CREDENCE HIGH SCHOOL
ENTRANCE TEST SYLLABUS
GRADE I
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Literacy
Numeracy
Science
Reading Comprehension
Nouns
Singular and plurals
Articles
Unscramble the words and
arrange in alphabetical
order
• Numbers (1 to 99)
• Number names( 1 to 99)
• Number before,after and
between ( 1 to 99)
• Comparision of numbers ( 1
to 99)
• Ordinal numbers
• Addition 2 digit with
regrouping
• Substraction 2 digit with
regrouping
• Mental Math
• Word problems on addition
and substraction.
• Food chain of animals
• Water and sources of water
• Air and it's properties
GRADE II
Literacy
• Reading Comprehension
(Unseen Passage)
• Picture composition
• Paragraph Writing
• Naming words
• Pronouns - He, She, It, they
• Describing Words
• Doing Words
• Preposition
• Antonyms
• Use of 'am' , is' or 'are'
• Punctuation
• Articles - 'a', 'an' or 'the'
• Sentences and Fragments
• Subject &Predicate
• Rhyming Words
• Types of sentences
• Gender - masculine and
feminine
• Elements of the folktale –
Settings, characters,
beginning, middle and end
events of the story.
Numeracy
• Three digit numbersrepresentation, seriation.
• Addition of 2 and 3 digit
numbers with and without
regrouping - Column
method, expanded form,
place value blocks, story
sums
• Subtraction of 2 and 3 digit
numbers with and without
regrouping - column
method, place value blocks,
story sums
• Flat shapes - identification
and properties
• Fractions - whole, half and
quarter
• Patterns - shape pattern,
number pattern, turning
shapes, growing patterns
Science
• Water to live; its forms.
• Shadows.
• Our body – parts of our body,
senses and internal organs.
Grade III
Literacy
• Reading – Comprehension
(Unseen).
• Writing – Story Writing /
Picture composition
• Creative Writing.
• Grammar
• Article
• Naming Words
• Doing Words
• Position Words
• Creative Writing
• Punctuation
• Describing Words
• Regular and Irregular
• Verbs
• Pronouns
• Subject &Predicate
• Antonyms &Synonyms
• Conjunctions
• Facts & Opinion
• Adverbs
Numeracy
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Symmetry
3-D Shapes
Patterns and relationships
Introduction to Division
Dividing 2-digit by 1-digit
Introduction to fraction
Money
Time on a Calendar
Time on a Clock
Science
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Organ system of our body.
Creepy, crawly animals.
Natural disasters.
Friction & force.
Materials and their forms.
GRADE IV
Literacy
• Reading – Comprehension
(Unseen)
• Writing – Letter Writing
(Informal/Creative Writing).
• Grammar
• Pronouns
• Adjectives
• Types of sentences
[Declarative, Interrogative,
Exclamatory& Imperative}
• Suffix &Prefix
• Preposition
• Verbs
• Story writing
• Punctuation
• Conjunctions
Numeracy
• Patterns and relationship
• 3-D shapes as 2-D shapes
• Line Segments, Symmetry
and shapes
• Circles
• Time on a clock
• Elapsed Time
• Money
• Length
• Area and Perimeter
Science
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Soil – formation & erosion.
First aid.
Human teeth.
Life cycle of butterfly, bird &
frog.
Grade V
Literacy
• Reading – Comprehension
(Unseen)
• Writing – Dialogue Writing,
Creative Writing
• Grammar
• Degree of Comparison
• Reflexive Pronoun
• Possessive Pronoun
• Subject and Predicate
• Conjunctions
• Preposition
• Suffix and Prefix
• Tenses
Numeracy
• Decimals, Adding and
Subtracting
• Decimals, Multiplying and
Dividing
• Angles
• Angle Measures
• Shape properties
• Symmetry, Reflection and
Rotation
• Patterns
• Area and Perimeter.
• Length
Science
• Motion, force, friction &
work.
• Changes around us.
• Properties of water.
• Simple machines.
• Matters and its properties.
GRADE VI
Literacy
• Reading – Reading
Comprehension (Poem &
Passage).
• Writing - Creative Writing &
Notice Writing.
• Grammar
• Pronouns. {Kinds of
Pronoun}
• Adjectives {Kinds of
Adjective}
• Types of sentences
[Declarative,
Interrogative,
Exclamatory &
Imperative}
• Suffix & Prefix
• Homophones.
• Preposition.
• Conjunction.
• Tenses.
• Direct and Indirect.
Numeracy
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Integers
Fractions
Ratio & Proportions
Data Handling
Triangles
Circles
Science
• Structure & function of
flower.
• Motion.
• Electric circuits.
• Conductors & insulators.
• Light & shadows.
Grade VII
Literacy
• Reading – Reading
Comprehension (Poem &
Passage).
• Writing - Creative Writing
& Letter Writing (Formal).
• Grammar
• Relative Pronouns
• Adjectives [Degrees of
Comparison}
• Modals
• Suffix &Prefix
• Homophones.
• Kinds of Adverb.
• Preposition.
• Conjunction.
• Tenses.
• Question Tags.
• Active & Passive Voice.
Numeracy
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Ratios & Unitary Method
Percentage
Profit & Loss
Simple Interest
Central Tendencies
Data Handling
Parallel Lines & Angle Pairs
Properties of Triangles
Congruence of Triangles
Science
• Mirror & lenses.
• Respiration, excretion &
circulation in humans.
• Asexual & sexual
reproduction in plants.
• Soil.
• Transportation in plants.
• Acid & bases.
GRADE VIII
Literacy
Numeracy
Science
• Reading – Reading
Comprehension (Poem &
Passage).
• Writing- Creative Writing
& Letter Writing (Formal).
• Grammar
• Use of Auxiliaries.
• Phrasal Verbs.
• Degrees of Comparison.
• Active and Passive Voice.
• Preposition.
• Conjunction.
• Tenses.
• Direct and Indirect
Speech.
• Idioms.
• Synonyms & Antonyms.
• Algebraic Expressions and
Identities
• Factorisation
• Mensuration
• Data Handling
• Understanding
Quadrilaterals
• Exponents andPowers
• Soil, water & air pollution.
• Conservation of forests &
biodiversity.
• Cell – structure & function.
• Reaching adolescence.
• Reproduction in animals.
• Light – reflection &
refraction.
• Combustion.
• Sun, stars & planets.