KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN, MUMBAI REGION

BRIDGE COURSE
CLASS-IX SUBJECT-ENGLISH

Day Competencies to be taken up Activity Planned for Resources/ Learning

Day Materials outcomes likely to
Required be achieved
01 Punctuation rules and practice- Use previous text with Learning of correct
their importance uses( While Narration (conversation) Textbook- Class VIII punctuation uses
writing answer) like ‘The Comet’ , & IX for better reading
‘This is Jody’s Fawn’. Wren and Martin and writing. Able to
Interesting games with Grammar Book for use punctuation
and without punctuation. High School. marks correctly in
Take all examples from NCERT App PDF an unpunctuated
text. Textbook. passage
02 Tense – Function, Rules, Tense chart showing, Textbook- Class VIII Development of
contrastive Explanation, Practice clarifying each tense type & IX Time sense in a
while putting it in contrast Wren and Martin sentence structure
with other types. Giving Grammar Book for
examples from the text. High School.
Online quizzes. NCERT App PDF
Grammar.
03 Spelling rules- Practice of Games on uses of some Textbook- Class VIII Able to use correct
important Spelling rules. words in different parts of & IX spelling in writings,
( Answer about common speech placing in Wren and Martin developing a sense
inflection mistakes) Spelling sentences. Chart Grammar Book for of correct and
mistakes identification games. preparation of the High School. careful writing
Homophones Antonyms, spelling rules practice
Synonyms, Similar words in games. Root words.
different parts of speech
04 Reading a poem- how to read a Read two poems of Textbook- Class VIII Reading and
poem and meaning making with different themes from & IX understanding of a
the help of a single passage from previous class NCERT App PDF poem
class IX book differentiating the choices Textbook.
of words, Tone, Figures of
Speech etc.
05 Poetic devices- Rhyming scheme Understanding the basic Textbook poems, Able to differentiate
identification, figures of Speech, concepts of simile, Poems of various and identify figures
tone of poem, mood of the poet, metaphor, alliteration and poetry books of speech and use
genre in poetry, other figures of speech them meaningfully
in sentences,
poems.
06 Tenses & modals 1. Discussion on basic Textbook- Class VIII Able to write
concepts and usages. 2. & IX correct sentences
Editing and supplying Wren and Martin using them in
omitted words in Grammar Book for writing exercises
passages. High School. according to tenses

07 Use of passive forms of verbs in 1. Completion of
writing paragraphs using passive
forms, 2. Conversions of
sentences from active to
passive and vice-versa
08 How to pronounce correctly – Show sound chart in
talk to students about accent/ English. Google, dictionary
stress, intonation, phonemic showing, audio tape
changes with morphological and listening. Correct
semantic changes, silent sounds pronunciation games by
(Taking all examples from class taking words and
VIII textbook vocab). Why correct sentences from text.
pronunciation is necessary! How
to use Google dictionary and
other tools for improving
pronunciation!
09 Determiners and Subject Verb 1. Editing passages
Concord – Uses, importance, with incorrect
rules, functions. determiners and
concord
2. Gap filling using
correct
determiners and
articles
10 Prepositions- Preposition of Time 1. Passages with
,Place etc. omissions of
prepositions for
supply of correct
ones.
2. Filling of
information gaps
by choosing
determiners from
the given ones in
brackets.
11 Narration (Direct-Indirect 1. Conversion of
speeches) conversation
into
description by
using skill of
narration
2. Completion of
NCERT App PDF and modals
Textbook.
Exercises taken from Able to use passive
grammar books and forms normally in
framed by teacher day to day writing
Intermediate English exercises as well as
grammar by in letters, notices
Raymond Murphy-A and messages
Work Book
Google Dictionary Acquiring listening
online, & Speaking skills
Phonetics by Peter
Roach
Textbook- Class VIII Able to recognize
& IX, Intermediate and use correct
English grammar by concord and
Raymond Murphy-A determiners
Work Book
Exercises framed by Able to use
teachers and drawn prepositions with
from various texts. correct placements
Intermediate English in connected
grammar by writing.
Raymond Murphy-A
Work Book
Exercises framed Able to write letters
from the classroom and answers using
situations. indirect speeches
Intermediate English normally and
grammar by correctly
Raymond Murphy-A
Work Book
 passages
using correct
speech
patterns

12 Diary entry-Format, language, 1. Exercises based Situations framed by Able to maintain

skill on the basic the teacher in the daily diary
concept of writing classroom as a
diary verbal input

13 Article- composition- format, 1. Writing articles Pictorial Able to describe

language and skill based on verbal presentation of things basing on
and visual inputs events, situations imagination or
framed by teacher as inputs
verbal input
14 Completion of story 1. Reordering of Situations made in Able to write stories
sentences to put the classroom, from imagination
them into a imagination and
sequence so as to exercises framed by
give it a form of teacher.
story
2. Writing a story
based on given
inputs in
fragments of
events
15 Letter writing- Format, language, 1. Writing letter to Verbal input, visual Able to write letter
skill the editor input selected by required in his
2. Writing official teacher from personal and formal
letters website and printed situation
3. Writing letters matters.
based on
situations –mainly
informal

ASSESSMENT

To assess the above mentioned topics, some questions may be prepared. Online assessment
tools such as mentimeter, Google forms, Cross wordlabs, Quizzeries etc., may be used for
preparing and assessing different types of Questions like MCQs, Very Short Answers,
Discourse constructions.

Work book-Intermediate English Grammar-by Raymond Murphy