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Syllabus for the post of PGT - English
• Reading: Unseen passage (Factual, descriptive or literary) to assess comprehension,
interpretation inference and vocabulary, Unseen case-based passage with verbal/visual inputs
like statistical data, charts etc., Note Making and Summarization based on a passage.
• Creative Writing Skills: Notice, Formal/Informal Invitation and Reply, Letters based on
verbal/visual input, Article/ Report Writing, descriptive and analytical in nature, based on
verbal inputs. Classified Advertisements, Poster, Writing a Speech in 120-150 words based on
verbal/ visual clues related to some contemporary / age-appropriate topic, Debate on
contemporary topical issues based on visual/verbal inputs
• Grammar: Questions on Gap filling (Tenses, Clauses), Questions on re-ordering/transformation
of sentences.
• The Portrait of a Lady , A Photograph , “We ’re Not Afraid to Die... if we can be together,
Discovering Tut: the Saga Continues;, The Laburnum Top , The Voice of the Rain , Childhood ,
The Adventure; Silk Road , Father to Son
• The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse , The Address , Mother ’s Day , Birth , The Tale of
Melon City
• The Last Lesson , Lost Spring , Deep Water, The Rattrap , Índigo , Poets and Pancakes , The
Interview , Going Places , My Mother at Sixty-Six , Keeping Quiet , A Thing of Beauty , A
Roadside Stand , Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers, The Third Level ; The Tiger King, Journey to the end of
the Earth , The Enemy , On the Face of It , Memories of Childhood, The Cutting of My Long
Hair , We Too are Human Beings
Subject specific syllabus includes the concepts of NCERT/CBSE syllabus and Text Books (Classes XI
& XII), however, the questions will be testing the depth of understanding and application of
these concepts at the level of Post- Graduation.
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