Grade 8 English: every lesson, with games

All 25 Grade 8 English lessons

Open any lesson to see what it teaches and how students practise it.

Present continuous and present perfect

• Present Perfecthave / has + V3 — ever, never, just, already

Choosing the right tense

• Past Simple or Present Perfect?yesterday vs ever / already / just / since
• Past Simple or Past Continuous?I was walking when it started to rain

Past tenses

• Past Perfecthad + V3 — the past BEFORE the past

Sentence power

• Active & Passive VoiceThe cake was made by Mom
• Reported SpeechShe said that she was happy
• Conditionals (If…)Zero, first, second and third conditional
• Question Tags…, isn't it? …, do you?
• Relative Clauseswho, which, that, whose, where, when
• Gerunds & Infinitivesenjoy reading · want to read
• Used to & WishI used to… · I wish I were…

Vocabulary and usage

• Word Formationhappy → happiness → happily
• Phrasal Verbslook after, give up, run out of…
• Dependent Prepositionsgood at, afraid of, depend on…

Real conversations

• Making PlansInvite, say yes or no, time & place
• Telling a StoryFirst, then, suddenly, finally!

Reading

• Sigiriya — The Lion RockGrade 8 · history and facts
• Reading an EmailGrade 8 · informal message

Writing

• Email WritingGrade 8 · formal and informal emails
• Formal LetterGrade 8 · requests, complaints, applications
• Descriptive WritingGrade 8 · paint a picture with words

O/L exam skills

• Matching Text TypesTest 13 · recipe, advert, notice, catalogue…
• Reference Words & Meaning in ContextTest 15 · what does "they" refer to?
• Announcements, Invitations & MessagesTest 6 · short functional writing in 40–50 words

Mock exams

• Grade 8 Mock Exam20 grammar & vocabulary questions + a reading passage + a cloze. Score 80% to pass!

Practise with games

Every Grade 8 English grammar and speaking lesson works with 45 English games: pick the game, pick the lesson, play. See the games →

Other grades

• Grade 6 English
• Grade 7 English
• Grade 9 English
• O/L English