CBSE Class 8 English Syllabus
Central Board Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi has conducted the Class 8 English examination every year. Students can download Class 8 English Syllabus from our website. Through the CBSE Class 8 English Syllabus students will get to understand the unit names, chapter under each unit and sub-topics involved in it. CBSE English Syllabus for Class 8 contains complete information about curriculum, course structure, exam pattern, etc.
Students can download the latest CBSE Class 8 English Syllabus PDF download from this website.
A. 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
B. 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
C. 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
D. 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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