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:

Chapter No Chapter Name
Chapter 1 Wake up!
Chapter 2 Neha's Alarm Clock
Chapter 3 Noses
Chapter 4 The Little Fir Tree
Chapter 5 Run
Chapter 6 Nasruddin's Aim
Chapter 7 Why
Chapter 8 Alice in Wonderland
Chapter 9 Don't be Afraid of the Dark
Chapter 10 Helen Keller
Chapter 11 Hiawatha
Chapter 12 The Scholar's Mother Tongue
Chapter 13 A Watering Rhyme
Chapter 14 The Giving Tree
Chapter 15 The Donkey
Chapter 16 Books
Chapter 17 Going to Buy a Book
Chapter 18 The Naughty Boy
Chapter 19 Pinocchio

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.

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Frequently Asked Questions

There are 19 chapters in the CBSE Class 4 syllabus for English. 

You can get the free PDF for CBSE Syllabus Class 4 on the website of Orchids International School. 

To prepare for the Class 4 English exam effectively, learn the key concepts given in the syllabus. Additionally, practice each question given in the textbook and revise the topics thoroughly. 

Some of the good resources for studying Class 4 English are NCERT textbooks, worksheets and practice materials from some reputed schools like the Orchids International School. 

The concepts covered in the CBSE Class 4 syllabus are very basic which helps students to understand the fundamentals and lay a solid foundation for higher classes.