TN 10th Question Paper 2024 English

TN PUBLIC EXAM

QUESTION
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2024

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Language — Part II — ENGLISH
Time Allowed : 3.00 Hours ] [ Maximum Marks : 100

Instructions : (1) Check the question paper for fairness of printing. If there is any lack of
fairness, inform the Hall Supervisor immediately.
(2) Use Blue or Black ink to write and underline and pencil to draw diagrams.

PART - I
Note : (i) Answer all the questions. 14x1=14
(ii) Choose the most appropriate answer from the given four alternatives and write
the option code and the corresponding answer.
Choose the appropriate synonyms for the italicised words.
1. We have to be active and need to anticipate what could be there ahead.
(a) foresee (b) unexpected (c) careless (d) sudden

2. They can control a computer screen with Eye Gaze.
(a) control (b) shape (c) colour (d) stare

3. The lady seems hysterical.
(a) calm (b) serious (c) emotional (d) missing

Choose the appropriate antonyms for the italicised words.
4. The Sun was now ascending the sky.
(a) climbing (b) rising (c) mounting (d) descending

5. The spoilt child of affluent parents!
(a) poor (b) healthy (c) wealthy (d) happy

6. The whole school seemed so strange.
(a) odd (b) usual (c) weird (d) new

7. Choose the correct plural form of ‘eskimo’ from the following.
(a) eskimoss (b) eskimos (c) eskimose (d) eskimo

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8. Form a derivative by adding the right suffix to the word ‘Child’.
(a) hood (b) ment (c) ure (d) ion

9. Choose the correct expansion of the abbreviation ‘AAC’.
(a) Augmentative and Alternative Communication
(b) Accumulative and Alternative Communication
(c) Augmentative and Assessive Communication
(d) Augmentative and Artificial Computer

10. Complete the following sentence with the most appropriate phrasal verb given below.
I never __________ in the gym.
(a) work after (b) work out (c) work on (d) work in

11. Choose the suitable option to pair it with the word ‘Watch’ to form a compound word.
(a) hall (b) house (c) man (d) clock

12. Fill in the blank with the most appropriate preposition given below.
The young seagull was alone __________ his ledge.
(a) of (b) on (c) into (d) with

13. Complete the following sentence using the most appropriate tense form of the verb given
below.
Siva __________ (attend) music classes regularly.
(a) attends (b) attended (c) will attend (d) will be attending

14. Choose the most appropriate linker from the given four alternatives.
Call me __________ you need money.
(a) incase (b) though (c) but (d) and

PART - II
SECTION - 1
Answer any three of the following questions in a sentence or two. 3x2=6
15. What woke up the mother ?

16. Which devices are controlled using ACTIV controller ?

17. Why did Holmes want Smith to treat him ?

18. What was Frank sorry for ?

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SECTION - 2
Read the following sets of poetic lines and answer any three of the following. 3x2=6
19. There’s a family nobody likes to meet;
They live, it is said, on Complaining Street
(a) Where does the family live ?
(b) Why do you think the street is named as Complaining Street ?

20. At last by starvation and famine made bold,
All dripping with wet, and all trembling with cold,
(a) What made the cricket bold ?
(b) Why did the cricket drip and tremble ?

21. So let the way wind up the hill or down,
O’er rough or smooth, the journey will be joy:
(a) How is the way of life ?
(b) How should be the journey of life ?

22. And now, if you will set us to our task,
We will serve you four and twenty hours a day!
(a) Who does the pronoun ‘you’ refer to here ?
(b) Whose task is referred to as ‘our task’ here ?

SECTION - 3
Answer any three of the following. 3x2=6
23. Rewrite the sentence in Reported speech.
He said, “I have bought five apples from the shop.”

24. Rewrite the following sentence in other voice.
Have you invited Raman to the party ?

25. Punctuate the following sentence.
do you know the symptoms asked smith

26. Change the following sentence into a simple sentence.
He followed what I suggested.

27. Rearrange the words in the correct order to make meaningful sentences.
(a) had/made/He/flight/his/first.
(b) heard/from/tent/her/this/Mulan/inside.

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SECTION - 4
28. Answer the following question. 1x2=2
A stranger asked you to direct him to the school. Guide him to reach his destination.

PART - III
SECTION - 1
Answer any two of the following in a paragraph. 2x5=10
29. Narrate the extensive search operation made by the policeman in the house.
30. ‘Technology is a boon to the disabled’- Justify.
31. Give a brief character sketch of Sasanka Sanyal.
32. Highlight the factors responsible for the all-women Indian Navy Crew to carry out their
expedition.
SECTION - 2
Answer any two of the following. 2x5=10
33. What optimistic attitude should the readers possess according to the poem ‘The Grumble
family’ ?
34. Compare and contrast the attitude of the ant and the cricket.
35. Read the following stanza and answer the questions given below.
Beside the house sits a tree.
It never grows leaves,
Not in the winter, spring, summer or fall.
It just sits there, never getting small or ever growing tall,
(a) Pick out the rhyming words from the given stanza.
(b) Give the rhyme scheme for the given stanza.
(c) Identify the figure of speech employed in the first line of the given stanza.
(d) Pick out the alliterating words in the third line.

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36. Paraphrase the following stanza.
Remember, no men are strange, no countries foreign
Beneath all uniforms, a single body breathes
Like ours : the land our brothers walk upon
Is earth like this, in which we all shall lie.

SECTION - 3
Answer any one of the following. 1x5=5
37. Rearrange the following sentences in coherent order.
(i) Mulan went into her room and cut her long hair.
(ii) In the army, Mulan proved to be a brave soldier.
(iii) Mulan, a teenage girl who lived in a faraway village of China heard the news.
(iv) The Emperor said that one man from each Chinese family must join the army.
(v) She climbed on a horse and joined the army.

38. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.
One afternoon in the early fall, when Peter was eight years old, his mother called him
from his play. “Come, Peter,” she said. “I want you to go across the dike and take these
cakes to your friend, the blind man. If you go quickly, and do not stop to play, you will be
home again before dark.” The little boy was glad to go on such an errand, and started off
with a light heart. He stayed with the poor blind man a little while to tell him about his walk
along the dike and about the sun and the flowers and the ships far out at sea. Then he
remembered his mother’s wish that he should return before dark and, bidding his friend
goodbye, he set out for home.
Questions :
(a) What did Peter’s mother want him to do ?
(b) What was her advice ?
(c) Why was the little boy glad ?
(d) What did the little boy tell his friend ?
(e) What did the little boy remember ?

SECTION - 4
Answer any four of the following. 4x5=20
39. Prepare an attractive advertisement using the hints given below.
Tasty and hygienic - home made taste - 200 varieties to select - Purely vegetarian - special
combo offers - available - Icecream and Fruit juices - Mani Vilas - M.G. Road, Madurai.

40. You are Gomathi, a resident of a colony adjacent to the Cauvery River. Daily you see many
people throwing waste into it, spoiling the pure water. Write a letter to a newspaper showing
your concern about it and also voicing your worry.

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41. You are Nikil/Nikitha, school pupil leader of GHSS, Trichy. Prepare a notice on behalf of
your school inviting the grandparents of the students to celebrate WORLD ELDERS DAY in
your school auditorium on the 20th of next month.

42. Look at the following picture and express your views on it in a paragraph of five sentences.

43. Make notes or write a summary of the following passage.
Many of us use internet on a regular basis and even have access to it from our homes!
The ‘net’ in internet really stands for network. A network is two or more computers connected
together so that information can be shared, or sent from one computer to another. The
internet is a vast resource for all types of information. You may enjoy using it to do research
for a school project, downloading your favorite songs or communicating with friends and
family. Information is accessed through web pages that companies, organizations and
individuals create and post. It’s kind of like a giant bulletin board that the whole world uses!
But since anyone can put anything on the internet, you also have to be careful and use your
best judgement and a little commonsense.
Just because you read something on a piece of paper someone sticks on a bulletin board
doesn’t mean that it’s a good information, or even correct, for that matter. So you have to be
sure that whoever posted the information knows what they are talking about, especially if
you are doing research! But what if you’re just emailing people ? You still have to be very
careful. If you’ve never met the person that you’re communicating with online, you could be
on dangerous ground! You should never give out any personal information to someone you
don’t know, not even your name. And just like if you can’t believe the information on every
website out there, you can’t rely on what strangers you ‘meet’ on the internet tell you either.
Just like you could make up things about yourself to tell someone, someone else could do the
same to you.

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44. Identify the errors in the following sentences and rewrite them correctly.
(a) A earth goes round the sun.
(b) It poured outside now.
(c) I can be fifteen next April.
(d) Her cousins as well as she is hard working.
(e) As we were late, so we apologised.

SECTION - 5
45. Quote from memory. 1x5=5
Not mourning for .................................................................

............................................................................ with cheer.

PART - IV
46. Write a paragraph of about 150 words by developing the following hints. 2x8=16
(a) The Emperor of Shining - orders - old people - to be - deserted - farmer - very sad -
carries old mother - to Obatsuyama - leaves mother - arranges bed to sleep - mother
warns - son - of danger - asks to follow - twigs - son moved - carries mother back home
- hides - at home - Emperor orders - rope of ashes - farmer worried - old mother helps
- emperor surprised - farmer revealed the truth - Emperor - calls back the order -
abolished his cruel law.
OR
(b) Prospero and Miranda - island cave - help of Ariel - raises storm - the shipwreck - the
command of Prospero - Ferdinand separated - brought to cave - Miranda meets
Ferdinand - both surprised - Prospero tries Ferdinand with hard tasks - Ariel brings
Alonso and Antonio to Prospero - both repent - dukedom restored to Prospero - marriage
of Miranda and Ferdinand.

47. Read the following paragraph and answer the questions given below.
(a) Books are the greatest treasure of mankind. The habit of reading them is a source of
pleasure. He, who is in the habit of reading books should buy books for himself. He
should start collecting books from his youth. The books collected and arranged properly
in a room not only decorates the room but also makes the presence of their authors felt.
Books contain eternal truths and are better friends than those of flesh and blood as they
not only entertain but also guide us.
Questions :
(i) What are the treasure and what gives pleasure ?
(ii) When should one start collecting books ?
(iii) What do books contain in them ?
(iv) Mention any two uses of reading books.
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or standing long an oak, three hundred year,
To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere;
A lily of a day
Is fairer far in May,
Although it fall and die that night -
It was the plant and flower of Light.
In small proportions we just beauties see;
And in short measures life may perfect be.
Questions :
(i) Which shows beauty - the lily or the oak ?
(ii) What happens to the oak at last ?
(iii) Compare the life of the oak and the lily.
(iv) What do you learn from the last two lines ?

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