CBSE Class 9 English Syllabus 2025-26 [Language and Literature; Subject Code 184]: Complete Guide Here!

Read this article and gauge the recent updates pertaining to CBSE Class 9 English Syllabus 2025-26 (English Language and Literature).

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has released the Class 9 English syllabus for the academic year 2025-26. This syllabus is designed to enhance students’ language skills, including reading, writing, grammar, and literature. It also aims to improve students’ analytical, comprehension, and creative writing abilities. Here’s a comprehensive breakdown of the CBSE Class 9 English syllabus to help students and educators plan effectively.

The English curriculum helps improve students’ reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills. By following the right syllabus for Class 9 CBSE 2025-26 English, students will be introduced to important chapters of grammar, various writing and reading sections, etc. The English theory syllabus is divided into three broad sections:

Section	Competencies	Marks
Section A: Reading Skills	Conceptual understanding, decoding, analyzing, inferring, interpreting, and vocabulary	20
Section B: Writing Skills with Grammar	Creative expression of an opinion, reasoning, justifying, illustrating, appropriacy of style and tone, using appropriate format and fluency. Applying conventions, using integrated structures with accuracy and fluency	20
Section C: Language through Literature	Recalling, reasoning, appreciating, applying literary conventions illustrating and justifying, etc. Extract relevant information, identify the central theme and sub-theme, understand the writer’s message, and write fluently	40
	Total	80

The internal assessment carries 20 marks, making the total 100 marks for the subject.

This section evaluates students’ ability to comprehend and analyze passages. The questions assess factual, inferential, and evaluative understanding. It includes:

This section assesses students’ writing proficiency, creativity, and grammatical accuracy.

This section focuses on literary appreciation, comprehension, and textual analysis from the prescribed NCERT textbooks.

Prose:

Poetry:

Section	Details	Marks
Section A: Reading Skills	Reading Comprehension through Unseen Passage	20
	Discursive passage (400-450 words)	10
	Case-based factual passage (200-250 words) with visual input	10
Section B: Writing Skills and Grammar	Grammar (Determiners, Tenses, Modals, Subject-verb concord, Reported speech)	10
	Descriptive Paragraph (100-120 words) – One out of two	5
	Story Writing/Diary Entry (100-120 words) – One out of two	5
Section C: Language through Literature	Reference to the Context (Drama/Prose & Poetry Extracts)	10
	Four out of Five Short Answer Questions from BEEHIVE (40-50 words each)	12
	Two out of Three Short Answer Questions from MOMENTS (40-50 words each)	6
	One out of Two Long Answer Questions from BEEHIVE (100-120 words)	6
	One out of Two Long Answer Questions from MOMENTS (100-120 words)	6

You can also download the CBSE Class 9 English Language and Literature Syllabus for the 2025-26 session from the following link: CBSE Class 9 English Language and Literature 2025-26

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