English Class 8 Solutions, MCQ, Notes, Book FREE PDF Download

Notes For All Chapters English It So Happened Class 8 The Fight Summary In English I Introduction Ranji had come to Rajpur only recently. He had not yet made any friends there. There were hills and forests on all sides of Rajpur. He roamed in these places alone. It was very hot. One day he […]

Notes For All Chapters English It So Happened Class 8 Princess September Summary In English I King’s Daughters The King and Queen of Siam had nine daughters. For the Queen it was confusing to remember so many names. So the king decided to call them by the names of the months. The youngest was named […]

Notes For All Chapters English It So Happened Class 8 The Treasure Within Summary In English I Unhappy Schooling Hafeez Contractor was a very unhappy school boy. In the first and second year he was a good student. From the third standard onwards, he seemed to have lost all interest in studies. He was particularly […]

Notes For All Chapters English It So Happened Class 8 The Selfish Giant Summary In English I Children in Giant’s Garden Children used to play in the Giant’s garden every afternoon. They did so while coming from school. It was a large lovely garden. It had soft grass. There were fruit trees in it. They […]

Notes For All Chapters English It So Happened Class 8 Children at Work Summary In English I Introduction Velu was an eleven year old boy. He had run away from home. He got into a railway train without a ticket. He had to do so because he had no money. He escaped the ticketcollector’s notice […]

How The Camel Got His Hump Notes Chapter 1 English (It So Happened) Class 8 Children at Work Notes Chapter 2 English (It So Happened) Class 8 The Selfish Giant Notes Chapter 3 English (It So Happened) Class 8 The Treasure Within Notes Chapter 4 English (It So Happened) Class 8 Princess September Notes Chapter […]

Notes For All Chapters English It So Happened Class 8 How The Camel Got His Hump Summary In English Introduction In the beginning the world was new. The animals were just beginning to work for Man. There was a Camel. He lived in the middle of a Howling Desert. He did not want to work. […]

The Best Christmas Present in the World NCERT Book Chapter 1 English Class 8 The Tsunami NCERT Book Chapter 2 English Class 8 Glimpses of the Past NCERT Book Chapter 3 English Class 8 Bepin Choudhury’s Lapse of Memory NCERT Book Chapter 4 English Class 8 The Summit Within NCERT Book Chapter 5 English Class […]

On the Grasshopper and Cricket Summary In English Introduction It is not a story-poem. Grasshopper is a symbol of hot summer. Cricket is a symbol of very cold winter. Every poet has found great beauty and poetry in spring and fine weather. Keats is different. He finds nature beautiful in all seasons not excluding the […]

When I Set Out for Lyonnesse Summary In English Introduction Thomas Hardy once visited a Parish to supervise the restoration of a church. On his return people noticed two things about him. There was a new glow in his eyes. There was also a piece of paper peeping out of his coat pocket. This paper […]

The School Boy Summary In English Introduction In this poem, a school boy speaks. He is an unhappy child. His childhood is crushed in the name of learning and teaching. Happy Morning The boy likes the morning. He is pleased to see the trees and the birds. The distant sound of the huntsman’s horn is […]

The Last Bargain Summary In English Introduction The poem is about someone looking for a job. However, he wants to be hired without losing his freedom. The poet tells us that he received offers from the rich, the powerful and the beautiful. However, he turned them all down. At last he met an innocent child. […]

Macavity : The Mystery Cat Summary In English Macavity—A Master Criminal The poem is about a cat called Macavity. He is also called the “Hidden Paw”. The cat is a great criminal. He has openly disobeyed the law. Yet the police of Scotland Yard is helpless before Macavity. Sometimes the Flying Squad runs after it. […]

Geography Lesson Summary In English The City from the Sky In the first stanza of this poem the poet describes his city. He tells us how it appears from the window of an aeroplane. It is clear that the city developed just as it was necessary for the people. So what looked haphazard on ground […]

The Ant and the Cricket Notes Poem 1 English (Honeydew) Class 8 Geography Lesson Notes Poem 2 English (Honeydew) Class 8 The Last Bargain Notes Poem 4 English (Honeydew) Class 8 The School Boy Notes Poem 5 English (Honeydew) Class 8 On the Grasshopper and the Cricket Notes Poem 8 English (Honeydew) Class 8

The Ant and the Cricket Summary In English Desperate Cricket There was a cricket. He used to sing all through the pleasant months of summer and spring. When winter arrived, he found that there was no food at home. Then he said “What will become of me ?” He became desperate by starvation. He went […]

Notes For All Chapters English Honeydew Class 8 The Great Stone Face II Summary In English Introduction Ernest still lived in his native valley. He was a simple hearted man. He always worked for the betterment of the world. Though he was considered to be an ordinary man yet he was humble and rich in […]

Notes For All Chapters English Honeydew Class 8 The Great Stone Face I Summary In English Introduction One afternoon, a mother with her little son, Ernest, was sitting at the door of their cottage. They were talking about the Great Stone Face. It was clearly visible in the bright sunshine. The Great Stone Face Thousands […]

Notes For All Chapters English Honeydew Class 8 A Short Monsoon Diary Summary In English I Introduction These are a few extracts from Ruskin Bond’s diary. They show the silent miracles of nature and life’s little joys and regrets. They are about author’s experiences during the monsoon months in Mussoorie. Monsoon starts in the last […]

Notes For All Chapters English Honeydew Class 8 A Visit to Cambridge Summary In English Stephen Hawking Earlier England was important to the author only because there was Cambridge. Now it had a greater appeal for him. He had met Stephen Hawking there during a walking tour. Stephen Hawking is a disabled person. He is […]

Notes For All Chapters English Honeydew Class 8 This is Jody’s Fawn Summary In English I Introduction Jody’s father Penny was bitten by a rattle-snake. He quickly killed a doe. Then he used the doe’s heart and liver to draw out the poison. Jody saw that the doe’s baby, a little fawn, was left alone. […]

Notes For All Chapters English Honeydew Class 8 The Summit Within Summary In English Introduction Major H.P.S. Ahluwalia was a member of the first successful Indian expedition to Mount Everest in 1965. In this lesson he tells us how he felt as he stood on the Everest. On Everest Standing on the Everest, Major Ahluwalia […]

Notes For All Chapters English Honeydew Class 8 Bepin Choudhury’s Lapse of Memory Summary In English I Introduction It is a humorous story in which the main character is made to believe himself sick. Perforce, he thinks that he has a lapse of memory. In truth there is nothing wrong with him. Bepin Meets Ghosh […]

Notes For All Chapters English Honeydew Class 8 Glimpses of the Past Summary In English 1757-1849 In India of 1757, the East India Company was in a strong position. Compared to the Indian Princes, they had superior weapons. Besides Indian Princes were short-sighted in their approach to the events of the time. Indian princes were […]

Notes For All Chapters English Honeydew Class 8 The Tsunami Summary In English I Introduction This part gives us some important and inspiring incidents. These occurred when tsunami hit some parts of India. The stories are from Andaman and Nicobar islands. Unfortunate Ignesious The first story is about Ignesious. His wife woke him up at […]

The Best Christmas Present in the World Notes Chapter 1 English (Honeydew) Class 8 The Tsunami Notes Chapter 2 English (Honeydew) Class 8 Glimpses of the Past Notes Chapter 3 English (Honeydew) Class 8 Bepin Choudhury’s Lapse of Memory Notes Chapter 4 English (Honeydew) Class 8 The Summit Within Notes Chapter 5 English (Honeydew) Class […]

Notes For All Chapters English Honeydew Class 8 The Best Christmas Present in the World Summary In English The Roll-Top The author found a roll-top desk in a junk shop. It was in a bad condition but cheap. He thought that he could restore it. So he bought it. He began to work on it […]

How The Camel Got His Hump NCERT Book Chapter 1 English Class 8 Children at Work NCERT Book Chapter 2 English Class 8 The Selfish Giant NCERT Book Chapter 3 English Class 8 The Treasure Within NCERT Book Chapter 4 English Class 8 Princess September NCERT Book Chapter 5 English Class 8 The Fight NCERT […]

The Comet II Solutions For All Chapters It So Happened Class 8 Exercise (Page 88) Discuss the following topics in small groups. Write your answers afterwards. Question 1: Should a scientist’s findings be suppressed if they seem disturbing? Give reasons for and against the topic. Answer: No, the scientist tries to discover the truth, the […]

The Comet Solutions For All Chapters It So Happened Class 8 Comprehension Check (Page 77) Questions: Why does Indrani Debi dislike Duttada’s “hobnobbing’ with Dibya? She is complaining and smiling. Why is she smiling? ‘ (i) What was Duttada’s secret ambition? (ii) What did he do to achieve it? What is the difference between a […]

Jalebis Solutions For All Chapters It So Happened Class 8 EXERCISE (PAGE 72) Work in small groups. Question 1: Select and read sentences that show (a) that the boy is tempted to eat jalebis. (d) that he is feeling guilty (c) that he is justifying a wrong deed. Answers: (a) Jalebis are meant to be […]

The Open Window Solutions For All Chapters It So Happened Class 8 Exercise (Page 61) Discuss in Small groups. Question 1: Is this a mystery story? Give a reason for your answer. Answer: The open window is not truly a mystery story. It shows the fertile imagination of a young girl. She plays a practical […]

Princess September Solutions For All Chapters It So Happened Class 8 Exercise (Page 44) Discuss the following questions in small groups. Write their answers later. Question 1: Are the sisters unkind and cruel? Find evidence in the text to support your idea. Answer: Yes, the eight sisters of the princess were unkind and cruel. They […]

The Treasure Within Solutions For All Chapters It So Happened Class 8 Exercise (Page 32) Answer the following Questions: Question 1: It is likely that someone who is original and intelligent does not do very well at school? Should such a learner be called a failure? If not, why not? Answer: A learner who is […]

The selfish giant Solutions For All Chapters It So Happened Class 8 Exercise (Page 24) Discuss the following topics in groups. Question 1: The little child’s hands arid feet had marks of nails. Who does the child remind you of? Give a reason for your answer. Answer: The nail’s marks on the child’s hands and […]