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CBSE Class 8 English Syllabus
The CBSE syllabus for Class 8 English can be divided into two parts:
- English Literature, and
- English Grammar & Composition
CBSE Syllabus for Class 8 English Literature
The English Literature section of CBSE Class 8 is based on two books – a textbook of English and a Supplementary Reader in English.
Let’s see what all are included in each of the two books.
CBSE Syllabus for Class 8 English (Honeydew)
This book has ten chapters as listed below:
- Chapter 1: The Best Christmas Present in the World
Poem: The Ant and the Cricket - Chapter 2: The Tsunami
Poem: Geography Lesson - Chapter 3: Glimpses of the Past
Poem: Macavity: The Mystery Cat - Chapter 4: Bepin Choudhury’s Lapse of Memory
Poem: The Last Bargain - Chapter 5: The Summit Within
Poem: The School Boy - Chapter 6: This is Jody’s Fawn
Poem: The Duck and the Kangaroo - Chapter 7: A Visit to Cambridge
Poem: When I set out for Lyonnesse - Chapter 8: A Short Monsoon Diary
Poem: On the Grasshopper and Cricket - Chapter 9: The Great Stone Face- I
- Chapter 10: The Great Stone Face- II
CBSE Syllabus for Class 8 English (It So Happened – Supplementary Reader in English)
This book too comes with 10 chapters:
- Chapter 1: How the Camel got his Hump
- Chapter 2: Children at work
- Chapter 3: The Selfish Giant
- Chapter 4: The Treasure within
- Chapter 5: Princess September
- Chapter 6: The Fight
- Chapter 7: The Open Window
- Chapter 8: Jalebis
- Chapter 9: The Comet- I
- Chapter 10: The Comet- II
CBSE Syllabus for Class 8 English Grammar & Composition
This section, again, can be subdivided into two parts – English Grammar and English Composition (Writing). The detailed syllabus of these two sections of CBSE Class 8 are as under:
CBSE Syllabus for Class 8 English Grammar
The English Grammar syllabus for CBSE Class 8 has the following topics:
- Order of Words and Clauses
- Direct and Indirect Speech
- Active and Passive Voice
- Tenses
- Noun
- Pronoun
- Verb
- Adverb
- Prepositions
- Conjunction
- Phrases and Idioms
- Vocabulary
- Comprehension Reading
CBSE Syllabus for 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:
- Notice
- Story
- Formal and Informal Letters
- Diary Entry
- Essay