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Half Yearly Syllabus, Class IX

The document outlines the syllabus and examination structure for Class IX English, divided into two papers: English 1st paper and English 2nd paper, each with specific sections for reading, writing, and grammar. The 1st paper focuses on reading comprehension, poetry, and story completion, while the 2nd paper emphasizes grammar and various writing tasks such as paragraphs and letters. Additionally, it includes topics for half-yearly examinations covering selected poems, stories, and writing assignments.
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Half Yearly Syllabus, Class IX

The document outlines the syllabus and examination structure for Class IX English, divided into two papers: English 1st paper and English 2nd paper, each with specific sections for reading, writing, and grammar. The 1st paper focuses on reading comprehension, poetry, and story completion, while the 2nd paper emphasizes grammar and various writing tasks such as paragraphs and letters. Additionally, it includes topics for half-yearly examinations covering selected poems, stories, and writing assignments.
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Class – IX

English 1st paper

Full Marks – 100

English for Today (Unit: 1, 2,3,4 and 5)

Part – A (Reading): 50 Marks

Seen passage

1. Multiple choice question 1X7 = 07


2. Answering questions (open and close ended) 2X5 = 10
3. Gap filling 1X5 = 05

Unseen passage

4. Information transfer 1X5 = 05


5. Writing summary 10
6. Matching 1X5 = 05
7. Re-arranging sentences 1X8 = 08
8. Answer questions from poems (any five out of 8) 2X5 = 10
9. Answering questions from stories (any five out of 8) 2X5 = 10

Part – B (Writing): 30 Marks

10. Completing story 15


11. Writing dialogues 15

Half Yearly (January-June)

▪ Selected poems (Unit- 11, EFT)


1. Books by Eleanor Farjeon
2. Two Mother’s Remembered by Joanne Snow Duncanson
▪ Selected completing stories
1. Hidden treasure
2. The cruelty of a house mistress
3. Grasp all, lose all
4. A dove and an ant
▪ Writing dialogues:
1. A dialogue regarding your future plan after the publication of the result.
2. A dialogue about the benefits of early rising.
3. A dialogue between you and the book seller about buying a book.
4. A dialogue about the proper use of time.
Class – IX

English 2nd paper

Full Marks – 100

Part – A (Grammar): 60 Marks

1. Gap filling with clues 1X10 = 10


2. Substitution table 1X5 = 05
3. Right form of verbs 1X10 = 10
4. Changing sentences (affirmative, negative, assertive, interrogative,
exclamatory) 1X10 = 10
5. Tag questions 1X5 = 05
6. Suffixes and prefixes 1X5 = 05
7. Preposition 1X5 = 05
8. Connectors/linking words 1X5 = 05
9. Punctuation and capitalisation 05
Part – B (Writing): 40 Marks
10. Writing paragraph 10
11. Writing email/letter/application 10
12. Writing short composition 20

Half Yearly Examination (January-June)

▪ Writing Paragraph:
1. A rainy day
2. A tea stall
3. A school magazine
4. Climate change

▪ Writing Letter/Application/Email
1. An application to the headmaster of your school for a full free studentship/financial help.
2. An application to the headmaster of your school seeking permission to go on a study tour.
3. An application to the headmaster of your school for remission of delay fine
4. An application to the headmaster of your school for leaving school early/short leave.
5. An application to the headmaster of your school for setting up a canteen in your school.
▪ Short composition
1. Natural calamities in Bangladesh
2. Uses and Abuses of Internet
3. Duties in Students’ Life
4. Wonders of modern science

Rumana Islam
Associate Professor & Head of Department
Department of English
Milestone College

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