Class 9 English

Asimov's schoolchildren of 2157 find a printed book and wonder what learning together was like.

Two musicians in one chapter: Evelyn Glennie, who hears through her body, and Bismillah Khan and his shehnai.

Kalam's early years — three friends, a war-time job, and the two teachers who shaped what he believed.

A doctor admiring himself in a mirror gets a visitor on his shoulder, and loses rather more than his vanity.

Einstein from a slow-speaking child to the physicist who spent his last years campaigning for peace.

Two climbs to the top: Santosh Yadav on Everest and Maria Sharapova on the world tennis rankings.

A playwright talks his way out of being murdered, using nothing but invention and nerve.

Every Beehive poem with its poet, paraphrase, central idea and devices — in one place.

The first five supplementary stories, each with plot, characters and theme.

The last five supplementary stories, each with plot, characters and theme.

The tense system, modals for every situation, and the concord rules that decide a mark.

Direct to indirect speech, determiners, and how to spot the missing word in an editing task.

The three writing formats Class 9 sets, with full worked samples rather than skeletons.