Official English Syllabus & Important Topics
| Topic | S.No. | Details of the Topic | Strata of Testing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Vocabulary | 1 | Synonyms | Recognition |
| 2 | Antonyms | Recognition | |
| 3 | Homophones | Recognition | |
| 4 | Homonyms | Recognition | |
| 5 | Idioms and Phrases | Identification of meanings | |
| 6 | Phrasal Verbs | Identification of meanings | |
| 7 | Spellings | Identification of wrongly spelt words; differentiate British and American spellings | |
| 8 | Word formation | Suffixation, Prefixation, unscrambling letters, Verb–Noun conversion & vice versa, Noun–Adjective conversion & vice versa, Compound words | |
| 9 | Singular–Plural Words | Identification | |
| 10 | One word Substitutes | Identification of meanings | |
| 11 | Collocations | Identification of meanings | |
| 12 | Ordinal numbers | Understanding of position | |
| 13 | Anagrams | Identification | |
| 14 | Figures of Speech | Identification | |
| 2. Grammar | 1 | Parts of Speech | All types, their functions and usage |
| 2 | Articles | All types, their functions and usage | |
| 3 | Tenses | All types, structure, forms and usage | |
| 4 | Voice | Active Voice to Passive Voice conversion | |
| 5 | Reported Speech / Direct & Indirect Speech | For all types of sentences | |
| 6 | Types of Sentences | Assertive, Interrogative, Imperative & Exclamatory | |
| 7 | Degrees of Comparison | Positive, Comparative, Superlative degrees of adjectives — identification and conversions | |
| 8 | Linkers | Identification of functions, usages, position, cohesion with appropriate linkers | |
| 9 | Language Functions | Recognizing real-life communicative purposes | |
| 10 | Agreement of subject with verb | Right form of verbs | |
| 11 | Clause | If-clause Type I & II, Main/Subordinate Clause, Subject–Predicate, Noun Clause, Adverbial Clause, Participle Clause, Relative Clause, Finite & Non-finite Clause | |
| 12 | Helping Verbs / Modal Auxiliaries | Types, form, contractions, negatives | |
| 13 | Framing Wh-Questions | Identification of right Wh-word, syntax, agreement of tense with subject | |
| 14 | Order of Adjectives | Knowledge of standard order, correct placement, contextual appropriateness | |
| 15 | Transitive–Intransitive Verbs | Recognition | |
| 3. Conventions of Writing | 1 | Punctuation and Capitalisation | Usage of Capital letters, Full stop, Comma, Question mark, Exclamation mark, Inverted commas, Apostrophe, etc. |
| 4. Discourses | 1 | Letter Writing | Types, Format, Punctuation marks, Features |
| 2 | Diary Entry | Format, Features | |
| 3 | Format, Features, Communication | ||
| 4 | Paragraph writing | Format, Features | |
| 5 | Dialogue writing | Format, Features | |
| 6 | Notice / Invitation | Format | |
| 7 | Biographical Sketch | Format, Features | |
| 8 | Speech | Format, Types of Speeches | |
| 5. Dictionary Skills | 1 | Alphabetical order | Recognition of letter sequences, word sequences |
| 2 | Dictionary Entry | Efficiency in the usage of Dictionary | |
| 6. Reading Comprehension | 1 | Prose | Textual / General |
| 2 | Poetry | Textual / General |
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