SOF IEO Class 8 sample paper, 2026–27
What is actually on the SOF IEO Class 8 paper for 2026–27: the sections the body itself publishes, how many questions each one carries and what each is worth — read off the body's own site, and stamped with the date we last checked it.
Last verified against Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF)’s own site on 28 September 2026.
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| Section | Questions | Marks each |
|---|---|---|
| Word and Structure Knowledge | 30 | 1 |
| Reading | 10 | 1 |
| Spoken and Written Expression | 5 | 1 |
| Achievers Section | 5 | 3 |
| Total | 50 | 60 marks · 60 minutes |
SOF publishes this single table for Classes 5 to 12, so the Class 8 paper is the same shape as the Class 6 and Class 7 ones and only the topic list underneath it moves. Word and Structure Knowledge is 30 of the 50 questions — half the paper is grammar and vocabulary with no reading in it — and the Achievers Section is 5 questions at 3 marks each, a tenth of the questions for a quarter of the marks, drawn from Sections 1 to 3 rather than from extra topics.
What it covers: English for Class 8
Ch 1. The Wit that Won Hearts
Olympiad syllabus label: Reading (M2) — prose
Ch 2. A Concrete Example
Olympiad syllabus label: Reading (M2) — prose
Ch 3. Wisdom Paves the Way
Olympiad syllabus label: Reading (M2) — prose and theme; Spoken and Written Expression (M3) — personal narrative
Ch 4. A Tale of Valour: Major Somnath Sharma and the Battle of Badgam
Olympiad syllabus label: Reading (M2) — prose and historical context
Ch 5. Somebody's Mother
Olympiad syllabus label: Reading (M2) — poetry and theme
Ch 6. Verghese Kurien — I Too Had A Dream
Olympiad syllabus label: Reading (M2) — biography; Spoken and Written Expression (M3) — biographical sketch
Ch 7. The Case of the Fifth Word
Olympiad syllabus label: Reading (M2) — prose, logical inference and genre conventions
Ch 8. The Magic Brush of Dreams
Olympiad syllabus label: Reading (M2) — prose
Ch 9. Spectacular Wonders
Olympiad syllabus label: Reading (M2) — prose; Word and Structure Knowledge (M1) — descriptive vocabulary and degrees of comparison
Ch 10. The Cherry Tree
Olympiad syllabus label: Reading (M2) — prose; Word and Structure Knowledge (M1) — vocabulary in context
Ch 11. Harvest Hymn
Olympiad syllabus label: Reading (M2) — poetry, poetic devices and cultural context
Ch 12. Waiting for the Rain
Olympiad syllabus label: Reading (M2) — prose and setting
Ch 13. Feathered Friend
Olympiad syllabus label: Reading (M2) — cross-disciplinary prose; Word and Structure Knowledge (M1) — science and space vocabulary
Ch 14. Magnifying Glass
Olympiad syllabus label: Reading (M2) — prose; Spoken and Written Expression (M3) — explanatory writing
Ch 15. Bibha Chowdhuri: The Beam of Light that Lit the Path for Women in Science
Olympiad syllabus label: Reading (M2) — biography
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