CBSE Class 10 EnglishChapter-wise Q&A · Summaries · Extract Questions · 6-Mark Model Answers
Every chapter from First Flight and Footprints Without Feet — with plain-English summaries, psychological character analysis, extract-based question banks, and model answers showing exactly what earns full marks in the board exam. Built on the latest CBSE syllabus (2025–26).
Section A — Reading
20 marks
2 passages · all MCQ · discursive + factual
Section B — Writing & Grammar
20 marks
Formal Letter (5m) · Analytical Paragraph (5m) · Grammar (10m)
Section C — Literature
40 marks
Extract Qs · short answers · long answers
First Flight — Prose
9 chaptersThe main reader. Prose chapters dominate the literature section — short-answer and long-answer questions are drawn from these chapters every year.
A Letter to God
G.L. Fuentes
Faith & simplicity
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Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Nelson Mandela
Leadership & courage
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Two Stories About Flying
Liam O'Flaherty / Frederick Forsyth
Fear & self-belief
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From the Diary of Anne Frank
Anne Frank
Resilience & hope
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Glimpses of India
Multiple authors
Culture & heritage
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Madam Rides the Bus
Vallikkannan
Independence & adventure
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Mijbil the Otter
Gavin Maxwell
Companionship & nature
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The Sermon at Benares
Betty Renshaw
Philosophy & acceptance
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The Proposal
Anton Chekhov
Pride, vanity & comic misunderstanding
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First Flight — Poetry
10 poemsPoems appear in extract-based questions every paper. Stanza-by-stanza breakdown, poetic devices, and model answers for each poem.
Dust of Snow
Robert Frost
Mood change & nature
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Fire and Ice
Robert Frost
Desire & hatred
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A Tiger in the Zoo
Leslie Norris
Freedom vs captivity
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How to Tell Wild Animals
Carolyn Wells
Humour & satire
The Ball Poem
John Berryman
Loss & responsibility
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Amanda
Robin Klein
Freedom & childhood
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The Trees
Adrienne Rich
Nature's quiet resistance
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Fog
Carl Sandburg
Nature & imagery
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The Tale of Custard the Dragon
Ogden Nash
Bravery & humour
For Anne Gregory
W.B. Yeats
Inner vs outer beauty
Footprints Without Feet
9 storiesThe supplementary reader. 2–3 questions come from this book every board paper. Character analysis and thematic questions dominate.
A Triumph of Surgery
James Herriot
Overindulgence & health
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The Thief's Story
Ruskin Bond
Trust & moral transformation
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The Midnight Visitor
Robert Arthur
Wit & deception
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A Question of Trust
Victor Canning
Trust & irony
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Footprints Without Feet
H.G. Wells
Science & morality
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The Making of a Scientist
Robert W. Peterson
Curiosity & scientific method
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The Necklace
Guy de Maupassant
Materialism & irony
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Bholi
K.A. Abbas
Education & empowerment
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The Book that Saved the Earth
Claire Boiko
Power of literature
Grammar for the Board Exam
Section B carries 10 marks of grammar — editing, transformation (reported speech, active-passive), and gap-filling. These are the exact topics the paper tests.
Reported Speech
Tested in every board paper
Rules · Examples · Practice →
Active & Passive Voice
5–6 transformation Qs per paper
Rules · Examples · Practice →
Tenses & Conditionals
Editing section staple
Rules · Examples · Practice →
Subject-Verb Agreement
Concord errors in editing Qs
Rules · Examples · Practice →
Articles
Gap-fill Qs
Rules · Examples · Practice →
Prepositions
Gap-fill & editing Qs
Rules · Examples · Practice →
How each chapter page is structured
Every chapter follows the same structure so you can study systematically:
- 1Plain-English summary — what happens, in simple language
- 2Character analysis — motivations, not just descriptions
- 3Themes and lessons — what the chapter is really about
- 4Extract-based Q&A — 8–10 extracts with model answers
- 5Short-answer questions — 3-mark models
- 6Long-answer questions — 6-mark models (100–120 words) with marking breakdown
- 7Grammar connection — links to the grammar topics the chapter tests
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