9th Standard English

Samacheer Kalvi – 2025-26 Syllabus

📗 Term – I

Unit 1

  • Prose – Learning the Game
  • Poem – Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
  • Supplementary – The Envious Neighbour
  • Grammar – Parts of Speech, Vocabulary

Unit 2

  • Prose – I Can’t Climb Trees Anymore
  • Poem – A Poison Tree
  • Supplementary – The Fun They Had
  • Grammar – Tenses, Determiners

Unit 3

  • Prose – Old Man River
  • Poem – Little Cyclone
  • Supplementary – Little Cyclone: The Story of a Grizzly Cub
  • Grammar – Active and Passive Voice

📘 Term – II

Unit 4

  • Prose – Seventeen Oranges
  • Poem – The Spider and the Fly
  • Supplementary – The Cat and the Painkiller
  • Grammar – Reported Speech

Unit 5

  • Prose – Water – The Elixir of Life
  • Poem – On Killing a Tree
  • Supplementary – Earthquake
  • Grammar – Clauses, Connectors

📙 Term – III

Unit 6

  • Prose – From Zero to Infinity
  • Poem – The Comet
  • Supplementary – Mother’s Voice
  • Grammar – Editing, Error Correction

Unit 7

  • Prose – A Birthday Letter
  • Poem – The Stick-Together Families
  • Supplementary – The Christmas Truce
  • Grammar – Sentence Patterns, Writing Skills

🎯 Important English Grammar Topics

  • Parts of Speech
  • Tenses
  • Active and Passive Voice
  • Reported Speech
  • Vocabulary Building
  • Reading and Writing Skills
👉 9th Standard English is important for strengthening grammar, communication skills, and 10th public exam preparation.
Topic Importance
Tenses ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Voice & Speech ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Vocabulary ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Writing Skills ⭐⭐⭐⭐