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10th - ENGLISH PAPER-1 REG.NO.

Time.2.30 Hrs FULL PORTION Max.Marks: 100

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Note: This question contains five sections.

SECTION-A (Vocabulary-20 Marks)-PART-I

1. Choose the appropriate synonyms of the underlined words: 5x1=5

There is no evidence that life exist(i) in another planets. The diligence(ii) of the

scientists has not yielded any result. The achievement of scientists stupendous(iii).

There are many people who are known for their Munificence(iv) and enormity(v)

of their wealth.

(i) a) dies b) available c) seen d) detached

(ii) a) hard work b) help c) aid d) support

(iii) a) beautiful b) large c) wonderful d) famous

(iv) a) labor b) sociability c) values d) generosity

(v) a) total b) certain c) hugeness d) simplicity

2. Choose the appropriate antonyms of the underlined words: 5x1=5

Student’s life is to acquire(i) knowledge and skill. The traditional(ii) way of

understanding modern concepts of ignorance. It should address to certain

definite(iii) issues which create such sincere(iv) for their family. This is the

advantage (v) to common man.

(i) a) gain b) accept c) give up d) know

(ii) a) ancient b) usual c) modern d) popular

(iii) a) indefinite b) undefined c) finite d) clear

(iv) a) genuine b) truth c) insincere d) severe

(v) a) possibility b) gift c) addition d) draw back

PART-II

Answer any ten of the following: 10x1=10

3. Which of the following is the correct expansion of IPC

a) Integrated Police Council b) Indian Penal Code

c) Independent Police Corp d) International Public Sense

4. Choose the sentences that in its correct meaning:

a) The bells peeled loudly

b) The bells pealed loudly

5. Replace the underlined word with its equivalent American English word.

I never waste my time watching a film.

6. Which of the words given below can be placed after the word ‘Air’ to form a

compound word?

a) hostess b) hostel c) box

7. What is the plural of the word ‘series’

a) serieses b) series c) seriess

8. Add a prefix to the word ‘ expectin’

My father has…….tension.

a) hyper b) ultra c) dis

9. Replace the underlined word in the sentence with one of the phrasal verbs given

below to covey the same meaning.

She recovered from her grief.

a) got over b) got in c) got away

10. Separate the syllables of the words any one of the following:

a) Piano b) hope c) panic

11. Choose the appropriate word to make a meaningful sentence.

The people…….. the monsoon

a) welcome b) envy

12. Construct the sentence using any one of the words given below:

a) loyal b) loyalty c) loyally

13. Reframe the sentence using the underlined word as an adverb.

Please Handle the glasses with care.

14.Which of the sentence given below convey the same meaning?

He runs a temperature

a) He is angry

b) He is suffering from fever

SECTION-B (GRAMMAR-25 MARKS) PART-A

Answer all the following: 10x1=10

Respond to the following as directed:

15. If they had enough support………….. the elections

a) they will win b) they would win c) they would have win

16. Identify the pattern of the following sentence:

Dhoni grew tired after the match .

a) SVIODO b) SVOA C) SVCA

17. Choose the correct question tag for the following sentence.

He seldom remains at home………..?

a) does he b) do he C) doesn’t he

18. Complete the sentence:

T.Nagar is ……. Areas in the Chennai

a) busiest b) busier C) one of the busiest

19. Choose the correct sentence which conveys the same meaning of the following

sentence:

It is easy to ask questions, but it is difficult to answer them.

a) Questions are easy

b) Answers are difficult

c) Answers are more difficult than questions

20. Complete the sentence with correct prepositional phrase:

He took tea….. coffee

a) in spite of b) instead of C) incase of

21. Choose the correct verb form of the following sentence

The principal wanted to discuss…….. with the teachers.

a) on the matter b) about the matter C) the matter

22. Choose the correct phrase to complete the sentence:

We must…….. the children.

a) educating b) educate C) to educate

23. Choose the appropriate article to complete the sentence:

Give me …… second to ready.

a) an b) the C) a

24. Choose the appropriate preposition to complete the sentence:

We travelled…….night

a) on b) at C) in

PART-II

Answer all the following; Do as directed; 5x2=10

25. Combine the sentence into single sentence:

Shalini ran at top speed. She got out of breath

26. Rewrite the sentence as in other voice:

The artist painted a beautiful picture and everyone appreciated it

27. Rewrite the sentence into other speech:

The passenger requested the clerk to cancel his ticket and asked him when the next

train would arrive

28. From the context of the two sentences given below frame a single sentence

using ‘if’ clause:

Don’t waste the water. Our resources will be severely depleted

29. Read the following sentences and write an observation in a single sentence

using anyone of the degrees of comparison:

Terasa’s weight is 60 kg

Kalai’s weight ios 48 kg

Rani’s weight is 62 kg

Joy’s weight is 35 kg

PART-III

30. Punctuate the following sentence:

what is it that you need most she said

SECTION-C (PROSE:15 MARKS) PART-I

Answer any five of the following questions.(your answer should not exceed 30

words) 5x2=10

31. Why isn’t music extravaganza or hobby?

32. What is the significance of art?

33. What is your primary duty toward yourself?

34. What was the beggers true identity?

35. What were the pallava and chola eras famous for?

36. Why should chaya hurry?

37. What is metropolis?

PART-II

Answer in a paragraph any one of the following questions.( your answer should not

exceed 120 words) 1x5=5

38. a) Describe the courageous way the American’s overcome the fall of twin

towers (or)

b) Describe briefly how birds migrate? (or)

c) What makes the Brihadeeswarar temple unique and outstanding?

SECTION-D (POETRY: 20 MARKS) PART-I

Quote from memory any one of the following extracts: 1x5=5

39. a) Five lines from the poem “ Manliness”

From: “If you can dream……..

To: ………. they are gone (OR)

b) Five lines of the poem “ Migrant Bird”

From: “I breed my brood……..

To: ………. Make them last

PART-II

Read the sets of poetic lines and answer the questions given below: 5x1=5

40. He steps back, surveys with

Close scrutiny, then sharp critical glare

What is surveyed closely and critically?

41. Sharp edges merge

Into smoothen well moulded curves

How are well moulded curves formed?

42. But once within the wood we paused

Why did the children do when they entered to the brook?

43. No walls for me, No vigil gates

No flags No machine guns that blast

Why there is no walls for the bird ?

44. ‘Our knees tremble sorely in the stooping

We fall upon our faces trying to go’

Why does the poet use the word “sorely”?

PART-III

Read the following lines from the poems you have studied and answer the question

given below: 5x1=5

45. To dream my dreams and make them last

Pick out the alliteration above the line

46. Piles of purple of crystals

Sparkling in the light

Such wonderful inner beauty

Now apparent for our delight

Pick out the rhyming words in these lines

47. …… my manhood is cast

Down in the flood of remembrance

What is the figure of speech employed here?

48. A note as from a single place

A slender tinkling fall that made

Now drops that floated on the pool

Like pearls and now a silver blade

Find out the rhyming scheme used above the line

49. Virgin rocks takes form

Identify the figure of speech used above the line.

PART-IV

Answer in a paragraph any one of the following questions. (Your answer should

not exceed 120 words). 1x5=5

50. a) How does Elizabeth Barrett browning bring out the sufferings of the children

in her poem? (OR)

b) How is the image of the God brought front by the Shilpi from virgin rock?(OR)

c) Describe the various qualities of “Manliness”

SECTION-E (LANGUAGE FUNCTION: 20 MARKS)

51. Read the passage and answer the question given below: 5x2=10

The Falling Man

“The Falling Man” is a nickname given to a man who fell from the North Tower of

the World Trade Center during the September 11 attacks in NewYork City, and is

also the title of a photograph, magazine story and documentary film about the

incident. The photo was taken by Richard Drew at 9:41:15 a.m. on September 11,

2001. The story, written by Tom Junod, appeared in the September 2003 issue of

Esquire magazine, and was later made into a film. The subject of the image- whose

identity remains uncertain, although attempts have been made to identify him- was

one of the people trapped on the upper floors of the skyscraper who apparently

chose to jump rather than die from the fire and smoke, while the buildings

collapsed. As may as 200 people jumped to their deaths; their was no time to

recover or identify those who jumped prior to that. Officially, all deaths in the

attacks except those of the hijackers were ruled to be homicides (as opposed to

suicides), and the New York City Medical Examiner’s Office stated that it does not

classify the people who fell to their deaths on September 11 as “jumpers”: (“A

‘jumper’ is somebody who goes to the office in the morning prepared to commit

suicide..) These people were forced out by the smoke and flames or blown out”.

This picture is somewhat deceptive; it gives the impression that the man is falling

straight down. In reality, this is just one of a dozen photographs of his fall. In the

other photos, it is evident that he is tumbling through the air out of control. Five

years after the attacks, Jonathan Briley, a 43- year-old employee of the windows on

the world restaurant, was identified by chef Michael Lomonaco as The Falling

Man. Briely was sound engineer who lived in Mount Vernon, New York and

worked in the North Tower restaurant. According to the film, the victim was

initially identified by his brother in the morgue by the victim’s hands and shoes.

Lomonaco claims tha the was able to identify Briley by his clothes and body-type.

In one of the pictures, The Falling Man’s clothes were blown away, revealing an

orange undershirt similar to the shirt that Briley wore to work almost every day.

His older sister, Gwedolyn, asserted he was wearing that shirt on the day of the

attack. However, the identity of the Falling Man has never been officially

confirmed.

Questions :

a) Why weren’t the deaths of the hijackers considered homicides?

b) Was the man jumping headlong or falling from the Tower? Give reasons for

your answer?

c) People who fell to their deaths on September 11 are not ‘jumpers’. Why?

d) How is the victim’s identity revealed in the film?

e) What clothing would Briley usually wear to work?

52. Identify and correct in the errors of the following sentence: 5x1=5

(a) My mother went to the doctor when she is sick

(b) She has no issues

(c) A bunch of keys were found in my table

(d) The rent of this house is low than that of mine

(e) Yours’s sincerely.

53. Look at the picture given below and answer the following questions given in

one or two sentences in your own: 5x1=5

a)What do you see in the picture?

b) Why we use light houses at night time?

c) Is there any other ways to reach the shore?

d) How we can say it’s useful?

e) Give a suitable title?

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