Is this English syllabus page only a chapter list?

No. It is arranged as a skills ladder so students can revise by reading, writing, grammar, and literature.

How do I use it for practice?

Pick one skill area, review the revision rule, and then open the Class 10 English practice test to generate questions.

Do I need to revise Footprints Without Feet if it's a supplementary reader?

Yes. Footprints Without Feet questions carry real marks in the board paper and are not optional. Students who skip it usually lose marks on at least one extract-based or short-answer question that could have been easy.

Skills ladder

NCERT Class 10 English Syllabus & Free Practice Test

Board answers in English are graded on precision, not word count. This page splits Class 10 English into the four skills the paper actually tests — reading, writing, grammar, and literature — and lists exactly which First Flight and Footprints Without Feet chapters feed the literature section.

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Step 1

Reading

Comprehension passages, inference, vocabulary in context, and summary reading.

Step 2

Writing

Letters, analytical paragraphs, diary entries, and structured responses.

Step 3

Grammar

Tenses, modals, sentence transformation, editing, and omission work.

Step 4

Literature

Poems, prose, and answer writing that shows direct text understanding.

Syllabus by book

What's actually in the literature section

First Flight — Prose

A Letter to God
Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Two Stories about Flying
From the Diary of Anne Frank
The Hundred Dresses I & II
Glimpses of India
Mijbil the Otter
Madam Rides the Bus
The Sermon at Benares
The Proposal

First Flight — Poetry

Dust of Snow
Fire and Ice
A Tiger in the Zoo
How to Tell Wild Animals
The Ball Poem
Amanda!
Animals
The Trees
Fog
The Tale of Custard the Dragon
For Anne Gregory

Footprints Without Feet — Supplementary reader

A Triumph of Surgery
The Thief's Story
The Midnight Visitor
A Question of Trust
Footprints without Feet
The Making of a Scientist
The Necklace
Bholi
The Book That Saved the Earth

Revision rules that help in board-style answers

Always mark the command word first: explain, infer, justify, or compare.
For literature answers, quote small textual clues instead of writing long summaries.
Grammar marks are often won by accuracy, not by length.
Revise one writing format at a time so the tone stays consistent.

CBSE mark distribution

Theory paper breakdown

Reading Comprehension20 marks
Writing & Grammar30 marks
Literature (First Flight & Footprints)30 marks

Skill-by-skill drills

Turn one skill into a short test at a time

Step 1

Generate 6 short-answer questions from First Flight prose with one textual-clue quote expected per answer.

Step 2

Create a grammar and writing worksheet mixing tense transformation, editing, and one letter-writing task.

Step 3

Ask for a poetry-appreciation test covering 3 First Flight poems with device-identification questions.

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Official resources

From NCERT directly

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