English tutors across Delhi for board papers, a change of board or early reading — at home or online, with a free demo class.
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In Delhi
Delhi, NEW DELHI
Teaches English
In Delhi
Saket, Malviya Nagar & Hauz Khas, Delhi
Teaches Maths · Science · English
In Delhi
Delhi
Teaches English
Tutors who join go through an ID check. Tell us the class, board and your area: we share two or three matched tutors, each with their fee, and the first class is a free demo, at home or online.
Book a free demo classAcross NXTutors, most home-tuition sessions fall between ₹800 and ₹2,500 an hour; Classes 11–12, IB/IGCSE and JEE/NEET sit toward the upper end; specialists for IB HL or JEE Advanced can charge more. Tutors set their own fee, and you see each tutor's fee before the demo class.
Monthly example: 3 one-hour classes a week ≈ ₹9,600–₹32,500 a month (12–13 classes at ₹800–₹2,500 an hour). An example, not a quote: your tutor's own fee decides the real figure.
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English help for a Delhi student usually means one of a few jobs: a Class 10 student losing marks on the letter and the analytical paragraph, a Class 12 student whose literature answers have stopped scoring, an ICSE child facing two long English papers, an IB or IGCSE student who has to analyse texts they have never seen, or a young child who is still guessing at words. Each calls for a different tutor. The second question in a city this large is travel: a good tutor in Rohini is of little use to a family in Mayur Vihar at six in the evening. NXTutors sends two or three English tutors who fit both the paper and your part of Delhi, with each fee shown up front, and the first class with the tutor you choose is a free demo.
"English tuition" covers jobs as different as teaching phonics and coaching an argumentative essay. Before we look at profiles, we pin down the job. The table sets out the common requests and the tutor each one needs.
| The request | What the tutor actually does | Look for |
|---|---|---|
| Young child not yet reading fluently | Letter sounds, blending, reading aloud daily, short writing | Patience, short lively sessions, a home tutor rather than a screen |
| Classes 6 to 8, weak grammar and writing | Grammar taught through the child's own paragraphs; letters and stories planned before writing | A tutor who marks writing every week and sets redrafts |
| CBSE Class 10 | Unseen passages under time, formal letter, analytical paragraph, literature answers in the word limit | Knows the 80-mark paper section by section |
| CBSE Class 11 and 12 | Longer creative writing, literature that links themes across chapters, the project | Senior-school experience; comfortable with close reading |
| ICSE or ISC | Two separate papers, long compositions, prescribed literature texts | Recent CISCE teaching; drills timed writing |
| IGCSE or IB | Analysis of unseen texts, coursework feedback, oral practice | Has taught that exact course; never writes coursework |
Spoken confidence is a separate goal that some families add on top of school English. Our spoken English guide for students explains what helps and what does not.
CBSE is the board most Delhi students sit, CISCE's ICSE and ISC have a sizeable following, and a smaller group study for the IB or Cambridge IGCSE. English is examined very differently across them, so a tutor fluent in one can be lost in another.
| Board | How English is examined | Where tutoring helps most |
|---|---|---|
| CBSE Class 10 (English Language and Literature) | One 80-mark paper: reading 20, writing and grammar 20, literature 40; 20 marks internal | Formats, timing, literature answers |
| CBSE Classes 11 and 12 (English Core) | 80-mark paper plus 20 internal marks for listening, speaking and a project; Class 12 drops grammar | Creative writing and theme-based literature answers |
| ICSE Class 10 | Language and Literature as two 2-hour, 80-mark papers, each with 20 internal marks | Compositions, summary, grammar accuracy |
| ISC Classes 11 and 12 | Two 3-hour, 80-mark papers with project work; a 400 to 450 word composition from six topics | Planning long answers under the clock |
| Cambridge IGCSE | First Language English (0500) or English as a Second Language (0510), graded A* to G | Knowing which entry your child has; analysis versus accuracy |
| IB Language A: Language and Literature | Unseen non-literary analysis, a comparative essay, a 15-minute individual oral, and an essay at HL | Analytical writing and oral practice |
For the full breakdown of every board, read our national English home tutor guide. For ICSE question-by-question notes, see ICSE Class 10 English papers, and for the senior CISCE papers, our ISC Class 12 English guide.
Because CBSE dominates in Delhi, the CBSE papers are where most of our English requests begin. In Class 10, the reading section carries 20 marks across two unseen passages, one discursive and one factual with data. Writing and grammar carry another 20: ten for grammar, five for a formal letter and five for an analytical paragraph built on a chart, map or graph. Literature, from First Flight and Footprints without Feet, is half the paper at 40 marks.
The usual pattern in marked scripts is easy to recognise. Students read the chapters but write literature answers that run long, miss the point asked or quote nothing from the text. The analytical paragraph loses marks when a student describes every number instead of picking out the trend. Letters lose easy marks on format. None of this needs a new textbook; it needs a tutor who sets a short task each week, marks it against the board's expectations and has the student rewrite it.
In Class 12, English Core drops grammar. Reading carries 22 marks, creative writing 18 and literature 40, from Flamingo and Vistas, and the school awards 20 for listening, speaking and a project. The jump from Class 10 is in the literature: answers now connect ideas across a chapter or across texts. A tutor who asks "why did the writer do that?" in every session prepares a student for that shift far better than one who dictates notes.
We work across twelve Delhi zones, and the practical question in each is the last stretch: which station the tutor uses and whether a guard needs their name first. Open any zone on our Delhi page to see the tutors nearest to it.
In the GK, Defence Colony and Lajpat Nagar zone, most plots are now builder floors, so tell the tutor which bell to ring. Lajpat Nagar is a Violet and Pink Line interchange. Further south, Malviya Nagar sits on the Yellow Line, and in Kalkaji and CR Park, Kalkaji is served by Kalkaji Mandir on the Violet and Magenta Lines; pockets there keep visitor registers.
Dwarka is mostly cooperative group housing, so register the tutor as a regular visitor in the first week; Dwarka Sector 11 has its own Blue Line station. In Janakpuri, where the Blue and Magenta Lines meet at Janakpuri West, plotted blocks are doorbell visits and DDA pockets log visitors at the gate.
In Rohini, block names repeat across sectors, so give the sector, pocket and flat together. Rohini Sector 13 leans to CGHS societies that register visitors. The Pitampura and Model Town zone mixes quiet enclave floors with the student-heavy roads near North Campus, where afternoon slots run better than evening ones.
For Mayur Vihar, Patparganj, Laxmi Nagar and Preet Vihar, we begin with tutors already teaching on the trans-Yamuna side, because crossing the river at peak hour is where lessons start late. Society gates in Patparganj and IP Extension log every visitor; DDA pockets usually let a tutor walk straight up.
Neighbourhood guides go further: see South Delhi, Dwarka and West Delhi, Rohini and North Delhi and East Delhi.
English suits online teaching better than most subjects for older students: an essay can be shared, marked and rewritten on screen, and an IB or IGCSE specialist may be easier to find online because the right person can live anywhere in the city. Early reading is the exception. A child learning to read needs an adult beside them who can see where the finger is on the page and hear every word, so for the youngest learners we look for a tutor who can come home.
Whichever you choose, agree before the first class how writing will be handed in, so feedback reaches your child before the next session rather than after it.
The demo is a normal lesson. Keep a marked school test or a recent composition ready, and afterwards ask yourself:
If the fit is wrong, tell us and we arrange a demo with the next tutor on the shortlist. Switching later is free too.
Across NXTutors, most home-tuition sessions fall between ₹800 and ₹2,500 an hour; Classes 11–12, IB/IGCSE and JEE/NEET sit toward the upper end; specialists for IB HL or JEE Advanced can charge more. Tutors set their own fees. For English, primary lessons generally sit lower than senior-school, IB or IGCSE work, and travel at your slot also moves the figure. You see each shortlisted tutor's fee before the demo; our Delhi home tuition fees guide has more detail.
Send us the class and board, what worries you most (reading, writing, grammar, literature or speaking), your colony with its block or pocket, the nearest metro station, free days and a budget. We reply with two or three matched tutors; tutors who join go through an ID check before their profile is marked Verified. Families who also need maths or science help can see our maths tutors in Delhi and science tutors in Delhi.
English teachers who want to take students in Delhi can find open requests on the Delhi tuition jobs page.
Across NXTutors, most home-tuition sessions fall between ₹800 and ₹2,500 an hour; Classes 11–12, IB/IGCSE and JEE/NEET sit toward the upper end; specialists for IB HL or JEE Advanced can charge more. Each tutor sets their own rate, and you see it before the free demo.
We match tutors across twelve Delhi zones, from Dwarka and West Delhi to the South Delhi colonies, Rohini, the North Campus side and East Delhi across the Yamuna. We look at the metro line and the evening traffic at your slot, not only the distance, so share your colony, block and nearest station.
Yes. The 80-mark paper splits into reading, writing and grammar, and literature, which is half the marks. A tutor works on timed unseen passages, the formal letter and analytical paragraph formats, and literature answers that stay within the word limit, marking your child's writing each week and asking for a redraft.
Yes. ICSE and ISC have a sizeable following in Delhi, and CISCE examines English as two separate papers, language and literature, with long compositions. We look for tutors who have taught CISCE English recently and who practise timed writing, because planning and pace decide many marks in those papers.
For older students, often yes. Essays can be shared and marked on screen, and an IB or IGCSE specialist may be easier to find online, since they can live anywhere in the city. For a child still learning to read, we recommend a tutor who comes home, because early reading needs someone beside them.
First check whether the school enters your child for First Language English (0500) or English as a Second Language (0510). First Language rewards analysis and extended writing; Second Language rewards accurate reading, listening and clear writing for a purpose. Ask the tutor at the demo which of the two they have taught.
Yes. You receive two or three matched tutors with their fees, choose one, and the first class is a free demo, taught as a normal lesson on your child's current work. If the fit is wrong, we arrange a demo with the next tutor on the shortlist, and switching tutor later is free as well.
Tell us the class, board and your area. We share two or three matched tutors, and the first class is a free demo.
