10+2 English Paper Pattern

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 CLASS-XII 

GENERAL ENGLISH 

(2021-22) 

Time: 3hrs Theory: 80 Marks 

 IA: 20 Marks 

 (Listening and Speaking skills based practical:18 marks 

 Book bank: 2 marks) 

 Total: 100 Marks 

SYLLABUS 

UNSEEN PASSAGES FOR TESTING READING SKILLS 

TEXT BOOK 

 Section A (Lessons for Intensive study) 

1. Hassan's Attendance Problem Sudha Murthy 

2. The March King Katherine Little Bakeless 

3. Thinking Out of the Box: Lateral Thinking (Adapted from the article 

 from Internet) 

4. On Saying 'Please' A. G. Gardiner 

5. The Story of My Life Helen Keller 

6. Two Gentlemen of Verona A. J. Cronin 

7. In Celebration of Being Alive Dr. Christian Barnard 

8. Gadari Babas in Kalapani Jail Dr. Harish Puri 

Section B (Poetry) 

1. Prayer of the Woods Anonymous 

2. On Friendship Khalil Gibran 

3. The Echoing Green William Blake 

4. Once upon a Time Gabriel Okara 

5. Father Returning home Dilip Chitre 

6. The Road Not Taken Robert Frost 

7. On His Blindness John Milton 

Section C (Lessons for Extensive study) 

1. The School for Sympathy E. V. Lucas


2. A Chamelon Anton Chekhov 

3. Bholi K. A. Abbas 

4. The Gold Frame R. K. Luxman 

5. The Barber's Trade Union Mulk Raj Anand 

6. The Bull beneath the Earth K. S. Virk 

 GRAMMAR, COMPOSITION & TRANSLATION 

Grammar 

1. Determiners 

2. Use of Non-finites (Infinitives, Gerunds, Participles) 

3. Transformation of Sentences 

4. Voice 

5. Narration 

 Composition 

1. Precis writing 

2. Letter writing (Official/Business/To Editors) 

3. Applications 

4. Explaining Newspaper Headlines 

5. E-Mail writing 

Translation from English to Hindi/Punjabi and Translation form Hindi/ 

Punjabi to English. 

(From Chapter 18 The Art of Translation given in the book English Grammar 

And Composition for XI and XII) 

Note:- Following two lessons & one poem have been deleted from the syllabus from academic session 

2020-21 onwards. 

 Robots and People Isaac Asimov 

 On Giving Advice Joseph Addison 

 Cheerfulness Taught by Reason Elizabeth Barret Browning








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