SEPARATE QUESTION PAPER AND ANSWER SHEET FORMAT REPLACES COMBINED BOOKLET
FORMAT FROM MARCH, 2005 EXAMINATION.
One Paper 3 Hours 100 Marks
SECTION A : READING 20 Marks 40 Periods
Two unseen passages with a variety of comprehension questions including 04 marks for word-attack skills such as
word formation and inferring meaning.
1 250-350 words in length – 08 marks
2 400-450 words in length – 12 marks
The total length of the two passages will be between 650 and 800 words.
1 will have a factual passage (e.g., instruction, description, report etc.) or a literary passage (e.g.,
extract from fiction, drama, poetry, essay or biography). In the case of a poetry extract, the text may be
shorter than 150 words.
2 will have a factual passage or a discursive passage involving opinion, (argumentative, persuasive or
interpretative text).
Only 2 will have questions on word-attack skills for 04 marks.
SECTION B : WRITING 30 Marks 63 Periods
Four writing tasks as indicated below:
3 and 4 Short composition of not more than 50 words each - e.g., notice, message, 5 + 5 10
Postcard
Important note on format and word limit :
Notice : Word limit : 50 words for body of the notice. Notice must be placed in a box.
Message: Word limit : 50 words for body of the message. Message must be placed in a box.
Post Card: Word limit : 50 words for the body of the letter. Formt of postcard has to be printed in the question
paper for candidates to copy while writing the answer.
5 Composition based on a verbal stimulus such as an advertisement, notice, newspaper clipping, tabular data,
diary extract, notes, letter or other forms of correspondence.
Word limit : 150-175 words 10
6 Composition based on a visual stimulus such as a diagram, picture, graph, map, cartoon or flow
chart.
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Word limit : 150-175 words 10
One of the longer (10 marks) compositions will draw on the thematic content of the Main Course book.
SECTION C : GRAMMAR 20 Marks 42 Periods
Question No. 7-11
A variety of short questions involving the use of particular structures within a context (i.e., not in isolated sentences).
Test types used will include gap-filling, cloze (gap filling exercise with blanks at regular intervals), sentence completion,
reordering word groups in sentences, editing, dialogue completion and sentence transformation.
The grammar syllabus will be sampled each year, with marks allotted for :
Verb forms
Sentence structures
Other areas
Note : Jumbled words in reordering exercise to test syntax will involve sentences in a context. Each sentence will be
split into sense groups (not necessarily into single words) and jumbled up.
SECTION D : LITERATURE 30 Marks 65 Periods
12 and 13 : Two extracts out of three from different poems from the prescribed reader, each followed by two or
three questions to test local and global comprehension of the set text. Each extract will carry 3 marks.
Word limit : one or two lines for each answer. 3+3 6
14 One out of two questions (with or without an extract) testing appreciation of global or local comprehension
of a poem from the prescribed reader.
Word limit : 50-75 words 04
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15 Two questions based on one of the drama texts from the prescribed reader to test local and global
comprehension of the set text.
Word limit : one or two lines for each question if an extract is given. If an extract
is not given, the word limit will be roughly 75 words. 04
16 One out of two questions from the drama tests based on theme, character, plot. (50-75 words) 04
17 One out of two questions based on one of the prose texts from the prescribed reader to test global
comprehension and extrapolation beyond the set text.
Word limit : 50-75 words 04
18 One out of two questions based on the prose texts from the prescribed reader to test global
comprehension and extrapolation beyond the set text.
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Word limit : 150-175 words 08
Questions will test comprehension at different levels : literal, inferential and evaluative.
Prescribed Books/Materials
1. Interact in English — X Main Course Book Revised edition Published by
CBSE
2. Interact in English—X Literature Revised edition Delhi-110092
Reader
3. Interact in English—X Workbook Revised edition
4. Interact in English—X Audio Cassette Revised edition Produced by
CBSE Delhi
Support Material :
5. Interact in English—Teacher’s Book