SECOND REVISION EXAMINATION - 2024 Class : 10 ENGLISH eet Law Time : 3-00 Hours PART - | (VOCABULARY) aan Answer all the questions : tee Choose¢he appropriate synonyms for the underlined words. 1. We hve to be active and need to anticipate what could be there ahead. ah foresee b)hope ©) wait d)attack 2. Lwas hesitant to leave him how a)allow b) doubtful c)notallowed __d)hasty 3. Assistive Technology has Nelped a talgnted mind overcome physical impairments. a)ignorances Whinadequates ~ c)disabilities dd) transitions Choose the appropriate antonyms for the underlined words. 4.1 indulged in banking. 1a) took part participated c)yielded abstained 5. She picked up a shoe and whammed it through the window, a) tapped b)threw ) struck “dypulled 6. The Purssians defeated the French. .__b)retreated Ariumphed analysed) faced 7. Choose the correet plural form of aircraft from the following. 3 a) aircraft aircrafts c)aircraftes d)aircraftves 8. Forma derivative by adding the right prefix to the word violet’ a) Trans : byinter oles d) Over 9. Choose the correct expansion of the abbreviation 'BPT" a). Bachelor of Para Therapy ) Bachelorof Past’Treatment Bachelor of Physiotherapy d) Bachelorof Psychological Treatment 10‘Complete the following sentence with most appropriate phrasal verb given below: He renounced his wealth and whe ial worker. a)givein _b)giveon veup _d)giveout 11, Choose the suitable option to pair i(with the word ‘bird’ to forma compound word. ‘watching ) fall ©) toy d) dark 12ill in the blank with the most appropriate preposition given below: Prove your worth by doing something _ totalking. a) inspiteof b)dueto instead of ) incase of 13, Complete the following sentence using the propriate tense form of the verb given below. “You the plans how toeelebrate the function by now,” said my mother. a) willdi af iscuss c) was discussing 4) will have discussed 14, Choose the most appropriate linker from the given four alternatives. Ng sooner did the teacher enter the class _ the boys stood up. wen pian b) when c)and also d)after Leer PART-Il (PROSE) (1? |” (SECTION- 1) Answer any THREE of the following questions. 3x2=6 15. What does the term circumnavigation mean? 16. Who arrested Smith ? What were the charges against him ? 17, What woke up the mother? 18. How would you help the people with disabilities in your neighbourhood? SECTION If (POETRY) Answer any three of the following questions. ax2e 19. Let me but live my life from year to year, With forward face and unreluctant soul; a) Whom does the word 'me' refer to? b) What kind of life does the poet want to lead? 10” English -SR- Page~ SFT mayNL eS ee ee ee oe 20. Notacrumbtobe found On the snow- covered ground; a) What couldn't he find on the ground? f'-respect. b) Why was the ground covered with snow? 21.Don't ever try to saw her pride, her She knows how to thaw you, saw you -so beware! a 'a) What do the words thaw andsawmeanhere? —_b) What is the tone of the author? 22, But remember, please, the Law by which we live, Weare not built to comprehend a lie, eee cut a) What does the poet except us to remember? b) Howare the machines not built? SECTION -II|_ (GRAMMAR ) 3x2=6 Answer any three of the following questions. 23. Rewrite the following sentence to the other voice. Tnoticed asudderttfange in Aditya's face. wd le An 24, Rewrite the sentence using indirect speech. The doctor asked the patient,” Do yousmoke?” wy | 25. Transform the following sentence into a complex sentence. The child saw the mother and at once itstopped crying. 26. Punctuate the following sentence. . deodarganj aditya replied we are on ourway tokolkata 27. Rearrange the words in the correct order to make a meaningful sentence. a) writing / system/ telephone / am / to /1/about/ banking / your /complail b) You / belive /hear / should Awhat “never /you. \ —= : , SECTION — Vv (COMPULSORY) 28. You are in’ your school .A man approaches you to guide him to the nearby temple .Give’ ee x x using the following road map. PART - Ill (SECTION -1) Answer any two of the following in utmost 10 lines. 2x5=10 29, Describe the struggles underwent by the young seagull to overcome its fear of flying 30. Give an account of the last day of M. Hamel in school. 31. Write in detail about the selection and training process which the crew underwent ? 32. How did Watson help his friend to arrest the criminal? SECTION - I Answer any two of the following in utmost 10 lines. 2x5=10 33. How does the poet Hentry Van Dike lead his life? 34. Compare and contrast the attitude of the ant and the cricket? 35. Read the following stanza and answer the questions given below. Butremember, please, the Law by which we live, Weare not built to comprehend a lie, Wecan neither love nor pity nor forgive, Ifyoumakea slip in handling us you die! a) Identify the rhyming words of the given lines. b) What is the rhyming scheme of the above stanza’? c) Mention the figure of speech employed in the second line of the stanza. d) Pick out the alliterating words in the first line. 10” English -SR- Page-2 7 ae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 Isearth like this, in which weall shall lie. SECTION - Ill Answer any one of the following. 1x5=5. 37. Rearrange the following sentences in coherent order. ‘ (i) Assoonas he awoke , he switched on his phonotelephote, (ii) her sweet voice gave a happiertum to his mood. (iii) .Mr. Bennett woke up in aibad temper. (iv) He bad his wife appear in the telephotic mirror. (v) The wires of the Phonotelephote led to the house he owned in the Champs - Elysees. 38. Read the following passage and answer the. question that follow. In fotakdespar at their failure to make Zigzag ,or at least stop him snoring they shut themselves in the br Zale at was, furthest away from Mrs.Krishnan's studio there Zigzag Was creating the terrible din.) rs Krishnan was just unreveling a roll of cotton wool to stuff in her ears when they heard their maid, akshmi, shrieking as ifshe had been electrocuted.) Questions: a) Where they able to stop Zigzag from snoring? b) Where did they shut themselves? ) What was Mrs. Krishnan tryingto do? 4) Whois Lakshmi? e) How did Lakshmi scream? SECTION -IV (WRITING) Answer any four of the following. 4x5=20 39. Prepare anattractive advertisement using the hints given below. Raj apparels— Aadi Sale-40 %— Special combo offers ~ Buy one Get one—West Street— Madurai, 40. Write a letter to the manager of a famous daily/ popular children's magazine, ordering subscription for your school library. 41. Write a report on the Annual Sports Day of your school. 42. Look at the following picture and express your views on it in about five sentences: 43. Make notes or write a summary of the following passage: Dragon tales are kiiown in many cuftures, from the Americas to Europe, and from India to China. it's not clear when or wear stories of dragons first emerged, but the huge, flying serpents were described by the > ancient Greeks and Sumerians. The word ‘dragon’ comes from the ancient Greek word 'draconta' meaning ¢ ‘to watch’, suggesting that the dragons are responsible for guarding valuables. Dragons typically guard... treasures such as mountains of gold coins or gems. Some dragons have wings; others don't, Some dragons breathe fire; others can't . Some are only a few feet long; others span miles. Some live under the ocean; jo.5 others can only be found in caves and inside the mountains. : * 40° English -SR- Page-3 ey if44. Identify and correct the errors in the following sentences a) Have anyoneattended the function?) b) Everybody enjoy a good song. > ¢) Radha and Meerais coming home, 4d) Shemademe ycry ¢) Thedog jumped inthe well. 1 COMPULSORY SECTION-V (MEMORITER iiss 45. Quote from memory From: Letmebut .. To : cnn back in feat. pxaniG PART-IV (SUPPLEMENTARY ) 46. Write a paragraph of about 150 words by developing the following hin's: | port war ~ Man father China faces ~ great war ~ king commands men from ~ e mour~sword~ goes for war—disgu affected —fever—D back - village -royal gifts—people happ (or) \, b) Dr Ashok ~entrusthis-petbird -Dr. Krishnan children excited of his entry-itcan speak-21- African langua; ‘ag- sleep endless- with heavy snore- no piece at -home -Mrs. Krishnan - not happy shouts and ask for solutions~ Dr. Krishnan-takes zigzag to clinic- tun of event- zigzag-takes- care O the orderliness ~ clinic - very quite - all surprised - zigzag commands - Dr.Krishnan happy finds secret - zigzag - must be engaged - if not he sleeps - family is happy with his presence. PART - V (GENERAL COMPREHENSION) 47. Read the following paragraph and answer the questions given below. . a) Chennai, formerly Madras is the, capital of Tamilnadu, in southern India, on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal.Known as the “Gateway to South India,” Chennai is a major administrative and cultural centre/Armenian and Portuguese traders were living in the Santhome areaof what is now present-day Chennai before the arrival of the British in 1639.)Madras was the shortened name of the fishing village Madraspatnam, where the British East India Company built a fort and factory (trading post) in 1639-40. At that time, the weaving of cotton fabrigs was a local industry, and the English invited the weavers and native merchants to settle near the fort.|By 1652 the factory of Fort St. George w: recognized as a presidency (an administrative unit governed by a president), and between 1668 and 1749 the company expanded its control{About 1801, by which time the last of the local rulers had been shorn of his powers, the English had become masters of southern India, Madras had become their administrative and commercial capital. The government of Tamil Nadu officially changed the name of the city of Chennai in 1996, Questions: a) Who were living in the Santhome area? ¢) What was the local industry in Chennai —_fights bravely ~ promotes joctor finds - Mulan woman yy Mulan weak ~Mulan—wears— chief —king happy ~fever sweeps — war camp ~M\ soldiers ~ resent to the fact ~ Mulan rejects — goes b) When did the British arrive at Chennai? d) When did the English become masters of southern India? (or) Read the following poem and answer the questions given below. b) Awealthy city mouse once came To view his country cousin's clutter He stayed for lunch butall they ate Were sandwiches of peanut butter You call that lunch? The rich mouse said, Call this house? He laughed with glee, Come into town tonight, he said, Stop up anotch and visit me! Questions: a) Whois the guest and who is the host here? b) Whatis the mice's breakfast? c) Wheredidthecity mouseinvitehis cousin? d)_ Doesthe city mouse like the place and food? : eesaenneSsnaden ses 10” English -SR- Page-4 Se “See ae