THET

5-2- 24
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THIRDREVISION TEST
Standard X Reg.No.

ENGLISH
Marks : 100
Part-I 14 x 1 = 14
Time:3.00 hrs
Answer all the questions. synonym for the italicised words
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Choose the appropriate master up courage.

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1. The seagull failed to d) divide
c) gather

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a) dismiss b) separate
yarked open..
2. The doors and drawers were d) repulsed

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b) pulled c) fixed
a) pushed
tremendous work. d) respect
3. She has done a b) humble c) effort

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a) huge the italicised words :
Choose the appropriate antonym for
4. Mr.Sanyalwas not crazY. vi c) joking d) wise
a) sane b) serious
communicate.
5. Technology enables me to
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c) hinders d) noble
a) allows b) effect
parents were anxious.
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6. Your c) faultless d) ideal

a) relaxed b) happy
form of 'Stratuum' from the following. d) stratume
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7. Choose the correct plural

b) stratti c) stratums
a) strata
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"appear
8. Attach a suitable suffix to the word c)_ible d) ance
a) able b)ence
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of the abbreviation GCSE.

9. Choose the correct expansion Education
a) Government Centre for Science Education
b) General Certificate of Secondary
c) Galileo Centre of Service Enterprises
Education
d) Government Centre for secondary
most appropriate phrasal verb given below:
withthe
10. Complete the following sentence
water and food.
The sailors soon d) looked up to
C) ran out of
a) get along with b) stood up forwith the word "man" to form a compound word
11. ChoOse the suitable option to pair it c) hole d) fall
a) walk b) stick
below.
12. Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate preposition given
There was a pin drop silence the room.
c) near d) with
a) in b) to
form of the tense given
13. Complete the following sentence by using most appropriate
below: She since morning.
a) have been studying b) has been studying c) has study d) have study
14. Choose the appropriate linker from the given four alternatives.
Sita sawa snake, she ran away.
a) though b) still c) nevertheless d) as SOon as
Part - II
Section -1
Answer any three of the following questions in a sentence or two: 3 x2=6
15.. What made the young Seagull go mad?
16. Where was the author when he heard the noise?
17. How did Sanyal show that he had a sense of self-respect?
18. Why did Mr.Hamel say it was the last French lesson?
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3x 2 =6
Section -2
Read the following sets of poetic lines and answer any three of the
19. Let me but live my life from year to following.
year
With fonward face and unreluctant soul.
a) Whom does the word "me" refer to?
b) What kind of life does the poet
20. She's a lioness; don't mess with herwant to lead?
She'll not spare you if you're a prankster.
a) who is a lioness? b) Who does the poetess warn?
21. What happened inside the house?
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a) Does the poet know what happened in the house?

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b) What is the nmystery about the house?
22. Let us remember, whenever we are told

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To hate our brothers, It is ourselves
a) Who tells us to hate our brothers? b) What do we do to ourselves?
Section -3

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Answer any three of the following. 3x2=6
23. Rewrite
the following sentence to the other voice.
Please do not use mobile phones her.
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24. Rewrite the sentence using indirect speech.
Kala said to Ram, "How have you performed your task?".
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25. Punctuate the following.
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why are you so ungentle asked miranda

26. Transform the following sentençe into a simple sentence.
Ramesh changed his dress and went out to play.
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27. Rearrange the words in the correct order to make meaningfùl sentences.
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a) your /today /put on /new / since / is / birthday /dress / the

b) jewels / in /my / safe I are/my
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Section - 4
Answer the following question : 1x2 =2
28. A stranger wants to visit the post office. Write the steps to guide him to reach his
destination.
School Park

Main road You are here

Post Hotel
Joffice

Part - IlI
Section -1
Answer any two of the following in aparagraph. 2 x5 =10
29. Highlight the factors responsible for the All Women ndian Navy crew to carry out their
expedition.
30. Explain the experience of the young seagull in "His First Fight" written by Liam O'Flaherty
31. "Technology is a boon to the disabled" - Justify.
32. How did Watson help his friend to arrest the criminal?
Section- 2
Answer any two of the following. 2x5= 10
33. What are the positive aspects mentioned in the poem "Life"?
34. How do machines confess they are inferior to human brain?
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35. It sat alone

What happened there is still today unknown:
place,
It is avery mysterious it has a ton of space.
And inside youcan tell Words from the above lines.
a) Pick out the rhyming of the poem.
b) Write the rhyme scheme speech used in the first line.
c) ldentify the figure of
words in the last line.
d) Pick out the alliterated
following poetic lines.
36. Paraphrase thealways
The weathet is too hot or cold;

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Summer and winter alike they scold. meet
Nothing goes right with the folks you

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Down on that gloomy Complaining Street.
Section - 3

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1x5=5
Answer any one of the following. coherent order.
37. Rearrange the following sentence_ in

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i) The road was long and steep.
i) He ordered to put to death all aged people.
loved his mother was struck with grief.
i) The poor farmer who
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iv) The country shiningwas governed by a despotic leader.
v) He carried his old mother to the mountains.
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answer the questions given below.
38. Read the following passage andto wake Zigzag, or atleast stop him snoring, they shut
In total despair at their failure
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where
furthest away from Mrs.Krishnan's studio
themselves in the bedroom that wasMrs.Krishnan roll of cotton
was just unrevelling a
terrible: din.
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zigzag was creating the shrieking as if she had

their maid, Lakshmi,
Wool to stuff in her ears, when they heard
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been electro cuted.

Questions
from snoring? b)Where did they shut themselves?
a) Were they able to stop zigzag
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trying to do? d) Who is Lakshmi?

c) What was Mrs.Krishnan
e) How did Lakshmi scream? Section -4
4x5=20
Answer any four of the following.
39. Prepare arD attractive advertisement using the hints given.below.
under one roof - attractive
Footwear for all all sizes - endless variety - all brands -
offers -shoes and heals - 43, M.G.Road, Villupuram. goods for your school.
40. Write a letter to a sports store ordering for sports Trichy. Prepare anotice on behalf of
41. Youare Kavin / Keerthi, the cültural head of GHSS, Competition" to be conducted
your school inviting the students to participate in "The Dance
next week.
about five sentences.
42. Look at the following picture and express your views on it

43. Make notes or Write summary of the following passage. idioms.

No study of English can be completed without a reference dictionary of English
A very useful and easily available reference material is Collins Dictionary of
Idioms. This dictionary contains clearly explaind meaning of ever three thousand
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Common English idioms. To make the meaning even clearer and to show you how the
alom Can be used, each idiom is provided with a suitable sample sentence. In this
dlctionary the emphasis is on "true" idioms. These are expressions whose meanings,
cannot be easily worked out from the words they contain. The dictionary also provides a
eatmany variations in the way these idioms are used. The main emphasis,however is
De providing
acompleteanguide
understanding of the meaning of the idioms,rather than attempting to
to idiomatic usage.
44.* ldentify the errors in the following sentences and rewrite them correctly.
a) Cycles is damaged b) No news are good news.

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c) Kala is tallest girl in the class d) Have any one seen my purse
e) He told to me a story.

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Section -5
45. Quote from
The summer memory

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: 1x5=5
of life and beliefs.
Part -IV 2x8=16
46. Write a paragraph of about 150 words by developing hints.

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a) Inhabitants of the island - Prospero and Miranda - Prospero, magical powers -his
brother Antonio, king of Naples, his son Ferdinand and Gonzalo - on the ship
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Prospero raised storm - repent for the injustice - instructed Ariel to bring Ferdinand
-Mirada had more concern - Prospero set severe task - he forgaye all - restored
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dukedome. (OR)
b) Holland- dikes - lie belowsea level- Peter- Prevent sea water - walks - besides the
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canal -small hole in the dike - put his finger - Holland - drowned while I am here -
The little fellow - and screamed - next morning - aman - notice Peter - alarm
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people mended - brave hero.

47. a) Read the following passage and answer the questions given below.
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Elephants are considered keystone and umbrella species as they play a key
role within the environment that they live in. An elephants live in herds and require
large habitable areas, they tend to change the surroünding, atmosphere from forests
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to grasslands and help to disburse the seeds in an ecosystem that has no natural
means of pollinating the area. An elephant requires around 70-100 litres of water
everyday. 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
elephant's habit of clearing the path they roam has acted as natural buffer zones
when forest fires take place.
Questions :
What are the elephants considered as?
a) How many litres of water does an elephant require everyday?
b)
dig holes to collect water?
c) Where do theybuffer
d) What acts as zones during the forest fires? (OR)
b) Read the following poem and answer the questions given below.
Summer comes
in a blaze of heat
With Sunny Smiles Questions :
and dusty feet
Then Seasons change a) How does the poet describe the
to muddy roads Spring season?
Monsoons and mangoes b) Which line tells you that the
leapfrogs and toads garden is fresh?
Spring is pretty c) Does the poet welcome the
but short and sweet
When you can smell the grass summer? How do you know?
from your garden seat d) How is autumn in India?
Autumn is English
in red, yellow and brown
Autumn is Indian
Whenever leaves fall down