West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) Class 9 English syllabus

 

📘 WB Board Class 9 English Syllabus

The Class 9 English book is Bliss.

It is divided into three main sections:

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✨ 1. Prose (Stories)

1. Father’s Help — R. K. Narayan

2. Fable — Ralph Waldo Emerson

3. The Passing Away of Bapu — Nayantara Sahgal

4. My Own True Family — Ted Hughes (sometimes treated as poem depending on edition)

5. Our Runaway Kite — Lucy Maud Montgomery

6. The Cat — Andrew Barton Paterson

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✨ 2. Poetry

1. The Snail — William Cowper

2. The Mountain and the Squirrel — Ralph Waldo Emerson

3. The North Ship — Philip Larkin

4. A Shipwrecked Sailor — Gabriel Okara

5. I Remember, I Remember — Thomas Hood

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✨ 3. Rapid Reader / Supplementary

From Moments (or WBBSE equivalent selections depending on school):

• Stories focusing on comprehension and values.

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✨ 4. Grammar Portion

Important grammar topics include:

✅ Parts of Speech
✅ Tense
✅ Voice Change
✅ Narration (Direct–Indirect)
✅ Preposition
✅ Articles
✅ Transformation of Sentences
✅ Punctuation
✅ Vocabulary (Synonyms / Antonyms)

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✨ 5. Writing Skills

Students need to practice:

✅ Paragraph Writing
✅ Letter Writing (Formal & Informal)
✅ Story Writing
✅ Report Writing
✅ Notice Writing
✅ Comprehension (Seen & Unseen)

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✅ Exam Pattern (Typical)

• Reading Comprehension

• Grammar & Vocabulary

• Writing

• Textual Questions (Prose & Poetry)