CBSE Class 10 · English

CBSE Class 10 English Board Exam Preparation

First Flight, Footprints, and grammar — complete board exam strategy

Complete chapter-wise preparation guide for CBSE Class 10 English board exam. Covers First Flight and Footprints Without Feet, grammar, reading comprehension, and writing — with marks distribution and scoring strategy.

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80

Theory Marks

20

Practical Marks

3 hours

Exam Duration

10

Total Chapters

Chapter-Wise Marks Breakdown

80 theory marks
ChapterMarksDifficulty
Reading — Factual Passage10Medium
Reading — Discursive Passage10Hard
Grammar — Tenses & Modals5Medium
Grammar — Voice & Reported Speech5Hard
Grammar — Subject-Verb Agreement & Editing5Medium
Writing — Formal Letter10Medium
Writing — Analytical Paragraph10Hard
Literature — First Flight Prose10Easy
Literature — First Flight Poems5Easy
Literature — Footprints Without Feet10Easy

Topics That Appear Every Year

01Analytical paragraph — interpreting graph/table data
02Passive voice — all 8 tenses with transformation rules
03Reported speech — all 4 types (statement, question, command, exclamation)
04Letter to editor — formal format and tone
05Note-making — heading, sub-headings, key, abbreviations
06Discursive passage — inference and summary writing
07Extract-based questions from First Flight prose
08First Flight poems — central idea and poetic devices

Study Strategy for 90+

1

Analytical paragraph is a unique Class 10 task — practise interpreting bar graphs, pie charts, tables

2

Grammar editing tasks: read the full paragraph once before marking errors

3

Literature extracts: read First Flight thoroughly — extract questions are direct but need precise language

4

Letter to editor: always include Subject line and specific problem + solution

5

Reading passages: read the questions BEFORE the passage to know what to look for

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