CBSE Syllabus for Class 4 English 2024-2025

CBSE Class 4 English Syllabus

English is a language subject that assists students in expressing themselves. And for class 4 students now is the time to improve their vocabulary, grammar, and speaking skills as they begin to interact much at that age. So, the CBSE syllabus for class 4 English is set for the students to learn more about the language and gradually become comfortable using it. Let’s have a look at the latest CBSE class 4 English syllabus, which can also be downloaded in PDF form.

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CBSE Syllabus Class 4 English Chapters List

The CBSE syllabus for Class 4 English for the academic year 2024-2025 includes chapters that simplify and ease learning. Following are the chapters from the NCERT Class 4 English Textbook:

Objectives

The general objectives at Class 4 are:

• to provide a print-rich environment to relate oracy with literacy. 
• to build on learners’ readiness for reading and writing. 
• to promote learners’ conceptualization of printed texts in terms of headings, paragraphs, and horizontal lines. 
• to enrich learners’ vocabulary mainly through telling, retelling, and reading aloud of stories/ folktales in English. 
• to use appropriate spoken and written language in meaningful contexts/situations. 
• to give them an opportunity to listen to sounds/sound techniques and appreciate the rhythm and music of rhymes/sounds. 
• to enable them to relate words (mainly in poems) with appropriate actions and thereby provide an understanding of the language. 
• to familiarize learners with the basic process of writing.

At the end of this stage, learners should be able to

• narrate his/her experiences and incidents 
• exchange his/her ideas with the peers 
• carry out a brief conversation involving seeking/giving information 
• enjoy reading a story, poem, a short write-up, a notice, poster etc. 
• take dictation of simple sentences and to practice copy writing from the blackboard and textbook and to use common punctuation marks 
• write a short description of a person, thing or place – prepare a notice, or write a message for someone 
• write a short composition based on pictures 
• take part in a group activity, role play and dramatization

Language Items

At the primary level, knowledge of grammar is to be seen mainly as a process of discovering uses and functions of items through exposure to spoken and written inputs. However, for material writers, teachers and evaluators, the following items may provide a framework of reference.

• nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs 
• is, am, are, has, have 
• tense forms (simple present and present continuous, simple past and past continuous) 
• expressing future (will and be going to) 
• articles 
• this, that, these, those (as determiners and empty subjects) 
• question words 
• an, or, but 
• punctuation marks (full stop, comma, question mark and inverted commas) 
• possessive adjectives 
• prepositions

We hope you find this comprehensive information on English Syllabus useful for your studies and preparation of your class 4 exams.