Syllabus : NCERT English Beehive for Class 9 CBSE
Section A: Reading Skills
I. Reading Comprehension through Unseen Passage
1. Discursive passage of 400-450 words.
2. Case-based factual passage (with visual input—statistical data/chart, etc.) of 200-250 words.
(Total length of two passages to be 600-700 words)
Multiple choice questions, objective-type questions, and very short answer questions will be asked to assess comprehension, interpretation, analysis, inference, evaluation, and vocabulary.
Section B
Writing Skills and Grammar
II Grammar
- Determiners
- Tenses
- Modals
- Subject–verb concord
- Reported speech
o Commands and requests
o Statements
o Questions
3. The courses at the secondary level seek to cement a 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 be attempted.
III Writing Skills
4. Writing a Descriptive Paragraph (word limit 100-120 words), describing a person / event / situation, based on visual or verbal cue/s. One out of two questions is to be answered.
5. Writing a Story (on a given cue/title)/Diary Entry, in 100-120 words. One out of two questions is to be answered.
Section C
Language through Literature
IV. Reference to the Context
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 to assess interpretation, analysis, inference, and evaluation.
9. Two out of three short answer type questions to be answered in 40-50 words from the Book MOMENTS to assess interpretation, analysis, inference, and evaluation.
10. One out of two long answer type questions from BEEHIVE to be answered in about 100-120 words to assess creativity, imagination, and extrapolation beyond the text and across the text. This can also be a passage-based question taken from a situation/plot from the text.
11. 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.
