Maharashtra State Board of Secondary & Higher Secondary Education Class 10 English (First Language) Syllabus for Academic Session 2024-25
Maharashtra State Board Class 10 English Syllabus 2024-25 – Here is Maharashtra State Board of Secondary & Higher Secondary Education Class 10 English (First Language) Syllabus. The curriculum framework of Maharashtra State Board for the subject of English (First Language) at Std. X has been prepared bearing in mind the National Curriculum Framework and the State Curriculum Framework, the curriculums of the CBSE, the ISCE and different State Boards. Students can check our post for Maharashtra State Board Class 10 English Syllabus 2024-25 as per the latest exam pattern.
Maharashtra State Board Class 10 Syllabus of English as First Language
Section Wise Weightage
The following weightage is to be given to the various aspects of the syllabus.
| S. No. | Topics | Weightage |
| 1 | Reading Skill (Textual and Non-Textual) | 40% |
| 2 | Grammar | 15% |
| 3 | Writing Skill | 25% |
| 4 | Oral Test | 20% |
English Literature
Prose and Poem – A Coursebook in English (Kumarbharati)
Where the Mind is Without Fear
Unbeatable Super Mom – Mary Kom
A Thing of Beauty is a Joy For Ever
The Old Man and The Sea: Book Review
Grammar
| S. No | Items | Specification |
| 1. | Revision of grammatical items studied up to Std VIII. | ————————— |
| 2. | Different kinds of sentences | Simple, Compound, Complex |
| 3. | different kinds of | Principal, Co-ordinate, Sub-ordinate |
| 4. | The Tenses | a) Continuous
i) Present Perfect ii) Present Perfect iii) Past Perfect iv) Future with will/shall and ‘going to’ b) Continuous Sequence of Tenses |
| 5. | Articles | a, an, the (advanced level) |
| 6. | Preposition | different uses |
| 7. | Word Formation | Nouns/Adjectives/Verbs/Adverbs |
| 8. | Voice | Statements, questions, negatives, indirect object |
| 9 | Question formation | Tag questions |
| 10. | Reported Speech | Statements, questions, commands, requests, exclamation |
| 11. | Punctuation | Usage |
| 12 | Non-finites | Infinitives, Gerunds, Participles |
| 13. | Modal Auxiliaries | Uses of ‘can’, ‘may’, ‘might’, etc |
| 14. | Conditionals | Unreal conditions in the present/past Possible conditions in the future |
Writing Skills
- Formal and informal letters.
- Descriptive writing (events, objects and processes).
- Story writing.
- Essay writing (200-250 words).
- Dialogue writing (on different situations such as at the Principal’s office, Enquiry counter at the Railway station/S.T. stand, etc.)
- Report writing (conversation, interviews, and radio talks.)
- Note making and summarizing
- Write minutes, notices, curriculum vitae transfer information from verbal to diagrammatical form and vice versa.
- Article writing for school magazines, journals, etc.
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