CBSE Class VIII English Syllabus


CBSE Class 8 English Syllabus

CBSE Syllabus For Class 8 English (Honeydew – Textbook in English for Class VIII)

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 for Class VIII)

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

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

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:

a. Notice

b. Story

c. Formal and Informal Letters

d. Diary Entry

e. Essay

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