UP Board 2020: Check the Latest Exam Pattern & Syllabus for English Class 10
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The preparations for the UP Board exam are getting more serious as the exam dates are coming closer.

For the students who will be appearing for the board exam for the first time will be a bit nervous and uncertain about the type of questions that might come for the exam.

The UP Board Examination 2020 is to begin from February 18, 2020, for Class 10. 
Here are the exam pattern and syllabus for Class 10 English.  

UP Board 2020: Exam Pattern 

Total Number of Marks: 100 Marks 
Theory (Written Examination): 70 Marks 
Practicals/ Project Work: 30 Marks 

Time Duration: 3 Hours 


UP Board 2020: Class 10 English Syllabus 

Prose – (16 marks)

1. The Enchanted Pool. by- C. Rajgopalachari.
2. A Letter to God. by- G. L. Fuentes.
3. The Ganga. by- P. J. L. Nehru.
4. Socrates. by- Rhoda Power.
5. Torch Bearers. by- W. M. Ryburn.
6. Our Indian Music (Stories and Anecdote) by- R. Srinivasan.

Poetry – (07 marks)

1. The Fountain by- James Russell Lowell
2. The Psalm of Life by- H. W. Longfellow
3. The Village song by- Sarojini Naidu
4. The Nation Builders by- R. W. Emerson

Supplementary Reader – (12 marks)

1. The Inventor Who Kept His Promise
2. The Judgment Seat of Vikramaditya by- Sister Nivedita (Adapted)
3. The Greatest Olympic Prize by- Jesse Owens

Grammar, Translation, and Composition

Introduction

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I. English Grammar – (15 marks)

1. Parts of Sentence.
2. The Sentence Type.
3. The verb. (Transitive Verb and Intransitive Verb)
4. Primary auxiliaries. (Be, Have, Do).
5. Modal auxiliaries.
6. Negative Sentence.
7. Interrogative Sentence.
8. Tense: Form and Use.
9. The Passive Voice.
10.The Parts of Speech.
11.Indirect or Reported Speech.
12.Word Formation.
13.Punctuation and Spelling.

II. Translation: (From Hindi to English) (4 marks)

III (A) Composition: (6 marks)

(a) Long Composition.
(b) Controlled Composition.

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(B) Letter Writing/Application Writing. (4 marks)
(C) Comprehension (Unseen). (6 marks)

1. Words often Confused.
2. Synonyms and Antonyms.
3. Cries of Birds and Animals.
4. Glossary.