii) set of combs iii) watch iv) watch-chain
22. The proud possession of Jim was _______. i) salary ii) Della iii) gold watch iv) flat
23. Who did not have enough money to buy a Christmas present? i) Jim ii) Della iii) both of them iv) none of them
24. Della sold her hair for ______ dollars.
25. What did Jim buy for Della as a Christmas gift? i) jeans ii) set of combs iii) watch iv) watch-chain

LESSON 5: SOME GLIMPSES OF ANCIENT INDIAN THOUGHT AND PRACTICES

26. Some scholars laughted at Ashtavakra’s _________. i) joke ii) friend iii) luck iv) deformed body
27. In ancient India, the woman was always considered a goddess.(True/ false)
28. Gods went to Lord Vishnu in desperation.(True/ false)
29. Who was losing in the battle between gods and demons?
30. What did Lord Vishnu advise the gods to make?i) an arrow ii) a sword iii) bones iv) none of these
31. Shivaji bowed his head before the ______. i) man ii) woman iii) teacher iv) king

LESSON 6: THE HOME-COMING

32. What was the name of Phatik’s brother?
33. Phatik’s uncle lived in ______. i) Mumbai ii) Dehradun iii) Calcutta iv) Chandigarh
34. Phatik’s aunt welcomed Phatik at her home. (True/ false)
35. Phatik’s ____ did not like his ways. i) mother ii) sister iii) student iv) neighbours
36. Phatik wanted to move a _____ from its place.
37. Phatik’s last words were ‘mother, ______ have come.’ i) friends ii) aunt and uncle iii) brother iv) holidays

LESSON 7: THE MAKING OF THE EARTH

38. Moon is the satellite of ______. i) universe ii) oceans iii) Mars iv) Earth
39. From where do the planets get light?
40. The planets twinkle at night. (True/ false)
41. All the hollows of the earth were filled with _____ when it rained heavily. i) dust ii) snow iii) water iv) light
42. How many years did the Earth take to cool down? i) thousand ii) millions iii) hundred iv) none of these
43. Planets have natural satellites. (True/ false)

LESSON 8: THE RULE OF THE ROAD

44. What is liberty? i) personal affair ii) social contract iii) both of these iv) none of these
45. What was the author reading during the journey?
46. We should interfere in the liberty of others. (True/ false)
47. The stout old lady was walking in the middle of ___. i) road ii) pavement iii) railway track iv) none of these
48. The policeman at Picadilly Circus is the symbol of ______. i) liberty ii) tyranny iii) anarchy iv) none of these
49. A reasonable consideration for the _______ of others is the foundation of social conduct. i) duties ii) friends iii) rights iv) relatives

POEM 1: CHARACTER OF A HAPPY MAN

50. A happy man envies _________. i) none ii) his friends iii) everyone iv) the rich
51. A happy man obeys the rules of _____. i) traffic ii) king iii) goodness iv) government
52. A happy man is afraid of death. (True/ false)

POEM 2: DEATH THE LEVELLER

53. Ultimate fate of all human beings is _____. i) old age ii) life iii) youth iv) death
54. What lives after death? i) name ii) good deeds iii) fame iv) glory
55. The glories of blood and state are just shadows. (True/ false)

POEM 3: A BALLAD OF SIR PERTAB SINGH

56. Sir Pertab Singh lived in _____ House. i) Red-rose ii) Black-rose iii) Rose-red iv) Rose-blood
57. Sir Pertab Singh’s friend was ______ soldier. i) an Indian ii) a Chinese iii) an English iv) a Pakistani
58. According to the priests, Pertab Singh lost his caste forever. (True/ false)

POEM 4: RAZIA, the TIGRESS

59. Razia, the tigress has ____ cubs. i) two ii) three iii) four iv) five
60. Sheru was an expert on _____. i) hunting ii) winds iii) racing iv) aiming at birds
61. Razia was not afraid of poachers. (True/ false)

POEM 5: WHERE THE MIND IS WITHOUT FEAR

62. Everyone should have the right to education. (True/ false)
63. The poet prays for a land where _____ is without fear. i) mind ii) body iii) knowledge iv) truth
64. To whom does the poet pray in this poem? i) people ii) king iii) God iv) none of them

SUPPLEMENTARY READER

LESSON 1: BED NO. 29

65. Naeem was in the hospital when the author regained his eyesight. (True/ false)
66. Who did the author meet in the hospital ward? i) Naeem ii) Bobby Gillian iii) Subbiah iv) Della
67. The author regained his eyesight after the ________. i) first operation ii) second operation iii) third operation iv) fourth operation
68. The author was a _______ before he lost his eyesight.
69. The author knew that Naeem was also blind. (True/ false)
70. Naeem urged the author to re-start______. i) dancing ii) singing iii) studying iv) painting

LESSON 2: HALF A RUPEE WORTH

71. Subbiah was a rice merchant. (True/ false)
72. Subbiah had_______ children. i) two ii) three iii) four iv) five
73. Where did Subbiah’s wife take the man?
74. Subbiah died in a road accident. (True/ false)
75. Subbiah’s profit ______ during the war. i) increased ii) decreased iii) go down iv) did not change
76. Subbiah was buried under the bags and died. (True/ false)

LESSON 3: ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS

77. Robert lost the money on races. (True/ false)
78. To whom did Bobby Gillian give his one thousand dollars? i) Butler ii) Miss Hayden iii) lawyers iv) Miss Lotta Lauriere
79. Robert Gillian offered a ______ to Miss Lotta Lauriere.
80. Robert Gillian received one million dollars from his uncle’s will. (True/false)
81. The blind man was selling ____ on the walkside. i) books ii) pencils iii) pens iv) notebooks
82. Who was Miss Lotta Lauriere?

LESSON 4: THE DYING DETECTIVE

83. What was Watson by profession?
84. Holmes got the illness from some______. i) chinese sailors ii) Indian sailors iii) English sailors iv) Russian sailors
85. Smith sent Holmes an infected sharp spring in ______. i) a silver box ii) an ivory box iii) a golden box iv) a red box
86. Victor Smith killed Culverton Smith. (True/ false)
87. Holmes did not want Watson to touch his things. (True/ false)
88. Who was charged with the murder of his nephew? i) Mrs Hudson ii) Morton iii) Smith iv) Watson

LESSON 5: HOW MUCH LAND DOES A MAN NEED?

89. The two women discussing about village and town life were_________. i) friends ii) sisters iii) neighbours iv) enemies
90. The bashkirs had plenty of ______. i) cattle ii) money iii) land iv) gold
91. How much land did Pakhom manage to buy from estate owner?
92. Pakhom was a very _____ man. i) helpful ii) greedy iii) kind iv) selfish
93. Pakhom was dead in the end. (True/ false)
94. Pakhom borrowed some money from his brother-in-law. (True/ false)

LESSON 6: RETURN TO AIR

95. The boy was called _____________. a) flabby c) filthy b) sausage d) honest
96. The instructor threw a tin in the pond. (True/ false)
97. Sausage put his stamp collection in the tin. (True/ false)
98. Sausage brought a ____ from under the water. i) tin box ii) fish iii) duck iv) pearl
99. Duck-diving means diving into water in the manner of a _____. i) fish ii) duck iii) crocodile iv) turtle
100. Where did Sausage reach while diving?

PRESCRIBED BOOKS

• English Main Course Book for Class-X (For Intensive Study) published by Punjab School Education Board.
• English Literature Book (Supplementary Reader) For Class-X (for Extensive Study), published by Punjab School Education Board.
• A Practice Book of English Grammar and Composition for Class X, published by Punjab School Education Board 

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