The Beggar

                                                                  SECTION A

ENGLISH READER

PROSE SECTION

Chapter 1 The Enchanted Pool (C. Rajagopalachari)
Chapter 2 A Letter to God (G.L. Fuentes)
Chapter 3 The Ganga (Jawaharlal Nehru)
Chapter 4 Socrates (Rhoda Power) [Adapted]
Chapter 5 Torch Bearers (W.M. Ryburn)
Chapter 6 Our Indian Music : Stories and Anecdotes (R. Srinivasan)
Matching of Words

POETRY SECTION

Chapter 1 The Fountain (James Russell Lowell)
Chapter 2 The Psalm of Life (H. W. Longfellow)
Chapter 3 The Village Song (Sarojini Naidu)
Chapter 4 The Nation Builders (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

SUPPLEMENTARY READER

Chapter 1 The Inventor Who Kept His Promise
Chapter 2 The Judgement-Seat of Vikramaditya (Sister Nivedita)
Chapter 3 My Greatest Olympic Prize (Jesse Owens)

SECTION B

GRAMMAR

1. The Sentence : Kinds
2. Parts of a Sentence
3. The Verb : Kinds
4. Primary Auxiliaries (Be, Have, Do)
5. Modal Auxiliaries
6. Negative Sentences
7. Interrogative Sentences
8. Tenses and Their Uses (Active Voice)
9. Tenses and Their Uses (Passive Voice)
10. Parts of Speech
11. Reporting (Direct/Indirect Speech)
12. Completion of Sentences
13. Word-Formation
14. Punctuation
15. Spelling
    • Translation
    • Passages for Translation
    • Comprehension: Unseen Passages