Class VIII - Subject: English 1st Paper
Paper One Syllabus
| First Semester (Up to March) | Up to Half Yearly | Post Half Yearly (Up to End of September) | September to Final Exam |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. A Glimpse of Our Culture | 5. Humans and Environment | 9. Things that Have Changed Our Life | REVISION |
| 2. Food and Nutrition | 6. Going on a Trip | 10. Fables | |
| 3. Health and Hygiene | 7. People and Occupation | 11. Women’s Role in Uprisings | |
| 4. Check Your Reference | 8. News! News! News! | Revision at Least Once |
Paper Two Syllabus
| First Semester (Up to March) | Up to Half Yearly | Post Half Yearly (Up to End of September) | September to Final Exam |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Parts of Speech | 5. Voice | 9. Direct and Indirect Speech | REVISION |
| 2. Tense | 6. Revision of the Above | 10. Suffixes and Prefixes | |
| 3. Sentence | 7. Infinitive, Gerund, and Participle | 11. Capitalization and Punctuation | |
| 4. Modals | 8. Degree of Adjectives |
English 1st Paper (Time: 3 Hours, Total Marks: 100)
- Reading Test:
- MCQ: 1 × 5 = 5
- Answering Questions: 2 × 5 = 10
- Summary Writing: 10
- Information Transfer: 1 × 5 = 5
- True False: 1 × 5 = 5
- Fill in the Gap without Clues: 1 × 5 = 5
- Reordering Sentences: 1 × 10 = 10
- Fill in the Blanks with Clues: 1 × 5 = 5
- Matching: 1 × 5 = 5
- Writing Test:
- Writing Dialogue: 10
- Writing Paragraph: 10
- Completing Story: 10
- Informal Letter: 10
English 2nd Paper (Time: 2 Hours, Total Marks: 50)
- Grammar (30 Marks):
- Gap Filling with Articles: 0.5 × 6 = 3
- Preposition: 0.5 × 6 = 3
- Substitution Table (Matching): 1 × 4 = 4
- Passage Narration: 1 × 4 = 4
- Changing Sentence: 1 × 5 = 5
- Punctuation & Capitalization: 0.5 × 6 = 3
- Suffix and Prefix: 0.5 × 8 = 4
- Fill in the Blanks with Clue: 0.5 × 8 = 4
- Writing (20 Marks):
- Writing E-mails/Application: 8
- Writing Short Composition: 12