National Curriculum 2012 [English 2nd Paper]
National Curriculum 2012
English
Classes VI-X
Curriculum Wing National Curriculum and Textbook Board
English Paper –Two
National Curriculum 2012
Classes: VI-VIII
Class VI | Class VII | Class VIII |
1. Parts of speech | 1. Parts of speech | 1. Parts of speech |
2. Nouns (Countable and Uncountable) | 2. Nouns (Countable and Uncountable) | 2. Nouns (Countable and Uncountable) |
3. Modal | 3. Modal | 3. Modal |
4. Tenses
| 4. Tenses
| 4. Tenses
|
5. Verbs (to be, regular & irregular) | 5. Verbs (to be, regular & irregular) | 5. Verbs (to be, regular & irregular) |
6. Adjectives | 6. Adjectives | 6. Adjectives |
7. Adverb (Time, frequency) | 7. Adverb ( Time, place, frequency) | 7. Adverb (Time, place, manner, frequency) |
8. Basic Prepositions(on, in, at, upon, above, by, for, to,) | 8. Prepositions | 8. Prepositions |
9. Linking words (and, but, yet, so, firstly, secondly,……..etc.) | 9. Linking words (and, but, yet, so, firstly, secondly,……..etc.) | 9. Linking words (and, but, yet, so, firstly, secondly, etc.), however, hence, therefore, by the way, any way, as well as, etc. |
10. Articles | 10. Articles | 10. Articles |
11. Possessives | 11. Possessives | 11. Possessives |
12. Sentences
| 12. Sentences
| 12. Sentences
|
13. Introductory ‘There’ (Positive and Negative) | 13. Introductory ‘There’ [There is/isn’t, there are/aren’t] | 13. Introductory ‘There’ positive and Negative |
14. Gerund and Participle | 14. Infinitive, Gerund and Participle | 14. Infinitive, Gerund and Participle |
15. Capitalisation and Punctuation | 15. Capitalisation and Punctuation | 15. Capitalisation and Punctuation |
-- | 16. Direct and Indirect Speech | 16. Direct and Indirect Speech |
-- | 17. Passive voice | 17. Passive voice |
-- | -- | 18. Degree (Comparative, superlative) |
-- | -- | 19. Use of Suffix & Prefix |
-- | -- | 20. Punctuation Marks |
Composition: 1. Paragraph 2. Letter | Composition: • Short Composition • Letter | Composition: • Short Composition • Letter |
National Curriculum 2012
Classes: IX-X
Grammar:
1. Nouns
- - Proper
- - Common
- - Collective
- - Material
- - Abstract
- Number
- Gender
- Possessive
- Appositive
2. Pronouns
- - Personal
- - Interrogative
- - Demonstrative
- - Distributive
- - Relative (use of who, which, that, what, etc)
- - Reflexive
- - Reciprocal
3. Adjective
- - Articles
- - Determiners
- - Degree of Comparisons
- - Quantifiers
4. Verb and Tenses
- - Regular and Irregular verbs
- - Be verbs
- - Finite verbs
- - Transitive and Intransitive verbs
- - Infinitive, Gerund, Participle
- - Modals
5. Adverb and Adverbials
6. Prepositions
7. Sentences
- - Types of Sentences( Affirmative, Negative, Interrogative, Imperative, Exclamatory, Simple, Complex, Compound)
- - WH questions
- - Short answers
- - Tag questions
- - Use of Introductory ‘there’/ ‘it’
- - Sentence connectors
- - Punctuations
8. Voice
9. Speech
10. Conditionals
Composition
- Types of paragraph (paragraph writing by listing, narration, comparison and contrast, cause and effect)
- Descriptive, narrative, imaginative and creative writing (such as completing story)
- Formal and informal writing (application, letter, CV, cover letter, emails, online form filling etc.)
- Analysing graphs and charts, summary writing, referencing
11. Distributions of marks for Paper Two
Total marks 100
Grammar 45
Composition 55
12. Grammar test items
- Gap filling activities with and without clues
- Cloze test with and without clues
- Substitution table
- Right forms of verbs
- Use of articles
- Changing sentences (change of voice, narrative style, sentence patterns, degrees)
- Completing sentences
- Tag questions
- Use of suffixes and prefixes
Note: Question setters will use all items from the above list and make questions of 5 marks for each question item. Test items must have contexts. Sentences which are isolated and out of context cannot be given as questions. Question setters will prepare the test items. No questions will be set from the textbook or/and any help books.
13. Composition test items
Group: A (Any two items will be used in a question paper) Marks
- Informal letters/emails 10
- Formal letters/emails 10
- CV writing 10
Group: B (Any two items will be used in a question paper)
- Completing stories 10
- Short paragraphs (from a given model or by answering questions) 10
- Dialogue writing 10
- Analyzing graphs and charts 10
Group: C Composition (200-250 words) based on personal experience, everyday problems, events and incidents etc. 15
Note: Question setters will select two items from Group A (10 X 2 = 20 marks), two items from Group B (10X2= 20 marks), and Group C has no alternative (15 marks). For Group A, and B no alternatives will be given. Question C will clearly mention the desired writing style i.e., whether it will be written in descriptive or narrative, or listing, or comparison and contrast style.