Class 8 English Grammar & Writing Skills | ICSE & CBSE

1.) Grammar Review and Diagnostic

• Quick revision of key concepts from Class 7 (Parts of Speech, Basic Tenses, SVA, and Prepositions).
• Diagnostic assessment to identify strengths and gaps.
• Editing and omission exercises for baseline evaluation.

2.) Advanced Nouns and Pronouns

• Compound and collective nouns in professional and academic contexts.
• Pronoun agreement in complex sentences (singular/plural, collective).
• Usage of indefinite, distributive, and relative pronouns in sentence construction.
• Error spotting and correction practice.

3.) Verbs and Tense Mastery

• Perfect and Perfect Continuous Tenses across Present, Past, and Future.
• Tense consistency in narrative writing and essays.
• Advanced error-correction drills.
• Transformation exercises (e.g., active to passive with tense shifts).

4.) Subject-Verb Agreement and Modals—Advanced

• Complex SVA with compound subjects, collective nouns, and intervening phrases.
• Use of advanced modals for probability, necessity, and hypothetical scenarios (must have, should have, could have).
• Real-life applications in email writing and formal communication.

5.) Adjectives, Adverbs, and Degree Usage

• Advanced comparison of adjectives and adverbs.
• Intensifiers and qualifiers for precision in writing.
• Placement errors and advanced sentence structuring.
• Creative writing tasks incorporating descriptive grammar.

6.) Prepositions and Phrasal Verbs

• Complex prepositions and prepositional phrases in academic and conversational English.
• Phrasal verbs with multiple meanings and contextual use.
• Sentence correction drills and vocabulary enhancement.

7.) Voice – Advanced Applications

• Passive voice in all tenses, including continuous and perfect continuous.
• Passive voice in formal writing and professional contexts.
• Rewriting reports, notices, and instructions in passive voice.

8.) Reported Speech and Narration

• Advanced rules for reporting dialogue, complex questions, and commands.
• Integrating reported speech in essays, articles, and letters.
• Exercises to practice tense and pronoun adjustments.

9.) Clauses and Complex Sentences

• Advanced clause types: noun, adjective, adverbial, and conditional clauses.
• Reducing clauses for conciseness.
• Sentence transformation drills (simple ↔ complex ↔ compound).
• Complex editing and omission of passages for exam preparation.

10.) Integration, Practice, and Exam Readiness

• Comprehensive mixed exercises across all grammar topics.
• Intensive editing, omission, and error-spotting practice.
• Sentence reordering and paragraph completion tasks.

Mock tests with time-bound practice and answer review sessions.