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Class 11 English

Class 11 English has 3 NCERT books with 44 chapters on the official site: Hornbill (English Core), Snapshots (English Core, supplementary reader), Woven Words (English Elective). The syllabus, papers and practice questions for this subject are below, all linked from the official sites.

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Hornbill · Core12 chapters
Chapter 1The Portrait of a Lady · poem: A Photograph
Chapter 2We’re Not Afraid to Die... if We Can All Be Together
Chapter 3Discovering Tut: the Saga Continues · poems: The Laburnum Top, The Voice of the Rain
Chapter 4The Ailing Planet: the Green Movement’s Role · poem: Childhood
Chapter 5The Adventure
Chapter 6Silk Road · poem: Father to Son
Chapter 7Writing Skills: Note-making
Chapter 8Writing Skills: Summarising
Chapter 9Writing Skills: Sub-titling
Chapter 10Writing Skills: Essay-writing
Chapter 11Writing Skills: Letter-writing
Chapter 12Writing Skills: Creative Writing
ExtraPreface and contents
Whole book (ZIP, 17.2 MB) ↓
Snapshots · Core5 chapters
Chapter 1The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse
Chapter 2The Address
Chapter 3Mother’s Day
Chapter 4Birth
Chapter 5The Tale of Melon City
ExtraPreface and contents
Whole book (ZIP, 8 MB) ↓
Woven Words · Elective27 chapters
Chapter 1Short story: The Lament
Chapter 2Short story: A Pair of Mustachios
Chapter 3Short story: The Rocking-horse Winner
Chapter 4Short story: The Adventure of the Three Garridebs
Chapter 5Short story: Pappachi’s Moth
Chapter 6Short story: The Third and Final Continent
Chapter 7Short story: Glory at Twilight
Chapter 8Short story: The Luncheon
Chapter 9Poem: The Peacock
Chapter 10Poem: Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds
Chapter 11Poem: Coming
Chapter 12Poem: Telephone Conversation
Chapter 13Poem: The World is too Much With Us
Chapter 14Poem: Mother Tongue
Chapter 15Poem: Hawk Roosting
Chapter 16Poem: For Elkana
Chapter 17Poem: Refugee Blues
Chapter 18Poem: Felling of the Banyan Tree
Chapter 19Poem: Ode to a Nightingale
Chapter 20Poem: Ajamil and the Tigers
Chapter 21Essay: My Watch
Chapter 22Essay: My Three Passions
Chapter 23Essay: Patterns of Creativity
Chapter 24Essay: Tribal Verse
Chapter 25Essay: What is a Good Book?
Chapter 26Essay: The Story
Chapter 27Essay: Bridges
ExtraPreface and contents
Whole book (ZIP, 26.4 MB) ↓
Syllabus 2026-272 files
PDFEnglish Core
PDFEnglish Elective

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