BAL BHARATI PUBLIC SCHOOL ROHINI DELHI 11085
COMMON APPTITUDE TEST-2013
SYLLABUS – ENGLISH (GRADE – III)
OBJECTIVES OF COMMON APTITUTE TEST
1. To ensure accurate and appropriate use of language skills and concepts in day to
day life.
2. To evaluate the learner’s comprehension of grammatical concepts and their ability
to apply the learnt concepts in authentic situations.
3. To assess the level of acquired active and passive vocabulary for effective
communication.
4. To evaluate the local and global reading comprehension of the learners.
5. To assess the proficiency of the learners in English as per the specifications in the
National Curriculum Framework, 2005, the official document on school
curriculum.
SPECIFICATIONS IN N.C.F. 2005
The following are the general learning objectives for Class III as specified in the National
Curriculum Framework 2005. They have been added for teacher’s reference and usage.
The syllabus for CAT has been designed and derived from these objectives.
The general objectives at level I (Classes I and II) are:
1. To build familiarity with the language primarily through spoken input in
meaningful situations ( teacher talk, listening to recorded material etc.)
2. To provide and monitor exposure to and comprehension of spoken, and spokenand-written inputs (though mother tongue, signs, visuals, pictures, sketches,
gestures, single word questions/answers).
3. To help learners build learning proficiency in the language, especially with regard
to listening with understanding and basic oral production (words/phrases,
fragments of utterances, formulaic expressions as communicative devices).
4. To recite and sing poems songs and rhymes and enact small plays/ skits.
5. To use drawing and painting as precursors to writing and relate these activities to
oral communication.
6. To become visually familiar with text [word(s), what it means, and to notice its
components –letter (s) and the sound- values they stand for.
7. To associate meaning with written/ printed language.
At the end of this stage learners should be able to
1. Talk about themselves, members of the family and the people in the surroundings.
2. To follow simple instructions, requests and questions, and use formulaic
expressions appropriately.
3. Enjoy doing tasks (including singing a rhyme or identifying a person, object or
thing) in English
4. Recognize whole words or chunks of language.
5. Recognize small and capital forms of English alphabet both in context and in
isolation.
6. Read simple words/small sentences with the help of pictures and understand them.
7. Write simple words/phrases/short sentences.
SYLLABUS FOR CAT ENGLISH (CLASS III)
1. Reading comprehension- 1 passage of 75-100 total words length which can be
factual or descriptive.
2. Grammar topics:
a. Noun- Common, Proper
b. Pronouns – I, He, She, They, It
c. Simple Present Tense
d. Simple Past tense
e. Adjectives (Describing words)
f. Prepositions – is, on, under, near, behind, below, above
g. Punctuation- ‘.’, ‘,’, ‘?’, Capital Letters.
h. Verbs
3. Vocabulary:
a. Antonyms
b. Genders
c. Homophones
d. Missing/jumbled letters
e. One/many
4. Editing and Error Correction
a. Words/spellings
b. Sentences
BAL BHARATI PUBLIC SCHOOL, ROHINI, DELHI- 110034.
COMMON APTITUDE TEST -2013
SYLLABUS- ENGLISH (GRADE-5)
OBJECTIVES OF COMMON APTITUDE TEST:
1. To ensure accurate and appropriate use of language skills and concepts in day to
day life
2. To evaluate the learner’s comprehension of grammatical concepts and their ability
to apply the learned concepts in authentic situations.
3. To assess the level of acquired active and passive vocabulary for effective
communication.
4. To evaluate the learner’s use of language for deriving inferences from texts, using
structures to express opinion.
5. To use language as a tool to write long or short compositions for creative
expression.
6. To assess the proficiency of learners in English as per the specifications in the
National Curriculum Framework, 2005, the official document on curriculum.
SPECIFICATIONS IN N.C.F. 2005:
The following are the general learning objectives for class V as specified in National
Curriculum Framework, 2005. They have been added for teacher’s reference and usage.
The syllabus for CAT has been designed and derived from these objectives.
The general objectives at level II (Classes III, IV and V) are To provide 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
actions and therby provide understanding of the language.
 To familiarize learners with the basic process of writing
At the end of this stage, learners should be able to
 To narrate his/ her experiences
 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, a poster etc
 Take dictation of simple sentences and to practice copy writing from the
blackboard and textbooks 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 group activity, role lay and dramatization
SYLLABUS FOR CAT, ENGLISH (CLASS V)
.
1. Reading comprehension- 2 passages of 150-200 each words length
One passage which can be factual or descriptive.
Another literary passage e.g. extract from fiction, drama, poetry, essay or
biography.
2. Grammar topics.
2.1 Nouns- a) Number
b) Gender
c) Types of Noun- Common, Proper and Collective.
2.2 Pronouns- I, me, you, we, they, he, she, it, him, her, them, their
2.3 Adjectives
2.4 Degrees of comparison
2.5 Verbs
2.6 Subject- Verb agreement
2.7 Sentence- Subject & Predicate
2.8 Kinds of Sentence
2.9 Simple & Continuous Tenses
2.10 Conjunctions – and, but, or, because
2.11 Prepositions- in, on, into, to, above, below, under, near, behind, beside,
between, among
2.12 Articles- a, an, the
3. Vocabulary- 3.1 Spell check
3.2 Jumbled words
3.3 Synonyms
3.4 Antonyms
3.5 Homophones
4. Editing extracts- Correcting words/ sentences
5. Writing skills
 Sequencing of recipe/ story
 Guided Paragraph writing