The CBSE Class 9 English syllabus 2026-27 follows an 80 + 20 assessment pattern:
| COMPONENTS | MARKS |
|---|---|
| Section A: Reading Skills | 20 |
| Section B: Writing Skills & Grammar | 20 |
| Section C: Language through Literature | 40 |
| Total (External Assessment) | 80 |
| Internal Assessment | 20 |
| GRAND TOTAL | 100 |
LANGUAGE
Descriptive/Factual Passage
Grammar
Determiners (articles, quantifiers, possessives)
Tenses (present, past, future & their forms)
Modals (can, could, should, must, etc.)
Subject-Verb Concord
Reported Speech (Indirect Speech) – statements, commands, questions
Clauses – noun, adjective, adverbial clauses
Questions include gap-filling, editing, omission and sentence transformation types.
LITERATURE
Kaveri
Prose
| 1. | How I Taught My Grandmother to Read |
| 2. | The Pot Maker |
| 3. | Winds of Change |
| 4. | Vitamin-M |
| 5. | The World of Limitless Possibilities |
| 6. | Twin Melodies |
| 7. | Carrier of Words |
| 8. | Follow That Dream |
Poems
| 1. | Bharat Our Land |
| 2. | Gifts of Grace: Honouring our Vocations |
| 3. | Canvas of Soil |
| 4. | I Cannot Remember My Mother |
| 5. | Nine Gold Medals |
| 6. | A Friend Found in Music |
| 7. | Words |
| 8. | Believe in Yourself |
