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Class 10 Textbook of English – Federal Board NBF (2027-28)

Textbook of English 10, the National Book Foundation course book for Federal Board Class 10 (National Curriculum of Pakistan 2022-23) for session 2027-28: 13 units that mix essays, stories, poems and a play with grammar, speaking and writing tasks.

Key details

Class 10 · Federal Board
National Book Foundation
13 units · pages 07–154 start
Session 2027-28

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Textbook of English 10 is the National Book Foundation course book for Federal Board Class 10, printed "as Federal Textbook Board Islamabad" and "based on National Curriculum of Pakistan 2022-23". The contents list 13 units. They begin with Animal Rights in Islam: Showing Compassion on page 07 and end with the play The Oyster and the Pearl on page 154. This page is for the 2027-28 session. Exam Book House, Shop Number 4, Al Fazal Market, Urdu Bazar, Lahore, supplies it with cash on delivery across Pakistan and delivery to the Gulf countries.

Quick facts

Title on the cover: Textbook of English 10 (with a "Learn English" hexagon picture)
Publisher: National Book Foundation as Federal Textbook Board, Islamabad
Curriculum line on the cover: Based on National Curriculum of Pakistan 2022-23
Units: 13, each with a theme, a sub-theme and four skill strands
Pieces named in the contents: an essay on animal rights in Islam, a story by Langston Hughes, two poems, a unit called The Alchemist, and a play
Cover picture: a pink title panel above a library full of stacked books
Shown on: Federal Board Books → Class 10
Session: 2027-28

How this English book is built

Many older English textbooks are a bundle of chapters followed by a block of grammar. This one is organised the other way round. Every unit has a theme (for example Nature and Natural Resources, Digital Globalization or Soft Skills), a sub-theme, and then four strands that all grow out of the same unit: reading and critical thinking, vocabulary and grammar, oral communication and creative writing. In practice a student reads a text, learns the language points that the text uses, speaks about it and then writes something of their own.

The thirteen units mix kinds of writing. There are informative texts (animal rights, cultural festivals, media literacy, drugs, the environment, adventure sports), personal-development texts (career decisions, life skills), a short story, two poems and a play. That variety matters for exam preparation, because the board paper tests reading, grammar and writing, and a student who has met every kind of text in the book is more comfortable on the day.

The 13 units (as printed on the contents page)

Unit	Title	Theme	Sub-theme	Starts on page
1	Animal Rights in Islam: Showing Compassion	Nature and Natural Resources	Connecting People and Nature	07
2	Cultural Festivals of Pakistan: Unity in Diversity	Travel and Tourism	Hospitality; GIS application in tourism	22
3	Media Literacy in the Modern Age	Digital Globalization	Impact on culture and economy; MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses)	37
4	Thank You, Ma'am (Langston Hughes)	Literature and Poetry	Human Relationships	49
5	Mother Nature (Poem)	Literature and Poetry	Nature (Poem)	65
6	How to Make Better Decisions About Your Career	Soft Skills / Innovation	Decision making	77
7	The Alchemist	Tourism / Travelling	Self awareness	91
8	Blue (Poem)	Literature and Poetry	Human Relationships	100
9	The Menace of Drugs	Drug education	Drug education in schools; refusal skills; prevention of drugs	112
10	Earth and Environment	Nature and Natural Resources	Connecting People and Nature; Wildlife Vignette; Environment Matters	125
11	Adventure Sports	SDG – Millennium Development Goals	Good Health and Well-being	134
12	Importance of Life Skills	Soft Skills	Time management; Team work; Stress management	146
13	The Oyster and the Pearl (Play)	Soft Skills	Patience, perseverance, character development	154

Skills practised in each unit

The second contents page lists the language work that goes with every unit. The most clearly printed items are these.

Unit (page)	Reading and critical thinking	Vocabulary and grammar	Oral communication	Creative writing
1 (07)	Pre, while and post reading; reading comprehension; topic sentence and supporting details; identifying the writer's viewpoint	Synonyms and antonyms; concrete and abstract nouns; noun phrase; past indefinite and past continuous tense	Research-based discussion and presentation	Structure of a paragraph; informative essay; summary writing; proofreading and editing
2 (22)	Pre, while and post reading; comprehension; telling fact from opinion	Prefix and suffix; collective nouns; present indefinite and present continuous; modals must / must not; hyphen	Group presentation using GIS	Personal narrative; informal letter; proofreading
3 (37)	Pre, while and post reading; comprehension questions	Transitional devices (compare and contrast); personal pronouns; adjectives, degrees of comparison and order of adjectives; adjective phrase; future indefinite tense	Discussion in pairs; short report	Expository essay; proofreading
4 (49)	Pre, while and post reading; comprehension; narrator's point of view; elements of a story	Connotation and denotation; types of adverbs; adverb phrase; verbals (gerunds and infinitives)	Online-research-based presentation	Character sketch
5 (65)	Pre, while and post reading questions; comprehension; extended reading	Denotation; metaphor and personification; transitive and intransitive verbs; active and passive voice; prepositions (simple, phrase, compound)	Dialogue practice	Summary; paraphrase; writing a poem
6 (77)	Pre, while and post reading questions; comprehension; extended reading	Dictionary skills; formation of nouns; synonyms; modal verbs (must, can, may, should); first conditional; silent letters	Discussion; role play	Precis writing; comparative essay; letter of complaint
7 (91)	Guessing the meaning of new words; predicting meaning; contextual clues	Simile and metaphor; idiomatic phrases; indefinite pronouns; present perfect tense	Interview with a traveller	Travelogue writing
8 (100)	Pre, while and post reading questions; comprehension questions	Idioms; types of sentences (simple, compound, complex); coordinating conjunctions; kinds of pronouns	Poetry analysis and oral presentation	Narrative poem
9 (112)	Pre, while and post reading questions; comprehension	Noun clause; present perfect continuous tense; since and for; prepositional phrase; correlative conjunctions	Group discussion	Summary writing; job application; essay writing
10 (125)	Pre, while and post reading questions; comprehension	Relative pronouns; adjective clause; second conditional	Group discussion; pair discussion	Letter to the editor; manual for setting up a kitchen garden; argumentative essay
11 (134)	Pre, while and post reading questions; comprehension	Past perfect and past perfect continuous tense; direct and indirect speech; active and passive voice	Group presentation	Book review; character sketch; review report
12 (146)	Pre, while and post reading questions; comprehension	Subordinating conjunctions; adverb clause	Individual presentation	Precis writing; research project
13 (154)	Narrator's point of view; analysing complex characters; analysing plot development	Narration (questions)	Character traits discussion; enacting an alternate ending	Narrative writing; essay writing; dialogue writing

What a student gets from it

Grammar in context. Tenses, voice, speech, clauses and conjunctions are introduced inside the unit that uses them, not in a separate grammar corner.
Every writing form the exam asks for. Between them the units practise paragraphs, essays (informative, expository, comparative, argumentative), summaries, precis, letters (informal, complaint, to the editor), a job application, a travelogue, a character sketch, a review and dialogue writing.
Speaking tasks. Each unit has a spoken task, from pair work and short reports to group and individual presentations. Practise them aloud; they are part of how the book wants English to be learned.
A balanced reading list. Facts and opinion pieces on one side, literature on the other: a short story, two poems and a play.

A year plan for session 2027-28

First four units (pages 07–64): build the habit of reading before, during and after a text, and of proofreading what you write.
Units 5 to 8 (pages 65–111): the literature block. Keep a notebook of new words and idioms with a sentence of your own for each.
Units 9 to 12 (pages 112–153): the exam-writing block: summaries, applications, letters to the editor, reports.
Unit 13 (page 154 onward): finish with the play and revise the narrative and dialogue writing tasks.

Class 10 students of the 2027-28 session sit their board examination in 2028, so use the last months for past-style essays and for tenses, voice and speech, which appear in several units.

Which edition will you get?

Federal Board books can be reprinted with small corrections. We supply the newest printing we can get. The cover on this page says "Based on National Curriculum of Pakistan 2022-23". If your teacher names a specific printing, send a photo of the list on WhatsApp and we will match it.

Matching and similar books

Class 10 Textbook of Physics – Federal Board, Class 10 Textbook of Chemistry – Federal Board and Class 10 Textbook of Computer Science – Federal Board are the science textbooks for the same class.
Class 10 Urdu (Lazmi) – Federal Board is the compulsory Urdu book of Class 10.
Class 10 Textbook of Mathematics – Federal Board completes the core set.

Buy it in Urdu Bazar, Lahore

Shop: Exam Book House, Shop Number 4, Al Fazal Market, Urdu Bazar, Lahore 54000
Urdu Bazar Lahore book shop number: 0317 4846676 (call or WhatsApp)
Open: Monday to Saturday, 9 AM – 9 PM; closed on Sunday
Delivery: all over Pakistan with cash on delivery, and to the Gulf countries

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Frequently asked questions

Is this the Class 10 English book for session 2027-28?

If your child is in a Federal Board school, the National Book Foundation's Textbook of English 10 is the Class 10 English course book. Send your school's 2027-28 list on WhatsApp and we will check it.

What does the book contain?

Thirteen units with essays, a story, two poems and a play, each followed by grammar, speaking and writing tasks. The list of units with page numbers is on this page.

Does it include grammar?

Yes, inside the units. Tenses, active and passive voice, direct and indirect speech, conditionals, clauses and conjunctions are listed unit by unit in the contents.

Is it a guide with answers?

No. It is the official textbook. Ask us if you also need a separate guide for this class.

Do you deliver outside Lahore?

Yes. We deliver all over Pakistan with cash on delivery, and to the Gulf countries. Send your name, address and the book name on WhatsApp at 0317 4846676, or call the shop in Urdu Bazar, Lahore (Monday to Saturday, 9 AM – 9 PM).