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Tsi10E Tenkasi District
Common Half Yearly Examination - 2023
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Time: 3.00 Hours Standard 10 Marks: 100
ENGLISH
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Part -I
Answer allthe questions. ii) Choose the most suitable answer 14x1=14
Choose the appropriate Synonyms for the underlined words:
1) Iforgot all about Mr.Hamel's ruler and how çranky he was
a) Unusal b)familiar c) Unfamiliar d) Strange
2) The program covered the expedition in the five legs
a) anxious b) effort c) Journey d) guard
3) Burgulars,she shouted intuitively
a) instinctively b) indignantly c) fearfuly d) awfully
Choose the appropriate antonyms for the underlined words:
4) His father was preening the feathers.
a)cleaning b)clearing c) dirtying d) colouring
5) The Sun was Soothing

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a) Pleasing b) relaxing c) disturbing d) burning
6) The sick room was agloonmy spot
b)dim

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a) dark c) dull d) bright
7) Choose the correct plural form of eskimo from the following:
a) eskimos b) eskimoes c) eskii d) eskimo

b) - ence
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8) Attach a suitable suffix to the word "appear"
a) - able c) - ance d) - ible
9) Choose the correct expansion of the abbreviation CCTV
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a) Closed - circle Television b) Closed - circuit Television
c) Close - circuit Television d) Closer - circuit Television
10) Complete the following sentences with the most appropriate phrasal
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verb given below.

Don't the poor people
a) look to b) look down on c) looking down d) lookup to
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11) Choose the suitable option to pair it with the word under to form a
compound word.
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a) world b) water c) store d) room

12) Peter
Fill in closed
the blank with the most appropriate preposition given below.
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the hole his finger

a) in b) with c) on d) into
13) Complete the following sentence using the most appropriate tense
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form of the verb given below.

She......... Since morning
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a) has studied b) has been studyingc) have studied d) has study

14) Choose the most appropriate linker from the given four alternatives
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you workhard, you can not secure good marks

a) When b) But c) How d) Unless
Part- II
Section -I (PROSE)
Answer any Three of the following questions in a sentence or two. 3x2=6
15) Why did the seagull fail to fly?
16) Why did Holmes pleaded with Smith.
17) Whowere the narrator's neighbours?
18) How does Kim help Alisha?
Section - II (POETRY)
Read the following sets of poetic lines and answer any Three of the following 3x2=6
19) They, too, aware of sun and air and water
Are fed by peaceful harvests, by war's long winter starv'd
a) What is common for all of us? b) How are we fed?
20) At last by starvation and famine made bold,
Alldripping with wet, and all trembling with cold
a) What made the cricket bold?
b) Why did the cricket drip and tremble?
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21) They growl at that and they growl at this
What ever comes, there is something a miss
a) What does the word 'grow!' mean
b) Why do they find everything amiss?here
22) It Sat alone
What happened here is stilltoday unknown
a) What does It' refer to?
b) What happened inside it?
Section - III (GRAMMAR)
Answer any Three of the following: 3x2=6
23) Rewrite the following sentence to
Raja had bought a colourful hat for herthe other voice?
24) Rewrite using indirect speech daughter
Prospero said to Ariel, "How
25) Punctuate the following have hou performed your task
be not so amazed daughtersentence.
26) Transform the following miranda said prospero

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sentence as directed
At the age of six, Vajeela started learning music (in to complex)
27) Rearrange the words in the correct order to make meaningful sentence.

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a) Your/ today put on/ new/ Since / is /birthday / dresS/ the
b) as/I/ healthy / are/you /am / as es
Section - IV(COMPULSORY)
Answer the following questions. 1x2=2
Z8) Astranger wants togo to the bank. Guide him to reach his destination
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Main Road
Bus Stop X You are
BANK SBI here
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Raja Store
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Part- III
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Section -I (PROSE)
Answer any two of the following in utmost 10 lines. 2x5=10
29) Explain the experience of the young seagull in "His First flight" written by
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Liam O' Flaherty.

30) Highlight the factors responsible for the all - women Indian Navy crew to
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carryout their expedition.

31) Give an account of the last day of M.Hamel in school.
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32) Give a detailed account of all thoughts and questions inthe narrator's mind
while acCompanying Aditya from the teashop to sanyal's house.
Section - II(POETRY)
Answer any Two of the following in utmost 10 lines. 2x5=10
33) What are the position aspects mentioned in the poem Life'?
34) How do machine confess they are inferior to human brian?
35) Read the following stanza and answer the questions given below.
The weather is always too hot or cold
Summer and Winter alike they scold
Nothing goes right with folks you meet
Down on the gloomy complaining street
i) Pickout the rhyming words from the above lines
ii) Write the rhyme scheme or the given stanza
i) Pickout the alliterating words
iv) Identify the figure of speech employed in the fourth line of the given stanza.
36) Paraphrase the following stanza
We can pulland haul and push and lift and drive
We can print and plough and weave and heat and light
We can run and race swim and fly and dive
We can see and hear and count and read and write

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Section - III
Answer any one of the following: 1x5=5
37) Rearrange the following sentences in coherent order
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mother dropped the smalitwigs as markers on the way on the way
help her son return
) Once in shining, acrueB ruler decdared chat all old people must be put to deatn
m) Filled with dread, he hid his mother in
his home
rV) Afarmer decided to leave his old mother on top of a mountain
V) The Son made up his mind to take back his mother home.
33) Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow
The Emperor was so glad that Mulan had ended the long war, he set
aside the rule about being a woman "Mulan stay with me in the palace," ne
said, "some one as smart as you would be a fine royal adviser.
Mulan bowed deeply, You are t0o kind. sir", She said "But if you please,
what Iwish most of all is to return home to my family"Then at least take these
fine gifts," said the Enperor. "So everyone at your home and village willknow

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how much the Emperor of China thinks of you". Mulan returned to her village
with six fine horses and six fine swords. Everyone cheered that she was sare.
The person who had saved China was their very own Mulan.

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i) Why was the emperor so glad?
i) What did the emperor ask Mulan?
m) What made the emperor to see aside the rule about being a women?
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iv) What were the fine gifts given by the emperor to mulan?
v) Howdid the villagers celebrate the return of Mulan?
Section - IV (WRITING)
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Answer any four of the following: 4x5=20

39) Prepare an attractive advertisement using hints given below.
Foot wear for al-all sizes - endless variety - all brands - under one roof -
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attractive offers - shoes and heels 74 M.G.Road, Tenkasi.

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40) Write a letter to a newspaper highlighting the unhygienic condition of your area.
41) You are Raja/Priya, The literary Association Secretary of GHSS, Tenkasi.
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Prepare a notice on behalf of your school, inviting the students to participate

in the ORATORICAL COMPETITION to be conducted next month.
42) Look at the following picture
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and express your views

on it in a paragraph
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of five sentences.
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43) Make notes or write a summary of the following passage.

Mobile phone is atelephone system that works without any wire. Mobile phone
isone of the wonderful wonders of science. It has added a new dimension to our
life and to communicationsystem. It can be movedeasily and quickly from place to
place. Through mobile phone, we can send messages todistant places, play games
and sports, know about time. Solve the work of calculation, be aware of different
kinds of news and views. At present the popularity of the mobile phones is increasing.
Many companies are also being set up for selling mobile phone. The price of mobile
phones is also decreasing in comparison with the past. People are being encouraged
to buy a mobile-phone set at a cheaper rate. Howeverwith the touch of science
and technology, the whole world seems to be a global village, in a very single
moment, we can communicate with the people living in a very distant place. With
alltis disadvantages, the mobile phone has still some drawbacks in disguise. Though
the price of it is decreasing, per minute bill is not decresing. So everybody cannot
possess it. Scientists have recently discovered that mobile phone can cause
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cancer to the users. Besides, it has become a fashion wth the voungpeople. Last
but not the least, terronsts are using rt to spread out teTorism al around tne word.
M) Identify the errors in the following sentenced and rewrite them correctly.
a) Garnes and sports helps in reCreation
b) Cricket is watched by millions of fans all
C) His Uncle is a M.L.A over a world.
d) Iprefer coffee than Tea
e) Would Ihave your autograph?
Section -v
MEMORITER
45) Quote from Memory: (COMPULSORY )
A Woman 1x5=5
.... in spring
Part- IV (Supplementary) 1x8=8
46) Write a paragraph about 150 words by developing the
following hints.
Inhabitants of the island - prospero and Miranda - Prospero Magical
power - his brother Antonio, king of Naples, his son Ferdinand and Gonzalo
on the ship - Prospero raised strom - repent for the in -

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Ariel to bring Ferdinand - Miranda had more Justice - instructed
task -be for gave all - restored dukedom. concern prosper0 set severe
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Holland - dikes - lie below sea level - peter - prevent sea water - walks
besides the canai - smali hole in the dike - put his finger - Holland - drowned
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While I arn here - little fellow - and screamed - next morning - à
man -
notice peter - alarm - people mended - brave hero.
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Part- V (Generalcomperhension) 4x2=8
47) Read the following paragraph and answer the questions given below.
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Bees are special insects because they can fiy. They can move through
the air like an aeroplane. They fly to get to the flowers. There are three
colours in Bees. Yellow, red and orange. All bees are black in some places.
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Bees have three main parts - head, a body, and a stinger. The stinger is
used to defend against enemies. They use their six legs to climb, to stand, to
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eat and to collect pollen. Bees live in many places. The only continent that
bees do not live on is Antartica as it is too cold. Generally bees are beneficial
to humans. If you do not bother them, they will not bother you.
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Questions:
a) Why do bees need to fly?
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b) What is the use of a stinger in a bee?

c) How do the bees collect pollen?
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d) Do bees live in cold region? Why?

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Read the following poem and answer the questions given below:
A bird, Came down the walk
He did not know I saw
He bit an Angle worm in halves SVAKUmat.M,
And ate the fellow, raw, Sri Rao Matjc s
And then, he drank a Dew
From a convenient Grass -
And then hopped side wise to the wall
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To let a Beetle pass Tenta Di St.
He glanced with rapid eyes
That hurried allabroad
They looked like frightened Beads,I thought
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Questions:
a) What did the poet see?
b) How did the bird eat the worm?
c) Did the bird drink water? How?
d) What are the eyes compared to?

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