The English Class 8 textbook is the official subject book for Class 8 students in Punjab, based on the Single National Curriculum (SNC) 2022. It is published by the Punjab Curriculum and Textbook Board (PCTB), Lahore, and forms part of the compulsory English syllabus for Punjab Board schools.
This book is designed for Class 8 SNC students preparing for their annual board exams. It covers reading, writing, grammar, and vocabulary skills across 12 units. Students can use it for classroom study, exam preparation, and quick revision before their tests.
Book Overview
- Class: 8
- Subject: English
- Category: SNC (Single National Curriculum 2022)
- Board: Punjab Board
- Authors: Rafiq Mahmood, Z.I. Farooqui, Mrs. Sabiha Saleem, B.A. Chishty, Mohammad Aslam
- Publisher: Punjab Curriculum and Textbook Board (PCTB), Lahore
- Edition: Experimental Edition (SNC 2022)
- Total Units: 12 units + 3 review sections
- Language: English
- Format: PDF
Unit List
Unit 1 – Tolerance of the Rasoolullah (ﷺ)
This unit is based on ethics and values. Students learn attentive listening and personal relevance questions. Reading skills include identifying the main idea and topic sentence.
Unit 2 – A Great Virtue
Based on the theme of peaceful co-existence, this unit develops extended discussion skills. Reading tasks cover story elements, questions and answers, and choosing the correct option.
Unit 3 – The Twins (Poem)
A poem unit focused on personality development. Students study figures of speech and practice paraphrasing and summary writing skills.
Unit 4 – Let’s Make Our Road Safer!
This participatory citizenship unit teaches essay writing and newspaper reports. Grammar topics include articles, apostrophe, and simple past and past continuous tenses.
Review – 01
A review section consolidating all reading, vocabulary, grammar, and writing skills from Units 1 to 4.
Unit 5 – Hazrat Umar (رضی اللہ تعالی عنہ)
Themed around role models, this unit builds spoken presentation and listening skills. Reading includes contextual and dictionary meanings, fill in the blanks, and silent letter hunt.
Unit 6 – Sports and Sportsmanship
A sports-themed unit where students pose rhetorical questions and perform role plays. Reading focuses on fact and opinion, and writing includes essay and dialogue writing tasks.
Unit 7 – The Earth Speaks
This environmental education unit uses extended discussions and debates. Grammar covers gerunds, participles, and simple future and future continuous tenses. Writing includes summaries and poems.
Unit 8 – Setting the Quarrel
Focused on avoiding social evils, this unit covers transitive and intransitive verbs, adjective phrases, and direct and indirect speech rules for interrogative sentences.
Review – 02
A mid-book review covering all skills from Units 5 to 8, including grammar, vocabulary, reading, and writing exercises.
Unit 9 – Mountaineering
An adventure-themed unit where students answer questions of personal relevance and do role play activities. Key skills include reading for understanding and questions/answers.
Unit 10 – Dignity of Labour
This unit promotes the value of work and dignity. Students build confident and fluent speaking skills. Reading tasks cover comprehension and questions/answers.
Unit 11 – Give to Your Country (Poem)
A patriotism-themed poem unit. Students practice contextual meanings and questions/answers. Writing tasks include diary pages, emails, and formal and informal letters.
Unit 12 – Trees Plantation
The final unit covers environmental education and climate change. Students develop dictionary meaning skills and write about the impact of climate change on living beings.
Review – 03
The final review covers Units 9 to 12, consolidating all reading, writing, vocabulary, and grammar skills from the second half of the book.
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Who Should Read This
This book is for Class 8 students studying under the Single National Curriculum (SNC) 2022 in Punjab Board schools. It is also useful for students preparing for annual exams, or those who want to strengthen their English reading, writing, and grammar skills.
Applicable Boards
This textbook is published by PCTB for Punjab Board schools under the SNC 2022 framework. Students from other provincial boards following SNC 2022 may also find this book helpful, but should verify their own board’s prescribed textbook.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the official Punjab Board English book for Class 8?
Yes. This is the official English textbook for Class 8 published by PCTB Lahore under the Single National Curriculum 2022 framework for Punjab Board schools.
Is this book based on SNC 2022?
Yes. This book is approved by the Punjab Curriculum and Textbook Board and is based on the Single National Curriculum (SNC) 2022. It is marked as an Experimental Edition.
Does this book include grammar and writing exercises?
Yes. Each unit includes vocabulary and grammar sections covering topics like tenses, direct and indirect speech, nouns, pronouns, and writing tasks like essays, letters, and summaries.
Can students from other boards use this book?
Students from other boards following SNC 2022 can use this book as a reference. However, always check your own board’s official textbook list to confirm which edition is prescribed.