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
 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
Click here to download English Syllabus in pdf. format
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
 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
Click here to download English Syllabus in pdf. format
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