ANNUAL
EXAM-2015 .
English – I -Paper .
1.Synonyms
: 5
x 1 =5
1. amazing
- wonderful
2. glory - beauty
3. diligence -
carefulness
4. rare
- uncommon
5. jostled -
pushed roughly
2. Antonyms : 5 x 1 = 5
1. inability x
ability
2.
eagerly
x indifferent
3. irreverent x
reverent
4. prosecute
x stop
5.
panic x bold
Any ten only 10 x 1 = 10
3. PIN = Postal Index Number
4. Gold is measured in carat.
5. cot = crib
6. gazing star
7. thief = thieves
8. beautifully
9. postponed
= put off
10. syllabification : monument = 3 syllable
glum = 1 syllable
queue = 3 syllables
11. buy
12. a ) life
= His life is beautiful.
b )
live = we live in Madurai .
c
) lively= It is lively .
13. Be careful when you handle the glasses.
14. He hardly listens to me.
10 x 1 = 10
15. b) I would speak to him.
16. b) S V IO DO
A .
17. b) weren’t they ?
18. b) as tall as
19. a) We met no friends at the party.
20. b) In spite of ………..
21. b) to do
22. b) on losing
23. c) The
24. b) by 5
x 2 = 10
25. The tea is too hot to drink.
26. Everyday the flowers are delivered by the florist
to my office .
27. Guru said to Mukhil ,” I completed my work and I
need sometime to take rest “.
28. If you work hard you will succeed in life.
29. Deepa is the tallest girl.
PUNCTUATION
5 marks
30. “ We
are facing an unsustainable situation “ ,says Dinesh. 5 x 2 = 10
31. The
migrant birds are the brave little voyagers.
32. A piece of bread and a few spoonful of lentil stew.
33 . Acquiring
knowledge and acquiring character.
34. Hughie
had treated the Baron like a beggar. So he wished to apologize to him .
35. Astronomy was the study of external objects, but
the music was the study of internal objects.
36. Domestic
workers are usually in debt to their masters. So they have to work like slaves
24 hours a day, 365 days in a year.
37. The
Vimanam is built with bonding of stones and notching without mortar.
Paragraph 1 x 5 =
5
38. a)
Contributions of the Cholas to art and culture.
b)
Courageous way of Americans.
c) Importance of character in life.
Memory
poem 5 x 1 = 5
39.) A) Except the will which says to them “Hold on”.
If you can fill the unforgiving
minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of
distance run,
Yours is the earth and
everything that’s in it,
And, what is more, you’ll be a
man, my son.
B) The globe’s my world. The cloud’s my kin
I care not where the skies begin;
I spread my wings through all the din;
Through fears and fright I fly my
flight.
No walls for me, no vigil gates,
Appreciation
questions 5 x 1 = 5
40) Gems refer to good qualities .
41) Virgin rock means new unused rock.
42) Cosy parlour means comfortable sitting room.
43) Their
prayer is to stop the wheels atleast for
a day .
44) Triumph means victory or success.
Poetic device 5 x
1 = 5
45) Rhyming
words : past ,last.
46) Metaphor.;.
47) a b a b
48) Oxymoron
49) you , your : dream, dreams
50) Paragraph
questions : 1 x 5 =5
a) Going for Water --
Robert Frost .
b) My childhood days – D.H.Lawrence .
c)The cry of the children– Elizebeth.
Comprehension 5 x 2 = 10
51) 1) Speech helps us to make our intentions
and desires known to others .
2) The use of an unusal word or of an
ambiguous word may create an enemy .
3) Th educated man may create the
impression with his skill.
4) Speech should be used carefully
and skillfully.
5) Without thought a fool would express himself alike
to all kinds and conditions of people and situations.
52) a) He has
grey hair . 5 x 1 = 5
b)
The view was enchanting.
c)
I took an umbrella with me.
d)
As the child fell down it started crying .
e)
Suba is the tallest girl in the class .
53) a) Three type 5 x 1 = 5
b) The helmet is on the mirror or bike
.
c) keep left . follow traffic rules.
d) The police will take away the vehicle.
I.CHINNAPPARAJ,
Msc.,B.Ed., B.T.ASST-SCIENCE,
DE BRITTO
HR.SEC.SCHOOL,DEVAKOTTAI.630303
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