TBSE Class 9 Syllabus 2025 English

SYLLABUS – 2024- 2025
CLASS – IX
SUBJECT – ENGLISH
Total Marks – 80 Internal Assessment – 20

COURSE STRUCTURE

SECTION WISE WEIGHTAGE
Sections Items Periods Weightage
A Reading Skills 40 Periods 20 Marks
B Writing Skills with Grammar 40 Periods 20 Marks
C Language through Literature 50 Periods 40 Marks
Total 80 Marks

SECTION – A

READING SKILLS

I. Reading Comprehension through unseen passage. 20 Marks.
1. Discursive passage of 400 – 450 words. (10 Marks.)
2. 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 20 Marks
II. Grammar 10 Marks
 Determiners
 Tenses
 Modals
 Subject – Verb Concord
 Reported Speech
o Commands and requests
o Statements
o Questions

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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 have to be
attempted.

III. Writing Skills 10 Marks.

4. Writing a Descriptive Paragraph (word limit 100-120 words), describing a person/ event/
situation. One out of two questions is 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
40 Marks
Language through Literature
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.

8. Four out of Five Short Answer Type Questions to be answered in 40-50 words from the book
BEEHIVE.
3x4= 12 Marks

9. Two out of Three Short Answer Type Questions to be answered in 40-50 words each from the
book MOMENTS. 3x2=6 Marks

10. One out of two Long Answer Type Questions from BEEHIVE to be answered in about 100-120
words 6 Marks

11. One out of two Long Answer Type questions from MOMENTS to be answered in about 100-120
words. 6 Marks

Prescribed Books: Published by
NCERT, New Delhi BEEHIVE

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Class- IX
Sub- English
TOPICS:-
PROSE POEMS Moments
a) The Fun They Had a) The Road not taken a) The Lost Child
b) The Sound of Music b) Wind b) The Adventures of Toto
c) A Truly Beautiful Mind c) Rain on the Roof c) The Happy Prince
d) My Childhood d) A Legend of the Northland d) Iswaran the Storyteller
e) Reach For The Top e) On Killing a Tree

SYLLABUS OF HALF-YEARLY EXAMINATION: 2024-2025
Prose Poem Supplementary Reader
i) The Fun They Had i) The Road not taken i) The Lost Child
ii) The Sound of Music ii) Wind ii) The Adventures of Toto

SYLLABUS OF ANNUAL EXAMINATION: 2024-2025
Prose Poem Supplementary Reader
i) A Truly Beautiful Mind i) Rain on the Roof i) The Happy Prince
ii) My Childhood ii) A Legend of the ii) Iswaran the Storyteller
iii) Reach for the Top Northland
iii) On killing a Tree

BLUE PRINT OF DISTRIBUTION OF MARKS
HALF-YEARLY/ ANNUAL EXAMINATION: 2024-2025
Section Contents MCQ VSA SA LA I LA II Total
(1 (1 (3 (5 (6 Marks
Mark) Mark) Marks) Marks) Marks)
A Reading (20) 1x10 1x10 - - - 20
WRITING (20)
Grammar Descriptive - 1x10 - - - 10
B
Paragraph - - - 5x2 - 10
Story/ Diary Entry
LITERATURE (40)
TB (BEEHIVE) - - 3x4 5x2 6x1 28
C
Suppl. Reader - - 3x2 - 6x1 12
(MOMENTS)
Total Marks 10 20 18 20 12 80

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CLASS- IX
SUB- ENGLISH

WEIGHTAGE TO TYPE OF QUESTIONS

Type of Questions Marks (80) Percentage
1. Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) (1x10)
10 12.5
(Inclusive of Assertion, Reason, Differentiation & Stem)
2. Very Short Answer Type Questions (VSA) (1x20)
20 25
(Inclusive of Assertion, Reason, Differentiation & Stem)
3. Short Answer Type Questions (SA) (3x6)
(Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, 18 22.5
Synthesis & Create)
4. Long Answer Type Questions – I (LA-I) (5×4)
(Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, 20 25
Synthesis & Create)
5. Long Answer Type Questions – II (LA-II) (6x2)
(Knowledge, Understanding, Application, Analysis, Evaluation, 12 15
Synthesis & Create)
80 100

NOTE:-
i) Typology of questions:- MCQ, VSA, Assertion- Reasoning type questions; SA-I, SA-II, LA-I,
LA-II, LA- III.
In LA- type questions source-based/ case- study based/ passage based questions may be
included.

ii) Approximately 33 % internal choice would be given

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