CBSE Class 9 English Syllabus 2021-22
PART A
Reading:-
Unseen Passage (20 Marks)
I. Multiple Choice Questions based on a Discursive passage of 400-450 words to test inference, evaluation and vocabulary. Ten out of twelve questions to be answered. (10×1=10)
II. Multiple Choice Questions based on a Case-based factual passage (with visual input statistical data, chart, etc.) of 200-250 words to test analysis and interpretation. Ten out of twelve questions to be answered. (10×1=10)
(Total length of two passages to be 600-700 words)
Literature Textbooks (10 Marks)
III. Multiple Choice Questions based on an extract from drama/prose to test inference, evaluation and vocabulary. Any 1 out of 2 extracts to be done. (5×1=5)
IV. Multiple Choice Questions based on an extract from poetry to test analysis and interpretation. Any 1 out of 2 extracts to be done (5×1=5)
Grammar (10 Marks)
V. Ten Multiple Choice Questions, out of twelve, to be answered (including gap filling/ editing/ dialogue writing). Questions shall be based on the following:
- Tenses
- Modals
- Subject – verb concord
- Reported speech
- Commands and requests
- Statements
- Questions
- Determiner
- Use of Passive Voice
- Clauses: Noun, Adverb Clauses of condition and time, Relative Clauses
- Prepositions
PART B
Writing (10 marks)
I. Writing an Informal Letter on a situation/ Descriptive Paragraph (person, place, event, diary entry) based on visual or verbal cue/s. (word limit 100-120 words) One out of two questions is to be answered. (5 marks)
II. Writing a story based on a given outline or cue/s. (word limit 100-120 words) One out of two questions is to be answered. (5 marks)
Literature (30 Marks)
III. Four out of six Short Answer Type Questions to be answered in 20-30 words each from BEEHIVE and MOMENTS (two out of three from BEEHIVE and two out of three from MOMENTS). (2×4=8)
IV. Four out of six Short Answer Type Questions to be answered in 40-50 words each from BEEHIVE and MOMENTS (two out of three from BEEHIVE and two out of three from MOMENTS). (3×4=12)
V. One out of two Long Answer Type Questions from BEEHIVE to be answered in about 100-120 words each to assess creativity, imagination and extrapolation beyond the text and across the texts. This can be a passage-based question taken from a situation/plot from the texts. (5 marks)
VI. 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. (5 marks)
CBSE Class 9 English Syllabus Study Material
CBSE Class 9 English Syllabus For Beehive – Textbook for class 9th
Prose (Beehive)
- The Fun They Had
- The Sound of Music
- A Truly Beautiful Mind
- The Little Girl
- The Snake and the Mirror
- My Childhood
- Packing
- Reach for the Top
- The Bond of Love
- Kathmandu
- If I were you
Poetry (Beehive)
- The Road Not Taken
- Wind
- Rain on the Roof
- The Lake Isle of Innisfree
- A Legend of the Northland
- No Men Are Foreign
- The Duck and the Kangaroo
- On Killing a Tree
- The Snake Trying
- A Slumber did My Spirit Seal
CBSE Class 9 English Syllabus 2021-22 For Moments – Supplementary Reader for Class 9th
- The Lost Child
- The Adventures of Toto
- Iswaran the Storyteller
- In the Kingdom of Fools
- The Happy Prince
- Weathering the Storm in Ersama
- The Last leaf
- A House is Not a Home
- The Accidental Tourist
- The Beggar
CBSE Class 9 English Syllabus
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