ENGLISH SYLLABUS FOR TEACHERS RECRUITMENT EXAM KARNATAKA

Syllabus for Graduate Primary School Teachers for Classes 6 to 8 for Language (English post) 

The syllabus for English Teachers recruitment Examination to be conducted in the month of November 2017 is as follows.
Area 1
Language use (Grammar, functions of language and phonetics)
 Parts of speech
 Tense forms: present simple, present continuous, present perfect, past simple, past
continuous, past perfect, past perfect continuous and future forms
 Modal verbs
 Articles
 Prepositions
 Conjunctions and linkers
 Types of sentences (simple, compound and complex sentences)
 Clauses: noun, adjective, adverbial and conditional clauses
 Active and passive voice
 Direct and indirect speech
 Degrees of comparison
 Functions of language: introducing oneself and others, seeking and giving information, asking for and giving directions, giving instructions, making a request, giving suggestions and advice, expressing comparison and contrast, complaining,
apologizing, thanking, expressing one’s opinion
 Phonetics: Sounds of English (vowels, consonants, stress and intonation patterns)
Area 2

Reading comprehension and vocabulary
 Ability to comprehend, analyse and interpret unfamiliar reading passages (a narrative
and an argumentative or descriptive passage)
 An unfamiliar poem
 Synonyms, antonyms, prefixes, suffixes, phrasal verbs, idioms, compound words,
collocations, proverbs, word forms, abbreviations
 Figures of speech
Area 3
Writing ability
 Common errors in writing (editing): identifying and correcting errors in the use of
articles, prepositions, tenses, word forms, cohesive devices, spelling
 Punctuation
 Paragraph writing (descriptive/narrative/argumentative/process type)
 Writing personal and official letters
 Writing a notice, placard, email
 Making a diary entry
 Writing a letter to the Editor of a newspaper on a current/contemporary issue
 Writing a dialogue (purposes: Seeking and giving information, asking for and giving
directions, giving instructions, making a request, giving suggestions and advice,
expressing comparison and contrast, complaining, apologizing, thanking, expressing
one’s opinion)
Exam Structure
Section 1 – Multiple Choice Questions
Marks – 50
Duration – 1 hour
Section 2 - Short and Long answer type questions
Marks – 100
Duration – 2 hours

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