THOOTHUKUDI DISTRICT QUARTERLY EXAM SSLC ENGLISH QUESTION AND ANSWER KEY 23

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Answer key 23

Thoothukudi District

Common Quarterly Exam 2023

Answer Key

PART-1

 Std 10

I) Synonyms

1. Cackle – sharp noise

2. Indigenously – domestically

3. Jealous – envious

 

Antonyms

4. slammed x opened

5. unperturbed x disturbed

6. exhausted x energized

 

7. loaf – loaves

8. performance

9. Walking briskly can burn off the calories.

10. sidewalk

11. Veni can speak several languages.

12. As a result of  his hard work, he achieved the target.

13. They were cooking in the kitchen, when the doorbell rang.

14. As soon as I entered my house, I saw my mother.

 

PART -2 SECTION I

15. They were flying around him, praising, soaring, and diving together with him.

16. They heard the footsteps coming towards them. They were afraid. SO they slammed the door.

17. Circumnavigation means to sail all around the world.

18. Aditya left the local school after he had passed the Matric examination.

SECTION -II POETRY

19. a) She is strong in her faith and belief.

      b) She deals the adversities with persistence.

20. a) Singing and dancing was the routine of the cricket.

      b) Summer and spring are the seasons mentioned here.

21. a) Make a low guttural sound.

      b) They find everything amiss because they are full of negative thoughts. They are always unsatisfied.

22. a) The poet wishes us to live with courage and dedication without hurry.

      b) One should not mourn for the things that disappear.

Section – 3 Grammar

23. All the questions were answered by the salesman patiently.

24.  You are advised to jog early in the morning.

25. He reached the station but he missed the train.

26 “Oh! My young gentleman”, said Ariel.

27. a) If you study well, you will get pass mark.

      b) My jewels are safe in my locker.

 

Part- III (POETRY)

 

35. a) Alliterated words: high- humble

      b) Rhyming words: this-amiss, humble – grumble

c) Rhyme scheme: aabb

d) Figure of Speech

            First line: Anaphora

            Third line: Contrast

Section – 3 (Supplementary Reader)

37. Coherent order

 

1. Gonzalo, the lord of his court privately places water provisions apparels and books.

2. Prospero, the Duke of Milan reaches the island with his daughter Miranda.

3. They lived in a cave made out of rocks.

3. By virtue of his magic he released many good spirits from the witch Sycorax.

4. Of these Ariel was the chief.

 

38. i) The walled closet was beneath the kitchen floor.

ii) Yes, it was covered and hidden from view.

 Iii) He hid his mother in the walled closet beneath the kitchen floor.

iv) He feared that his mother would be discovered.

v) He demanded that his subjects should present him with a rope of ashes.

 

Section – 4 (Writing Competency)

44. i) I bought a book in this morning.

     ii) Though he is rich, he is happy.

                          Or

        He is rich but he is happy.

 

     iii) I have been working here since 2010.

     iv) Vivena is the tallest girl in the class.

     v) He goes to school by bus.

PART-IV

47. A)

1. The usage of water in a country depends on the efficiency. Some countries use water ethically and enormous care.

2. Drip irrigation is the water management system which makes water drip drop by drop at the roots of the crop plants.

3. A high output of harvest can be harvested with small amount of water.

4. efficiency x inefficiency

 

b)

1.The poet saw a bird came down and walked.

2. The bird bit and ate the worm.

3. Yes, the bird drank a dew of water from the grass.

4. The bird’s eyes are compared to frightened beads.