English (Compulsory) Class 10: chapters to read online

English (Compulsory) Class 10 has 25 chapters in the Federal Board (FBISE) SSC-II syllabus. Chapter 1 is free to read online with full notes. For the other chapters you can read the title, a short summary, the topic list and sample questions. Premium students open everything: Rs 3000 now, Rs 4000 from 15 Dec.

English (Compulsory) tests reading, writing, grammar and comprehension. Read a little every day, learn the formats of letters and essays, and practise unseen passages.

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Chapter 1: Comprehension 1: Health, Well-being, SDGs and Society Free
Question 2 of the Class 10 paper carries 18 marks and is worth more than any other single question. You get one unseen passage of 250-350 words. It may be about health, clean water…
Chapter 2: Poetry 1: Textbook Poems - Paraphrase and Extract Questions Premium
Total 9 marks. The extracts are short (usually four lines), so learn the method and the two textbook poems: Mother Nature and Blue. Rhyme scheme: mostly ABCB in four-line stanzas.
Chapter 3: Vocabulary 1: Synonyms, Antonyms, Context Clues and Word Formation Premium
Section A (MCQs) stresses vocabulary and grammar. Q2 part (v) asks for the meanings of three underlined words from context. A strong word bank helps you in reading, writing and the MCQs.
Chapter 4: Nouns and Pronouns Premium
Nouns and pronouns appear in the MCQs (Q1), in proofreading and in every piece of writing (Q5-Q7). Mistakes with plurals, possessives and pronoun agreement cost marks in letters and essays. Noun phrase: a noun…
Chapter 5: Tenses 1: Present Tenses and Past Tenses Premium
Tenses are tested in the MCQs, in proofreading and, most of all, in writing: a story (Q5) must stay in the past tense, and direct to indirect speech (Q4 C) changes tenses. A wrong…
Chapter 6: Conjunctions and Transitional Devices Premium
Q6 (5 marks): a paragraph with six blanks. You fill any five from a list of conjunctions. Conjunctions and transitional words also decide the quality of your essay (Q7) and your story (Q5), because…
Chapter 7: Punctuation, Capitalisation, Spelling and Proofreading Premium
Punctuation tells the reader where to pause, stop or give emphasis. It is tested in MCQs and in proofreading, and it affects the marks for language in every written answer (letter, narrative, essay, precis).…
Chapter 8: Narrative Writing: Stories, Morals and Prompts Premium
Question 5 gives 6 marks. You write a narrative of 100-125 words on ONE of three cues. The cue may be a topic ("A Day I Will Never Forget"), a moral ("Honesty is the…
Chapter 9: Essay Writing Premium
Question 7 is worth 10 marks, the largest writing question. You write an essay of 200-250 words on ONE of three topics. Typical topics come from Pakistan, the SDGs, technology, the environment and soft…
Chapter 10: Comprehension 2: Technology, Digital World, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Premium
Passages on this theme discuss mobile devices, social media, online learning, artificial intelligence, media literacy, careers and start-up businesses. They often include technical words (algorithm, platform, data) and sometimes a table or chart. The…
Chapter 11: Comprehension 3: Nature, Environment, Travel, Drugs Education and Life Stories Premium
Themes in this group are nature and wildlife, climate and the environment, travel and places, the dangers of drugs and smoking, and the lives of great people. The skills are the same as in…
Chapter 12: Poetry 2: Poetic Devices, Imagery and Rhyme Schemes Premium
Q3 (B) asks about imagery, figurative language and rhyme scheme. Learn the terms and always give a quotation, the name and the effect. Imagery is language that creates a picture or sensation in the…
Chapter 13: Vocabulary 2: Connotation, Figures of Speech, Idioms and Confused Words Premium
Denotation is the dictionary meaning. Connotation is the feeling or idea the word carries: positive, negative or neutral. Figures of speech make writing vivid, create images, show feelings and help readers remember ideas.
Chapter 14: Adjectives, Articles and Determiners Premium
An adjective is a word that tells us more about a noun or a pronoun. It answers the questions what kind? which one?
Chapter 15: Adverbs and Adverbial Phrases Premium
An adverb tells us more about a verb, an adjective, another adverb, or a whole sentence. It answers: how? when?
Chapter 16: Verbs, Modal Auxiliaries and Subject-Verb Agreement Premium
A verb shows an action, a state or a link. Every sentence needs one. Here are the types you meet in exams.
Chapter 17: Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases Premium
A preposition links a noun or pronoun to another word in the sentence. It shows time, place, direction or another relation. The noun after it is called its object: The book is on the…
Chapter 18: Tenses 2: Future Tenses, Mixed Tenses and Aspect of Time Premium
Every tense = a time (past, present, future) + an aspect (simple, continuous, perfect, perfect continuous). Learn the pattern once and all twelve follow. Past perfect model: When I reached the station, the train…
Chapter 19: Verbals and Phrases: Gerunds, Infinitives, Participles, Noun and Verb Phrases Premium
A verbal comes from a verb but does not work as the main verb of a sentence. There are three kinds. enjoy, avoid, finish, mind, practise, suggest, admit, deny, consider, delay, risk, keep, give…
Chapter 20: Clauses, Sentence Patterns, Sentence Types and Conditionals Premium
A clause is a group of words with its own subject and verb. A phrase does not have both. Tip to find the kind.
Chapter 21: Direct and Indirect Speech and Active and Passive Voice Premium
Direct speech gives the speaker's exact words in inverted commas: Ali said, "I am tired." Indirect (reported) speech gives the meaning in our own words, without inverted commas: Ali said that he was tired.…
Chapter 22: Precis Writing and Titles Premium
A precis is a short version of a passage. It keeps the main idea and the key points, in your own words, in about one third of the length. It is not a copy…
Chapter 23: Applications, Formal Letters and Letters to the Editor Premium
A formal letter is written to an officer, a principal, an editor or a company. It is polite, direct and well laid out. Formal letters and applications are a core writing skill of the…
Chapter 24: Informal Letters, Emails and Notices Premium
Model (short body): Dear Hamza, I hope you are well and enjoying your holidays. I am writing to tell you about my trip to Murree. We left on Friday morning and reached before noon.
Chapter 25: Dialogues, Character Sketch, Book Review, Reports and Other Text Types Premium
A dialogue is a written conversation between two or more people. Board practice asks for at least six exchanges (turns of speech) on a given topic, with the setting in brackets. [Three friends, Ali…