CBSE Class 7 English Language and Literature Syllabus for Academic Session 2025
Syllabus for Class 7 English Language and Literature – The NCERT Class 7 English syllabus for 2025 is designed to improve students’ understanding of literature and language skills. It includes different activities and texts to help students enhance their reading, writing, and comprehension abilities. The syllabus also focuses on grammar, building vocabulary, and developing critical thinking. For the literature section, the CBSE has prescribed two books for Class 7 – Honeycomb and An Alien Hand. Both these books are published by the NCERT.
Class 7 English Grammar
In addition to consolidating the items learnt earlier, the following will be introduced and recycled through the upper primary stage-
- Determiners
- Passive voice
- Linking Words
- Adjectives (Comparative and Superlative Forms)
- Adverbs (Place and Types)
- Modal Auxiliaries
- Tense Forms
- Word Order in Sentence Types
- Clauses
- Reported Speech
Class 7 English Composition (Writing)
The following composition (Writing) topics are included in the syllabus
- Message writing
- Invitation writing
- Paragraph writing
- Letter writing (Formal and Informal)
- Applications
- Narrative and Descriptive writing
Class 7 English Literature Syllabus
Honeycomb Book
Prose
- Three Questions
- A Gift of Chappals
- Gopal and the Hilsa-fish
- The Ashes That Made Trees Bloom
- Quality
- Expert Detectives
- The Invention of Vita-Wonk
- A Homage to our Brave Soldiers
Poems
- The Squirrel
- The Rebel
- The Shed
- Chivvy
- Trees
- Mystery of the Talking Fan
- Dad and the Cat and the Tree
- Garden Snake
- Meadow Surprises
An Alien Hand Book
- The Tiny Teacher
- Bringing up Kari
- Golu Grows a Nose
- Chandni
- The Bear Story
- A Tiger in the House
- An Alien Hand
Prescribed Books
- Honeycomb, Published by NCERT.
- An Alien Hand, Published by NCERT.
Also See:
- CBSE Class 7 English Summary, Lesson Explanation, Difficult words
- CBSE Class 7 English Important Questions
- Important Poetic Devices for Class 7 Poems
- Class 7 English Honeycomb Chapter Wise Word Meanings
- Class 7 English Honeycomb Book Poems Word Meanings
- Class 7 English An Alien Hand Chapter wise Word Meanings