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, Contents
l Latest CBSE Syllabus vii
l Additional Practice Papers (Set 1 & 2) with Marking Scheme 2023-24 (Issued by CBSE) 1
l Sample Question Paper-2023-24 Fully Solved with CBSE Board Marking Scheme
st
(Issued by Board dated 31 March, 2023) 17
l CBSE Solved Board Paper 2023 (Delhi & Outside Delhi Sets) 32
In each chapter, for better comprehension, questions have been categorized according to the typology issued by CBSE
as follows :
R - Remembering, U - Understanding,
A - Applying, AE - Analysing & Evaluating C - Creating.
Section A : Reading Comprehension 6. Mijbil, the Otter 139 - 143
7. Madam Rides the Bus 144 - 150
1. Unseen Passages 1 - 31 8. The Sermon at Benares 151 - 156
u Self Assessment Paper – 01 32 - 34 9. The Proposal 157 - 161
(First Flight) Poetry
Section B : Writing Skills & Grammar
1. Dust of Snow 162 - 165
2. Grammar 35 - 47 2. Fire and Ice 166 - 169
3. A Tiger in the Zoo 170 - 175
u Grammar Charts 48 - 50
4. How to tell Wild Animals 176 - 180
3. Gap Filling 51 - 55
5. The Ball Poem 181 - 185
4. Editing 56 - 62
6. Amanda ! 186 - 191
5. Reported Speech 63 - 66 7. The Trees 192 - 196
u Self Assessment Paper – 02 67 - 69 8. Fog 197 - 199
6. Letter Writing & Analytical 9. The Tale of Custard,
Paragraph 70 - 97 The Dragon 200 - 205
u Self Assessment Paper – 03 98 - 99 10. For Anne Gregory 206 - 210
Section C : Literature : Prose Textbooks Supplementary Reader:
and Supplementary Reading Text Footprints Without Feet
(First Flight) 1. A Triumph of Surgery 211 - 215
1. A Letter to God 100 - 106 2. The Thief’s Story 216 - 219
2. Nelson Mandela : 3. The Midnight Visitor 220 - 223
Long Walk to Freedom 107 - 111 4. A Question of Trust 224 - 228
3. Two Stories About Flying 112 - 121 5. Footprints Without Feet 229 - 233
(A) His First Flight 6. The Making of a Scientist 234 - 239
(A) Black Aeroplane 7. The Necklace 240 - 245
4. From the Diary of Anne Frank 122 - 126 8. Bholi 246 - 251
5. Glimpses of India 127 - 138 9. The Book that saved the Earth 252 - 256
I. A Baker From Goa u Self Assessment Paper – 04 257 - 257
II. Coorg
l Art Integration Activities 258 - 263
III. Tea From Assam
( iii )