Class-8th CBSE English Live classes

Refine your language skills with our comprehensive English course. This program focuses on improving reading, writing, grammar, and comprehension through a blend of classic and contemporary literature, poems, and prose. Enhance your communication abilities and critical thinking skills with carefully designed lessons and practice exercises.

Here are the chapters included in the CBSE Class 8th English syllabus:

Honeydew (Textbook)

1. The Best Christmas Present in the World                                (Unit-1 P0em- The Ant and the Cricket)
2. The Tsunami                                                                                   (Unit-2 Poem- Geography Lesson)
3. Glimpses of the Past
4. Bepin Choudhury’s Lapse of Memory                                 (Unit-4 Poem- The Last Bargain)
5. The Summit Within                                                                   (Unit-5 Poem- The School Boy)
6. This is Jody’s Fawn
7. A Visit to Cambridge
8. A Short Monsoon Diary                                                            (Unit-8 Poem- On the Grasshopper and Cricket)

The two poems – Macavity: The Mystery Cat, When I set out for Lyonnesse and are removed from the honeydew book, and Two lessons – The Great Stone Face-1 and The Great Stone Face-2 are also removed from the honeydew book.

It So Happened (Supplementary Reader)

1. How the Camel Got His Hump
2. Children at Work
3. The Selfish Giant
4. The Treasure Within
5. Princess September
6. The Fight
7. Jalebis
8. Ancient Education System of India                                                                                                                                                             Removed lessons from the book:-
   The 3 following of the lessons are removed from the “It so happened” book, that are- “The Open Window“,                  “The Comet-1“, “The Comet-2“.

These chapters cover a mix of prose and poetry, aiming to enhance language skills, comprehension, and critical thinking through a variety of engaging and thought-provoking stories.

Grammar Section:

Here’s a comprehensive list of all the important concepts and topics in English grammar for Class 8th CBSE:

1. Nouns: Types, functions, and proper usage.
2. Pronouns: Personal, possessive, reflexive, relative, and indefinite pronouns.
3. Adjectives: Types of adjectives and their proper placement.
4. Determiners: Articles (a, an, the), demonstratives, quantifiers. 
5. Verbs: Types, forms, and functions of verbs.
6. Tenses: Present, past, and future tenses; their forms and uses.
7. Modals: Usage of can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, will, would.
8. Adverbs: Types of adverbs and their correct usage.
9. Prepositions: Different prepositions and their proper use.
10. Conjunctions: Coordinating, subordinating, and correlative conjunctions.
11. Interjections: Expressing emotions using interjections.
12. Subject-Verb Agreement: Ensuring subjects and verbs agree in number and person.
13. Active and Passive Voice: Converting sentences between active and passive voice.
14. Direct and Indirect Speech: Changing direct speech to indirect speech and vice versa.
15. Clauses: Main and subordinate clauses; noun, adjective, and adverbial clauses.
16. Phrases: Types and uses of phrases.
17. Question Tags: Forming and using question tags correctly.
18. Relative Clauses: Usage of relative pronouns to form relative clauses. 
19. Conditional Sentences: Understanding different types of conditionals (zero, first, second, third).
20. Punctuation: Correct usage of punctuation marks (commas, periods, quotation marks, etc.).
21. Editing and Omissions: Identifying and correcting grammatical errors in sentences.

This list will help you focus on the crucial areas of English grammar, ensuring a thorough understanding and preparation.