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23. FRENCH - Code No. 018 CLASS IX

One paper 3 Hours Marks : 100 Suggested Periods Section A Reading Marks : 20 50 Two unseen Passages (Prose or Poetry) with a variety of comprehnsion Questions including 08 Marks for word attack skills 2 × 10 20 Section B Writing 30 65 1. One Informal letter of not more tham 80 words 10 2. One short composition (message, note, invitation, Postcard) of not more tham 30 words 05 3. One shore composition of not more than 30 words based on a verbal stimulus 05 4. Composition of about 80 words based on a visual stimulus 10 Section C Writing 40 65 A variety of short question involving the use of Particular Structures within a context (not in isolated sentences). Test types used will include gap- filling, sentence completion, sentence reordering and construction of questions as well as statements based on clues Provided in a context. The grammar syllabus will be sampled each year with marks allotted for : verb forms, sentence structures and other areas Section D Culture and Civilization 10 10 A variety of questions which include short question, sentence completion, matching etc. on culture and civilization from the prescribed text book. Prescribed Books "Entre Jeunes" - Main Course Book, CBSE, Delhi "Entre Jeunes" - Work Book, CBSE, Delhi

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CLASS X One paper 3 Hours Marks : 100 Suggested Periods Section B Reading Marks 20 50 Two unseen passages (Prose or Poetry) With a variety of comprehension Questions including 08 marks for Vocabulary 2 × 10 20 Section B Writing 30 65 1. One informal letter of not more 10 than 80 words. 2. One short composition involving 05 writing a dialogue in 40 words based on a situation provided 3. One short composition of not more 05 than 30 words (message, recipe or invitation) 4. Composition in 100 words involving 10 writing a story based on the outline provided Section C Grammar 35 A variety of short questions involving the use of particular structure within a Context (not in isolated sentences) Test types used will include :

Gap filling

Sentence completion

Sentence reordering

Word reordering (in a sentence)

Construction of questions or answers

Construction of nagative sentences

Error correction (not involving punctuation and spelling) The grammar syllabus will be sampled

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each year with marks allotted for verb forms and sentence structures. Section D Culture & Civilization 15 15 A variety of questions which include short answer questions, sentence completion, matching etc. on culture and civilization from the prescribed text book. Books Prescribed Entre Jeunes II Main Course Book Entre Jeunes II Work Book

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