தமிழ்நாடு முழுவதிலும் இருக்கும் அர்ப்பணிப்பு மிக்க அரசுப் பள்ளி ஆசிரியர்களைக் கொண்டு உருவாக்கிய பொதுத் தேர்வுக்கான 10, 12ஆம் வகுப்பு மாதிரி வினாத்தாள் வங்கியை ABP Nadu சார்பில் தினந்தோறும் வெளியிட உள்ளோம். அந்த வகையில் 10ஆம் வகுப்பு தமிழ் பாடத்துக்கான மாதிரி வினாத்தாள் வெளியிடப்பட்டது. இன்று ஆங்கில பாடத்துக்கான மாதிரி வினாத்தாளை இந்தக் கட்டுரையில் காணலாம். 


Model Question Paper


Subject: English                                                                                                Duration: 3 Hours


Standard: 9th                                                                                                    Marks: 100


 


Part 1


 



  1. Answer all the questions.

  2. Choose the most suitable answer and write the code with corresponding answer.


Choose the appropriate synonym for the bold words.                                                 14 x 1 = 14


 



  1. He was an inventor, an able and ingenious mechanical engineer.

  2. stranger

  3. cowardice

  4. clever

  5. inventor


 



  1. A portion of a wall of the attic had crumbled down
    a) broken

  2. b) repaired

  3. c) crushed

  4. d) modified


 



  1. He just felt a little dizzy after traveling in the heat

  2. happy

  3. hungry

  4. drowsy

  5. sleepy


 


Choose the appropriate antonym for the italicised words


 



  1. The cops were reluctant to leave without getting their hand.


(a) eager


(b) unwilling


(c) opposed


(d) averse


 



  1. Those are the times we have to be active.


(a) dynamic


(b) lively


(c) energetic


(b) inactive


 



  1. Mrs. Hudson was waiting outside, trembling and crying.


(a) steady


(b) fluttering


(c) throbbing


(d) tottering


 



  1. What is the plural form of “Alga”?



  • algum

  • algae

  • algas

  • algages


 



  1. From a derivative by adding the right suffix to the word ‘appear’

  2. a) -able

  3. b) -ence

  4. c) -ible

  5. d) -ance


 



  1. Choose the correct expansion of CPR



  • Cardio pulmonary resuscitation

  • Carido planetary revolution

  • Carnival primary resolution

  • Carnivore particular revolution


 



  1. 10. Complete the following sentence with the most appropriate phrasal verb given below.


The travellers soon ___ food and water



  1. got along with

  2. stood up for

  3. c) ran out of

  4. d) looked up to


 



  1. Choose a suitable option to pair it with the word ‘sun’ to make it into a compound word.



  • soup

  • glasses

  • book

  • toothbrush


 



  1. Fill in the blanks with appropriate preposition.


The snake went ____ the stairs when the workers tried to hit it.



  1. among

  2. Upon

  3. Above

  4. Under


 



  1. Complete the following sentences using the most appropriate tense form of the word given below:


I ____ in the school since 2000.



  1. am working

  2. Has been working

  3. Were working

  4. Had worked


 



  1. Choose the most appropriate linker from the given four alternatives:


I was too busy ____ she entered my room.



  1. when

  2. Since

  3. Whenever

  4. After


Part 2


 Section 1


Answer any 3 of the following questions in a sentence or two                                 3 x 2 = 6


 



  1. What was the condition of Holmes when Watson saw him?


 



  1. What did Aditya offer Sanyal?


 



  1. What does INSV stand for?


 



  1. What did the young bird do to seek the attention of his parents?


 


Section 2                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     3 x 2 = 6


Read the following sets of poetic lines and answer any three of the following.


 



  1. My heart will keep the courage of the quest, And hope the road's last turn will be the best.


a) What kind of quest does the poet seek here?


b) What is the poet's hope?


 



  1. Began to complain when he found that, at home, His cupboard was empty, and winter was come.

  2. a) Who does 'he' refer to?


b) Why was his cupboard empty?


 



  1. We were taken from the ore-bed and the mine,


We were melted in the furnace and the pit



  1. a) Who does 'we refer to?


b) Where are they melted?


 



  1. It never grows leaves,
    Not in the winter, spring, summer or fall.
    It just sits there, never getting small or ever growing tall.


a) What does 'it' refer to?


b) In what way is the tree a mystery?


 


Section 3                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        3 x 2 = 6


Answer any three of the following


 



  1. Rewrite the following sentence in passive voice.


I have finished my homework.


 



  1. Change into indirect speech.


Malar said to ram, “where is your home?”


 



  1. Punctuate the following sentence.


the general is a woman yelled the soldiers


 



  1. Transform the following sentence into compound sentence.


Upon changing her dress, Kayal went out to play


 



  1. Rearrange the words in the correct order to make meaningful sentences.


 



  1. a) your / today / put on / new / since / is / birthday / dress / the


 



  1. b) speaks / Ruben / besides / German / languages / two


 


Section 4                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        1 x 2 = 2


Answer the following question


 



  1. A stranger wants to visit the zoo. Write the steps to guide him to reach the destination.


Part 3


 


Section 1

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             2 x 5 = 10


Answer any TWO of the following in a paragraph.


 



  1. Describe the struggle underwent by the young seagull to overcome its fear of flying.

  2. Give a brief character sketch of Sasanka Sanyal.

  3. How do we use technology in our day-to-day lives?

  4. Give an account of the last day of M. Hamel in school.


 


Section 2                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              2 x 5 = 10


Answer any TWO of the following.


 



  1. What is the central theme of the poem 'No men are foreign?

  2. How are today's women portrayed by the poet?


 



  1. Read the following stanza and answer the questions given below


 


“We can pull and haul and push and lift and drive,


We can print and plough and weave and heat and light,


We can run and race and swim and fly and dive,


 We can see and hear and count and read and write!”


 



  1. Pick out rhyming words from the above lines.

  2. Write the rhyme scheme of the given stanza



  • Identify the figure of speech employed here in this stanza.



  1. Pickout the alliterating words in the second


 



  1. 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.


They, too, aware of sun and air and water,”


 


 


Section 3                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        1 x 5 = 5


Answer any ONE of the following


 



  1. Rearrange the following sentences in coherent order.


 


i)The king of Naples and Antonio repented the injustice they had done to Prospero.



  1. ii) Before Prospero left the island, he dismissed Ariel from his service.


iii) He showed him his son Ferdinand playing chess with Miranda.



  1. iv) Our food lasted till we landed on this desert island.

  2. v) I will make you rich amends, by giving you my daughter.


 



  1. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.



In total despair at their failure to wake Zigzag, or at least stop him snoring, they shut themselves in the bedroom that was furthest away from Mrs. Krishnan's studio where Zigzag was creating the terrible din. Mrs. Krishnan was just unraveling a roll of cotton wool to stuff in her ears, when they heard their maid, Lakshmi, shrieking as if she had been electrocuted.


¡) Were they able to stop Zigzag from snoring?



  1. ii) Where did they shut themselves?


iii) What was Mrs. Krishnan trying to do?



  1. iv) Who is Lakshmi?

  2. v) How did Lakshmi scream?


 


Section 4                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            4 x 5 = 20


Answer any four of the following.


 



  1. Prepare an attractive advertisement using the hints given below.


 


Home appliances - Aadi sale - 20-50% -special combo offers -  Vasanth and Co - T Nagar Chennai


 



  1. Imagine that you have parked your vehicle inside the school premises. You find it missing in the evening. Write a complaint to the head of the school regarding this issue.


 



  1. You are Arun/Akash SPL of GHSSS theni. Prepare a notice on behalf of your school inviting your school students to participate in the grandparents day to be attended with their grandparents.


 



  1. Look at the picture and express your views on it in 5 sentences





  1. Make notes or write a summary of the following passage


 


Elephant is the biggest land animal found on earth. It is a wild animal but after giving training it paromes a useful animal for man. It is a huge animal and its color is grey. All the four legs of an elephant are as huge as thick pillars of a huge building. It has two big ears, which go on moving to and fro like a big fan. Its eyes are small. It has a short tail but its trunk is long. It is a wonderful thing that it can pick up even a small needle with its help. The elephant has long white tusks. The elephant y perhaps the strongest animal in the world. It is very costly too. Elephants live in herds. They eat small twigs, straw and wild fruits. A pet elephant also eats bananas, bread and sugarcanes. Elephants are pure vegetarians. They are very useful for all. They are used in felling trees, lifting logs, pushing them into rivers. In olden time kings and dukes used to keep elephants for wars and battles. In circuses elephants play very important roles. Even after its death an elephant is useful Bangles are made of bones and tusks. Its flesh is also eaten. Thus an elephant is really a boon for mankind.


 



  1. Identify the errors and rewrite them correctly


 



  1. this is one of my car

  2. We bought good furniture

  3. Sita goes to the market yesterday

  4. I met an European

  5. He has grey hairs


 


Section 5                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        1 x 5 = 5


 



  1. Quote from memory


Over rough or smooth…..will be the best


 


Part 4



  1. Write a paragraph of about 150 about by developing the following hints 2 x 8 = 16


 



  1. a) Prospero lived - daughter Miranda - island cave - help of Ariel - raised storm - Antonio, King of Naples Ferdinand - ship wrecked - Prospero commands Ariel- bring Ferdinand - to cave - Miranda - sees first time - human being- Ferdinand surprised to see - Miranda - Prospero - engages - Ferdinand - hard tasks - Miranda - pleads with father - Prospero chides Miranda - Ariel brings King of Naples - Antonio to Prospero - they realize - mistake - repent - restores the dukedom to Prospero - Prospero agrees - marriage of Miranda and Ferdinand.


 


Or


 



  1. b) Francis Bennett - Managing Editor - the Earth Herald - phonotelephote - goes to office - sets of commutators - receives phototelegram - arranged lunch with Mrs. Bennett - travels


-car reaches works at Niagara - discovery - seaside resort - Centripolis time


 



  1. 'Read the following paragraph and answer the questions given below.


 


Elephants are considered keystone and umbrella species as they play a key role within the environment that very live in. As elephants live in herds and require large habitable areas, they tend to change the surrounding atmosphere from forests to grasslands and help to disburse the seeds in an ecosystem that has no natural means of pollinating the area. An elephant requires around 70 to 100 litres of water every day. Therefore, the elephants in dry zones and dry seasons, dig holes in river beds in order to collect water and help sustain water for other species as well. The elephants' habit of clearing the path they roam has acted as natural buffer zones when forest fires take place.



Questions.


 


a. What are the elephants considered as?


b. How many litres of water does an elephant require everyday?


c. Where do they dig holes to collect water?


d. What acts as buffer zones during the forest fires?


 


OR


 


Read the following poem and answer the questions given below:


 


Books are what I like the best


They're not just toys like all the rest


That break, or get old, or don't want to play A book gets better everyday.


Sit down and open it - Soon you'll find


A whole new world jump up in your mind, People and places and all sorts of things - Dragons and princesses, goblins and kings.


Dinosaurs walking the earth like thunder, Ancient Egyptians who make you wonder, Books about planets and space exploration,


The truth about rocks, and the birth of our nation.


And perhaps the most interesting story of all That tells of the Prince who is going to call, And even a picture to show how he looks -


Now these are the things that I like about books.


 


Questions.


a. What jumps out of a book to take you to a new world?


b. How do the dinosaurs walk?


c. Why does the poet say that books are better than toys?


d. What sort of books do you like to read?


 


மாதிரி வினாத்தாள் உருவாக்கம்


- ஆசிரியர் ஆனந்தி (A3 குழு), 


பட்டதாரி ஆசிரியர்,


அரசு உயர்நிலைப்பள்ளி, கண்டிகை, 


செங்கல்பட்டு.




 


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