Table of Contents

Pearson English 8 Activity Book Second Edition Contents: Introduction Unit 1 Nouns (Revision) - Novel extract Unit 2 Definite and indefinite articles - Fiction Unit 3 Verbs (Revision) Unit 4 Subject-verb agreements - Informative Unit 5 Tenses - Puzzle Unit 6 Adjectives (Revision) - Novel extract Unit 7 Personal and possessive pronouns (Revision) Unit 8 Demonstrative pronouns - Web non-fiction Unit 9 Interrogative pronouns - Novel extract Unit 10 Adverbs (Part 1) - Recipe Unit 11 Adverbs (Part 2) Unit 12 Subjects and verbs Unit 13 Subjects and predicates - Novel extract Unit 14 Clauses - Novel extract Unit 15 Phrases Unit 16 Statements, questions, commands and exclamations - Novel extract Unit 17 Simple, compound and complex sentences - Novel extract Unit 18 Shortened forms - Novel extract Unit 19 Similes Unit 20 Metaphors - Fiction Unit 21 Personification - Short story, Poem Unit 22 Alliteration and onomatopoeia - World map Unit 23 Hyperbole - Poems, script Unit 24 Pardon the pun - Email Unit 25 Cliches - Advertisement Unit 26 Spelling rules (Part 1) Unit 27 Spelling rules (Part 2) - Poem Unit 28 Spelling rules (Part 3) - Novel extract Unit 29 The 'sh' sound Revision 1 Units 1-11 - Novel extract Revision 2 Units 12-18 Revision 3 Units 19-25 - Poem, Fiction Revision 4 Units 26-29 - Poem

About the Author

Authors
Leanne Matheson and Mark Stracey are practising English teachers with a wealth of experience teaching English and Literature in Years 7-12. They are also experienced textbooks authors. They have written extensively for Heinemann and Pearson - including the successful Pearson English 7-10 Activity Books first and second editions.

Contributing Author
Casey Hawkins is a secondary English teacher with a passion for English, History and with specialist training in EAL/D and Linguistics. She has worked as a teacher, house leader and year 7 transition facilitator at Emmanuel College in Melbourne for ten years. She is currently working for a tertiary education foundation program at the University of London, which supports international students in acquiring English.