SECTION A
ENGLISH READER
Prose
Chapter 1 Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain) [Adapted]
Chapter 2 Kabuliwallah (R.N. Tagore)
Chapter 3 Playing The Game (Arthur Mee) [Adapted]
Chapter 4 A Golden Bowl (Jatak Tales)
Chapter 5 Plants also Breathe and Feel (Sir Jagdish Chandra Bose)
Chapter 6 The Rules of the Road
Poetry
Chapter 1 The Mountain And The Squirrel (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Chapter 2 Sympathy (Charles Mackay)
Chapter 3 The Seven Ages of Man (William Shakespeare)
Chapter 4 Indian Weavers (Sarojini Naidu)
Chapter 5 I Vow To Thee, My Country (Sir Cecil Spring Rice)
Supplementary Reader
Chapter 1 Gandhi Ji And A Coffee Drinker (G Ramchandran)
Chapter 2 The Swan and the Princes (A Play)
Chapter 3 Letter to the Children of India (Chacha Nehru)
Chapter 4 On A Winter’s Night (Based on Munshi Prem Chand’s Story) (Poos Ki Raat)
SECTION B
GRAMMAR
Parts of Sentence
The Sentence: Types
The Verbs (Transitive Verb and Intransitive Verb)
Primary Auxiliaries (Be, Have, Do)
Modal Auxiliaries
Negative Sentences
Interrogative Sentences
Tenses : Form and Uses
The Passive Voice
The Parts of Speech
Indirect or Reported Speech
Word Formation
Punctuation and Spellings
Translation
Long Composition
Controlled Composition
Letter Writing/Application Writing
Comprehension (Unseen)