CBSE Syllabus for Class 11 English Syllabus for the academic year 2023-24 is provided here. Students can perform well in their English exam by understanding the CBSE board prescribed syllabus for English Core and English Elective. To score well in their English exam, students should prepare themselves according to the syllabus because the final question paper is prepared by referring to the prescribed syllabus. CBSE Syllabus for Class 11 English for academic year 2023-24 is provided here. It describes the course content along with marks weightage and time duration for each unit. The CBSE Class 11 Syllabus also provides information about the textbooks that need to be referred by Class 11 students.
CBSE Class 11 English Syllabus 2023-2024
The CBSE Syllabus for Class 11 English 2023-24 is released by the board. Students can download the syllabus PDF and go through it to plan their studies.
The CBSE Syllabus of English Core subject is provided in PDF format for downloading below. Also, students can find the link to download PDF for English Elective further below on this page. In the PDF, students will also find the marking scheme for each chapter.
CBSE Class 11 Syllabus for English Core 2023-24
Section A: Reading Skills
I Reading Comprehension through Unseen Passage: 18 Marks
1. One unseen passage to assess comprehension, interpretation inference and vocabulary. The passage may be factual, descriptive or literary.
2. One unseen case-based passage with verbal/visual inputs like statistical data, charts etc.
Note: The combined word limit for both the passages will be 600-750.
Multiple Choice Questions / Objective Type Questions will be asked.
3. Note Making and Summarization based on a passage of approximately 200-250 words.
i. Note Making: 5 Marks
- Title
- Numbering and indenting
- Key/glossary
- Notes
ii. Summary (up to 50 words): 3 Marks
- Content
- Expression
V. Grammar and Creative Writing Skills (23 Marks)
Section B
II. Grammar: 7 Marks
4. Questions on Gap filling (Tenses, Clauses)
5. Questions on re-ordering/transformation of sentences
III. Creative Writing Skills: 16 Marks
6. Short Writing Tasks
Classified Advertisements up to 50 words. One out of the two given questions to be answered (3 Marks: Format : 1 / Content : 1 / Expression : 1)
7. Short Writing Task
Poster up to 50 words. One out of the two given questions to be answered.(3marks:Format : 1 / Content : 1 / Expression : 1)
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. (5 Marks: Format: 1 / Content: 2 / Expression: 2)\
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. (5 Marks: Format: 1 / Content: 2 / Expression: 2)
Section C:
Literature Textbook and Supplementary Reading Textbook
This section will have variety of assessment items including Multiple Choice Questions, Objective Type Questions, Short Answer Type Questions and Long Answer Type Questions to assess comprehension, analysis, interpretation and extrapolation beyond the text.
VI. Reference to the Context
10. One Poetry extract out of two from the book Hornbill to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis and appreciation. (3×1=3 Marks)
11. One Prose extract out of two from the book Hornbill to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis and appreciation. (3×1=3 Marks)
12. One prose extract out of two from the book Snapshots to assess comprehension, interpretation and analysis. (4×1=4 Marks)
13. Two Short answer type question (one from Prose and one from Poetry from the book Hornbill), out of four, to be answered in 40-50 words. Questions should elicit inferential responses through critical thinking. (3×2=6 Marks)
14. One Short answer type question, from the book Snapshots, to be answered I n 40- 50 words. Questions should elicit inferential responses through critical thinking. Any 1 out of 2 questions to be done. (3×1=3 Marks)
15. One Long answer type question, from Prose/Poetry 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 student. Any 1 out of 2 questions to be done. (1×6=6 Marks)
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 evaluative and analytical responses using incidents, events, themes as reference points. Any 1 out of 2 questions to be done. (1×6=6 Marks)
Prescribed Books
1. Hornbill: English Reader published by National Council of Education Research and Training, New Delhi
- The Portrait of a Lady (Prose)
- A Photograph (Poem)
- “We’re Not Afraid to Die… if we can be together
- Discovering Tut: the Saga Continues •The Laburnum Top (Poem)
- The Voice of the Rain (Poem) •Childhood (Poem)
- The Adventure
- Silk Road (Prose)
- Father to Son
2. Snapshots: Supplementary Reader published by National Council of Education Research and Training, New Delhi
- The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse (Prose)
- The Address (Prose)
- Mother’s Day (Play)
- Birth ( Prose)
- The Tale of Melon City
Internal Assessment for CBSE Class 11 English Core 2023-24
- Assessment of Listening Skills – 05 marks
- Assessment of Speaking Skills – 05 Marks
- Project Work – 10 Marks
Students can also have a look at the English Elective Syllabus PDF of Class 11 CBSE below.
CBSE Class 11 Syllabus for English Elective 2023-24
Section A:
Reading Comprehension (25 Marks)
Two unseen passages and a poem
1. 12 out of 15 questions from a literary or discursive passage of about 950-1000 words.
2. 8 questions to test interpretation and appreciation of a poem of about 10-12 lines.
3. 5 out of 7 questions from a case-based passage (with visual input- statistical data, chart etc.) of 100-120 words to test interpretation.
Section B:
Creative Writing Skills (15 Marks)
4. An Essay on an argumentative/discursive/reflective/descriptive topic, leading to creative rendering, forming and defending of opinions, to be answered in 120-150 words. (5 marks)
5. Article on one out of two topics to be answered in 120-150 words. Contemporary topical issues to be a part of Article writing. (5 marks)
6. Speech on one out of two topics to be answered in 120-150 words. Contemporary topical issues to be a part of Speech writing. (5 marks)
Section C
This section will have variety of assessment items including Multiple Choice Questions, Objective Type Questions, Short Answer Type Questions and Long Answer Type Questions to assess comprehension, analysis, interpretation and extrapolation beyond the text.
Book-Woven Words
7. Reference to the Context
i. One Prose extract out of two to assess comprehension, Literary, appreciation and inference.
ii. One Poetry extract out of two to assess comprehension, Literary, appreciation and inference. (5+5=10 Marks)
8. Two Short Answer Question out of three to be answered in 30-40 words to assess understanding, analysis and critical appreciation. Questions should elicit inferential responses through critical thinking. (2×2=4 marks)
9. Two Short Answer Question out of three to be answered in 50-60 words to assess understanding, analysis and critical appreciation. Questions should elicit inferential responses through critical thinking. (3×2=6marks)
Arms and the Man – [Drama]
10. Two Long Answer Questions out of three to be answered in 80-100 words to appreciate characters, events and episodes. Questions to provide analytical responses using incidents, events, themes as reference points. (5×2=10 marks)
Fiction
11. One Short Answer Question out of two to be answered in 30-40 words to critically appreciate characters, events, episodes and interpersonal relationships and to form their opinions with reference to content, events and episode. (2 marks)
12. One Short Answer Question out of two to be answered in 50-60 words to assess understanding, analysis and critical appreciation. Questions should elicit inferential responses through critical thinking. (3 marks)
13. One Long Answer Question out of two to be answered in 120-150 words to test literary appreciation and to draw inferences. Questions should elicit creative responses and develop ability to form opinions. (5 marks)
Seminar (20 Marks)
- Presentation – book review /a play /a short story/a novel/novella (tale, table, parable) to be followed by a question answer session.
- Poetry reading to be followed by interpretative tasks based on close reading and literary analysis of the text.
- Critical review of a film or a play.
- Conducting a theatre workshop to be followed by a discussion
Prescribed Books:
1. Text book: Woven Words published by NCERT
2. Fiction: The Old Man and the Sea (Novel unabridged) by Ernest Hemingway
3. Drama: Arms and the Man by George Bernard Shaw
Book-Woven Words – Short Stories
- The Lament -Anton Chekhov
- A Pair of Mustachios -Mulk Raj Anand
- The Rocking-horse Winner- D.H. Lawrence
- The Adventure of the Three Garridebs
- Pappachi’s Moth
- The Third and FinalContinent
Book-Woven Words – Poetry
- The Peacock- Sujata Bhatt
- Let me Not to the Marriage of True Minds William Shakespeare
- Coming- Philip Larkin
- Telephone Conversation – Wole Soyinka
- The World is tooMuch With Us
- Mother Tongue
- Hawk Roosting
- Ode to a Nightingale
Book-Woven Words-Essays
- My Watch
- My Three Passions
- Patterns of Creativity
- Tribal Verse
- What is a Good Book?
- The Story
- Bridges
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