UP BOARD ENGLISH CLASS 12TH SYLLABUS 2023-24

 Subject- English

(Class-XII)

There will be one question paper of 100 marks.

Section A- Reading 15marks.

1. One long unseen passage followed by four short answer type questions and

three vocabulary questions. 4x3=12(short answer questions)

3x1=3(vocabulary)

Section B- writing 20 marks

2. Article/(Descriptive, Argumentative/ autobiographical) in about 100 to 150

words 10

3. Letter to the Editor/ complaint letters/Business letter (Placing orders/

Booking or cancellation / making enquiries etc) 10

Section C- Grammar 25 marks.

4. Ten questions (MCQ and very short answer type questions) based on

Narration, Synthesis, Transformation, Syntax and vocabulary items like-

Idioms and Phrases/ phrasal Verbs, Synonyms, Antonyms, One word

substitution, Homophones 10x2=20

5. Translation from Hindi to English (7 to 8 Sentences) 5

Section D- Literature 40 marks

Flamingo- Text book

Prose

6. Two short answer type questions 4+4=8

7. One long answer type question 7

Poetry

8. Three very short answer type questions based on the given poetry extract-

3x2=6

Note- (Questions related to identification of the following figures of speech will

be included in the poetry section-

(Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Oxymoron, Apostrophe, Hyperbole,

Onomatopoeia).

9. Central idea of the given poem 4

Vistas- Supplementary Reader

10 . Two short answer type questions. 4+4=8

11 . One long answer type question 7

Following books are prescribed:-

Flamingo- Text Book

PROSE-

1. The Last Lesson Alphonse Daudet

2. Lost Spring Anees Jung

3. Deep Water William Douglas

4. The Rattrap Selma Lagerlof

5. Indigo Louis Fischer

6. Poets And Pancakes Asokamitran

7. The Interview-Part I And Part II Christopher Silvester

8. Going Places A.R.Barton

POETRY-

1. My Mother At Sixty-Six Kamala Das

2. Keeping Quiet Pablo Neruda

3. A Thing Of Beauty John Keats

4. A Road Side Stand Robert Frost

5. Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers Adrienne Rich

Vistas- Supplementary Reader-

1. The Third Level Jack Finney

2. The Tiger King Kalki

3. Journey to the end of the Earth Tishani Doshi

4. The Enemy Pearl S. Buck

5. On the Face of it Susan Hill

6. Memories of Childhood Zitkala Sa & Bama

Note- No book has been prescribed for grammar. Students can select any book

recommended by the subject teacher.

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