8th Standard English

Samacheer Kalvi – 2025-26 Syllabus

📗 Term – I

Unit 1

  • Prose – The Nose-Jewel
  • Poem – Special Hero
  • Supplementary – The Woman on Platform 8
  • Grammar – Determiners, Vocabulary

Unit 2

  • Prose – Hobby Turns into A Successful Career
  • Poem – My Hobby: Reading
  • Supplementary – Jim Corbett, A Hunter Turned Naturalist
  • Grammar – Tenses, Prepositions

Unit 3

  • Prose – Sir Isaac Newton – The Ingenious Scientist
  • Poem – Making Life Worth While
  • Supplementary – The Three Questions
  • Grammar – Active and Passive Voice

📘 Term – II

Unit 4

  • Prose – My Reminiscence
  • Poem – A Thing of Beauty
  • Supplementary – Crossing the River
  • Grammar – Reported Speech

Unit 5

  • Prose – Being Safe
  • Poem – Fire Work Night
  • Supplementary – When Instinct Works
  • Grammar – Question Tags, Punctuation

📙 Term – III

Unit 6

  • Prose – Friendship
  • Poem – Lessons in Life
  • Supplementary – Homeless Man and his Friends: A True Story
  • Grammar – Connectors, Sentence Patterns

Unit 7

  • Prose – Cyber Safety
  • Poem – My Computer Needs A Break
  • Supplementary – The Mystery of the Cyber Friend
  • Grammar – Editing, Error Correction

Play

  • Jack and the Beanstalk

🎯 Important English Grammar Topics

  • Tenses
  • Determiners
  • Question Tags
  • Active and Passive Voice
  • Reported Speech
  • Vocabulary Building
👉 8th Standard English improves grammar, communication, reading, and writing skills useful for higher classes and competitive exams.
Topic Importance
Tenses ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Vocabulary ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Voice & Speech ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Reading Skills ⭐⭐⭐⭐