Haryana Board Class 12 English Core Syllabus 2026-27

Exam scheme

Annual exam on the full syllabus. Written 80, internal assessment 20. Subject code 501 (English Core).

Section	Skill	Content	Marks
A	Reading	Unseen passage (10); note making (5)	15
B	Writing	Notice/advertisement/poster (5); paragraph/report (5); letter/application (5)	15
C	Grammar	Tenses, narration, articles, voice, modals (2 each)	10
D	Textbooks	Flamingo prose (16); Flamingo poetry (11); Vistas (13)	40

Flamingo — 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 (Parts I and II)
8. Going Places — A. R. Barton

Flamingo — poetry

My Mother at Sixty-Six; Keeping Quiet; A Thing of Beauty; A Roadside Stand; Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers.

Vistas

The Third Level; The Tiger King; Journey to the End of the Earth; The Enemy; On the Face of It; Memories of Childhood (Zitkala-Sa and Bama).