UPMSP Intermediate Persian study plan
UPMSP Intermediate Persian · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
Prescribed prose (Nasar): comprehension, theme, and character/author context & Persian grammar and morphology (applied usage)
Read every prescribed Nasar lesson aloud twice, and for each lesson write a three-sentence summary in Persian that names the central theme.
List all unfamiliar words from the Nasar lessons in a vocabulary register with Persian meaning and one Hindi or English gloss each.
Revise the Persian alphabet joining rules and the distinction between the short and long vowels, then write 20 words from the lessons in joined script from memory.
Identify the author of each prescribed prose lesson and note one biographical fact plus one other well-known work for each author.
Your checkpoint
A lesson-by-lesson table covering all prescribed prose lessons with columns for author, central theme, main characters, and five key vocabulary items each.
Prescribed prose (Nasar): comprehension, theme, and character/author context & Persian grammar and morphology (applied usage)
Answer comprehension questions in Persian for each prose lesson without consulting the text, then check and correct against the book.
Classify every noun and adjective in two prose lessons by gender and number, and mark the ezafe construction wherever it appears.
Construct 15 original Persian sentences that use the past simple (maazi-e saada) and past continuous (maazi-e istimraari) forms drawn from prose-lesson verbs.
Explain in writing how each prose lesson's characters change or what moral lesson the author draws, citing one line of the text per lesson.
Your checkpoint
A written set of 30 self-made comprehension and short-answer questions on the prose lessons with model answers in Persian.
Prescribed poetry (Nazm): explanation, theme, and poetic devices & Persian grammar and morphology (applied usage)
Read each prescribed Nazm aloud with correct metre and mark the arkan (feet) of at least three ghazals or nazms.
Write a line-by-line explanation (tafheem) in Persian for two prescribed poems, keeping each explanation to two or three sentences.
Identify and label the poetic devices (tashbeeh, istiara, majaaz, radif, qaafiya) in three prescribed poems with the exact phrase that illustrates each device.
Memorise the poet, era, and one defining feature for every prescribed poem's author.
Your checkpoint
A device-and-theme chart for all prescribed poems listing poet, form, radif/qaafiya, two devices with quoted examples, and the central theme of each.
Prescribed poetry (Nazm): explanation, theme, and poetic devices & Translation (Persian to Hindi/English and vice versa)
Translate four prescribed verses into Hindi and four into English, then compare your rendering with the book's explanation and revise weak lines.
Write original explanations in Persian for the remaining prescribed poems so that every poem now has a written tafheem.
Translate ten prose sentences from Persian into Hindi or English, keeping the ezafe and verb tense accurate.
Translate ten simple Hindi or English sentences into Persian, checking gender agreement of adjectives and correct verb endings.
Your checkpoint
A translation notebook with 28 sentences (14 Persian-to-target, 14 target-to-Persian) plus full tafheem notes for every prescribed poem.
Persian grammar and morphology (applied usage) & Translation (Persian to Hindi/English and vice versa)
Drill verb conjugation: write the full present, past simple, and past continuous paradigms for ten verbs, including the negative and interrogative forms.
Practise the imperative and the subjunctive (shartiyya) by writing 15 command and 15 conditional sentences in Persian.
Complete 40 grammar-transformation exercises of your own making, covering singular-to-plural, affirmative-to-negative, and active-to-passive where the book prescribes it.
Translate a mixed set of 20 sentences alternating direction, and time yourself so that each sentence takes under two minutes.
Your checkpoint
A grammar drills sheet of 70 items with answers, plus a timed translation set of 20 sentences scored for accuracy.
Unseen passage comprehension and vocabulary & Prescribed prose (Nasar): comprehension, theme, and character/author context
Read three unseen Persian passages of about 150 words each, and answer five comprehension questions per passage without a dictionary.
Infer the meaning of 30 unfamiliar words from context and then verify each against a dictionary, recording the accuracy of your guesses.
Reread the prose lessons and write short character sketches in Persian for the main figures of at least four lessons.
Summarise each unseen passage in three Persian sentences and in two Hindi or English sentences.
Your checkpoint
A comprehension file of three unseen passages with questions, answers, summaries, and a 30-word context-inference log showing how many guesses were correct.
Letter writing, applied writing, and composition & Unseen passage comprehension and vocabulary
Draft and rewrite five formal Persian letters: application for leave, request to a principal, complaint, invitation, and thanks, each with correct salutation and closing.
Write two Persian essays of about 150 words each on prescribed-style topics, using at least three new words from your vocabulary register per essay.
Complete two more unseen passages under timed conditions and review every wrong answer to identify the cause.
Practise the format of an applied-writing task such as a notice, a report, or a dialogue, and produce one clean model of each.
Your checkpoint
A writing portfolio containing five letters, two essays, and two applied-writing models, all in Persian and self-corrected.
Prescribed prose (Nasar): comprehension, theme, and character/author context & Prescribed poetry (Nazm): explanation, theme, and poetic devices & Persian grammar and morphology (applied usage) & Translation (Persian to Hindi/English and vice versa) & Unseen passage comprehension and vocabulary & Letter writing, applied writing, and composition
Take two full-length mock papers under exam timing, and score each domain separately to find the weakest area.
Reread all tafheem and theme notes for prose and poetry, and recite each prescribed poem once from memory of its metre.
Redo every item you got wrong in the mock papers and write a one-line reason for each error.
Revise the vocabulary register and grammar drills sheet in two rapid passes, marking items still shaky for a final review.
Your checkpoint
Two completed mock papers with domain-wise scores, a corrected error log, and a one-page final revision sheet of weak points.
Milestones
Week 2: You can summarise every prescribed prose lesson in Persian from memory and answer comprehension questions on it without opening the book.
Week 4: Every prescribed poem has written tafheem notes and a device chart, and you can translate a mixed set of Persian sentences with correct tense and ezafe.
Week 6: You score at least 70 percent on unseen-passage questions and can conjugate the main verb tenses without reference.
Week 8: Both mock papers are complete, each domain score is recorded, and no domain falls below 60 percent on the second attempt.