AP PGCET 2023 Syllabus English

APPGCET -2023: SYLLABUS TEST NAME: 101 ENGLISH UNIT – I: PROSE 1. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam: The Knowledge Society (from Ignited Minds) 2. NgugiWaThiong’o: The Language of African Literature (from Decolonizing the Mind) UNIT – II: POETRY 1. Robert Frost: The Road Not Taken. 2. Nissim Ezekiel: Night of the Scorpion. UNIT – III: SHORT STORY 1. Mulk Raj Anand: The Lost Child. 2. Henry Lawson: The Loaded Dog. UNIT – IV: ONE – ACT PLAY William Shakespeare: The Merhant of Venice (Court Scene – Act IV Scene – I) UNIT – V: PROSE 1. J.B.S Haldance: The Scientific point of view 2. A.G. Gardiner: On Shaking Hands UNIT – VI: POETRY 1. John Keats: Ode to Autumn 2. KishwarNaheed: I am not that Woman (from An Anthology of Common wealth poetry edited by C.D. Narasimhaiah) UNIT – VIII: SHORT STORY 1. Ruskin Bond: The Boy who Broke the Bank 2. R.K. Narayan: Half a Rupee Worth UNIT – IX: ONE – ACT PLAY Anton Chekhov: The Proposal UNIT – X: PROSE 1. M.K. Gandhi : Shyness My shield (from The Story of My Experiments with Truth) 2. Alexis C. Madrigal : Why People Really Love Technology: (An Interview with Geneviev Bell) UNIT – XI: POETRY 1. Gabriel Okara : Once upon a time 2. Seamus Heaney : Digging UNIT – XII: SHORT STORY 1. Jhumpa Lahari : The Interpreter of Maladies 2. Shashi Deshpande : The Beloved Charioteer

UNIT – XIII: ONE – ACT PLAY GurajadaAppa Rao, Kanyasulkam translated by C. Vijayasree& T. Vijaya Kumar (Acts I & II) UNIT – XIV: LANGUAGE SKILLS 1. Articles , Prepositions , Question Tags and Concord 2. Tense and Aspect 3. Degrees of Comparison , Active Voice and Passive Voice ,Direct and Indirect Speech, , Simple Complex and Compound Sentences (Transformation of Sentences) 4. Vocabulary- Synonyms, Antonyms, Words often confused and One Word Substitutes. 5. Correction of Sentences ( Based on prescribed grammar areas) 6.Reading Comprehension (Comprehending a Passage) 1. Skimming , Scanning , Intensive and Extensive Reading UNIT XV: Questions on simple literary terms such as sonnet, lyric, ode, comedy, ballad, tragedy, tragic-comedy, allegory, elegy, pastoral elegy, irony, simile, metaphor etc ****************