Punjab Education, Curriculum, Training & Assessment Authority
Smart Syllabus / Accelerated Learning Program (ALP)
English for Grade-9 Academic Session: 2025-26
This is to facilitate students; three units out of eleven, are excluded from the
compulsory textbook of English-9 so that the students may study more effectively. Teachers
are requested not to teach these units. Students should focus thoroughly on the remaining
eight units instead of the deleted ones. It is mandatory for paper setters of all Boards of
Intermediate and Secondary Education in Punjab to ensure that no objective, subjective, or
other types of questions from the following excluded units are included in the question
paper.
Details of Excluded Units:
Sr. No. Unit No. & Name Pages
1. Unit 5:
Women Empowerment through Entrepreneurship58 to 71
2. Unit 8:
The Impact of Globalisation on Culture and Economy93 to 105
3. Unit 10:
The Silent Predator and the Majestic Prey – Snow Leopard and Markhor 120 to 131
(REVISED)
Number’s Division
The paper of English for Grade-9 will consist of 75 marks.
Objective Type = 19 + Subjective Type = 56
Timing of the paper will be 2:30 hours
Objective Type = 20 minutes + Subjective Type = 2:10 hours.
The paper will be made as per following details:
Objective Type
Q-1: 19 Multiple Choice Questions.
MCQs will be developed from the entire content of the textbook of
English-9 except units 5, 8 & 10 and English Grammar &
Composition 9-10. The detail is as under:
a. Choose the correct form of verb and fillup the bubbles.
(English Grammar and Composition 9-10) = 5 marks
b. Choose the word with correct spellings and fill up the bubbles. 5 marks
The bifurcation is as under:
Unit 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 + Review-I (except unit 5 questions) = 2 marks
Unit 7, 9,11 + Review-II (except units 8 & 10 questions) = 2 marks
c. Choose the correct meanings of underlined word and fill up the bubble. 04 marks
The bifurcation is as under:
Unit 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 + Review-I (except unit 5questions) = 2 marks
Unit 7, 9,11 + Review-II (except units 8 & 10questions) = 3 marks
d. Choose the correct option according to the grammar and fill up the bubbles. 05 marks
(Entire textbook of English-9 except unit 5, 8 &10 + English Grammar and Composition 9-10)
= 5 marks
Subjective Type
This section will contain seven short answer questions. Each
short answer question will be asked from the exercises of
the textbook. The detail is as follows:
Q-2: Part A: Any 3 out of 5 questions.
The bifurcation of units is as under:
Unit 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 + Review-I (except unit 5 questions) = (3 questions) 2 × 3 = 6
Instructions for Preparation of Exam Paper of English for Grade-9
ESSENTIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR PAPER SETTERS
Unit 7, 9 + Review-II (except units 8 & 10 questions as well as except play’s portion) = (2 questions) (Revised)
Part B:
Any 1 out of 2 questions. The content is as follow: Unit 11: The Dear Departed (Play) + Review-II
Play’s Portion only 4 × 1 = 4
Q-3: Translate any two of the following paragraphs into Urdu/ Re-write into simple English.
The bifurcation is as under:
Units 1, 2, 4, 6 = 2 paragraphs (Revised) Unit 9 = 1 paragraph (Revised) 4 × 2 = 8
Q-4: Write down the summary of the poem.
OR
Explain the stanza with reference to the context.(Summary from one poem and the stanza from the other one.)05
Q-5: Use any five out of eight words / phrases /idioms in your sentences.
The bifurcation is as under:
Unit 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 + Review-I (except unit 5 questions) = 3 (words / phrases /idioms)
Unit 7, 9,11+ Review-II = 5 (words / phrases /idiomS (except units 8 & 10 questions) 1 × 5 = 5
Q-6: Write a letter or a story or a dialogue.
(from English Grammar and Composition 9-10) 08
Q-7: Read the passage and answer the questions at the end. (from English Grammar and Composition 9-10) 2 × 5 = 10
Q-8: Translate any five sentences into English. (from English Grammar and Composition 9-10)
OR
Exclusively for the candidates who’s medium of examination is English to write the paragraph of ten (10) sentences on given topic.
(from English Grammar and Composition 9-10)1 × 5 = 5
Q-9: Change the voice.
(from English Grammar and Composition 9-10)
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