West Bengal Board of Secondary Education Class 10 English syllabus (WBBSE – Madhyamik level)



📘 WB Board Class 10 English Syllabus

The English subject is divided into two main books:

1️⃣ First Flight (Prose + Poetry)
2️⃣ Footprints Without Feet (Supplementary Reader)
3️⃣ Grammar & Writing


📖 First Flight (Main Reader)

Prose

  1. A Letter to God — Gregorio LÃŗpez y Fuentes

  2. Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom — Nelson Mandela

  3. Two Stories About Flying — Liam O'Flaherty & Frederick Forsyth

  4. From the Diary of Anne Frank — Anne Frank

  5. The Hundred Dresses I & II — Eleanor Estes

  6. Glimpses of India — Lucio Rodrigues

  7. Mijbil the Otter — Gavin Maxwell

  8. Madam Rides the Bus — Vallikkannan

  9. The Sermon at Benares — Gautama Buddha

  10. The Proposal — Anton Chekhov


Poetry

  1. Dust of Snow — Robert Frost

  2. Fire and Ice — Robert Frost

  3. A Tiger in the Zoo — Leslie Norris

  4. How to Tell Wild Animals — Carolyn Wells

  5. The Ball Poem — John Berryman

  6. Amanda! — Robin Klein

  7. Animals — Walt Whitman

  8. The Trees — Adrienne Rich

  9. Fog — Carl Sandburg

  10. The Tale of Custard the Dragon — Ogden Nash

  11. For Anne Gregory — W. B. Yeats


📗 Footprints Without Feet (Supplementary)

  1. A Triumph of Surgery — James Herriot

  2. The Thief’s Story — Ruskin Bond

  3. The Midnight Visitor — Robert Arthur

  4. A Question of Trust — Victor Canning

  5. Footprints Without Feet — H. G. Wells

  6. The Making of a Scientist — Robert W. Peterson

  7. The Necklace — Guy de Maupassant

  8. The Hack Driver — Sinclair Lewis

  9. Bholi — K. A. Abbas

  10. The Book That Saved the Earth — Claire Boiko


✏️ Grammar Portion


📝 Writing Section

  • Paragraph Writing

  • Letter Writing (Formal / Informal)

  • Story Writing

  • Report Writing

  • Dialogue Writing


📊 Exam Pattern (Madhyamik)

  • Reading Comprehension

  • Grammar

  • Writing

  • Textual Questions

Total Marks: 90 (Written) + 10 Internal



West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) Class 9 English syllabus

 

📘 WB Board Class 9 English Syllabus

The Class 9 English book is Bliss.

It is divided into three main sections:


✨ 1. Prose (Stories)

  1. Father’s Help — R. K. Narayan

  2. Fable — Ralph Waldo Emerson

  3. The Passing Away of Bapu — Nayantara Sahgal

  4. My Own True Family — Ted Hughes (sometimes treated as poem depending on edition)

  5. Our Runaway Kite — Lucy Maud Montgomery

  6. The Cat — Andrew Barton Paterson


✨ 2. Poetry

  1. The Snail — William Cowper

  2. The Mountain and the Squirrel — Ralph Waldo Emerson

  3. The North Ship — Philip Larkin

  4. A Shipwrecked Sailor — Gabriel Okara

  5. I Remember, I Remember — Thomas Hood


✨ 3. Rapid Reader / Supplementary

From Moments (or WBBSE equivalent selections depending on school):

  • Stories focusing on comprehension and values.


✨ 4. Grammar Portion

Important grammar topics include:

✅ Parts of Speech
✅ Tense
✅ Voice Change
✅ Narration (Direct–Indirect)
✅ Preposition
✅ Articles
✅ Transformation of Sentences
✅ Punctuation
✅ Vocabulary (Synonyms / Antonyms)


✨ 5. Writing Skills

Students need to practice:

✅ Paragraph Writing
✅ Letter Writing (Formal & Informal)
✅ Story Writing
✅ Report Writing
✅ Notice Writing
✅ Comprehension (Seen & Unseen)


✅ Exam Pattern (Typical)

  • Reading Comprehension

  • Grammar & Vocabulary

  • Writing

  • Textual Questions (Prose & Poetry)


Father’s Help by R. K. Narayan full text in Bengali Language and English Language for Class 10 English

 

Lesson 1

Father’s Help

R. K. Narayan 

Fathers Help


The author and the text: 

RK Narayan (1906-2001) is one of the leading figures of early Indian literature in English. His notable works include Malgudi Days and The Guide. He was awarded the Sahitya Academy award in 1958 for The Guide. 

āφāϰ. āĻ•ে. āύাāϰাāϝ়āĻŖ (⧧⧝ā§Ļā§Ŧ-⧍ā§Ļā§Ļā§§) āĻšāϞেāύ āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āĻĻিāĻ•ে āχংāϰেāϜিāϤে āϝেāϏāĻŦ āĻ­াāϰāϤীāϝ় āϏাāĻšিāϤ্āϝ āϰāϚāύা āĻ•āϰāϤেāύ āϤাāĻĻেāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āĻ…āĻ—্āϰāĻ—āĻŖ্āϝ। āϤাঁāϰ āωāϞ্āϞেāĻ–āϝােāĻ—্āϝ āϏৃāώ্āϟিāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝে āϰāϝ়েāĻ›ে āĻŽাāϞāĻ—ুāĻĄি āĻĄেāϜ’ āĻāĻŦং “āĻĻ্āϝ āĻ—াāχāĻĄ। ⧧⧝ā§Ģā§Ž āϏাāϞে ‘āĻĻ্āϝ āĻ—াāχāĻĄ’ āωāĻĒāύ্āϝাāϏেāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ āϤাāĻ•ে āϏাāĻšিāϤ্āϝ āĻ…্āϝাāĻ•াāĻĄেāĻŽি āĻĒুāϰāϏ্āĻ•াāϰ āĻĻেāĻ“āϝ়া āĻšāϝ়।

The story, an edited excerpt from Malgudi Days, is about a young boy called Swaminathan who is unwilling to go to school but is forced by his father to attend school. The story explores how, through the events that follow, Swami’s original reservations about his teacher, Samuel, get transformed considerably.

āĻāχ āĻ—āϞ্āĻĒāϟি ‘āĻŽাāϞāĻ—ুāĻĄ়ি āĻĄেāϜ’ āύাāĻŽāĻ• āϰāϚāύাāϰ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒাāĻĻিāϤ āĻ…ংāĻļāĻŦিāĻļেāώ। āĻāϟি āϏ্āĻŦাāĻŽিāύাāĻĨāύ āύাāĻŽāĻ• āĻāĻ•āϟি āĻ›েāϞেāϰ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻ•ে āϝাāϰ āĻŦাāĻŦা āϤাāĻ•ে āϏ্āĻ•ুāϞে āϝেāϤে āĻŦাāϧ্āϝ āĻ•āϰেāύ। āĻ—āϞ্āĻĒāϟি āϤুāϞে āϧāϰে, āĻ•ীāĻ­াāĻŦে, āĻ•িāĻ›ু āϘāϟāύাāĻĒāϰāĻŽ্āĻĒāϰাāϰ āĻŽāϧ্āϝ āĻĻিāϝ়ে, āϏ্āĻŦাāĻŽীāϰ āϤাāϰ āĻļিāĻ•্āώāĻ• āϏ্āϝাāĻŽুāϝ়েāϞ āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϰ্āĻ•ে āĻŽāϤাāĻŽāϤেāϰ āϝāĻĨেāώ্āϟ āĻĒāϰিāĻŦāϰ্āϤāύ āϘāϟে।

Unit 1

Lying in bed, Swami realized with a shudder that it was Monday morning. It looked as though only a moment ago it was Friday. Already Monday was here. He hoped he didn’t have to go to school. 

āĻŦিāĻ›াāύাāϝ় āĻļুāϝ়ে, āĻ­āϝ়েāϰ āĻ•াāĻĒুāύিāϰ āϏāĻ™্āĻ—ে āϏ্āĻŦাāĻŽী āĻŦুāĻāϤে āĻĒাāϰāϞ āϝে āĻāϟা āϏােāĻŽāĻŦাāϰ āϏāĻ•াāϞ। āϤাāϰ āĻŽāύে āĻšāϞ āϝেāύ āĻāχ āĻāĻ• āĻŽুāĻšূāϰ্āϤ āφāĻ—ে āĻĻিāύāϟা āĻ›িāϞ āĻļুāĻ•্āϰāĻŦাāϰ। āχāϤিāĻŽāϧ্āϝে āϏােāĻŽāĻŦাāϰ āĻšাāϜিāϰ। āϏে āφāĻļা āĻ•āϰেāĻ›িāϞ āϝে āϤাāĻ•ে āϏ্āĻ•ুāϞে āϝেāϤে āĻšāĻŦে āύা।

At nine o’clock, Swaminathan wailed, “I have a headache.” 

āϏāĻ•াāϞ āύāϟাāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝ় āϏ্āĻŦাāĻŽীāύাāĻĨāύ āĻĄুāĻ•āϰে āĻ•েঁāĻĻে āĻŦāϞāϞ, ‘āφāĻŽাāϰ āĻŽাāĻĨাāϝ় āϝāύ্āϤ্āϰāĻŖা āĻšāϚ্āĻ›ে।

Mother generously suggested that Swami might stay at home. At 9.30, when he ought to have been in the school prayer hall, Swami was lying on the bench in Mother’s room. 

āĻŽা āϏāĻĻāϝ়āĻ­াāĻŦে āĻŦāϞāϞেāύ āϝে āϏ্āĻŦাāĻŽী āĻŦাāĻĄ়িāϤে āĻĨেāĻ•ে āϝেāϤে āĻĒাāϰে। āϏাāĻĄ়ে āύāϟাāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝ় āϝāĻ–āύ āϤাāϰ āϏ্āĻ•ুāϞেāϰ āĻĒ্āϰাāϰ্āĻĨāύা āĻšāϞে āĻĨাāĻ•া āωāϚিāϤ āĻ›িāϞ, āϏ্āĻŦাāĻŽী āϤāĻ–āύ āĻŽাāϝ়েāϰ āϘāϰেāϰ āĻŦেāĻž্āϚেāϰ āĻ“āĻĒāϰ āĻļুāϝ়েāĻ›িāϞ | 

Father asked him, “Have you no school today?” 

āĻŦাāĻŦা āϤাāĻ•ে āϜিāϜ্āĻžেāϏ āĻ•āϰāϞেāύ, “āφāϜāĻ•ে āϤােāϰ āϏ্āĻ•ুāϞ āύেāχ?” 

“Headache,” Swami replied. 

“āĻŽাāĻĨাāϰ āϝāύ্āϤ্āϰāĻŖা, āϏ্āĻŦাāĻŽী āωāϤ্āϤāϰ āĻĻিāϞ। 

“Nonsense! Dress up and go.” 

“āĻŦাāϜে āĻ•āĻĨা! āϜাāĻŽাāĻĒ্āϝাāύ্āϟ āĻĒāϰ, āϏ্āĻ•ুāϞে āϝা।” 

“Headache!” 

“āĻŽাāĻĨাāϰ āϝāύ্āϤ্āϰāĻŖা!’

“Loaf about less on Sundays and you will be without a headache on Monday.” 

“āϰāĻŦিāĻŦাāϰে āĻāĻ•āϟু āĻ•āĻŽ āϘােāϰাāϘুāϰি āĻ•āϰ, āϤাāĻšāϞে āφāϰ āϏোāĻŽāĻŦাāϰে āĻ•োāύাে āĻŽাāĻĨাāϰ āϝāύ্āϤ্āϰāĻŖা āĻ•āϰāĻŦে āύা।” 

Swami knew how strict his father could be. So, he changed his tactics. “I can’t go so late to the class.”

āϏ্āĻŦাāĻŽী āϜাāύāϤ āϤাāϰ āĻŦাāĻŦা āĻ•āϤāϟা āĻ•āĻ োāϰ āĻšāϤে āĻĒাāϰে। āϤাāχ āϏে āϤাāϰ āĻ•াāϝ়āĻĻা āĻŦāĻĻāϞে āĻĢেāϞāϞ। “āφāĻŽি āĻāϤ āĻĻেāϰিāϤে āĻ•্āϞাāϏে āϝেāϤে āĻĒাāϰāĻŦ āύা।”

“You’ll have to. It is your own fault.” 

“āϤােāĻ•ে āϝেāϤেāχ āĻšāĻŦে। āĻāϟা āϤােāϰ āύিāϜেāϰ āĻĻোāώ।” 

“What will the teacher think if I go so late?” 

“āφāĻŽি āϝāĻĻি āĻāϤ āĻĻেāϰিāϤে āϝাāχ, āĻŽাāϏ্āϟাāϰāĻŽāĻļাāχ āĻ•ী āĻ­াāĻŦāĻŦেāύ?

“Tell him you had a headache and so are late.” 

āϤাāĻ•ে āĻŦāϞāĻŦি āϤােāϰ āĻŽাāĻĨাāϰ āϝāύ্āϤ্āϰāĻŖা āĻšāϚ্āĻ›িāϞ āĻāĻŦং āϏেāχāϜāύ্āϝāχ āϞে āĻšāϝ়ে āĻ—েāĻ›ে |”

“He will scold me if I say so.” 

“āφāĻŽি āϤাāĻ•ে āĻāĻ•āĻĨা āĻŦāϞāϞে āϤিāύি āφāĻŽাāĻ•ে āĻŦāĻ•āĻŦেāύ।” 

“Will he? Let us see. What is his name?” 

“āϤাāχ āύাāĻ•ি। āĻĻাāĻĄ়া āĻĻেāĻ–āĻ›ি āĻ•ী āύাāĻŽ āϤাāϰ?” 

“Samuel.” 

“āϏ্āϝাāĻŽুāϝ়েāϞ।” 

“Does he always scold the students?” 

“āϤিāύি āĻ•ি āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽāϝ়ে āĻ›াāϤ্āϰāĻ›াāϤ্āϰীāĻĻেāϰ āĻŦāĻ•াāĻāĻ•া āĻ•āϰেāύ?

“He is a very angry man. He is especially angry with boys who come in late.! wouldn’t like to go late to Samuel’s class.” 

“āωāύি āĻ–ুāĻŦ āϰাāĻ—ি āϞােāĻ•। āϤিāύি āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āĻ•āϰে āϏেāχ āϏāĻŽāϏ্āϤ āĻ›েāϞেāĻĻেāϰ āϰেāĻ—ে āϝাāύ āϝাāϰা āĻĻেāϰি āĻ•āϰে āϏ্āĻ•ুāϞে āφāϏে। āφāĻŽাāϰ āϏ্āϝাāĻŽুāϝ়েāϞāĻŦাāĻŦুāϰ āĻ•্āϞাāϏে āĻĻেāϰি āĻ•āϰে āϝাāĻ“āϝ়াāϰ āĻāĻ•েāĻŦাāϰে āχāϚ্āĻ›া āύেāχ।” 

“If he is so angry, why not tell your headmaster about it?” 

“āϤিāύি āϝāĻĻি āĻ…āϤāχ āϰাāĻ—ি, āĻ āĻŦ্āϝাāĻĒাāϰে āϤােāϰা āĻšেāĻĄāĻŽাāϏ্āϟাāϰāĻŽāĻļাāχāĻ•ে āĻŦāϞিāϏ āĻ•েāύ?”

“They say that even the headmaster is afraid of him.”

“āĻ“āϰা āĻŦāϞে āĻšেāĻĄāĻŽাāϏ্āϟাāϰāĻŽāĻļাāχāĻ“ āύাāĻ•ি āϤাāĻ•ে āĻ­āϝ় āĻĒাāύ।

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Fable by Ralph Waldo Emerson full text in Bengali Language and English Class 10 English

 

Lesson 2

Fable

Ralph Waldo Emerson



The author and the text:

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet. His famous poems include ‘Concord Hymn’ and ‘Brahma’. 

The poem describes a conversation between the squirrel and the mountain. The squirrel points out that in this world every being, living or non-living, big or small, have their individual reasons for existence. 

Read the following poem:

The mountain and the squirrel

āĻĒāϰ্āĻŦāϤ āĻ“ āĻ•াāĻ āĻŦিāĻĄ়াāϞীāϰ 

Had a quarrel: 

āĻāĻ—āĻĄ়া āĻŦেāϧেāĻ›িāϞ; 

And the former called the latter ‘Little Prig!

āĻāĻŦং āĻĒ্āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āϜāύ āĻĻ্āĻŦিāϤীāϝ় āϜāύāĻ•ে āĻŦāϞāϞ ‘āĻ–ুāĻĻে āύীāϤিāĻŦাāĻ—ীāĻļ’ 

Bun replied, 

āĻ•াāĻ āĻŦিāĻĄ়াāϞী āωāϤ্āϤāϰ āĻĻিāϞ, 

‘You are doubtless very big; 

“āύিঃāϏāύ্āĻĻেāĻšে āϤুāĻŽি āĻ…āύেāĻ• āĻŦāĻĄ়াে; 

But all sorts of things and weather 

āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āϏāĻŦ āϧāϰāύেāϰ āϜিāύিāϏ āφāϰ āφāĻŦāĻšাāĻ“āϝ়া 

Must be taken in together,

āĻ…āĻŦāĻļ্āϝāχ āĻāĻ•āϏাāĻĨে āϜāĻĄ়াে āĻ•āϰāϤে āĻšāĻŦে, 

To make up a year

āϝাāϤে āϤৈāϰি āĻšāϝ় āĻāĻ•āϟা āĻŦāĻ›āϰ 

And a sphere. 

āĻāĻŦং āĻāĻ•āϟা āĻĒৃāĻĨিāĻŦী।

And I think it no disgrace

āφāϰ āφāĻŽি āĻŽāύে āĻ•āϰি āĻāϟা āϞāϜ্āϜাāϰ āĻŦিāώāϝ় āύāϝ় ,

To occupy my place. 

āφāĻŽাāϰ āϜাāϝ়āĻ—াāϟুāĻ•ু āύিāϝ়ে āĻĨাāĻ•াāϟা। 

If I’m not so large as you, 

āφāĻŽি āϝāĻĻি āϤোāĻŽাāϰ āĻŽāϤো āĻŦāĻĄ়ো āύা āĻšāχ,

You are not so small as I,

āϤুāĻŽিāĻ“ āφāĻŽাāϰ āĻŽāϤো āĻ›োāϟো āύāĻ“,

And not half so spry.

āφāϰ āφāĻŽি āϝāϤ āϚāϟāĻĒāϟে āϤাāϰ āĻ…āϰ্āϧেāĻ•āĻ“ āϤুāĻŽি āύāĻ“।

I’ll not deny you make

āφāĻŽি āĻ…āϏ্āĻŦীāĻ•াāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ āύা āϤুāĻŽি āĻŦাāύাāĻ“

A very pretty squirrel track; 

āĻ•াāĻ āĻŦিāĻĄ়াāϞীāϰ āϝাāĻ“āϝ়াāϰ āϜāύ্āϝ āϏুāύ্āĻĻāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟা āĻĒāĻĨ ;

Talents differ; all is well and wisely put; 

āĻ—ুāĻŖেāϰ āϤāĻĢাāϤ āĻĨাāĻ•ে ; āϏāĻŦāχ āĻ­াāϞো āφāϰ āĻŦুāĻĻ্āϧিāĻŽāϤ্āϤাāϰ āϏাāĻĨে āϰাāĻ–া ; 

If I cannot carry forests on my back,

āφāĻŽি āϝāĻĻি āĻĒিāĻ ে āϜāĻ™্āĻ—āϞ āϧāϰে āϰাāĻ–āϤে āύা āĻĒাāϰি,

Neither can you crack a nut!

āϤুāĻŽিāĻ“ āĻāĻ•āϟা āĻŦাāĻĻাāĻŽ āĻ­াāĻ™āϤে āĻĒাāϰ āύা ।”


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