CBSE Class 10 English — chapter-wise important questions and model answers

The board’s question papers

• Question Paper 2026
• Sample Paper 2026
• Question Paper 2025
• Sample Paper 2025
• Question Paper 2024
• Sample Paper 2024
• Question Paper 2023

Chapter-wise notes

• 1. Tenses
• 1. Formal letter
• 1. A Letter to God
• 1. Dust of Snow
• 1. A Triumph of Surgery
• 2. Modals
• 2. Analytical paragraph
• 2. Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
• 2. Fire and Ice
• 2. The Thief's Story
• 3. Subject–verb concord
• 3. Two Stories about Flying
• 3. A Tiger in the Zoo
• 3. The Midnight Visitor
• 4. Reported speech
• 4. From the Diary of Anne Frank
• 4. How to Tell Wild Animals
• 4. A Question of Trust
• 5. Determiners
• 5. Glimpses of India
• 5. The Ball Poem
• 5. Footprints without Feet
• 6. Mijbil the Otter
• 6. Amanda!
• 7. Madam Rides the Bus
• 7. The Trees
• 7. The Necklace
• 8. The Sermon at Benares
• 8. Bholi
• 9. The Proposal
• 9. The Tale of Custard the Dragon
• 9. The Book That Saved the Earth
• 10. For Anne Gregory

Chapters

1. 1. Discursive passageabout 4 marks a year12 questions
2. 1. Tensesabout 9 marks a year42 questions
3. 1. Formal letterabout 5 marks a year37 questions
4. 1. A Letter to Godabout 4 marks a year18 questions
5. 1. Dust of Snowabout 1 marks a year7 questions
6. 1. A Triumph of Surgeryabout 2 marks a year15 questions
7. 2. Case-based factual passageabout 16 marks a year57 questions
8. 2. Modalsabout 0 marks a year
9. 2. Analytical paragraphabout 5 marks a year32 questions
10. 2. Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedomabout 3 marks a year18 questions
11. 2. Fire and Iceabout 1 marks a year4 questions
12. 2. The Thief's Storyabout 1 marks a year11 questions
13. 3. Subject–verb concordabout 0 marks a year1 questions
14. 3. Two Stories about Flyingabout 3 marks a year16 questions
15. 3. A Tiger in the Zooabout 2 marks a year8 questions
16. 3. The Midnight Visitorabout 1 marks a year7 questions
17. 4. Reported speechabout 1 marks a year2 questions
18. 4. From the Diary of Anne Frankabout 2 marks a year7 questions
19. 4. How to Tell Wild Animalsabout 2 marks a year12 questions
20. 4. A Question of Trustabout 1 marks a year7 questions
21. 5. Determinersabout 0 marks a year13 questions
22. 5. Glimpses of Indiaabout 1 marks a year21 questions
23. 5. The Ball Poemabout 1 marks a year7 questions
24. 5. Footprints without Feetabout 2 marks a year12 questions
25. 6. Mijbil the Otterabout 1 marks a year8 questions
26. 6. Amanda!about 1 marks a year8 questions
27. 6. The Making of a Scientistabout 1 marks a year8 questions
28. 7. Madam Rides the Busabout 2 marks a year11 questions
29. 7. The Treesabout 0 marks a year4 questions
30. 7. The Necklaceabout 2 marks a year7 questions
31. 8. The Sermon at Benaresabout 1 marks a year7 questions
32. 8. Bholiabout 2 marks a year14 questions
33. 9. The Proposalabout 1 marks a year7 questions
34. 9. The Tale of Custard the Dragonabout 1 marks a year9 questions
35. 9. The Book That Saved the Earthabout 0 marks a year4 questions
36. 10. For Anne Gregoryabout 1 marks a year5 questions

Questions parents and students ask

Which chapters carry the most marks in CBSE Class 10 English?

By the past papers: Case-based factual passage (about 16 marks a year), Tenses (about 9 marks a year), Formal letter (about 5 marks a year), Analytical paragraph (about 5 marks a year), A Letter to God (about 4 marks a year).

How to prepare English for the CBSE exam 2027?

Start with the chapters that carry the most marks; work the board’s real questions of each chapter and compare with the model answer; do objective questions daily; write one full paper to time every week. The Ask Medha app does exactly this in 45 minutes a day, at your pace.