The Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) provides the updated Maharashtra class 12 English syllabus on its website. English is a compulsory language paper for all the class 12th students irrespective of the three streams, Arts, Commerce, and Science. The subject includes two sections, A Coursebook in English (Yuvabharati) and Grammar. The English paper will be based on Reading Skills, Writing Skills, Oral Tests, and Grammar. Check out the topics in detail in order to prepare for the board exams. 40% questions will be from the reading section, 25% questions will be from the Writing section, 15% questions will be from the Grammar section. In addition, 20% marks will be reserved for the Oral section. To prepare well for the exams, students can also go through the latest Maharashtra class 12 English Exam Pattern 2026 for the marks distribution.
DownloadMaharashtra Board Class 12 Syllabus 2025-26 here
Maharashtra class 12 English Syllabus 2025-26
Students can refer to the tables below to have more information about the weightage of English class 12 class 12 2025-26:
- A Coursebook in English (Yuvabharati)
- An Astrologer's Day On Saying "Please"
- The Cop and the Anthem
- Big Data-Big Insights
- The New Dress
- into the Wild
- Why We Travel
- Voyaging Towards Excellence
- Song of the Open Road
- Indian Weavers
- The Inchcape Rock
- Have You Earned Your Tomorrow
- Father Returning Home
- Money
- She Walks in Beauty
- Small Towns and Rivers
- Summary Writing
- Do Schools Really Kill Creativity? (Mind-mapping)
- Note Making
- Statement of Purpose
- Drafting a Virtual Message
- Group Discussion
- History of Novel
- To Sir. with Love
- Around the World in Eighty Days
- The Sign of Four
- Grammar
S.No. | Items | Specifications |
Revision of the items learned up to Std XI | - | |
1 | The Tenses | Advanced level of the tenses learned upto Std XI. Sequence of Tenses. |
2 | Types of sentences | Simple, Compound, Complex, Relative clauses |
3 | Clauses | Proper usage and synthesis |
4 | Voice | Statements, questions, indirect objects, object + object complement, negatives. (Advanced level) (Conversion) |
5 | Reported Speech | Advanced level, continuous short paragraph consisting of three to four connected sentences. |
6 | Uses of ‘too’ and ‘enough’ | Conversion and synthesis. |
7 | Modal Auxiliaries | may, might, must, etc |
8 | Articles | Uses and omission of ‘a’, ‘an’, ‘the’ |
9 | Preposition | Indicating time, place and direction |
10 | Linking words/ discourse markers | Use of linking words in sentences and in larger units |
11 | Word formation | Changing word forms-nouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives |
12 | Infinitives, Gerunds and Participles | Usage and synthesis |
Maharashtra class 12 English Syllabus 2025-26: How to download
The Maharashtra Board releases the 12th English syllabus state board on its official website. To download the syllabus, follow the given below steps:
Step 1: Go to the official website of Maharashtra State Board - mahahsscboard.in.
Step 2: On the home page, click on the ‘class 12 Subjects’ option.
Step 3: A list of subjects will open on your screen.
Step 4: The Maharashtra State Board English Syllabus Class 12 PDF link will be available on the screen. Click on it.
Step 5: Download the 12th English syllabus state board pdf and save it for future use.
