Class 10 English New Book - Punjab Board (BISE) 2026-2027

What is this Class 10 English Book?

This is the official English textbook for Class 10 students enrolled under any Punjab Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) in Pakistan. It is the prescribed textbook for the Matric Part 2 (SSC Part 2) annual examination, session 2026-2027.

The book is authored and published by the Punjab Curriculum & Textbook Board (PCTB), under the Government of Punjab. It covers prose, poetry, grammar, comprehension, and composition for 10th class English board exams.

Who Should Use This Book?

• 10th class students enrolled in Punjab Board-affiliated schools (all streams)
• Private candidates appearing in Matric Part 2 English exams under any Punjab BISE
• English teachers delivering lessons in BISE-affiliated institutions across Punjab
• Parents supporting their child's SSC Part 2 exam preparation at home
• Students enrolled under BISE Lahore, Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Multan, Rawalpindi, Sargodha, Bahawalpur, DG Khan, or Sahiwal

Chapters Included in Class 10 English - Punjab Board

The Punjab Board Class 10 English book contains the following chapters as prescribed by PCTB for the 2026-2027 session.

• Hazrat Muhammad (SAW) - Social Reforms for the Rights of Women, Orphans and Slaves
• My Beloved Pakistan (Poem)
• Digital Globalisation: Tranforming the English Language
• The Earth: Act Now for Tomorrow
• The Happy Prince
• Drug Abuse
• Time (Poem)
• Pollution-Free Pakistan with Greenery All Around
• The Road Not Taken (Poem)
• The Three Questions
• Meanings of Unknown Words/ Context Clues/ Exploring Idioms and Proverbs
• Word Family Detective/ Inferred Meanings of Unfamiliar Words
• Adjectival, Prepositional, and Adverbal Phrases/ Cannotative and Denotative Meanings of Words/ Figurative Language, Word Relationships and Nuances in Word Meanings
• Figures of speech
• Matter of Understanding Precisely/ Compound Prepositions
• Use of Conjunctions and Transitional Devices
• Capitalization/ Punctuation/ Spelling
• Punctuation and capitalization/ Understand Tenses
• Contructing sentences using sentence patterns and structures/ Constructing complex sentences and paragraphs
• Practice Direct and Indirect Narration

Content Sections

• Prose: Stories, essays, and informative passages with comprehension exercises
• Poetry: Selected poems with literary analysis, explanation, and questions
• Grammar: Tenses, voice, narration, sentence correction, punctuation
• Composition: Essay writing, letter writing, paragraph writing, dialogue, summary
• Translation: Urdu to English and English to Urdu translation exercises

Valid for All Punjab BISE Boards

This PCTB textbook is prescribed for Class 10 English across all nine Punjab BISE boards.

• BISE Lahore
• BISE Gujranwala
• BISE Faisalabad
• BISE Multan
• BISE Rawalpindi
• BISE Sargodha
• BISE Bahawalpur
• BISE DG Khan
• BISE Sahiwal

This book is provided for educational and reference purposes only. It is free to view and download for all students and teachers.