Odisha Board Class 10 English Syllabus 2020-21

Odisha Board Class 10 English Syllabus 2020-21 is a very useful resource for you, if you are preparing for the board exams. Here, for your convenience, we have provided the current Odisha Board 10th Class English Syllabus for both English as a first language and that for English as a second language as well. You can get the PDF format of the syllabus in the online mode from the clickable links provided here, in this article. Knowing the syllabus helps you to get an idea of the topics you have covered as well as the topics you need to cover.

BSE Odisha Board Class 10 English Syllabus Reduced

The 2020-21 syllabus was reduced, due to the pandemic and the current edition is here. You can now click on the links given to access the respective syllabus for English, as a First or Second Language:

Download Odisha Board Class 10 English(First Language) Reduced Syllabus 20-21 PDF

Download Odisha Board Class 10 English(Second Language) Reduced Syllabus 20-21 PDF

Also, find here the list of topics that are covered as well as deleted from the syllabus for the current academic year:

Class 10 English First Language

PRESCRIBED BOOK(S)

1. MAIN COURSE BOOK

Published by:-Central Board of Secondary Education

Reprint Edition – 2011

Prose :-

1. Do Indians Get Enough Sleep (Reduced topic for the academic year 2020-21)

2. Space Travel

3. Challenges to National Integration

2. LITERATURE READER

Published by:-Central Board of Secondary Education

Reprint Edition – 2011

Prose :-

1. The Letter

2. Mrs. Packletied’s Tiger

Poetry :-

1.The Frog and the Nightingale

2.Ozymandias (Reduced for the academic year 2020-21)

3. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Non-detailed Study :-

1. The Dear Departed (Reduced topic for the academic year 2020-21)

2. Julius Caesar

3.LEARN AND PRACTICE GRAMMAR

(Published by:- B.S.E, Odisha , Edition -2013)

1. Tense Revisited (Reduced topic for the academic year 2020-21)

2. Types of Sentences

3. Subject Verb Agreement

4. Non- finite Verb Forms (Reduced topic for the academic year 2020-21)

5. Prepositions

6. Phrasal Verbs (Reduced topic for the academic year 2020-21)

7. Noun Clauses and Relative Clauses

8. Adverb Clauses

9. The Passive

10. Direct and Indirect Speech

Class 10 English Second Language

PRESCRIBED BOOK(S)

1. SKILLS OF COMMUNICATIVE ENGLISH

(Published by:- B.S.E, Odisha, Revised Edition – 2020)

Detailed Text :-

1. All Things Bright and Beautiful

2. A Letter to God

3. The Solitary Reaper

4. At the High School

5. Village Song

6. Festivals of North-East India

7. The Flower School (Reduced topic for the academic year 2020-21)

8. Air Pollution : A Hidden Menace (Reduced topic for the academic year 2020-21)

9. From the Formalin Jar

10. School’s Goodbye (Reduced topic for the academic year 2020-21)

Non-Detailed Text :-

1. A Tiger in the House

2. The Beggar

3. The Village Judge

4. A Grain as big as a Hen’s Egg (Reduced topic for the academic year 2020-21)

5. A Great Son of India

2. LEARN AND PRACTICE GRAMMAR

(Published by:- B.S.E, Odisha, Edition -2013)