Class XI Semester ONE Syllabus - (2024 onwards)
Subject: English B
Total Theory Marks: 80
Class 11 Semester – 1 Topics
MCQ Marks: 40 (One Mark Per Question)
| Unit | Topic (Marks and Hours) | Marks Allotted | Hours |
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| 1. PROSE | “An Astrologer’s Day” – R.K. Narayan (04 marks, 05 hours) |
10 | 15 |
| “The Swami and Mother-Worship” from The Master As I Saw Him by Sister Nivedita (03 marks, 05 hours) |
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| “Amarnath” from The Master As I Saw Him by Sister Nivedita (03 marks, 05 hours) |
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| “The Model Millionaire” by Oscar Wilde (03 Marks, 05 hours) |
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| Select any three prose topics from the four options | 10 x 1 = 10 | ||
| 2. VERSE | “Composed Upon Westminster Bridge” - William Wordsworth (04 marks, 05 hours) |
10 | 15 |
| “The Bangle Sellers” – Sarojini Naidu (03 marks, 05 hours) |
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| “The Second Coming” – W.B. Yeats (03 marks, 05 hours) |
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| 10 x 1 = 10 | |||
| 3. RAPID READER | “Macbeth” from A TextBook of English(B) Rapid Reader & A Book on ESP & Project by WBCHSE (4 marks, 07 hours) |
10 | 20 |
| “Othello” (03 marks, 07 hours) |
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| “As You Like It” (03 marks, 06 hours) |
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| “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin (04 marks, 05 hours) |
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| “The Open Window” by Saki (03 marks, 06 hours) |
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| Select Any Three Rapid Reader Texts from the five Options | |||
| 4. TEXTUAL GRAMMAR | From Unit 1 (Prose) and Unit 2 (Verse) | 5 | 25 |
| 1. Tense | |||
| 2. Voice | |||
| 3. Indirect Speech | |||
| 4. Phrasal Verbs | |||
| 5. Preposition | |||
| 6. Clause | |||
| 7. Participle | |||
| 8. Gerund | |||
| 9. Transformation of sentences | |||
| 5. READING COMPREHENSION (UNSEEN) | 5 x 1 = 5 | 25 | |