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CBSE Class 12 English: Chapter-wise Notes and PYQs

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CBSE · Class 12 · 2026-27

CBSE Class 12 English: chapter-wise study guide

All 25 chapters of CBSE Class 12 English for the 2026-27 session. Each chapter page explains the ideas, gives tricks to remember them, shows where students lose marks, and links to practice.

  • 25 chapters
  • 25 topic pages
  • 5 past papers
Start with the first chapter

Exam note: English Core (301). Writing: notice, invitation and reply, letter to the editor, job application with bio-data, article and report. 'An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum', 'Should Wizard Hit Mommy?' and 'Evans Tries an O-Level' are not in the syllabus.

Previous year papers, 2026 to 20262 real board papers and 3 sample papers, question by question, with how often each chapter was asked.

Flamingo: prose

  1. The Last Lesson

  2. Lost Spring

  3. Deep Water

  4. The Rattrap

  5. Indigo

  6. Poets and Pancakes

  7. The Interview

  8. Going Places

Flamingo: poems

  1. My Mother at Sixty-six

  2. Keeping Quiet

  3. A Thing of Beauty

  4. A Roadside Stand

  5. Aunt Jennifer's Tigers

Vistas

  1. The Third Level

  2. The Tiger King

  3. Journey to the End of the Earth

  4. The Enemy

  5. On the Face of It

  6. Memories of Childhood

    Two parts: 'The Cutting of My Long Hair' (Zitkala-Sa) and 'We Too are Human Beings' (Bama).

Writing skills

  1. Notice Writing

    Up to 50 words, in a box; 4 marks.

  2. Invitation and Reply

    Formal or informal invitation or reply, up to 50 words; 4 marks.

  3. Letter to the Editor

    120-150 words on an issue of public interest; 5 marks.

  4. Job Application with Bio-data

    120-150 words with a bio-data or résumé; 5 marks.

  5. Article Writing

    120-150 words, descriptive and analytical; 5 marks.

  6. Report Writing

    120-150 words, descriptive and analytical; 5 marks.

Syllabus source: CBSE English Core syllabus 2026-27, NCERT textbooks (Reprint 2026-27)