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Class 10 English worksheets, free, with every answer on the page

Three free Class 10 English worksheets - one grammar, one writing, one literature - with every question, every answer and three full model answers printed on this page rather than behind a download. English is where board marks are cheapest, because so much of the paper is format and technique rather than talent, and these three sheets practise exactly that. Every exercise opens with one question worked through in full.

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What these practise

The recurring editing error types - concord, articles, prepositions, tense
Gap-filling with determiners, modals and tenses
Reordering by finding the verb first
The four moves of an analytical paragraph
Grouping and interpreting data rather than listing it
Formal letter format, and a subject line that states the purpose
Extract-based questions answered by close reading
Long answers structured as position, evidence, and what it shows
Value-based and opinion questions, with a qualification

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Grammar: editing and reordering

Class 10 English · Grammar · 32 questions with answers

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Class 10 grammar is tested through editing, gap-filling and reordering rather than through naming rules, and the same four or five error types recur every year. That makes it pattern recognition, which improves faster than almost anything else on the paper - and it is why grammar deserves an hour rather than a term.

Recognises the recurring error types instead of reasoning each sentence out
Handles subject-verb concord across an intervening phrase
Chooses determiners, modals and tenses in a gap-filling passage
Reorders a jumbled sentence by finding the subject and verb first

Exercise 1 of 3 · 12 questions

Each line has one error. Write the incorrect word and the correction.

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'The number of applicants have increased' should be 'has', because the subject is 'the number' and not 'applicants'. Every version of this error works the same way - a phrase beginning with 'of' sits between the subject and the verb, and the verb agrees with the nearest noun instead of the real subject. Covering the 'of' phrase with a finger makes the right verb obvious, and this pattern appears in almost every paper.

1)The number of applicants have increased this year.
2)He is senior than me by two years.
3)She has been living here since ten years.
4)One of my friend is coming today.
5)He did not knew the answer.
6)The scenery of Kashmir are beautiful.
7)Each of the boys were given a prize.
8)He is the most tallest boy in the class.
9)I am knowing him since childhood.
10)The furnitures in this room are new.
11)Neither of the two answers are right.
12)She said that she will come tomorrow.

Answers

1) have → has. The subject is 'the number', which is singular.
2) than → to. 'Senior' takes 'to' rather than 'than'.
3) since → for. 'For' takes a length of time; 'since' takes a starting point.
4) friend → friends. 'One of' is always followed by a plural noun.
5) knew → know. After 'did', the verb stays in its base form.
6) are → is. 'Scenery' is an uncountable noun and takes a singular verb.
7) were → was. 'Each' is singular however many boys there are.
8) most → removed. 'Tallest' is already superlative.
9) am knowing → have known. 'Know' is a state verb and does not take the continuous.
10) furnitures → furniture. It is an uncountable noun with no plural form.
11) are → is. 'Neither' is singular.
12) will → would. In reported speech after a past reporting verb, 'will' becomes 'would'.

Exercise 2 of 3 · 12 questions

Fill each gap with one suitable word.

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'An honest man' takes 'an' rather than 'a', and the reason is worth stating precisely: the choice depends on sound, not on spelling. 'Honest' begins with a vowel sound because the h is silent, so it takes 'an'. By the same rule 'a university' takes 'a', because it begins with a 'yoo' sound. Children who learn the rule as 'a before consonants' get both of these wrong.

1)If you ___ (study) regularly, you would not be worried now.
2)He has been working here ___ 2019.
3)You ___ wear a helmet - it is the law.
4)___ honest man is respected everywhere.
5)She is taller ___ her sister.
6)The book ___ I borrowed is very useful.
7)He works hard ___ he may succeed.
8)Hardly ___ he entered when the bell rang.
9)She is one of the ___ (good) singers in the school.
10)___ he is poor, he is honest.
11)I have been waiting ___ two hours.
12)The higher you climb, ___ colder it gets.

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1) studied. An imagined present takes the past tense in the 'if' half.
2) since. 2019 is a starting point, not a length of time.
3) must. It expresses obligation, which 'should' would weaken.
4) An. 'Honest' begins with a vowel sound, since the h is silent.
5) than. Comparatives take 'than'.
6) which, or that. It stands for a thing.
7) so that
8) had
9) best
10) Although / Though
11) for
12) the

Exercise 3 of 3 · 8 questions

Rearrange each into a meaningful sentence.

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Reordering is faster with a method than by trial. Find the verb first - 'is', 'should encourage', 'was cancelled' - then ask who or what is doing it, and that gives you the subject. Everything else attaches to one of those two. Children who start at the beginning and try words in order can spend three minutes on a one-mark question; children who find the verb first take twenty seconds.

1)healthy / a / is / essential / for / diet / balanced / life / a
2)should / their / parents / children / encourage / read / to
3)of / pollution / one / is / air / problems / the / greatest / today
4)was / because / cancelled / rain / the / heavy / of / match
5)is / the / of / knowledge / power / source / real
6)must / we / environment / protect / the / our / for / future
7)reading / broadens / mind / the / habit / of / the
8)early / rising / health / good / for / is

Answers

1) A balanced diet is essential for a healthy life.
2) Parents should encourage their children to read.
3) Air pollution is one of the greatest problems today.
4) The match was cancelled because of the heavy rain.
5) Knowledge is the real source of power.
6) We must protect the environment for our future.
7) The habit of reading broadens the mind.
8) Rising early is good for health.

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Cover any 'of' phrase between subject and verb. The right verb becomes obvious instantly.
'A' or 'an' depends on sound, not spelling - an honest man, a university.
In reordering, find the verb first. It turns a three-minute puzzle into a twenty-second one.

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Analytical paragraph and formal letter

Class 10 English · Writing · 6 questions with answers

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The analytical paragraph is the most reliably scored question on the English paper, because it has a fixed structure that works for every chart, table or set of cues. Four moves, every time. Learn the four and the question stops depending on what the data happens to be about.

Writes an analytical paragraph using the same four moves each time
Describes a trend rather than listing every number
Lays out a formal letter with every part present
Writes a subject line that states the purpose in one line

Exercise 1 of 3 · 4 questions

Put the four moves of an analytical paragraph in order, and say what each does.

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Those four moves work for any chart in any paper - rainfall, literacy, sales, screen time. Nothing about them depends on the subject of the data. That is what makes this the most reliably scored question on the paper, and it is why learning the structure is worth more than practising on twenty different charts.

1)A. Note the exception, the comparison or the sharpest change
2)B. Say what the data is about and where it comes from
3)C. Close with what it means or suggests
4)D. Describe the overall trend

Answers

1) B, D, A, C. Introduce the data, give the overall trend, point out the exception or the sharpest change, then close with what it suggests.

Exercise 2 of 3 · 1 questions

Write an analytical paragraph of about 120 words. A model answer is given.

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The model does the four moves and nothing else. Notice what it does not do: it does not list all four numbers in sequence. It groups them - cycling and walking together - and picks out the striking one. A paragraph that reads 'eighteen came by bus, ten by cycle, eight walked and four by car' has copied the table rather than analysed it, and that is the commonest weak answer to this question.

1)The table shows how a class of 40 students travels to school: bus 18, cycle 10, walking 8, car 4.

Answers

1) The table shows how the forty students of a class travel to school each day. The clear majority - eighteen students, or nearly half the class - come by bus, which suggests that most live too far away to walk and that the school bus service is well used. Cycling and walking together account for another eighteen, so nearly half the class arrives without any motorised transport at all. The striking figure is the last one: only four students come by car, the smallest group by some distance. Taken together, the data suggests that the class lives close enough for independent travel and that private transport is the exception rather than the norm.

Exercise 3 of 3 · 1 questions

Write the letter in full, about 120 words. A model answer is given.

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The model letter takes a position, concedes something, and proposes something specific. That third element - a concrete suggestion - is what children most often leave out, and it is what turns a complaint into a letter. Notice too that the concession ('neither possible nor sensible') strengthens the argument rather than weakening it, which is exactly what a mature Class 10 answer does.

1)Write a letter to the editor of a national daily about the increasing screen time of schoolchildren.

Answers

1) 17, Lake View Road Bengaluru 560001 21 July 2026 The Editor The National Daily Bengaluru 560001 Subject: The rising screen time of schoolchildren Sir, Through your columns I wish to raise a concern that most families will recognise. Schoolwork, entertainment and conversation with friends now all happen on the same device, and the result is that a child can spend most of a waking day looking at a screen without anyone quite deciding that they should. The effects are visible. Sleep is disturbed, outdoor play has almost disappeared in many neighbourhoods, and attention spans in class are shorter than teachers remember. I am not suggesting that devices be taken away, which is neither possible nor sensible. But schools could set homework that does not require a screen, and families could agree an hour each evening when devices are put away. Small limits, agreed rather than imposed, would help. Yours faithfully, Ananya Rao

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The four moves work for any chart. Learn the structure rather than practising twenty different data sets.
An analytical paragraph must group and interpret, not list. Listing the numbers is copying the table.
Every letter needs a paragraph proposing something. It is the part most often missing.

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Literature answers and extracts

Class 10 English · Literature · 16 questions with answers

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Literature answers are marked on evidence, not on how well the story is remembered. The examiner has read the chapter; what they are looking for is a claim supported by a specific detail from the text. This sheet practises that shape on an original passage, so the technique can be learned separately from any particular chapter.

Answers a claim with a specific detail from the text
Handles an extract-based question by reading closely rather than recalling
Structures a long answer as position, evidence, and what it shows
Answers a value-based question by naming the value in the first line

Exercise 1 of 3 · 8 questions

Read the extract and answer. EXTRACT: He counted the money twice before putting it back in the tin, and then a third time, though he had not been in doubt on either of the first two occasions. Outside, his son was waiting with the bicycle he had been promised in March and had stopped asking about in June. It was still there in the shop window. It would be there tomorrow as well, the father told himself, and the tin would be that much fuller.

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Look at how the third answer works. It does not say 'the father is careful with money' - it identifies a pattern the passage shows twice, and names it. Extract questions are close-reading questions: the answer is always in the words on the page, and the mark is for noticing something specific rather than for a general impression.

1)Why does the father count the money three times?
2)What does 'had stopped asking about in June' tell us about the son?
3)What does the last sentence reveal about the father's habit of mind?
4)Give one word that describes the mood of the extract, with your reason.
5)What is the father counting, and why does the detail matter?
6)What does the extract suggest about the family's circumstances?
7)Pick one word from the extract that carries the most weight, and say why.
8)What is the effect of the writer describing the action rather than the feeling?

Answers

1) Not because he doubts the amount - the passage says he was not in doubt. He counts it a third time out of anxiety or habit, because the money matters to him more than the arithmetic does.
2) That he has given up expecting it. He asked in March and had stopped by June, which suggests three months of unanswered hope rather than a change of mind.
3) That he postpones. He tells himself the bicycle will still be there tomorrow, which is the same reasoning that has already carried him from March to June - and will presumably carry him further.
4) Melancholy, or resigned. The reason is that nothing bad happens in the passage and nothing good does either; the son has stopped asking and the father has an argument ready for waiting longer.
5) He is counting money. The counting matters because it shows care and anxiety at the same time - a person with enough would not need to count.
6) That money is short and has to be accounted for. Nothing is stated directly; it is shown through the counting and through what has stopped being asked about.
7) 'Stopped' - because it marks a change that nobody announced. Something was given up quietly, and that is more telling than a complaint would be.
8) It lets the reader arrive at the feeling themselves, which makes it more convincing. Stating that the father was worried would have closed the point; showing him count leaves it in the reader's hands.

Exercise 2 of 3 · 7 questions

For each, write the first sentence of the answer only. Do not write the whole answer.

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The point of writing only the first sentence is that the first sentence decides the answer. Each of these states a position immediately - careful and anxious, silence rather than conflict, yes largely. An answer that opens by retelling the extract has already lost its shape, and the rest of it will wander. Answer in the first line, then support.

1)Describe the character of the father in the extract above.
2)What does the extract suggest about the effect of poverty on family relationships?
3)Do you sympathise with the father? Give reasons.
4)What value does the extract bring out most clearly?
5)What impression of family life does the extract create?
6)How does the writer create sympathy without asking for it?
7)Comment on the ending of the extract.

Answers

1) The father is careful, anxious and inclined to postpone, and the passage shows all three in a few lines.
2) The extract suggests that poverty does not create conflict so much as silence - the son stops asking rather than complaining.
3) Yes, largely - he is not indifferent to his son but caught between the promise and the tin, and the passage gives no sign that he has forgotten either.
4) Patience, though of a painful kind: the son's patience in not asking again, and the father's in waiting for a day that keeps receding.
5) The extract creates an impression of a family held together by quiet effort rather than by open affection.
6) The writer creates sympathy by showing rather than telling, so the reader reaches the feeling on their own.
7) The ending of the extract is deliberately understated, and that restraint is what gives it its force.

Exercise 3 of 3 · 1 questions

Write a full answer of about 100 words. A model is given.

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The model answer takes a position in the first line, supports it with three specific details from the passage, and then qualifies it. The qualification is what lifts it - 'my reservation is' shows a reader who has weighed the question rather than picked a side. Class 10 value-based and opinion questions reward exactly that, and the opposite position would score just as well if it were argued this way.

1)Do you sympathise with the father in the extract? Give reasons for your answer.

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1) I sympathise with the father, though not without reservation. He is clearly not indifferent to his son: he knows the bicycle is still in the window, which means he has looked. The promise was made in March and he has not forgotten it. What he has done is postpone, and the passage shows him constructing the argument for postponing once more - the bicycle will still be there tomorrow, and the tin will be fuller. That is the reasoning of a man managing very little money rather than a careless one. My reservation is that the son stopped asking in June, and the father seems not to have noticed what that silence cost.

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Ask for the first sentence only, at first. If the answer opens by retelling the story, the shape has already gone.
Every claim needs a specific detail from the text. 'He was careful' is a memory; 'he counted it a third time though he was not in doubt' is evidence.
For opinion questions, a qualification lifts the answer. 'Yes, though...' reads as a reader who has weighed it.

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Why is English the cheapest place to gain board marks?

Because an aggregate does not care which subject the marks came from, and English marks cost less than any other kind.

Two extra marks in maths at the top of the range require closing real gaps in hard chapters. Six extra marks in English can come from a correctly laid-out letter, an analytical paragraph in the right structure, and two literature answers that quote the text. The first takes months; the second takes a fortnight of being told what the scheme wants.

That is not an argument for neglecting maths. It is an argument against the near-universal board-year habit of leaving English out of the plan entirely - see our Class 10 English tuition page.

How should we use these at home?

Twenty-five to thirty minutes each, and again to time closer to the exam.

In grammar, scan for the recurring types rather than reading for something that sounds wrong.
In the analytical paragraph, check the four moves are all present and in order.
In literature, ask for the first sentence only at first. If it retells the story, the shape has gone.
Let your child mark their own work. Every answer and every model is on the page for exactly that reason.

Where do Class 10 children usually stall in English?

Three places, one per section, and none of them is vocabulary.

Grammar: concord across an 'of' phrase - 'the number of applicants have' - which appears in almost every paper.
Writing: an analytical paragraph that lists the data instead of grouping and interpreting it, which is copying the table rather than analysing it.
Literature: long answers that retell the chapter. The examiner has read it; the marks are for the evidence and the argument.

All three are technique, and all three move within weeks - which is why English remains worth an hour a week even in February. See Class 9 English worksheets for the year before.

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Class 10 English worksheets - your questions

Are these Class 10 English worksheets free?

Yes. Every question, every answer and three full model answers are on this page, with no sign-up, no email wall and no account. The printable version puts the answers on a separate final sheet.

What is the structure of an analytical paragraph?

Four moves: say what the data is, describe the overall trend, point out the exception or sharpest change, and close with what it suggests. The same four work for any chart in any paper.

How should a long literature answer be written?

Position in the first sentence, then two or three specific details from the text, then what they show. The examiner already knows the story - the marks are for the evidence and the argument.

Why does the literature sheet use an original passage?

So that the technique can be practised separately from any prescribed chapter. A child who can answer an unseen extract this way can answer any set one; memorised answers do not transfer.

How should grammar be revised for the board?

As patterns rather than rules. Editing, gap-filling and reordering are what the paper tests, and four or five error types recur every year - concord, articles, prepositions and tense.

Is it worth working on English in the last two months?

Yes, more than almost any other subject. Format, structure and evidence can all be built in a few weeks, which is exactly why English is where late-year effort pays best.

Are these matched to the current CBSE pattern?

They are written to the skills the paper tests rather than to a fixed section layout, since CBSE revises the pattern periodically. Check the current year's sample paper for the exact structure.

Can I print these worksheets?

Yes. They print cleanly on A4 with the answers on a separate final page, and nothing needs to be downloaded or signed up for.

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Grammar: editing and reordering

Analytical paragraph and formal letter

Literature answers and extracts

Class 10 English - the guide

Why is English the cheapest place to gain board marks?

How should we use these at home?

Where do Class 10 children usually stall in English?

Class 10 English worksheets - your questions

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