CBSE Class 11 English Core Syllabus 2026-27, PDF Download

CBSE Class 11 English Core Syllabus 2026-27

Section

Topics Covered

Marks Allotted

A- Reading Skills

I. Reading Comprehension through Unseen Passages
1. One unseen passage to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, inference and vocabulary. The passage may be factual, descriptive or literary.
2. One unseen case-based factual passage with verbal/visual inputs like statistical data, charts etc.to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, inference and evaluation.

10

3. Note Making and Summarization

8

B- Grammar and Creative Writing Skills

II. Grammar: 4. Questions on Gap filling (Tenses, Clauses)

5. Questions on re-ordering/transformation of sentences

7 Marks

III. Creative Writing Skills

6. Short writing task – Classified Advertisements, up to 50 words. One out of the two given

questions to be answered 

7. Short writing task –Poster up to 50 words. One out of the two given questions to be

answered. 

8. Long Writing task: Speech in 120-150 words based on verbal / visual cues related to

contemporary / age-appropriate topic. One out of the two given questions to be answered.

9. Long Writing Task: Debate based on visual/verbal inputs in 120-150 words, thematically

related to contemporary, topical issues. One out of the two given questions to be answered.

16 Marks

C- Literature Text Book and Supplementary Reading Text

10. One Poetry extract out of two, from the book Hornbill, to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, inference and appreciation.
11. One Prose extract out of two, from the book Hornbill, to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, evaluation and appreciation.
12. One prose extract out of two, from the book Snapshots, to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, inference and appreciation.
13. Two Short answer type questions (one from Prose and one from Poetry, from the book Hornbill), outof four, to be answered in 40-50 words. Questions should elicit inferential responses through critical thinking.
14. One Short answer type question, from the book Snapshots, to be answered in 40- 50 words. Questions should elicit inferential responses through critical thinking. One out of two questions to be done.
15. One Long answer type question, from Prose/Poetry of Hornbill, to be answered in 120-150 words. Questions can be based on incident / theme / passage / extract / event, as reference points to assess extrapolation beyond and across the text. The question will elicit analytical and evaluative response from the student. Any one out of two questions to be done.
16. One Long answer type question, based on the chapters from the book Snapshots, to be answered in 120-150 words, to assess global comprehension and extrapolation beyond the text. Questions to provide analytical and evaluative responses, using incidents, events, themes, as reference points. Any one out of two questions to be done

31 Marks

CBSE English Core Syllabus For Class 11 Internal Assessment

Assessments

Marks Allotted

Assessment of Listening Skills

05

Assessment of Speaking Skills

05

Project Work

10