The International Olympiad of English Language tests one's language proficiency and accuracy; besides, it also assesses how students can communicate in a given context. These exams also focus on vocabulary, grammar, and sentence structures in the English language. The SilverZone iOEL syllabus is based on the CBSE/ICSE and various other state board curriculum.
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iOEL 2024 Syllabus for All Levels
The iOEL exam is conducted for students of classes 1- 12. The syllabus differs based on their class and standards. Exam patterns for higher and lower classes may differ depending on the different sections available in the English olympiad. Chapter-wise marking scheme will help students to perform better in SilverZone iOEL Olympiads.
International Olympiad of English Language Syllabus |
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Note- The iOEL level 2 syllabus is the same as the level 1 exam. Students can refer to the below syllabus for level 1 and level 2 exams.
iOEL Syllabus for Class 1
The iOEL exam consists of four sections in English that include General English, Grammar, Vocabulary, Comprehension & Composition, and Scholar section for a total of 100 marks.
Exam pattern and syllabus for English and scholar section of International Olympiad of English Language class 1 are listed below.
General English
- Identification of Things and Objects
- Use of Small and Capital Letters
- Alphabetical Order
Grammar
- Noun (Elementary)
- Pronoun (Elementary)
- Verb (Elementary)
- Use of A & An
- Use of At On & To
- Vowel and Consonant
Vocabulary
- Words with the Same and Opposite Meaning
- Correct Spelling
- Jumbled Words
- Rhyming Words
Comprehension and Composition
- Comprehension
- Subject & predicate
- Jumbled sentences
- Types of sentence
Meritorious Zone
- Meritorious Zone
iOEL Syllabus for Class 2
The iOEL exam consists of four sections in English that include General English, Grammar, Vocabulary, Comprehension & Composition, and Scholar section for a total of 100 marks.
Exam pattern and syllabus for English and scholar section of International Olympiad of English Language class 2 are given below.
General English
- Identification of Things and Objects
- Alphabetical Order
Grammar
- Noun (Elementary)
- Pronoun (Elementary)
- Verb (Elementary)
- Use of A & An
- Use of At
- On & To
- Vowel and Consonant
Vocabulary
- Words with the Same and Opposite Meaning
- Correct Spelling
- Jumbled Words
- Rhyming Words
Comprehension and Composition
- Comprehension
- Subject & predicate
- Jumbled sentences
- Types of sentence
Meritorious Zone
- Meritorious Zone
iOEL Syllabus for Class 3
The iOEL exam consists of four sections in English that include General English, Grammar, Vocabulary, Comprehension & Composition, and Scholar section for a total of 100 marks.
Exam pattern and syllabus for English and scholar section of International Olympiad of English Language class 3 are given below.
Grammar
- Parts of Speech
- Articles
- Use of Possessive
- Tense (Elementary)
- Error Finding
Vocabulary
- Jumbled Words
- Synonyms
- Antonyms
- One Word Substitution
- Correct Spelling
Comprehension and Composition
- Comprehension
- Subject and Predicate
- Jumbled Sentences
- Types of Sentence
Excellence Zone
- Excellence Zone
iOEL Syllabus for Class 4
The iOEL exam consists of four sections in English that include General English, Grammar, Vocabulary, Comprehension & Composition, and Scholar section for a total of 100 marks.
Exam pattern and syllabus for English and scholar section of International Olympiad of English Language class 4 are given below.
Grammar
- Parts of Speech
- Articles
- Use of Possessive
- Tense
- Error Finding
Vocabulary
- Jumbled Words
- Synonyms
- Antonyms
- One Word Substitution
- Correct Spelling
Comprehension and Composition
- Comprehension
- Subject and Predicate
- Jumbled Sentences
- Types of Sentence
Excellence Zone
- Excellence Zone
iOEL Syllabus for Class 5
The iOEL exam consists of four sections in English that include General English, Grammar, Vocabulary, Comprehension & Composition, and Scholar section for a total of 100 marks.
Exam pattern and syllabus for English and scholar section of International Olympiad of English Language below class 5 are given below.
Grammar
- Parts of Speech
- Articles
- Determiners
- Modals
- Subject-verb Agreement
- Tense
- Error Finding
Vocabulary
- Jumbled Words
- Synonyms
- Antonyms
- One Word Substitution
- Correct Spelling
Comprehension and Composition
- Comprehension
- Subject & predicate
- Jumbled sentences
- Types of sentence
- Voice
Excellence Zone
- Excellence Zone
iOEL Syllabus for Class 6
The iOEL exam consists of four sections in English that include General English, Grammar, Vocabulary, Comprehension & Composition, and Scholar section for a total of 100 marks.
Exam pattern and syllabus for English and scholar section of International Olympiad of English Language class 6 are given below.
Grammar
- Parts of Speech
- Articles
- Determiners
- Modals
- Subject-verb Agreement
- Tense
- Error Finding
- Gerund
- Infinitive
Vocabulary
- Jumbled Words
- Synonyms
- Antonyms
- One Word Substitution
- Correct Spelling
- Idioms and Phrases
Comprehension and Composition
- Comprehension
- Jumbled Sentences
- Voice
- Narration
- Types of sentence
- Story and Paragraph Writing
Excellence Zone
- Excellence Zone
iOEL Syllabus for Class 7
The iOEL exam consists of four sections in English that include General English, Grammar, Vocabulary, Comprehension & Composition, and Scholar section for a total of 100 marks.
Exam pattern and syllabus for English and scholar section of International Olympiad of English Language class 7 are given below.
Grammar
- Parts of Speech
- Articles
- Determiners
- Modals
- Subject-verb Agreement
- Gerund
- Infinitive
- Tense
- Error Finding
Vocabulary
- Jumbled Words
- Synonyms
- Antonyms
- One Word Substitution
- Spelling Test
- Idioms and Phrases
Comprehension and Composition
- Comprehension
- Paragraph and Story writing
- Letter and Notice Writing
- Narration
- Voice
- Types of Sentences
- Jumbled Sentences
- Sequence of Sentences
- Clause
- Question Tags
- Sentence Improvement
- Choosing Appropriate Filler
- Inferring Information
- Judging Completeness of Process
Brilliance Zone
- Brilliance Zone
iOEL Syllabus for Class 8
The iOEL exam consists of four sections in English that include General English, Grammar, Vocabulary, Comprehension & Composition, and Scholar section for a total of 100 marks.
The exam pattern and syllabus for the English and scholar section of the International Olympiad of English Language class 8 are given below.
Grammar
- Parts of Speech
- Articles
- Determiners
- Modals
- Subject-verb Agreement
- Gerund
- Infinitive
- Tense
- Error Finding
Vocabulary
- Jumbled Words
- Synonyms
- Antonyms
- Homonyms
- One Word Substitution
- Spelling Test
- Idioms and Phrases
Comprehension and Composition
- Comprehension
- Paragraph and Story writing
- Letter and Notice Writing
- Narration
- Voice
- Types of Sentences
- Jumbled Sentences
- Sequence of Sentences
- Clause
- Question Tags
- Sentence Improvement
- Choosing Appropriate Filler
- Inferring Information
- Judging Completeness of Process
Brilliance Zone
- Brilliance Zone
iOEL Syllabus for Class 9
The iOEL exam consists of four sections in English that include General English, Grammar, Vocabulary, Comprehension & Composition, and Scholar section for a total of 100 marks.
Exam pattern and syllabus for English and scholar section of International Olympiad of English Language class 9 are given below.
Grammar
- Parts of Speech
- Articles
- Determiners
- Modals
- Subject-verb Agreement
- Gerund
- Infinitive
- Tense
- Error Finding
Vocabulary
- Jumbled Words
- Synonyms
- Antonyms
- Homonyms
- One Word Substitution
- Spelling Test
- Idioms and Phrases
Comprehension and Composition
- Comprehension
- Paragraph and Story writing
- Letter and Notice Writing
- Narration
- Voice
- Types of Sentences
- Jumbled Sentences
- Sequence of Sentences
- Clause
- Question Tags
- Sentence Improvement
- Choosing Appropriate Filler
- Inferring Information
- Judging Completeness of Process
Brilliance Zone
- Brilliance Zone
iOEL Syllabus for Class 10
The iOEL exam consists of four sections in English that include General English, Grammar, Vocabulary, Comprehension & Composition, and Scholar section for a total of 100 marks.
The exam pattern and syllabus for the English and scholar section of the International Olympiad of English Language class 10 is given below.
Grammar
- Parts of Speech
- Articles
- Determiners
- Modals
- Subject-verb Agreement
- Gerund
- Infinitive
- Tense
- Error Finding
Vocabulary
- Jumbled Words
- Synonyms
- Antonyms
- Homonyms
- One word Substitution
- Spelling Test
- Idioms and Phrases
Comprehension and Composition
- Comprehension
- Paragraph and Story writing
- Letter and Notice Writing
- Narration
- Voice
- Types of Sentences
- Jumbled Sentences
- Sequence of Sentences
- Clause
- Question Tags
- Sentence Improvement
- Choosing Appropriate Filler
- Inferring Information
- Judging Completeness of Process
Brilliance Zone
- Brilliance Zone
iOEL Syllabus for Class 11
The iOEL exam consists of four sections in English that include General English, Grammar, Vocabulary, Comprehension & Composition, and Scholar section for a total of 100 marks.
The exam pattern and syllabus for the English and scholar section of the International Olympiad of English Language class 11 is given below.
Comprehension and Composition
- Comprehension
- Paragraph & Story writing
- Letter & Notice Writing
- Narration
- Voice
- Types of Sentences
- Jumbled sentences
- Sequence of sentences
- Clause Analysis
- Question Tags
- Sentence and Phrase Improvement
- Sentence Completion
- Word Association
- Close Test
- Para-jumbles
- Judging Completeness of Process
- Miscellaneous
Grammar
- Parts of Speech
- Articles
- Determiners
- Modals
- Subject-verb Agreement
- Gerund
- Infinitive
- Tense
- Error Finding
Vocabulary
- Jumbled words
- Synonyms
- Antonyms
- Homonyms
- One word substitution
- Spelling Test
- Idioms and phrases
Brilliance Zone
- Brilliance Zone
iOEL Syllabus for Class 12
The iOEL exam consists of four sections in English that include General English, Grammar, Vocabulary, Comprehension & Composition, and Scholar section for a total of 100 marks. Exam pattern and syllabus for English and scholar section of International Olympiad of English Language class 12 are given below.
Comprehension and Composition
- Comprehension
- Paragraph & Story writing
- Letter & Notice Writing
- Narration
- Voice
- Types of Sentences
- Jumbled sentences
- Sequence of sentences
- Clause Analysis
- Question Tags
- Sentence and Phrase Improvement
- Sentence Completion
- Word Association
- Close Test
- Para-jumbles
- Judging Completeness of Process
- Miscellaneous
Grammar
- Parts of Speech
- Articles
- Determiners
- Modals
- Subject-verb Agreement
- Gerund
- Infinitive
- Tense
- Error Finding
Vocabulary
- Jumbled words
- Synonyms
- Antonyms
- Homonyms
- One word substitution
- Spelling Test
- Idioms and phrases
Brilliance Zone
- Brilliance Zone
iOEL Exam Pattern for Classes 1 to 12
The iOEL exam pattern varies for different class groups, classes 1 and 2, classes 3 to 6, classes 7 to 10, and classes 11 & 12. The syllabus units and sections are the same for all the classes, but the total number of questions and marking schemes vary for different categories. There are no negative marks in iOEL levels.
Tabulated below are the marking schemes for iOEL class 1.
Units |
Total Questions (Marks Per Question) |
Total Marks |
General English |
4 (3.5) |
14 |
Grammar |
6 (3.5) |
21 |
Vocabulary |
5 (3.5) |
17.5 |
Comprehension & Composition |
5 (4.5) |
22.5 |
Meritorious Zone |
5 (5) |
25 |
Total |
25 |
100 |
Tabulated below are the marking schemes and exam patterns for iOEL class 2.
Units |
No. of Questions (Marks Per Question) |
Total Marks |
General English |
3 (3.5) |
10.5 |
Grammar |
7 (3.5) |
24.5 |
Vocabulary |
5 (3.5) |
17.5 |
Comprehension & Composition |
5 (4.5) |
22.5 |
Meritorious Zone |
5 (5) |
25 |
Total |
25 |
100 |
Tabulated below are the marking schemes and exam patterns for iOEL classes 3 to 5.
Units |
Total Questions (Marks Per Question) |
Total Marks |
Grammar |
8 (3) |
24 |
Vocabulary |
10 (3) |
30 |
Comprehension & Composition |
7 (3) |
21 |
Excellence Zone |
5 (5) |
25 |
Total |
30 |
100 |
Tabulated below are the marking schemes and exam patterns for iOEL classes 6 to 8.
Units |
Total Questions (Marks Per Question) |
Total Marks |
Grammar |
11 (2.5) |
27.5 |
Vocabulary |
11 (2.5) |
27.5 |
Comprehension & Composition |
8 (2.5) |
20 |
Excellence Zone |
5 (5) |
25 |
Total |
35 |
100 |
Tabulated below are the marking schemes and exam patterns for iOEL classes 9 to 10.
Units |
Total Questions (Marks Per Question) |
Total Marks |
Grammar |
10 (2) |
20 |
Vocabulary |
11 (2) |
22 |
Comprehension & Composition |
14 (2.5) |
35 |
Brilliance Zone |
5 (4.6) |
23 |
Total |
40 |
100 |
Tabulated below are the marking schemes and exam patterns for iOEL classes 11 and 12.
Units |
Total Questions (Marks Per Question) |
Total Marks |
Comprehension and Composition |
12 (2.5) |
30 |
Grammar |
8 (2) |
16 |
Vocabulary |
12 (2) |
24 |
Brilliance Zone |
8 (3.75) |
30 |
Total |
40 |
100 |