English (Compulsory) Class 9: chapters to read online

English (Compulsory) Class 9 has 25 chapters in the Federal Board (FBISE) SSC-I syllabus. Chapter 1 is free to read online with full notes. For the other chapters you can read the title, a short summary, the topic list and sample questions. Premium students open everything: Rs 3000 now, Rs 4000 from 15 Dec.

English (Compulsory) tests reading, writing, grammar and comprehension. Read a little every day, learn the formats of letters and essays, and practise unseen passages.

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• Chapter 1: Comprehension 1: Health, Well-being, SDGs and Society Free

  Q2 is the biggest question in the paper: 18 marks from one unseen passage of 250 to 350 words. You cannot learn the passage in advance, so you must learn the skills. This unit…

• Chapter 2: Poetry 1: Textbook Poems - Paraphrase and Extract Questions Premium

  Q3 of the paper is on poetry and carries 9 marks. In part (a) you paraphrase one of the given stanzas (3 marks). In part (b) you answer questions on one stanza (6 marks).

• Chapter 3: Vocabulary 1: Synonyms, Antonyms, Context Clues and Word Formation Premium

  Vocabulary is tested in Section A (many MCQs), in Q2 part (v) (contextual meanings), and in every piece of writing. This unit teaches four skills: synonyms, antonyms, meaning from context, and word formation with…

• Chapter 4: Nouns and Pronouns Premium

  Nouns and pronouns are the most common words in any sentence. Section A of the paper asks many MCQs on them, and Q4(b) and Q4(c) need them for correct sentences. After this unit you…

• Chapter 5: Tenses 1: Present Tenses and Past Tenses Premium

  Tenses show when an action happens and how it happens. In Class 9 you must know the four present tenses and the four past tenses. Q4(b) of the paper gives eight sentences with directions…

• Chapter 6: Conjunctions and Transitional Devices Premium

  Conjunctions join words, phrases and clauses. Transitional devices join whole sentences and paragraphs so that writing flows. In the paper, Q4(a) gives a short paragraph with six blanks.

• Chapter 7: Punctuation, Capitalisation, Spelling and Proofreading Premium

  Good punctuation makes meaning clear. Let's eat, Grandma and Let's eat Grandma use the same words but mean very different things. In the paper, Q4(c) gives a paragraph with six mistakes in punctuation and…

• Chapter 8: Formal Letters and Applications Premium

  Q5 of the Class 9 paper is a formal letter or application worth 8 marks. It is one of the easiest places to score full marks, because the layout is fixed. Learn the layout…

• Chapter 9: Paragraph Writing and Descriptive Composition Premium

  Q6 of the paper asks for a paragraph of 80 to 100 words on one of the given topics. It carries 6 marks. A good paragraph is short, but it has a clear plan…

• Chapter 10: Comprehension 2: Technology, Digital World, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Premium

  Passages on technology, the digital world, innovation and entrepreneurship often include numbers: a short table, a list of statistics or a graph described in words. You must read these correctly. This unit repeats the…

• Chapter 11: Comprehension 3: Nature, Environment, Travel, Drugs Education and Life Stories Premium

  This unit covers passages on nature, the environment, travel and tourism, drugs education and life stories. Life-story passages (biography and autobiography) and problem-solution passages come up often. The Q2 skills stay the same: summary…

• Chapter 12: Poetry 2: Poetic Devices, Imagery and Rhyme Schemes Premium

  In Q3(b) you answer questions on a stanza, and in Section A you meet MCQs on figures of speech and rhyme. This unit gives you the tools to analyse any stanza, even an unseen…

• Chapter 13: Vocabulary 2: Connotation, Figures of Speech, Idioms and Confused Words Premium

  Good writers choose words for their feeling as well as their meaning. This unit covers denotation and connotation, figures of speech, idioms and proverbs, and commonly confused words and homophones. These topics are tested…

• Chapter 14: Adjectives, Articles and Determiners Premium

  After this unit you will be able to do these things. An adjective is a word that tells us more about a noun or a pronoun. It answers the questions What kind?

• Chapter 15: Adverbs and Adverbial Phrases Premium

  After this unit you will be able to do these things. An adverb tells us more about a verb, an adjective, another adverb, or a whole sentence. It answers: How?

• Chapter 16: Verbs, Modal Auxiliaries and Subject-Verb Agreement Premium

  After this unit you will be able to do these things. A verb shows an action or a state. Every sentence needs one.

• Chapter 17: Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases Premium

  After this unit you will be able to do these things. A preposition shows the relation between a noun or pronoun and another word in the sentence. It is followed by a noun, pronoun…

• Chapter 18: Tenses 2: Future Tenses, Mixed Tenses and Aspect of Time Premium

  After this unit you will be able to do these things. The future tense talks about actions that have not happened yet. English has four future tenses.

• Chapter 19: Verbals and Phrases: Gerunds, Infinitives, Participles, Noun and Verb Phrases Premium

  After this unit you will be able to do these things. A gerund is the -ing form of a verb used as a noun. It can be a subject, an object, or come after…

• Chapter 20: Clauses, Sentence Patterns, Sentence Types and Conditionals Premium

  After this unit you will be able to do these things. A clause is a group of words with its own subject and verb. There are two basic kinds.

• Chapter 21: Direct and Indirect Speech and Active and Passive Voice Premium

  After this unit you will be able to do these things. Direct speech gives the speaker's exact words in quotation marks. Indirect (reported) speech tells what was said, without quotation marks.

• Chapter 22: Informal Letters, Emails and Notices Premium

  After this unit you will be able to do these things. An informal (friendly) letter is written to a friend, cousin or relative. The tone is warm and simple.

• Chapter 23: Dialogue Writing and Interviews Premium

  After this unit you will be able to do these things. Q7 of the Class 9 paper is worth 6 marks. You write a dialogue between several people on one of two topics.

• Chapter 24: Summary Writing and Mind Maps Premium

  After this unit you will be able to do these things. A summary is a short version of a passage in your own words. In Q2 of the Class 9 paper, part (i) is…

• Chapter 25: Stories, Narratives and Other Text Types Premium

  After this unit you will be able to do these things. A story or narrative tells events in order. In Class 9 it supports Q6 (paragraph) and class tests; in Class 10 it is…