Syllabus for session 2019 - 2020

Prose

1. The Enchanted Pool by C. Raj Gopalachari
2. A Letter to God by G. L. Fuents
3. The Ganga by Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
4. 4. Socrates by Rhoda Power
5. Torch Bearers by W. M. Tyburn
6. Our Indian Music: Stories and Anecdotes by R. Srinivasan

Poetry

1. The Fountain by James Russell Lowell
2. The Psalm of Life by H. W. Longfellow
3. The Village Song by Sarojini Naidu
4. The Nation Builders by R. W. Emerson

Supplementary Reader

1. The Inventor Who Kept His Promise 
2. The Judgement Seat of Vikramaditya by Sister Nivedita(Adapted)
3. My Greatest Olympic Prize by Jesse Owens

Grammar, Translation and Composition

I. English Grammar

1. Parts of a sentence

2. Kinds of sentences

3. The Verbs :Transitive and Intransitive Verb

4. Primary Auxiliaries (Be, Have, Do)

5. Modal Auxiliaries

6. Negative Sentences

7. Interrogative Sentences

8. Tenses : Form and Use

9. The Passive Voice

10. The Parts of Speech

11. Indirect or Reported Speech

12. Word Formation

13. Punctuation and Spelling

14. Completion of Sentences

II. Hindi to English Translation

III. (A) Long and Controlled Composition

(B) Letter and Application Writing

(C) Unseen Passages