Maharashtra State Board Class 9 English (First Language) Syllabus 2025-26

 

 

Maharashtra State Board of Secondary & Higher Secondary Education Class 9 English (First Language) Syllabus for Academic Session 2025-26

 

Maharashtra State Board Class 9 English Syllabus 2025-26 – Here is Maharashtra State Board of Secondary & Higher Secondary Education Class 9 English (First Language) Syllabus.  The curriculum framework of Maharashtra State Board for the subject of English (First Language) at Std. IX has been prepared bearing in mind the National Curriculum Framework and the State Curriculum Framework, the curriculums of the CBSE, the ISCE and different State Boards. Students can check our post for Maharashtra State Board Class 9 English Syllabus 2024-25 as per the latest exam pattern. 

 

Maharashtra State Board Class 9 Syllabus of English as First Language 

 

Section Wise Weightage

The following weightage is to be given to the various aspects of the syllabus. 

S. No.	Topics	Weightage
1	Reading Skill (Textual and Non-Textual)	40%
2	Grammar	15%
3	Writing Skill	25%
4	Orel Test	20%

 

English Literature

Prose and Poem – A Coursebook in English (Kumarbharati)

Life

A Synopsis-The Swiss Family Robinson 

Have you ever seen …? 

Have you thought of the verb ‘have’ 

The Necklace

Invictus 

A True Story of Sea Turtles

Somebody’s Mother

The Fall of Troy

Autumn

The Past in the Present

Silver

Reading Works of Art

The Road Not Taken

How the First Letter was Written

Please Listen

The Storyteller

Intellectual Rubbish

My Financial Career

Tansen

Grammar 

S. No	Items	Specification
1.	Revision of grammatical items studied up to Std VIII.	—————————
2.	Different kinds of sentences	Assertive/Exclamatory/Imperative/Negative/Interrogative
3.	The Tenses	a) i) Simple present ii) Present Continuous, iii) Simple past iv) Past Continuous b) Sequence of tenses
4.	Articles	a, an. the
5.	Preposition	different uses
6.	Tenses of Perception	Uses of ‘see’, ‘hear’, ‘smell’, ‘feel’, ‘taste’
7.	Concord	Subject +Verb agreement
8.	Word Formation	Nouns/Adjectives/Verbs/Adverbs
9.	Voice	Statements, questions, negatives, indirect object
10	Question formation	a) Yes/No question  b) ‘Wh’+ question
11.	Reported Speech	Statements, questions, commands, requests
12.	Punctuation	Usage
13	Non-finites	Infinitives, Gerunds, Participles
14.	Modal Auxiliaries	Uses of ‘will’, ‘shall’
15.	Collocation	The co-occurrence of lexical items

 

Writing Skill

• Formal and informal letters.
• Descriptive writing (events, objects and processes).
• Story writing.
• Essay writing (200-250 words).
• Dialogue writing (on different situations such as at the Principal’s office, Enquiry counter at the Railway station/S.T. stand, etc.)
• Report writing (conversation, interviews, and radio talks.)
• Note making and summarizing
• Write minutes, notices, curriculum vitae transfer information from verbal to diagrammatical form and vice versa.
• Article writing for school magazines, journals, etc.

 

Also See: 

• Maharashtra State Board Class 9 English Lesson Explanation

 

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English Important Question Answers 

• Chapter 1.1 Life Important Question Answers
• Chapter 1.2 A Synopsis- The Swiss Family Robinson Important Question Answers
• Chapter 1.3 Have you ever seen…? Important Question Answers
• Chapter 1.4 Have you thought of the verb ‘have’… Important Question Answers
• Chapter 1.5 The Necklace Important Question Answers
• Chapter 2.1 Invictus Important Question Answers
• Chapter 2.2 A True Story of Sea Turtles Important Question Answers
• Chapter 2.3 Somebody’s Mother Important Question Answers
• Chapter 2.4 The Fall of Troy Important Question Answers
• Chapter 2.5 Autumn Important Question Answers
• Chapter 2.6 The Past in the Present Important Question Answers
• Chapter 3.1 Silver Important Question Answers
• Chapter 3.2 Reading Works of Art Important Question Answers
• Chapter 3.3 The Road Not Taken Important Question Answers
• Chapter 3.4 How the First Letter was Written Important Question Answers
• Chapter 4.1 Please Listen Important Question Answers
• Chapter 4.2 The Storyteller Important Question Answers
• Chapter 4.3 Intellectual Rubbish Important Question Answers
• Chapter 4.4 My Financial Career Important Question Answers
• Chapter 4.5 Tansen Important Question Answers

English Lesson Summary and Explanation

• Chapter 1.1 Life Summary, Explanation, Theme
• Chapter 1.2 A Synopsis-The Swiss Family Robinson Summary, Explanation, Theme
• Chapter 1.3 Have you ever seen…? Summary, Explanation, Theme
• Chapter 1.4 Have you thought of the verb ‘have’… Summary, Explanation
• Chapter 1.5 The Necklace Summary, Explanation, Theme
• Chapter 2.1 Invictus Summary, Explanation, Theme
• Chapter 2.2 A True Story of Sea Turtles Summary, Explanation, Theme
• Chapter 2.3 Somebody’s Mother Summary, Explanation, Theme
• Chapter 2.4 The Fall of Troy Summary, Explanation, Theme
• Chapter 2.5 Autumn Summary, Explanation, Them
• Chapter 2.6 The Past in the Present Summary, Explanation, Theme
• Chapter 3.1 Silver Summary, Explanation, Theme
• Chapter 3.2 Reading Works of Art Summary, Explanation, Theme
• Chapter 3.3 The Road Not Taken Summary, Explanation, Word meaning
• Chapter 3.4 How the First Letter was Written Summary, Explanation, Theme
• Chapter 4.1 Please Listen Summary, Explanation, Theme, Poetic Devices
• Chapter 4.2 The Storyteller Summary, Explanation, Theme
• Chapter 4.3 Intellectual Rubbish Summary, Explanation, Theme
• Chapter 4.4 My Financial Career Summary, Explanation, Theme
• Chapter 4.5 Tansen Summary, Explanation, Theme