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Odisha Board Class 10 English Syllabus 2026-27

Session

Matric (Class 10), Board of Secondary Education, Odisha. Second Language English (SLE). Prescribed books: Skills of Communicative English and Learn and Practice Grammar.

Internal assessment (IA-1 to IA-4) plus half-yearly and annual examinations on the full syllabus.

Term I — prose, poetry and grammar

Detailed text: All Things Bright & Beautiful; A Letter to God; At the High School; The Solitary Reaper; Festivals of North-East India; Air Pollution: A Hidden Menace; Village Song; The Flower-School.

Non-detailed: A Tiger in the House; The Beggar; A Great Son of India (not examined); The Village Judge; A Grain as big as a Hen’s Egg.

Grammar: Tense revisited; types of sentences; subject–verb agreement; non-finite verb forms; prepositions; phrasal verbs; noun and relative clauses; adverb clauses; the passive; direct and indirect speech; essay; translation and reporting; letters and applications; unseen passages.

Term II

Detailed text: From the Formalin Jar; School’s Goodbye.

Revision of Term I portions before the annual examination (February 2027).

Prescribed from BSE Odisha annual subject-wise syllabus for Class X, session 2026-27.

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