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PART-I 14 X 1 = 14 12. Fill in the blank with the most appropriate preposition given
i. Answer all the questions below:
ii. Choose the most suitable answer and write the code with The play opens ___ a storm raised by Prospero.
corresponding answer. a. In b. at c. with d. on
Choose the appropriate synonym for the following words: 13. Complete the following sentence using the most appropriate
1. He flapped his wings once and he soared upwards. tense form of the verb given below:
a. Descended b. slumped c. lowered d. flew We did not go out last Sunday because it ___.
2. Flashlights shot streaks of gleam up and down the walls. a. rained b. was rained c. was raining d. has rained
a. Scales b. shades c. rays d. signals 14. choose the most appropriate linker from the given four
3. The special feature of this sailboat is… alternatives:
a. Quite b. aspect c. shabby d. blunder Wash your hands ___ you eat your dinner.
Choose the appropriate antonym for the following words: a. Till b. before c. after d. while
4. Usually when school began, there was a great bustle.
a. Always b. regularly c. unusually d. ever PART-II 10 X 2 = 20
5. We should make a new way of learning SECTION -I
a. Grasping b. reading c. gaining d. teaching Answer any three of the following questions in a sentence or two.
6. The butler appeared at the doorway. 3x2=6
a. Show b. seen c. beneath d. vanished 15. What made the reporter gaze at the author?
7. Choose the correct plural form of day from the following 16. What festival did they celebrate during their expedition?
a. Day b. days c. dayes d. day’s 17. How did Sanyal show the sense of self-respect?
8. Form a derivative by adding the right suffix to the word day-dream 18. What did David say about the Liberator Communication Device?
a. er b. y c. ist d. istic
9. Choose the correct expansion of the abbreviation UFO SECTION - II
a. Unidentified Foreign Object Read the following sets of poetic lines and answer any three of the
b. Unidentified Flying Object following: 3x2=6
c. Universal Force Organization 19. What happened inside that house?
d. United Federal Organization I really don’t know I guess it will always be a mystery.
10. Complete the following sentence with the most appropriate phrasal a. Does the poet know what happened in the house?
verb given below. b. What is the mystery about the house?
The plane left as scheduled. 20. Remember they have eyes like ours that wake
a. Took away b. took off c. took aback d. took in Or sleep, and strength that can be won by love.
11. Choose the suitable option to pair it with the word whole to form a a. How can we win other people?
compound word: b. Explain ‘they have eyes like ours that wake or sleep’.
a. Kit b. some c. power d. war 21. We were cast and wrought and hammered to design,
We were cut and filed and tooled and gauged to fit.

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a. Who does ‘we’ refer to?
b. What do you mean by ‘wrought’?
22. Began to complain when he found that, at home,
His cupboard was empty, and winter was come.
a. Who does ‘he’ refer to?
b. Why was his cupboard empty?
SECTION - III
Answer any three of the following
23. Rewrite the following sentence to the other voice.
The Chinese discovered acupuncture thousands of years ago.
24. Rewrite using indirect speech.
You said to me, “I took your book. I shall return it tomorrow.”
25. Punctuate the following sentence.
Praveen said to his friend alas ive lost my purse.
26. Transform the following sentence into a simple sentence.
I know that he is an innocent in this matter.
27. Rearrange the words in the correct order to make meaningful
sentence:
a) Offer / the young bird / any food / the mother bird / to / did not
b) Increase / gradual / noticed / temperature / we / a / in
SECTION – IV
Answer the following question 1x2=2
28. A stranger wants to visit the petrol bunk. Write the steps to
guide him to reach his destination.
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PART-III 10 X 5 = 50
SECTION - I
Answer any two of the following in utmost 10 lines: 2 x 5 = 10
29. What is the theme of the story “The night the Ghost got in”
30. Write in detail about the selection and training process which the
crew underwent.
31. How did David’s life change with the use of technology?
32. How did Holmes trap Mr.Culverton Smith to confess the murder?
SECTION – II
Answer any two of the following in utmost 10 lines: 2 x 5 = 10
33. Where is the house located? Why is it a mysterious place?
34. Compare and contrast the attitude of the ant and the cricket.
35. Read the following stanza and answer the questions given below
In the dim past, nor holding back in fear
From what the future veils; but with a whole
And happy heart, that pays its toll
To Youth and Age, and travels on with cheer.
a) Pick out the words in alliteration in the second line.
b) Write the rhyme scheme.
c) Identify the figure of speech in the first line.
d) Pick out the rhyming words
e) Identify the figure of speech in the last line
36. Paraphrase the following stanza
I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer by;
And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking,
And a grey mist on the sea’s face, and a grey dawn breaking.
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SECTION – III 41. You are Manoj / Maha, the school pupil leader of GHSS, Ramnad.
Answer any one of the following: 1x5=5 Prepare a notice on behalf of your school inviting all the parents
37. Rearrange the following sentences in coherent order to celebrate Mother’s day in your school ground on 10th May
i) A week before that event, he sent for me. 2020.
ii) He hated my mother, but I donot know why. 42. Look at the following picture and express your views on it in
iii) Here let me say that I had never set eyes on him. about five sentences.
iv) She told me that I need expect nothing from my father’s brother.
v) I was just thirty-seven when my uncle Philip died.
38. Read the following passage and answer the questions that
follow.
The country shining was governed by a despotic leader who
thought a warrior, had a great and cowardly shrinking from anything
suggestive of failing health and strength. This caused him to send out
a cruel proclamation. The entire province was given strict orders to
immediately put to death all aged people. Those were barbarous
days, and the custom of abandoning old people to die was not
uncommon. The poor farmer loved his aged mother with tender
reverence, and the order filled his heart with sorrow. But no one
ever thought twice about obeying the mandate of the governor, so
with many deep and hopeless sighs, he youth prepared for what at
that time was considered the kindest mode of earth. 43. Make notes or write a summary of the following passage.
Questions: The buying and selling of commodities is termed as trade.
a) By whom was the country shining governed? People who buy and sell things are called traders. Finished products
b) What did the governor proclaim? are bought by traders and sold in markets. People who buy and sell
c) Was the custom common in those barbarous days? large quantities of commodities are called wholesale merchants.
d) How did the poor farmer love his mother? People who buy and sell small quantities are called retailers. When
e) What filled him with sorrow? there is surplus of commodities, there is a fall in price. When there
is deficit in commodities, there is a rise in price. The Government
SECTION – IV supplies essential commodities like rice, dhal, sugar and oil through
Answer any four of the following: 4 x 5 = 20 fair price shops. The Government has taken several steps to control
39. Prepare an attractive advertisement using the hints given below price rise through the enforcement of laws. When there is a
Home appliances – New Year sale – 60% offer – Free gifts – Sathya shortage of commodities, the Government imports them from other
Agencies – Sigil Raja Veedhi, Ramnad. countries and distributes them through fair price shops.
40. Write a letter to the district collector requesting him to arrange a
District level science exhibition.

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44. Identify and correct the errors in the following sentences. Questions:
a) I wish I was a bird. a) How is ‘All Fools’ Day’ spent?
b) Unless you work hard you will pass. b) How is the sun associated with this day?
c) Anandh is senior than me. c) What was the change brought by Pope Gregory?
d) I told him I could come. d) What is the assumption of some people regarding April Fool’s
e) Many a man have made a mistake. Day?
SECTION – IV (OR)
Quote from memory: 1x5=5
45. Last five lines from the poem “Life” Read the following poem and answer the following questions
Not gold but only man can make
PART-IV 2 X 8 = 16 People great and strong
ANSWER BOTH THE QUESTIONS Men who for truth and honor’s sake
46. Write a paragraph about 150 words by developing the following Stand fast and suffer long
hints. Brave men who work, while others sleep
a) Prospero – Miranda – beautiful young lady – Ariel – ugly Who dare, while others fly-
monster – Caliban – Sycorax – witch – violent storm. They build a nation’s pillars deep
b) Dr.Ashok T.Krishnan’s clinic – tiny children – Somu – zig zag – And lift them to the sky.
Arvind – African witch doctor – Mrs.Krishnan – a talented Question:
artist – Maya. a) Who can make the people great and strong?
47. Read the following paragraph and answer the questions given b) Which is the strength of the nation?
below. c) Who work, while others sleep?
All Fool’s Day or April Fool’s Day is a day on which people d) Is gold a nation’s strength?
have a lot of fun pulling pranks on others. We do not know exactly
how April Fool’s Day began. Now it lives on as a day of fun and
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the world still celebrate New Year around that time. Earlier, Europe SYED AMMAL MATRIC. HR. SEC. SCHOOL,
too celebrated the New Year around 21 March till Pope Gregory VELIPATTINAM, RAMANATHAPURAM.
changed the calendar in 1582. After that, the beginning of the New
year was celebrated on 1 January. People usually gave each other gifts
for the New Year. When the date changed people gave mock gifts
each other on 1 April. Some people think April Fool’s Day began in
France and the custom made its way to other countries.

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