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TN TET Paper II English Syllabus (2025)

📚 TNTET 2025 Paper II Syllabus – Classes 6th English

(TNTET Paper 2 Syllabus 2025, Class-wise syllabus, Subject-wise TNTET syllabus, Tamil Nadu TET Upper Primary Syllabus)

TET Paper 2 - 6th English Syllabus

Learners at the intermediate language level begin to understand and communicate academic content with more sophisticated academic vocabulary and varied grammatical forms [eg. verb tenses]. They continue to develop the four skills through meaningful tasks or activities. Learners will be able to understand spoken English in a range of familiar contexts, namely, the main points and details of messages or announcements that are not very long and follow a conversation, commentary, lecture, speech or AV presentations.

They speak with appropriate pronunciation, intonation and stress. They maintain interaction and communicate what they want to express in everyday contexts fairly effectively during pair /group work and interacting with their teacher. They speak with a degree of fluency on matters of personal interest, describe experiences and events, and justify their opinions by using more complex sentences, with some elaboration of details.

They read most words by sight, only decoding very long and unknown words. They are familiar with the appearance and organization of printed texts and read informational texts, short stories and poems for understanding and pleasure. They summarise, recount, predict, link cause and effect and make inferences based on understanding.

They read literary texts and poems in class. They can appreciate concepts of plot, and character through guided tasks. They understand and appreciate the use of poetic devices such as imagery, rhyme and rhythm. They read longer works or stories for pleasure They consult a dictionary independently. They can refer to books and articles.

They compose a variety of short pieces like postcards and messages. They recognise different kinds of paragraph structure such as narration, description and process and write three paragraph essays by collecting ideas, drafting, revising etc. and apply the concept of paragraph structure, on simple topics using familiar sentence patterns. They punctuate sentences using comma, full stops, question marks, exclamation marks and apostrophes.

• Listening Skills – Understanding main ideas, detailed comprehension
• Speaking Skills – Pronunciation, Intonation, Fluency
• Reading Comprehension – Stories, Poems, Informational Texts
• Writing Skills – Messages, Essays, Postcards, Paragraph Writing
• Grammar – Tenses, Modals, Articles, Prepositions, Conjunctions
• Vocabulary – Synonyms, Antonyms, Word Formation
• Literary Appreciation – Plot, Characters, Poetic Devices

TET Paper 2 - English Syllabus 

Listening

        Understand spoken English in a range of familiar contexts.

Learning Outcome

Can

•  Understand main points of messages, announcements, commentaries, short conversations,               mini talks /lecture/speech or AV presentations on topics of academic / general nature
•  Locate specific details for various purposes    

Classroom transactions

Listen to

 Announcements over radio, TV,telephone, over audio visual systems or those made by the teacher

• Conversation or discussions in pairs/between small groups commentary over audio visual system
• and comment, mark, label, answer, discuss or respond appropriately as required

Evaluation

Listen and mark T/F; MCQ; label a diagram or completesentences, tables or mind maps.Use diagrams, mind maps to recount or summarize.

Speaking

Objective

Speak with appropriate pronunciation, intonation and stress in a range of familiar contexts.

Learning Outcome

Can participate in teacher led or peer group conversations in class, using a range of structures, about

• matters of personal interest
• feelings/experiences and events
• their opinions or ideas on topics of general interest
• Participate effectively in pair/group work using,
• appropriate pronunciation
•  intonation
• word and sentence stress.

Classroom transactions

Group discussions, pair and share talk Short talks to whole class

Evaluation

Express opinions and ideas in continuous speech for half a minute. Take turns to speak on a subject or event sentences/or suggest an alternate end to the story.

Reading Reading Comprehension 

Objective

Readwords by sight and decoding only long and unknown words. Read texts for understanding 

information, short stories for pleasure and poems for enjoyment and appreciation.

Learning Outcome

Learners read stories and texts with appropriate speed and expression

Can read stories or texts and

• Understand the flow of plot, development of character and analysis of values/themes.
• Predict events while reading
• Identify with characters and find joy in reading
• Appreciate the use of dialogues and settings
• Link story to real life and find relevance

Can read information texts and

• Understand general meaning
• Locate details,
• link cause and effect
• Extract information for own purpose
• Make inferences
• Understand basic paragraph organization

Can

understand the organization of elements in a dictionary, as words, phrase, sound, meaning, spelling and parts of speech.

Classroom transactions

Read various kinds of age appropriate texts

Sequence events or information to show chronology classify link cause and effect compare or contrast

Read, discuss and write about plot, character and story in brief.

Read information texts, discuss in groups and complete various activities like MCQ; mind maps; tables to transcode information etc.

Evaluation

Read or recite aloud in class

Activity types used in class: MCQ, true/ false, table filling, labeling, matching etc.

Dictionary skills

Objective

Refer to a dictionary independently.

Writing

Objective

Write a variety of short pieces: messages, post cards and short essays of not more than three small paragraphs

Learning Outcome

Can

• write short messages and design relevant post cards based on familiar themes.
• Plan, gather ideas with coherent information, draft, finally write and revise small coherent paragraphs using appropriate linking devices. recognize different kinds of paragraph structures such as narration, description, and process
• use appropriate punctuation devices, as, full stops, comma, exclamation marks, and apostrophes.

Classroom transactions

Participate in process writing activities of various kinds to practice and improve writing skills

Grammar

Objective

Use a range of grammatical structures accurately to communicate meaning

Use the appropriate structure and form for communicative purposes. Use the following Sentence types: imperative, statements, questions, exclamations, simple compound sentences using and, or, but, yet; simple complex sentences e.g. using who, which, that, because, Verb forms: present and past (simple and continuous); Used to -for description, narration Future time: will & going to; common Modals: can, could, would

Use a range of frequently occurring nouns in sentences of their own

 Articles; basic determiners (e.g. any, some, a lot of); basic intensifiers: very, really

Comparative and Superlative adjectives  Simple adverbs of place, manner and time

Prepositional phrases

(place, time and movement)

Items listed below will not be tested in formal terms but only in use.

Learning Outcome

Can

• connect grammar forms with meaning and function
• use grammatical structures accurately appropriately in speech and writing
• recognize and indicate accurate or inaccurate use

Classroom transactions

Editing tasks of various types: correction, deletion, omission, transformation etc. based on grammar items highlighted in class or text

Evaluation

Integrated grammar tasks

Vocabulary

Objective

Gather ideas/knowledge of passive vocabulary while they use active vocabulary in every day contexts, classroom situations.

Use a range of commonly used words aptly in speech or writing

Use dictionary to enhance the knowledge of word meaning and pronunciation

Domains and themes: School; home environment; Personal: relationships, feelings, opinions

Food: eating and cooking;

likes and dislikes

Sports and entertainment Environment: local; nature: landscape, animals, plants and biodiversity;

protection, conservation, Culture: local, national, history, festivals Technology: communication, gadgets Travel

Learning Outcome

Can

• Use words presented through texts in various classroom activities including word maze/puzzles/crosswords etc.
• Use words through understating and knowledge of forms and families, prefix/suffix, simple idioms, figures of speech like simile and metaphor, collocation as well as meaningful phrases
• Consult dictionary to learn and clarify knowledge and use of words

Classroom transactions

tasks and word games such as word maze/puzzles/crosswords etc. pair/group activities that reinforce the use of chosen words in appropriate contexts language games to review knowledge of word meaning/word sound and word spelling

Evaluation

Use of words in context

Literary Appreciation

Objective

Reads magazines and books from the school library or outside

Learning Outcome

Can

•  talk about books with enjoyment and interest
• base assembly programs, skits, plays etc. based on books read

Classroom transactions

Take part in book clubs in school

Talk about books in class, assemblies etc.

Supplementary Reader

Objective

Read supplementary reader silently and with an intention to enjoy the theme

Learning Outcome

Can

• speak or write about events, plots and characters in stories read.
• convert stories into comic strips, plays etc.
• review stories and books suggested for extensive reading

Classroom transactions

Group discussions, class discussions, Reviews, wall magazine, articles

Evaluation

Maintain a notebook with a variety of responses to the stories in the reader

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TET Paper 2 - 7th English Syllabus

Learners will be able to understand clear, spoken English in everyday conversation, straightforward factual information in talks on common everyday topics, identifying the gist, main points and some details They understand clearly organized presentations and information content of recorded material about familiar subjects.

They can speak in longer turns with pauses to reformulate or self-correct. They speak more accurately and fluently. They can give or seek personal views and opinions in informal discussion. They can participate in pair or group work in class. They can link simple sentences together to communicate short messages or talk about people and events. They understand the organization of texts and read silently for understanding, using a range of strategies. They summarise, predict, link cause and effect, make inferences, and distinguish between fact and opinion based on their understanding. They recognise different kinds of paragraph structure such as narration, description, discursive and process. They consult a dictionary and other reference books independently. They develop academic study and reference skills.

They read literary texts and poems in class can understand concepts like plots or characters. They understand and appreciate the use of poetic devices such as imagery, rhyme and rhythm. They read longer texts or stories for pleasure. They compose and write a variety of short pieces like diary entries, messages and notices and by collecting ideas, drafting, revising etc. using appropriate paragraph structure.

They write three or four paragraph essays using more complex sentence patterns on familiar topics and apply the concepts of paragraph structure. They punctuate sentences using comma, full stops, question marks, exclamation marks and apostrophes. They use a variety of grammatical structures, sentence patterns and words to express themselves.

2. Language II – English

• Listening – Factual & Detailed Listening
• Speaking – Discussions, Storytelling, Presentations
• Reading – Fact & Opinion, Summarizing, Predicting
• Writing – Diary, Notice, Essays (3-4 paragraphs)
• Grammar – Advanced Determiners, Reported Speech, Passivation
• Vocabulary – Idioms, Phrases, Collocations
• Literary Appreciation – Plot Development, Themes, Poetic Devices

TET Paper 2 - English Syllabus 

Area/ Skills

Listening

Objective

Learners understand spoken English in a range of familiar contexts withfair degree of comprehension.

Learning Outcome

Can

• understand clear spoken English of everyday conversation.
• Comprehend straightforward factual information in talks on common everyday topics
• identify the gist, main points and some details of messages over radio,TV,telephone etc.
• understand clearly organised presentations and information content of recorded materials about familiar subjects
• enjoy mini talks /lecture/speech or AV presentations on topics of academic / general nature

Speaking

Objective

Learners speak in longer turns with pauses to reformulate or self- correct. They participate in informal discussions fluently and accurately.Participate effectively in pair/group work using appropriate pronunciation, intonation

Learning Outcome

Can participate in teacher led or peer group informal discussions in class on ,

• matters of current/general interest
• feelings/experiences and events
• several issues using complex structures (give & seek personal views and opinions)
• Use appropriate word and sentence stress to communicate effectively.

Reading

Objective

Learners read texts for understanding information using a range of strategies.

Read short stories for pleasure and poems for enjoyment and appreciation.

Dictionary Skills

Learning Outcome

Can interact with the text to -

• understand the organisation of texts
• predict content
• recount details
• summarize text
• make inferences
• ink cause and effect
• distinguish between fact and opinion

   Can understand and appreciate

• the theme/emotions in poems
• the poetic devices used e.g. imagery, rhyme & rhythm

 Can compose /create short poems on the same theme/sentiment

 Can understand

• the flow of plot development of character and analyse value/theme in stories
• predict events
• appreciate the use of dialogues and settings in the story
• derive pleasure from understanding / associating similarity of the story to real life.

Can

• understand the organisation of elements in a dictionary - words, phrase, sound, meaning, spelling and parts of speech.
• refer to a dictionary independently.

Materials and classroom transactions

Uses head words to locate items Looks up information about words

Writing

Objective

Compose and write a variety of short pieces as diary entries, messages and notices. Attempt short essays of not more than three to four paragraphs.

Learning Outcome

Can

• recognize different kinds of paragraph structures such as narration, description, discursive and process.
• plan, collect ideas, draft and finally revise short essays of 3-4 paragraphs using appropriate linking devices.
• use more complex sentence patterns and apply the concept of paragraph structure to their writing
• use appropriate punctuation devices, as, full stops, commas, question marks exclamation marks, and apostrophes.

Grammar

Objective

Learners use simple to complex grammatical structures

Use a variety of frequently occurring nouns accurately and appropriately

In addition to consolidating the items learnt earlier, the following will be introduced and recycled.

• Advanced determiners
• inking words
• adverbs (place and types)
• tense forms
• passivation
• adjectives (comparative and superlative forms)
• reported speech grammar items above are to be taught for use and will not be tested in formal terms

Learning Outcome

Can 

• use grammatical structures accurately appropriately in speech and writing
• connect grammar forms with meaning and function
• recognize and indicate accurate or inaccurate use

Materials and classroom transactions

Editing tasks of various types: correction, deletion, omission, transformation etc. based on grammar items highlighted in class or text

Evaluation

Integrated grammar tasks

Vocabulary

Objective

Gather ideas/knowledge of passive vocabulary while using active vocabulary in every day contexts and classroom situations.

Use a range of commonly used words aptly in speech or writing

Domains and themes: School; home environment; Personal: relationships, feelings, opinions

Food: eating and cooking; likes and dislikes Sports and entertainment Environment: local; nature: landscape, animals, plants and biodiversity; protection, conservation, Culture: local, national, history, festivals Technology: communication, gadgets Travel

Learning Outcome

Can

• use vocabulary and words presented through texts in various classroom activities
• Participate in pair/group activities that reinforce the use of chosen words in appropriate contexts.
• Use dictionary to enhance the knowledge of word meaning and pronunciation
• Participate in language games to review knowledge of word meaning/word sound and word spelling.

Materials and classroom transactions

Word forms and families, prefix/suffix, simple idioms, figures of speech like simile and metaphor, collocation as well as meaningful phrases are practised and imbibed through tasks and word games such as word maze/puzzles/crosswords etc.

Reading for pleasure

Objective

Reads magazines and books from the school library or outside

Learning Outcome

Can

• talk about books with enjoyment and interest
• base assembly programs,
• skits, plays etc. based on books read

Materials and classroom transactions

Take part in book clubs in school Talk about books in class, assemblies etc.

Supplementary Reader

Objective

Read supplementary reader silently

Learning Outcome

Can

• review stories and books suggested for extensive reading
• speak or write about events, plots and characters in stories read.
• convert stories into comic strips, plays etc.

Materials and classroom transactions

Group discussions, class discussions Reviews, wall magazine articles,

Evaluation

Maintain a notebook with a variety of responses to the stories in the reader

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TET Paper 2 - 8th English Syllabus

Learners at this level consolidate their language skills to communicate confidently with fluency and accuracy, in real-life situations. Learners will be able to understand spoken language encountered in different contexts, follow clear speech in everyday conversation. They understand factual information about common topics, identifying the gist, main points and most details. They understand clearly organized, longer presentations and information content of recorded material about familiar and some unfamiliar subjects. They join in informal and formal interactions with spontaneity, expressing themselves fluently. 

They speak extensively and exploit a wide range of simple language to express much of what they want to communicate and participate effectively in pair or group work. They start, maintain, or end a short conversation on familiar themes, with some pauses to reformulate or self-correct. They link and express a connected, linear sequence of points using common connectors to link simple sentences in order to tell a story or describe an event or a process.

Learners at this stage engage with the text to extract meaning. They understand factual / informational, in textbooks on subjects related to their interests/study. They recognize significant points in newspaper articles on familiar subjects and can understand the description of events, feelings and wishes and distinguish fact from opinion. They apply higher order thinking skills like analyzing, inferring, and linking ideas through reading texts of various kinds and understand how texts are structured.

They read literary texts with understanding through the completion of interactive, guided tasks and appreciate the significance of dialogue and setting in stories. They talk or write briefly about characters, enjoy poems and express their personal response to the theme, emotion and appreciate the use of rhyme, rhythm and other poetic devices. Theydevelop study and reference skills like collecting and organizing

information by summarizing, recounting, taking/making simple notes while listening or reading.

They write short and longer pieces for a wide range of purposes. They take messages of enquiry or information, write notes or messages or formal letters giving or asking for information and state reasons for action or need. They write personal letters describing experiences, feelings and events in detail. They describe details of anecdotes or events, dreams, hopes and ambitions and write creatively. They describe the plot of a book or film and describe their reactions to it.They use a variety of grammatical structures, sentence patterns and words to express themselves in speech or writing.

2. Language II – English

• Listening – Speeches, News, Interviews
• Speaking – Debates, Discussions, Formal & Informal Speech
• Reading – Newspaper Articles, Literary Works, Factual Reports
• Writing – Formal Letters, Reviews, Essays
• Grammar – Clauses, Modifiers, Perfect Tense, Modals
• Vocabulary – Word Roots, Prefix/Suffix, Subject-Specific Terms
• Literature – Dialogue, Setting, Themes, Poetic Devices

TET Paper 2 - English Syllabus 

Area/ Skills

Listening comprehension

Objective

Understand spoken language encountered in different real life contexts.

Understand factual information about common topics in a simple talk or text read aloud.

Understand clearly organized, longer presentations and information content of recorded material about familiar and some unfamiliar subjects.

Learning Outcome

Can understand

• Conversation within class groups
• Announcements and messages on audio-visual systems or made by teacher.
• Short interviews in audio- visual format.
• The English news on familiar TV channels

Can identify and understand

• the main idea or gist
• the main points
• details that support main points

 Can identify and understand

• general intent and purpose
• the key points important details

Materials and classroom transactions

Listen and respond to / take notes /summarize Group discussions Audio announcements Interviews TV/radio news

Listen and respond in various ways to short speeches by students, teachers, Audio materials or presentations

Evaluation

Can respond to class discussion messages can summarize and take notes

Speaking

Objective

Join in informal interactions or conversation with spontaneity 

Participate actively in formal discussions on familiar themes 

Participate effectively in pair or group work.

Can narrate or describe coherently

Learning Outcome

Can participate in teacher led or peer group conversations in class about activities or events by

• using physical strategies like nodding, showing interest
• contributing own, thoughts, opinions or ideas
• agreeing or disagreeing politely
• taking turns 

Can

• make a point clearly
• ask relevant questions
• intervene, question or answer politely
• take turns without interrupting

Can

• keep to task in pair and group work
• give others a hearing
• contribute own ideas in a group discussion

Can arrange a sequence of points of events logically and use linkers appropriately to

• Tell a story
• Describe an event or a process.

Materials and classroom transactions

Group discussions

Class discussions

Panel discussions

Group work

Pair and share ideas for talks

Participate in story telling,

debates and other such

activities

Evaluation

Participate actively in discussions in class, assemblies etc.

Reading Comprehension

Objective

Engage with the text on familiar subjects to extract meaning.

Apply higher order thinking skills like analyzing, inferring, and linking ideas and understand how texts are structured.

Develop study and reference skills

Learning Outcome

Can

•    Understand information in texts on subjects of interest and study
•    Understand and extract significant points in newspaper articles
•    Understand description of events, feelings and wishes
•    Distinguish fact from opinion.

Can

• Perceive and understand the grouping or classification of information or ideas
• understand the organization of ideas or information on the basis of classification, chronology,
• contrast and comparison and cause and effect.

 Can

• collect and organize information
• summarize and recount
• make simple notes while reading.

Materials and classroom transactions

Comprehension tasks focusing on extracting significant details, text organization,

 Reading texts to understand paragraph organization principles like classifying, chronological arrangements, comparing, contrasting etc.

Some examples of activities:

• Rearranging sentences; paragraphs
• Jigsaw reading
• KWL
• Tabulation of content; cause and effect; comparisons
• Mind maps Framing questions

Read reference books like encyclopedias, material on the Internet to collect information for a project

Evaluation

Reads and demonstrates understanding of gist, details, and organization through various tasks

Reference skills Literature

Objective

Read and understand literary texts

Read and enjoy poems

Learning Outcome

Can

• Appreciate the significance of dialogue and setting in stories.
• Understand motivation, role etc. of characters

 Can

• Express personal response to the theme and emotion
• Appreciate the use of rhyme, rhythm and other poetic devices.
• Make and use notes to speak or write

Materials and classroom transactions

Read, discuss and write about literary works of appropriate level

Evaluation

Oral or written presentations on understanding and appreciation of the texts or poems

Writing

Objective

Write short pieces (40-50 words)

Write longer pieces for a wide range of purposes keeping purpose, audience and format in mind

Learning Outcome

• Can take messages of enquiry or information
• Can write notes, notices, messages or emails

Can

• Plan and collect information/ ideas
• Select ideas/ information relevant to purpose
• Write formal letters giving or asking for information and state reasons for action or need
• Write personal letters describing experiences, feelings and events in detail.
• Write descriptive pieces with details of anecdotes or events, dreams, hopes and ambitions.
• Write reviews describing their reactions to the plot and characters of a book or film.

Materials and classroom transactions

Context based activities with inputs for writing notes, notices, messages or emails

Activities for each stage of the writing process.

Visual or verbal inputs and cues for writing

Special group or pair work for drafting, editing and writing

Creation of a class board magazine or other publishing outlets for giving genuine purpose for the writing

Evaluation

Writes messages, notices, emails of appropriate length and content

Writes informatively and creatively on various topics in different formats

Grammar

Objective

Use a variety of grammatical structures and sentence patterns

Uses a range of nouns with ease

In addition to consolidating the items learnt earlier, the following will be introduced and recycled

through the upper primary stage.

• determiners
• linking words;
• sentence modifiers
• adverbs (place and types)
• perfect tense forms
• clauses
• modal auxiliaries 
• word order in sentence types

Learning Outcome

Can

• use the continuous and perfect tenses appropriately in basic sentence patterns and in the passive and reported speech.
• use structure words like pronouns, adverbs and linkers appropriately in various kinds of sentences and in writing to create coherence
• use most sentence patterns accurately

Materials and classroom transactions

Integrated exercise to practice acquired grammar

Using a range of grammar structures accurately and appropriately while speaking or writing

Evaluation

Integrated grammar tasks like editing, transcoding etc.

Vocabulary

Objective

Gather ideas/knowledge of passive vocabulary while using active vocabulary in every day contexts and classroom situations.

Use a range of commonly used words aptly in speech or writing

Domains and themes: School; home environment; Personal: relationships, feelings, opinion

Food: eating and cooking; likes and dislikes

Sports and entertainment Environment: local; nature: landscape, animals, plants and biodiversity; protection, conservation,

Culture: local, national, history, festivals

Technology: communication, gadgets

Travel

Learning Outcome

Can

• use words relating to familiar topics or subjects
• make out meaning in context through knowledge of prefixes, suffixes, roots and word forms
• spell most common words accurately

Materials and classroom transactions

Vocabulary extension activities based on word roots, collocation, prefixes and suffixes

Evaluation

Integrated or context based tasks for use of words

Reading for pleasure

Objective

Reads magazines and books from the school library or outside

Learning Outcome

Can

• talk about books with enjoyment and interest
• base assembly programs, skits, plays etc. based on books read

Materials and classroom transactions

Take part in book clubs in school

Talk about books in class, assemblies etc.

Supplementary Reader

Objective

Read supplementary reader silently

Learning Outcome

Can

• review stories and books suggested for extensive reading
• speak or write about events, plots and characters in stories read
• Can convert stories into comic strips, plays etc.

Materials and classroom transactions

Group discussions, class discussions

Reviews, wall magazine articles,

Evaluation

Maintain a notebook with a variety of responses to the stories in the reader

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