ENGLISH SPECIAL

DISTRIBUTION OF MARKS
Time - 3 hours
1- Prose
2- Poetry
3- Vocabulary
4- Grammar
5- Unseen passage
6- Precis
7- Essay-writing
8- Letter-writing
1.

2.

3.
4.
(i)

Maximum Marks - 100

32
12
10
15
08
08
10
05
Total
100 Marks

Prose - Lessons 1 to 19
Book Prescribed - "Language through Literature"
Prepared by Central Institute of English & Foreign Languages & Published by
Oxford University Press New Delhi.
Poetry - Study of the following poems.
1Pippa's Song
2Everyone Sang
3Milk for the Cat
4Loveliest of Trees
5Beauty.
Vocabulary Words and phrases from the lessons of the text book
Grammar
List of structures : (S= Subject of the sentence; V= Verb, MV = Main Verb)
1.
It + to be + Subject - complement adjective + Subject infinitive phase
2.
S. + V + Adjective + to infinitive
3.
S. + V + gerund.
4.
S. + V + Pronoun / Noun + Preposition + (Pronoun)
5.
S. + V + Conjunction + clause.
6.
If - clause (with a verb in past tense) + main clause.
7.
S. + V + To - infinitive
8.
If + to be + Subject - complement (Noun/Adj)+ Subject
9.
S. + V + Noun / Pronoun + infinitive.
10.
S. + V+ as adverbial clause
11.
S. + V + preposition + prepositional object.
12.
S. + V + To - infinitive (of purpose)
13.
S. + V + Noun / Pronoun + Adverbial
14.
S. + V + Adjective + "To - infinitive"$(PDN)
15.
S. + V + (not)" To - infinitive.
16.
S. + V + that clause as (Object)
17.
It + V (to be) Subject complement (Geurndial Phase)+ that clause as
subject

18.

S. + V (to be) + Subject complement (adjective + prepositional phase) +

Adverbial
19.
It + V + Subject complement + Adverbial infinitive phase
20.
S. + V (other than "be + Subject complement" (adjective)
21.
Their + V (to be) + Subject - complement with a participial phase working
as adjective
22.
(a)
If clause + main clause in the present tense.
(b)
If clause + main clause in the future tense.
(c)
If clause with a "To-infinitive" as an object to the Verb and
Main clause with "must. + MV."
23.
S + V + that clause as an object (that is optional here).
24.
S + V + gerund + "To-infinitive".
25.
S +(Noun/Pronoun)+ V + "To-infinitive" + object of infinitive.
26.
S + V + (be going + infinitive)
27.
S + V + too + Adjective + To-infinitive
28.
S + V + objective - (pronoun) + adverbial particles,
29.
S + V + Pronoun - Noun + past participle
30.
S + V + Adverbial complement(propsitional phrase)
31.
S + V + Gerund.
32.
S + Ought + To-infinitive
33.
S + V + Noun / Pronoun + adverbial complement
34.
S + V + that clause
5.
Unseen Simple unseen passages as per standard of the students of class IX are to be given
to make them understand the meaning of the passage. so as to answer the questions given
below the passage. Practice of some unseen passages should be done in the class.
6.
Prcis
Some passages to be given for precis writing (of about one hundred
words.)
7.
Essay writing
Enlargement of simple, current, topics in about 250 words.
8.
Letter - writing
Formal and informal letters of all kinds.