Hindi Varna Bodh Syllabus

This course syllabus was compiled by going through the Hindi Varna Bodh past papers and analyzing the different questions that appear on the examination paper. Questions that have appeared on almost each examination paper are listed under Main Topics, while those under Additional Topics have appeared on examination papers for different years. This vocabulary will also be helpful for your oral examination.

Alphabet

Review the alphabet:

Vowels (swar)
Consonants (vyanjan)
Baarahhkharee

Main Topics

Know how to:

Write Vowels (long and short forms) and consonants
Write Baarahakharee
Write Hindi numbers 1 – 50 (numerals and words)
Write words that contain different letters
Convert masculine words to feminine and vice versa
Convert singular words to plural and vice versa
Translate Hindi words into English
Translate English words into Hindi
Write the opposite of words
Write in Hindi your name, parents’ names, BVS, GSN, teacher’s name, postal address
Write colours (at least four)
Write fruits (at least four)
Write flowers (at least four)
Write animals (at least four)
Write days of week
Recognize Infinitives and form verbal roots
Write Hindi sentences in Imperatives (Commands)
Write Hindi sentences in present indefinite tense
Translate Hindi sentences into English
Translate English sentences into Hindi

Additional Topics

Names of kitchen articles
Names of deities (devas & devis)
Names of vegetables
Names of foods
Names of sweets
Names of musical instruments
Names of sports
Names of holy books
Names of rivers (Trinidad and abroad)
Names of cities
Names of months
Names of holy places
Names of famous musicians
Names of BVS cultural centres
List of verbs

Parts of Speech

Grammar

Essays

You must be able to write an essay at least ten sentences long on any of the topics listed below. I present a sample of sentences that you can use in your essay.