Gadya & padya
Prescribed prose and poetry explained with meaning, context and expected answers.
- Chapter-wise explanation
- Bhavarth of prescribed poetry
- Short and long answer practice
Vyakaran taught as rules, textbook chapters covered ahead of school, and the writing formats where most Hindi marks are quietly lost — built on the reading, writing and speaking practice that a third language needs most.
Fluent readers start at the textbook. Nothing assumes a Hindi-speaking home.
Brolly Juniors provides Hindi tuition in Hyderabad for Classes 4 to 10 across CBSE, ICSE and State boards. Sessions cover the prescribed gadya and padya chapters, vyakaran, unseen passages and writing formats such as patra lekhan and anuchhed, with weekly marked written practice.
Most children here hear Hindi on television and from friends but rarely speak it, and meet it formally only in a crowded school period with little time to talk. So vocabulary, reading and writing get more weight here than they would in a Hindi-medium programme.
School Hindi asks for reading fluency, spelling and comprehension. These are the same skills practised here.
The textbook is the spine of the class. Everything else is what makes the textbook readable, writable and rememberable.
Prescribed prose and poetry explained with meaning, context and the answers the exam expects.
Letters, matras, words, sentences, then the chapter itself — read aloud until it is smooth.
Letter formation, matras in the right place, spelling and every lekhan format on the paper.
Reading aloud, pronunciation and question-answer practice — the part a crowded school period never has time for.
New words from the prescribed texts grouped by theme, so they connect to daily life and stay learned.
Nouns, verbs, gender, sandhi and samas taught through examples, then applied to unseen questions.
A class that follows the school syllabus and builds the language skills the syllabus quietly assumes a child already has — which, for a third-language student, it usually cannot.
Hindi tuition covers the prescribed textbook chapter by chapter — gadya, padya and vyakaran — plus apathit gadyansh and the lekhan formats, ahead of the school schedule, so a child walks into each test already revised.
That alone is not enough for most children in Hyderabad. A child who meets Hindi only at school reads Devanagari slowly, places matras uncertainly and freezes on a padya they cannot decode. Structured practice matters because the script has a large alphabet and a system of vowel marks on top of it: a few letters at a time, in a fixed order, with the matras introduced only once the plain letters are secure.
Reading and writing are practised together. When a child writes a letter, their hand learns its shape — including the headline that joins Devanagari letters — and that makes the letter much easier to recognise the next time they read it. Doing only one of the two makes both slower, and slow reading is where exam time goes.
Speaking matters most of all in a third language. A child who reads each chapter aloud, answers questions on it out loud and retells it in their own Hindi words remembers it in a way that silent reading never manages.
Hindi is written as it sounds. Once a child knows the letters and the matras, they can read a word they have never seen before and say it correctly. That makes reading easier than in English, where spelling often surprises you.
The two trickier parts are the matras and noun gender, and both are taught gradually, by ear and by example.
This page is syllabus and exam work for Classes 4 to 10. If your child needs to learn to read and speak Hindi from the beginning, and school marks are not the issue, the Hindi programme under Programmes starts from the Devanagari letters and works towards fluency without following a textbook. Many families take one, then the other.
Simple explanationHindi is written in the Devanagari script. Once a child knows the letters, they can read words. Once they can read words, they can read a chapter. Once they can read a chapter, they can answer questions on it. Tuition takes a child through those steps in order, one small piece at a time, and then practises the answering until it is automatic.
Easy exampleA child learns three letters: क, ल and म. Put them together and they can read कलम — kalam, which means pen. Three letters, one real word. A Class 6 chapter is the same thing, thousands of times over, at speed.
At Brolly JuniorsThe textbook is covered ahead of school, every written answer is marked the way the board marks it, and speaking is practised in every session rather than saved until the reading is finished — which is the part a crowded school period rarely has time for. Book a free trial and your child can try a session before you decide anything.
Most children in Hyderabad meet Hindi only at school, and the school period has no time to build the reading and vocabulary the textbook assumes. This class does.
Regular reading turns slow letter-by-letter decoding into smooth reading. That change usually takes a few months of steady practice, and it is what frees up exam time.
Guided handwriting practice makes Devanagari letters neat and quick to write, with the matras in the right place — which is where most early spelling marks are lost.
More words means more a child can read and understand in the textbook. Words are taught in themes so they connect to daily life.
Children get to actually use Hindi out loud, which a crowded school period rarely allows time for — and which is what makes the chapter stick.
Following spoken Hindi and understanding what was asked is a skill of its own, practised directly.
Reading a passage and answering questions about it is different from reading it aloud. Both are practised — and apathit gadyansh is where third-language students gain the most ground fastest.
A rule learned as a pattern can be applied to a question the child has never seen. A rule learned as a list cannot.
School Hindi asks for reading fluency, spelling and comprehension. These are the same skills practised here, on the same textbook.
A child who can read the paper without hesitation stops feeling shut out of a language they hear around them every day.
A note on expectations: how fast a child progresses depends on how often they practise and where they start. We do not promise particular marks or a fixed timeline — what we commit to is structured teaching and regular marked practice.
Eight things children work on across the year, alongside the textbook.
From recognising single letters to reading a full chapter aloud without stumbling over a matra.
Correct letter shapes, the headline, matras in place, and full answers written unaided to the required length.
Reading aloud and answering questions out loud in every session, not saved for later.
Words from the prescribed texts grouped by theme — family, food, nature — so they are easier to remember.
Nouns, verbs, gender, sandhi and samas taught through examples, then applied to unseen questions.
Saying sounds clearly, including the aspirated and retroflex letters that are easy to mix up on paper.
Following spoken Hindi and picking out what matters in what was said — the dictation and oral parts of the paper.
Reading a passage and answering questions about it in the child’s own words, within the mark weight.
For most Hyderabad students Hindi is a third language, so vocabulary and writing get more weight here than in a Hindi-medium programme.
Prescribed prose and poetry explained with meaning, context and expected answers.
Sandhi, samas, kaarak and muhavare taught as rules, then applied to unseen examples.
Unseen passage technique, which is where third-language students gain the most ground fastest.
Patra, anuchhed, samvaad and suchna — formats with marks attached to their structure.
Class decides the textbook. What the child can already read and write decides where the language work begins — a Class 7 child who cannot read Devanagari fluently starts with reading, not with Class 7 answers.
For a child who recognises few letters. Devanagari letters, vowels, consonants, sounds, letter recognition and simple words — run alongside the textbook, not instead of it.
Letters become words. Word reading, writing practice, spelling, simple sentences and steady vocabulary from the prescribed texts. The matra vowel marks are introduced here.
Vyakaran basics, sentence formation, reading comprehension, speaking practice and listening activities. The four skills start working together on the textbook.
Longer passages, apathit gadyansh, the lekhan formats, answer writing by mark weight, grammar applied in real answers, and past papers under time.
A learning structure rather than a school-board syllabus. Ask us where your child would start — the trial class is how we find out.
What the emphasis is at each stage. The textbook changes every year; the skills build on each other.
Classes 4–5
Classes 6–7
Class 8
Classes 9–10
Not sure where your child fits? A free trial is the quickest way to find out. We see what your child can already read, write and answer, and suggest a starting point.
Reading is built in stages. A child never jumps from letters straight to a Class 8 chapter — each stage is practised until it feels easy.
The good news is that Hindi is written as it sounds. Once a child knows the letters and the matras, they can read a word they have never seen before. That is why letter recognition gets so much attention early on, even with older children.
The matras are introduced once the plain letters are secure, because meeting them too early is what makes Devanagari feel hard. Then comprehension is added once a child reads sentences comfortably — reading the words is one skill; understanding what they mean is another, and the exam tests the second one.
Reading speed is the hidden exam skill. A child who reads the question paper slowly has less time to write. Regular short readings, a little faster each week, are what move it.
Writing is practised alongside reading, because forming a letter by hand is what makes it easy to recognise later — and because the exam is written.
The correct order of strokes, including the headline that joins Devanagari letters.
Regular short practice so letters become consistent in size and shape. Presentation carries marks.
Adding vowel marks in the right place, which is where most early spelling errors — and marks — come from.
Writing whole words correctly, then putting them in the right Hindi order to make a complete sentence.
Writing a word from memory, which is harder than copying and what the exam asks for.
Structure, length and presentation for each mark weight — two-mark, five-mark, ten-mark.
Patra, anuchhed, samvaad and suchna drilled to their skeletons, so the whole of a child’s thinking goes into the content.
Both matter in a timed paper, and both come from steady practice rather than pressure.
Children speak Hindi in every session — reading aloud, answering questions and retelling the chapter. These are the kind of everyday exchanges they practise; the romanisation is there so you can say them at home too.
मेरा नाम राहुल है। — My name is Rahul.
मुझे पढ़ना पसंद है। — I like reading.
मैं ठीक हूँ। — I am fine.
मैं आठ साल का हूँ। — I am eight years old.
मैं हैदराबाद में रहता हूँ। — I live in Hyderabad.
धन्यवाद। — Thank you.
Pronunciation is corrected gently the moment it slips rather than later. Children take turns asking and answering, and retell each chapter in their own Hindi words — the hardest and most useful speaking task, and the one that fixes it in memory for the exam.
Grammar is taught through examples, not rules to memorise. Here is what children learn first, and what each part looks like — the sandhi, samas and kaarak questions build on exactly this.
A noun is a naming word — a person, animal, place or thing.
माँ (maa — mother) · बिल्ली (billi — cat) · स्कूल (school)
A pronoun stands in for a name, so you do not repeat it every time.
मैं (main — I) · तुम (tum — you) · वह (vah — he or she) · हम (hum — we)
A verb is a doing word. It tells you what is happening.
खाना (khaana — to eat) · पढ़ना (padhna — to read) · खेलना (khelna — to play)
In Hindi the verb comes last. English says “I eat rice”; Hindi says “I rice eat”.
मैं चावल खाता हूँ। (main chaawal khaata hoon — I eat rice.)
Most Hindi words change their ending to show there is more than one.
किताब → किताबें (book → books) · लड़का → लड़के (boy → boys)
Every Hindi noun is masculine or feminine, and the verb changes to match. Children learn this by ear, through examples — it is the rule third-language students lose most marks on.
लड़का खाता है। (the boy eats) · लड़की खाती है। (the girl eats)
From Class 6 the same approach carries into sandhi, samas, upsarg-pratyay, kaarak and vaakya bhed: the rule shown on three examples, then applied to a fourth the child has never seen.
Every written submission is marked against the board’s own pattern, with the mark breakdown shown. A child who has only ever seen a total does not know that four of their lost marks were matras and two were format.
A two-mark answer and a five-mark answer are different shapes. Children learn each shape until it is automatic.
Locating the answer in the passage, inference questions in Hindi, and answering in the expected length — where third-language students gain the most ground fastest.
Patra, anuchhed, samvaad and suchna skeletons drilled so the heading, opening and close are never where marks are lost.
Verse read with meaning, so the bhaav question is answered from understanding rather than recall.
From Class 7 upward, full papers written in the time allowed, then marked with the breakdown.
What was covered, what the last piece scored, and the one thing to work on before the next.
Six short answers to the things that come up most in a first phone call.
Not especially. Hindi is written as it sounds, so reading is easier than in English once the letters are known. The two trickier parts are the matras and noun gender, and both are taught gradually.
Yes — that is the usual starting point in Hyderabad, and the class is built for it. Nothing assumes a Hindi-speaking home; vocabulary and speaking get extra weight for exactly this reason.
By reading a little every day at a level that is comfortable. Reading something slightly too hard slows a child down; reading something easy builds speed and confidence.
A little most days works better than a long session once a week. Ten or fifteen minutes of reading or writing is enough to keep progress steady between classes.
Yes. They start from the vowels alongside the textbook, a few letters at a time, and catch up to the chapter as reading becomes fluent.
CBSE, ICSE and the Telangana State syllabus. Tell us the class and the textbook and we will confirm the batch before you commit to anything.
An example of how a session flows. Ask us for the current class structure and batch detail for your child’s class.
A quick, easy start that revisits words or a rule from last time.
The next gadya or padya chapter read aloud and explained — meaning, context and the questions the exam asks on it.
A small set of new words from the chapter, said out loud together and connected to something the child already knows.
Reading the new words, then the passage they came from, a little faster than last week.
Writing the same words by hand with the matras in place, then one answer to the required length.
Retelling the chapter or answering questions on it out loud, usually in pairs.
One rule or one format — a sandhi, a patra skeleton, an apathit gadyansh — practised on fresh examples.
A short review of what was learned and what to practise at home before the next class.
Weekly written work is marked and returned with the breakdown, not just a total.
The activity types used to keep practice varied — because a child who is engaged practises more, and practice is what moves the marks.
Hindi sits alongside our other academic tuitions and skill programmes for children in Hyderabad.
Every chapter covered before the school test, so revision is revision and not first contact.
Everything is explained in words a child can repeat back in their own way.
Letters, then matras, then words, then the chapter, then the answer — always in that order.
Class decides the textbook. What the child can already do decides where the language work starts.
Weekly written work marked against the board pattern, with the breakdown shown.
The part school Hindi rarely has time for is the part practised most here.
A monthly note on what was covered, what the last piece scored and what to work on.
A child who can only recite has not learned. Understanding comes first, then the exam technique.
Experienced educators guide children through class-appropriate Hindi work. Ask us who teaches the batch you are considering and we will tell you.
We share these directly, so what you get is current and specific to your child rather than a number that may not apply.
Ask us
Changes through the year
Nothing before the trial
Let your child sit in a real session. They read, write and answer alongside the batch, and we see where the marks are actually going.
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Eight simple things that make a real difference between classes — even in a home where nobody speaks Hindi. None of them takes long.
Take turns reading a line each from the textbook. Your child hears reading and practises their own, whatever your own Hindi is like.
Five words from the chapter a day is plenty. Short and regular beats long and occasional.
One exchange at dinner counts as practice, whatever answer comes back.
Signboards, packets, television captions. Real Hindi in the world is good reading practice.
Ask your child to tell you what happened in the chapter, in Hindi, in their own words.
A few letters or one sentence a day keeps handwriting and matras steady between classes.
“What new word did you learn today?” makes a child recall it, which is what fixes it.
Word games and rhymes work better than testing. A child who enjoys it will keep going.
Most children in Hyderabad hear Hindi on television and from friends but rarely speak it, and meet it formally only in a crowded school period with little time to talk. For many it is a third language after Telugu and English, and the marks show it.
That is a specific starting point, and this class is built for it: nothing assumes a Hindi-speaking home. A child who already understands spoken Hindi usually moves quickly, because only the script, the spelling and the answer technique are new. A child starting from fewer letters takes a little longer, and that is fine too.
Metro Pillar No. A689, Dr Atmaram Estates, 3rd Floor, Nizampet X Roads, Nizampet, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500072
Beside Sri Bhramaramba Theatre, near JNTU Metro Station.
Tell us your child’s class, board and how comfortably they read Devanagari, and we will suggest where they should start.
Parents searching for Hindi tuition near me usually want the same few things: a place that is easy to reach, a teacher who explains simply, and a class that follows their child’s textbook. The starting level is the part worth checking carefully.
CBSE, ICSE or State — the textbook and the marking pattern differ, and the batch should match.
Ask whether the class assumes Hindi at home. In Hyderabad it usually should not.
Ask to see how written work is marked. A total alone tells a child nothing.
Ask whether the class covers chapters before school does, or catches up after.
Language tuitions and programmes that sit alongside Hindi tuition.
Devanagari, reading, writing and everyday conversation from the beginning — for the language rather than the marks.
🪔Textbook coverage, vyakaranam and answer writing for the Telugu paper.
📖Literature, grammar and every writing format, marked to the board’s scheme.
🌏Beginner courses in French, German, Spanish and Japanese.
🤝Listening, explaining and handling a conversation well.
📚Maths, science, social studies and languages for Classes 4 to 10.
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Short, direct answers to the questions parents search for most.
Cover the chapter before school does, read it aloud until it is fluent, write one marked piece a week with the matras checked, and learn vyakaran as rules that apply to unseen examples. For a third-language student, speaking in every session is what makes the vocabulary stay.
By reading a little every day at a comfortable level. Letter recognition should be quick and automatic first, then the matras, because everything else — including exam time — depends on them.
From Class 4. Older children start wherever their reading and writing sit; the textbook is decided by class and the language work by ability.
Tell us your child’s class and what they enjoy. We will suggest the closest program fit—no pressure and no upfront payment.