Here is a helpful overview of English Grammar for Class 10 students. This aligns with common curricula like CBSE, ICSE, and other boards:
✅ Class 10 English Grammar Syllabus Overview
1. Tenses
- Present Tense (Simple, Continuous, Perfect, Perfect Continuous)
- Past Tense (Simple, Continuous, Perfect, Perfect Continuous)
- Future Tense (Simple, Continuous, Perfect, Perfect Continuous)
2. Modals
- Use of modals: can, could, shall, should, will, would, may, might, must, ought to
- Expressing ability, permission, request, advice, obligation, and possibility
3. Subject-Verb Agreement
- Matching singular/plural subjects with appropriate verbs
4. Active and Passive Voice
- Changing voice of different tenses
- Rules for converting imperative, interrogative, and modals into passive
5. Reported Speech (Direct and Indirect)
- Statements, Questions, Commands/Requests
- Rules for changing pronouns, tense, and adverbs of time/place
6. Clauses
- Noun Clauses, Adjective Clauses, Adverb Clauses
- Sentence types: Simple, Compound, Complex
7. Determiners
- Articles (a, an, the)
- Quantifiers (some, many, much, few, little, any)
- Demonstratives (this, that, these, those)
- Possessives (my, your, their, etc.)
8. Prepositions
- Time (at, on, in, since, for)
- Place and direction (under, over, between, towards, etc.)
9. Conjunctions
- Coordinating, Subordinating, and Correlative conjunctions
10. Sentence Transformation
- Active ↔ Passive
- Direct ↔ Indirect
- Affirmative ↔ Negative
- Simple ↔ Complex ↔ Compound
✍️ Practice Tips:
- Make your own sentences for each grammar rule.
- Practice editing and omission exercises.
- Solve past year question papers.
- Try writing small paragraphs using new grammar rules.