CBSE Class 11 English Syllabus for 2024-25: Download PDF – CBSE Guidance

Section A (26 Marks)

Reading Skills

Reading Comprehension through Unseen Passages (10+8=18 Marks)

1. One unseen passage to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, inference, and vocabulary. The passage may be factual, descriptive, or literary.

2. One unseen case-based factual passage with verbal/visual inputs like statistical data, charts, etc. to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, inference, and evaluation.

Note: The combined word limit for both the passages will be 600-750.

Multiple Choice Questions / Objective Type Questions will be asked.

3. Note Making and Summarization based on a passage of approximately 200-250 words.

• Note Making: 5 Marks
  • Title: 1
  • Numbering and indenting: 1
  • Key/glossary: 1
  • Notes: 2
• Summary (up to 50 words): 3 Marks

Section B – 23 Marks

Grammar and Creative Writing Skills

Grammar (7 Marks)

4. Questions on Gap filling (Tenses, Clauses)

5. Questions on re-ordering/transformation of sentences

(Total seven questions to be done out of the eight given).

Creative Writing Skills (16 Marks)

6. Short writing task – Classified Advertisements, up to 50 words. One out of the two given questions to be answered (3 Marks: Format: 1 / Content: 1 / Expression: 1)

7. Short writing task –Poster up to 50 words. One out of the two given questions to be answered. (3 marks: Format: 1 / Content: 1 / Expression: 1)

8. Long Writing task: Speech in 120-150 words based on verbal/visual cues related to contemporary/age-appropriate topic. One out of the two given questions to be answered. (5 Marks: Format: 1 / Content: 2 / Expression: 2)

9. Long Writing Task: Debate based on visual/verbal inputs in 120-150 words, thematically related to contemporary, topical issues. One out of the two given questions to be answered. (5 Marks: Format: 1 / Content: 2 / Expression: 2)

Section C – 31 Marks

Literature Text Book and Supplementary Reading Text

This section will have variety of assessment items including Multiple Choice Questions, Objective Type Questions, Short Answer Type Questions and Long Answer Type Questions to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, evaluation and extrapolation beyond the text.

Hornbill (18 Marks)

1. The Portrait of a Lady (Prose)
2. A Photograph (Poem)
3. “We’re Not Afraid to Die… if We Can Be Together (Prose)
4. Discovering Tut: The Saga Continues (Prose)
5. The Laburnum Top (Poem)
6. The Voice of the Rain (Poem)
7. Childhood (Poem)
8. The Adventure (Prose)
9. Silk Road (Prose)
10. Father to Son (Poem)

Snapshots (13 Marks)

1. The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse (Prose)
2. The Address (Prose)
3. Mother’s Day (Play)
4. Birth (Prose)
5. The Tale of Melon City

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