UP Board Class 9 Syllabus 2027 English

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UP Board Class 9
Syllabus 2027 English
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UP Class 9 2027 Syllabus English

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Academic Session 2026-27
Class –IX
Syllabus–English
There will be one question paper of 70 marks. Internal Assessment will be for 30 marks.
Unit-1 Reading 10 marks
1. One short unseen passage followed by three MCQs. 3x1=3
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4. Descriptive paragraph/Report/ Article (based on given verbal/figurative input)in about 80-
100 words. 6
Unit-3 Grammar 15 marks
5. Five MCQs and six very short answer type questions based on parts of speech, tenses,
articles, reordering of sentences, spellings, phrases, clauses, narration, voice, punctuation
MCQ=5x1=5, VSA=6x1=6
6. Translation of a short passage from Hindi to English.
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7. Two MCQs based on the given extract. 2x1=2
8. Three MCQs based on lessons. 3x1=3
9. Two short answer type questions in about 30-40 words each. 2x3=6
10. One long answer type question in about 60-80 words. 4
Poetry (08 marks)
11. Two MCQs based on the given extract. 2x1=2
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choice of words, rhyming scheme, use of imagery etc.) 3
Moments (12 marks)
14. Five MCQs based on prescribed lessons. 5x1=5
15. One short answer type question in about 30-40 words. 3

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16. One long answer type question in about 60-80 words. 4
Prescribed books and Lessons
Beehive (Text Book)
Prose –
1. The Fun They Had – Isaac Asimov
2. The Sound of Music
I. Evelyn Glennine – Deborah Cowley
II. Bismillah Khan
3. The Little Girl – Katherine Mansfield
4. A Truly Beautiful Mind
5. The Snake and the Mirror Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
6. My Childhood – A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
7. Reach for the Top
(I) Santosh Yadav
(II) Maria Sharapova
8. Kathmandu – Vikram Seth
9. If I were you – Douglas James
Poetry –
1. The Road Not Taken – Robert Frost
2. Wind – Subramania Bharati
3. Rain on the Roof – Coates Kinney
4. The Lake Isle of Innisfree – William Butler Yeats
5. A Legend of the Northland – Phoebe Cary
6. No Men Are Foreign – James Kirkup
7. On Killing a Tree – Gieve Patel
8. A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal – William Wordsworth
Moments (Supplementary Reader) –
1. The Lost Child – Mulk Raj Anand
2. The Adventures of Toto – Ruskin Bond
3. Iswaran the Storyteller – R.K. Laxman
4. In the Kingdom of Fools – A.K. Ramanujan
5. The Happy Prince – Oscar Wilde
6. Weathering the Storm in Ersama- Harsh Mander
7. The Last Leaf – O Henry
8. A House is not a Home – Zan Gaudioso
9. The Beggar – Anton Chekhov
Words & Expression [Eng. Work book]

Recommended Book
‘A Hand book of Grammar and Composition Writing’ Published by English Language
Teaching Institute (ELTI), U.P., Prayagraj. This book can be accessed online at eltiup.org.
Internal Asscssment for the Academic Session 2026-27 30 Marks
1. First Internal Assessment 10 Marks August
(Oral Expression based)
2. Second Internal Assessment 10 Marks December
(Creative Writing Based)
3.Third Internal Assessment 10 Marks

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(Four Unit Tests Based)
(i) First Unit Test 20 Marks July Second Week
(MCQs Based)
(10 Marks for summer holiday home work + 10 Marks for unit test)
(ii) Second Unit Test 20 Marks August Last Week
(Descriptive Questions Based)
(iii) Third Unit Test 20 Marks November Last Week
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(iv) Fourth Unit Test 20 Marks December Last Week
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