TBSE Class 9 Syllabus 2021 English

Reducee Syllabus : Mark Distribution : Class IX : English : 80 Marks : 2020-2021

Section Topic Mark
A Reading Skills 20
B Writing Skills with Grammar 30
C Literature Textbook and Supplementary 30
Reading Text
Total 80

SECTION A : READING 20 Marks
This section will have two reading passages.
Q. 1 : A Factual passage 300-350 words with eight Objective Type Questions (including
MCQ). 8 marks
Q. 2 : A Discursive passage of 350-400 words with four Short Answer type Questions
to test inference, evaluation and analysis with four Objective type Questions (including
MCQ) to test vocabulary. 12 marks
SECTION B : WRITING SKILLS WITH GRAMMAR 30 Marks

Q. 3 : Article writing in about 150-200 words based on visual or verbal cue/s. Article topics
on Tripura may be given. . 8 marks
Q. 4 : Writing a short story based on a given outline or cue/s in about 150-200 words.
10 marks
The Grammar syllabus will include the following topics
1. Tenses
2. Modals
3. Subject - verb concord
4. Reported Speech
(i) Commands and requests
(ii) Statements
(iii) Questions
5. Determiners

The above items may be tested through test types (grammar in context) as given
below :
Q. 5 : Close passage : Gap filling witn one or two words to test articles, conjunction and
tenses. 4 marks
Q. 6 : Editing to test tense, modals, subject-verb concord and determiners. 4 marks
Q. 7 : Rearranement of jumbled words and phrases to make meaningful sentences 4 marks

SECTION C : LITERATURE : TEXTBOOK & SUPPLEMENTARY READER
30 Marks
Q. 8. One out of two extracts from prose/ poetry for reference to the context. Two Short
Answer Type Questions of two marks each based on interpretation. (2 X 2=4 marks)
Q. 9. Five Short Answer Type Questions out of seven short answer type questions from
BEEHIVE AND MOMENTS (3 questions out of four from BEEHIVE and 2 questions
out of three from MOMENTS) to test local and global comprehension of theme and
ideas (30-40 words each) 2 x 5 = 10 marks
Q. 10. One out of two Long answer type questions to be answered in 100-150 words from
the book BEEHIVE to assess Creativity, imagination and extrapolation beyond the text
and across the texts. This can be passage based question taken from a situation/ plot
from the texts. 8 marks
Q. 11. One out of two Long Answer type Questions from the book MOMENTS on theme or
plot involving interpretation, extrapolation beyond the text and inference or character
sketch in about 100-150 words. 8 marks

Reduced Syllabus : Class IX : Marks : 80

Text Literature Topics : Section – C

PROSE (Beehive) POETRY
1. The fun they Had 1. The Road Not Taken
2. The Sound of Music 2. Wind
3. A Truly Beautiful Mind 3. Rain on the Roof
4. My Childhood 4. A Legend of the Northland
5. Reach car the Top 5. On killing a Tree

SUPPLEMENTARY READER (Moments)

1. The Lost Child
2. The Adventures of Toto
3. The Happy Prince
4. The Last leaf

Section wise Question Types With Marks Distribution
Typology Testing Competencies Objective SA LA -I LA-II Total
type Questions questions questions Marks
Questions 30-40 100-150 (150-200
including words words words)
MCQ 2marks 8 marks 10 marks

Reading Conceptual understanding,
4 MCQ
Comprehension decoding, analyzing, 4 -- -- 20
& 8 OTQ
inferring, interpreting and
vocabular

Creative expression of an
opinion, reasoning,
justifying, illustrating,
Working Skill appropriacy of style and
and Grammar tone, using appropriate -- 1 1 30
12
format and fluency,
Applying conventions,
using integrated structures
with accuracy and fluency.
Recalling, reasoning,
Literature appreciating, applying
Textbook literary conventions
and illusrtating and justifying --
5 2 30
etc. Extract relevant 4
Supplemantary
Reading Text information, identifying the
central theme and sub-
theme, understanding the
writers message and
writing fluently.
Total 1x28 2x9 8x3 10x1 80