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GRAMMAR PLUS WITH COMPOSITION-VIII

 

Contents   

                  

Sentences and Clauses

Kinds of sentences

Adding correct punctuation marks

Identifying sentences

Changing into questions

Constructing sentences using directions

Completing short dialogues

Affirmative and negative sentences

Changing sentence forms

Writing questions for answers

Changing statements into questions

Constructing questions

Questions tags

Questions that asks for information

Wh questions

Framing questions

Clauses

 

Nouns

Countable and uncountable nouns

Use of articles before countable and uncountable nouns

Collective nouns

Abstract nouns

Opposites of abstract nouns

Making abstract nouns from adjectives

Making abstract nouns from verbs

Noun power

NEW BROADWAY - COURSE BOOK VIII

 

Contents

 

Unit 1              Travel

Section I           A Voyage to Brobdingnag- JONATHAN SWIFT

Section II         Adventures in Antarctica-SURAVI THOMAS

                       AND TISHI THOMAS

Section III        Travel-R.L. STEVENSON

 

Unit 2              Acts of Courage

Section I           Sound Sensations from Evelyn Glennie

                       -DEBORAH COWLEY

Section II         The Hour of Heroism-ANTHONY SPEATH

Section III        The Hero-RABINDRANATH TAGORE

 

NEW BROADWAY - LITERATURE READER VIII

 Contents

 

  1. After Twenty Years-O. HENRY

     The Listeners-WALTER DE LA MARE

 

  1. Chasing the Rainbow-MANOJ DAS

      Geography Lesson-ZULFIKAR GHOSE

 

  1. The Maths Teacher, Mr. Pink and Tipu- Satyajit Ray

      The Village Schoolmaster-OLIVER GOLDSMITH

 

  1. A Tiger in the School-R.K. Narayan

 

  1. My Elder Brother-MUNSHI PREMCHAND

      Harry Pushed Her-PETER THABIT JONES

 

  1. Cricket for the Crocodile-RUSKIN BOND

      The Louse and the Mosquito-VIKRAM SETH

 

  1. The Little Prince-ANTOINE DE SAINT EXUPER

8.   The Quality of Mercy-WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE  

HISTORY-PART I

 

  1. How, when and where
  2. From trade to territory

The Company establishes power

  1. Ruling the countryside
  2. Tribals, Dikus and the vision of a Golden age
  3. When people rebel

1857 and after

6.   Colonialism and the city

            The story of an Imperial capital.

 

 

HISTORY-PART II

7. Weaver, Iron Smelters and Factory owners

8. Civilising the “Native”, Educating and Nation

9. Women, Caste and Reform

10. The Changing World of Visual Arts

11. The making of the National Movement: 1870s-1947

12. India After Independence