ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SYLLABUS CLASS – IX (2025-26)
Sections Weightage

Section Weightage
A Reading Skills 20 Marks
B Writing Skills and Grammar 20 Marks
C Language through Literature 40 Marks

Section A

Reading Skills
I. Reading Comprehension through Unseen Passage  20 Marks

  • Discursive passage of 400-450 words. 10 marks
  • Case-based factual passage (with visual input- statistical data/chart etc.) of 200-250 words. 10 marks
    (Total length of two passages to be 600-700 words)

Multiple Choice Questions / Objective Type Questions/Very Short Answer Questions will be asked to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, inference, evaluation and vocabulary.

Section B

Writing Skills and Grammar
II. Grammar 10 Marks
 Determiners
 Tenses
 Modals
 Subject – verb concord
 Reported speech
o Commands and requests
o Statements
o Questions
3. The courses at the secondary level seek to cement high professional grasp of grammatical items and levels of accuracy. Accurate use of spelling, punctuation and grammar will be assessed through Gap Filling/ Editing/Transformation exercises. Ten out of twelve questions will be attempted.

III. Writing Skills 10 marks
4. Writing a Descriptive Paragraph (word limit 100-120 words), describing a person / event/ situation, based on visual or verbal cue/s. One out of two questions to be answered. 5 marks
5. Writing a Story (on a given cue/title)/Diary Entry, in 100-120 words. One out of two questions is to be answered. 5 marks

Section C

Language through Literature 40 Marks
IV. Reference to the Context 5+5 = 10 Marks
6. One extract out of two, from Drama / Prose.
7. One extract out of two, from poetry.
Multiple Choice Questions / Objective Type Questions will be asked to assess interpretation,analysis, inference, evaluation, appreciation and vocabulary.
V. Short & Long Answer Questions
a. Four out of Five Short Answer Type Questions to be answered in 40-50 words from the book BEEHIVE to assess interpretation, analysis, inference and evaluation.4x3=12 marks
b. Two out of Three Short Answer Type Questions to be answered in 40-50 words from thebook MOMENTS to assess interpretation, analysis, inference and evaluation.3x2=6 marks
c. One out of two Long Answer Type Questions from BEEHIVE to be answered in about 100-120 words to assess creativity, imagination and extrapolation beyond the text and across the text. This can also be a passage-based question taken from a situation/plot from the text. 6 marks
d. One out of two Long Answer Type Questions from MOMENTS, on theme or plot involving interpretation, extrapolation beyond the text and inference or character sketch to be answered in about 100-120 words. 6 marks

Prose 
1. The Fun They Had
2. The Sound of Music
3. The Little Girl
4. A Truly Beautiful Mind
5. The Snake and the Mirror		 6. My Childhood
7. Reach for The Top
8. Kathmandu
9. If I were You
Poems
1. The Road Not taken
2. Wind
3. Rain on The Roof
4. The Lake Isle of Innisfree		 5. A Legend of the Northland
6. No Men are Foreign
7. On Killing a Tree
8. A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal
MOMENTS
1. The Lost Child
2. The adventures of Toto
3. Iswaran the Storyteller
4. In the kingdom of fools		 5. The Happy Prince
6. The Last Leaf
7. A House is not a Home
8. The Beggar

Beehive – Download PDF

Moments – Download PDF

Words & Expression I – Download PDF