CBSE  Class 8 English Solutions

The CBSE syllabus for Class 8 English can be divided into two parts:

The English Literature section of CBSE Class 8 is based on two books – a textbook of English and a Supplementary Reader in English.

CBSE Syllabus For Class 8 English

(Honeydew – Textbook in English for Class VIII)

Chapters and Content

NCERT Solutions

Chapter 1: The Best Christmas Present in the World
Poem: The Ant and the Cricket

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Chapter 2: The Tsunami

Poem: Geography Lesson

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Chapter 3: Glimpses of the Past
Poem: Macavity: The Mystery Cat

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Chapter 4: Bepin Choudhury’s Lapse of Memory
Poem: The Last Bargain

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Chapter 5: The Summit Within
 

Poem: The School Boy

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Chapter 6: This is Jody’s Fawn
Poem: The Duck and the Kangaroo

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Chapter 7: A Visit to Cambridge
Poem: When I set out for Lyonnesse

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Chapter 8: A Short Monsoon Diary
Poem: On the Grasshopper and Cricket

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Chapter 9: The Great Stone Face- I

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Chapter 10: The Great Stone Face- II

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(It So Happened – Supplementary Reader

in English for Class VIII)

 

  • Chapter 1: How the Camel got his Hump

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  • Chapter 2: Children at work

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  • Chapter 3: The Selfish Giant

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  • Chapter 4: The Treasure within

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  • Chapter 5: Princess September

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  • Chapter 6: The Fight

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  • Chapter 7: The Open Window

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  • Chapter 8: Jalebis

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  • Chapter 9: The Comet- I

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  • Chapter 10: The Comet- II

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  1. Class 8 English Grammar & Composition

Subdivided into two parts – English Grammar and English Composition (Writing).

Class 8 English Grammar

The English Grammar syllabus for CBSE Class 8 has the following topics:

a. Order of Words and Clauses

b. Direct and Indirect Speech

c. Active and Passive Voice

d. Tenses

e. Noun

f. Pronoun

g. Verb

h. Adverb

i. Prepositions

j. Conjunction

k. Phrases and Idioms

l. Vocabulary

m. Comprehension Reading

 

Class 8 English Composition (Writing)

This section tests your writing skills in English. The English Composition syllabus for CBSE Class 8 has the following topics:

a. Notice

b. Story

c. Formal and Informal Letters

d. Diary Entry

e. Essay