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www.kalviexpress.in, , www.kalviexpress.in, , No. of Printed Pages: 8, , sSLC-SUPPLEMENTARTTT, , SEPTEMBER-2021, , Language, , Number, , Part II, , -, , -, , ENGLISH, [Maximum Marks: 100, , Time Allowed: 3.00 Hours ], Instructions:, , (), , Check the question paper for fairness of printing. If there is any lack, , (2), , of fairness, inform the Hall Supervisor immediately., Use Blue or Black ink to write and underline, , 14x1-14, Answer all the questions., Choose the most appropriate answer from the given four alternatives and, , ss, , (, ), , .in, , PART I, Note, , 4961, , re, , write the option code and the corresponding answer., , Choose the appropriate synonym for the italicised words., , kept calling her mother plaintively., (a) happily, ( rigorously, (b) sadly, , vainly, , Aditya and the narrator reached a point where the road bifurcated., , (), , combined, , (d), , conditioned, , lv, , restrained, divided, , The owner of the tea shop, now over sixty, a little rustic in appearance., , (a), , old, , (b), , typical countryside, , (d), , modern, , w, , (c) traditional1, , .k, a, , 3., , (d), , ie, , 2., , xp, , The young bird, , 4., , w, , IChoose the appropriate antonyms for the italicised words., His father was preening the feathers., , w, , (a) cleaning, 5., , (b) clearing, , (c), , dirtying, , (d) colouring, , A portion of a wall of the attic had crumbled down., (a) withered, (b) attached, () broken, , taken, , India's disabled are deprived by atttudinal barriers as they grapple with the challenges, of acceptance and indusion., diversion, (a) addition, (b) separation, () adoption, , 7., , Choose the correct plural form of "accessory" from the following:, , (a) accessorys, , b), , accessories, , accessoryes, , (d), , accessoris, , TAMS NAMAKKAL, Send Your Material &Question Answer Our Email ID [email protected], , Turm over

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www.kalviexpress.in, , www.kalviexpress.in, , 4961, 3., , 2, , Form a derivative by adding the right suffix to the word "Child", , (), , -ment, , (b), , (d), , c-hood, , -ies, , -don, , Choose the correct expansion of the abbreviation "GPS":, General Police System, (a) Global Protective System, , ., , ()Global Poaitioning System, , (d), , Global Pre-defining System, , 10. Complete the following sentence with the most appropriate phrasal verb given below., Mr. Hamel., , , the blackboard and took a piece of chalk to write., , (d), , Choose the suitable option to pair it with the word 'side to form a compound word :, walk, , way, , (d), , road, , vi, ex, p, , Fill in the blank with the appropriate prepositional phrase given below., The trial was conducted, the procedure of law., in, accordance, with, b) due to, (a), (c), , despite of, , (d), , in addition to, , Choose the appropriate meaning for the given idiom "over the moon":, , ()Extremely agile, Extremely visible, , (b) Extremely happy, (d) Extremely attentive, , .k, , (c), , al, , 13., , (6), , re, s, , path, 12., , turned to, turned with, , in, , turned for, , (), 11., , (), , s., , turned up, , w, , 14. .Choose the most appropriate linker from the given four alternatives., , They faced many hardships, , they are always cheerful, , w, , w, , (although, nevertheless, whenever, otherwise), , PART II, SECTION-I, , Answer any three of the following questions in a sentence or two., 15., , What dd the young bird do to seek the attention of his parents ?, , 16., , Why was the attic 'a favourite place' for the children?, , 17., , How many people in India suffer with disability ?, , 18., , What did M., , Hamel say about the French language?, TAMS NAMAKKAL, , Send Your Material &Question Answer Our Email ID [email protected], , 3x26

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www.kalviexpress.in, , 4961, www.kalviexpress.in, , 3, , SECTION I I, Read the following sets of poetic lines and, 19., , 20., , answer, , 3x2-6, , any three of the following, , Not hurying to, nor turning from the goal;, Not mourning for the things that disappear., , (a), , ?, Why do you think the poet is not in a hurry, , (b), , What, , should one not moum for, , ?, , Strong is she in her faith and beliefs., , remember, please, the law by which we live,, We are not built to comprehenda lie,, ?, (a) What does the poet expect us to remember, , 22., , How, , are, , the machines built?, , A woman is beauty innate,, A symbol of power and strength., (a) How is a woman ?, , (b), , What does she symbolize?, , re, s, , b), , s., , But, , vi, ex, p, , 21., , in, , "Persistence is the key to everything" says she., (a) What is she strong about ?, (b) How does she deal with the adversities in life?, , SECTION - III, , 3x2-6, , voice., Rewrite the following sentence in passive, ?, When will you finish the building, , w, .k, , 23., , al, , Answer any three of the following., , 24. Change into indirect speech., Balu saidAsia is the largest continent"., Punctuate the, were, , 26., , 27., , w, , 25., , w, , 24., , you not a, , following, , sentence., , good student i asked, , Transform the following sentence into a compound, stood up., On seeing the teacher the children, , sentence., , order to make meaningful sentences., Rearange the words in the correct, in/, noticed/asked/reason for/expression/and I/change, a sudden/it/ Aditya's/I, (e), , him the., , (6), , at once/church-clocks/twelve/ All/the/struck., , ( Tum over, , TAMS NAMAKKAL, Send Your Material &Question Answer Our Email ID [email protected]

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www.kalviexpress.in, , www.kalviexpress.in, , 4961, , SECTION-IV, Answer the, 28., , 1x2-2, , following question., , Astranger wants to go to a hospital. Write the steps to guide him to reach his destination., , R.K. HOSPITAL, GANDHI ROAD -, , -, , s., , in, , OYou are here, , PARK, , vi, ex, p, , LIBRARY, , re, s, , **MKROADBUSSTOP, PART III, , SECTION -I, , Answer any two of the following in a paragraph., , Highlight the factors responsible for the al-women Indian Navy crew to carry out, , al, , 29., , 2x5-10, , .k, , their expedition., , Give a detailed account of all thoughts and questions in the narrator's mind while, accompanying Aditya from the tea shop to Sanya>'s house., , 31., , Technology is a boon to the disabled". Justify., , w, , 32., , w, , w, , 30., , We appreciate the value of something only when we are about to lose it. Explain this, , with reference to the French language and M. Hamel, , SECTION II, Answer any two of the following., , 4/8, 2x5 10, , 33. What qualities have made women powerful according to "Rakhi Nariani Shirke" ?, 34. What feelings are evoked in us by the machines in the poem 'The Secret of, Machines' ?, , TAMS NAMAKKAL, Send Your Material &Question Answer Our Email ID [email protected]

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www.kalviexpress.in, , www.kalviexpress.in, , 4961, , 5, 35., , following stanza and answer the questions given, haul and push and lift and drive,, We can pul and, and light, We can print and plough and weave and heat, Read the, , below., , We can run and race and swim and fly and dive,, , We can see and hear and count and read and writel, (aPick out the rhyming words in the above lines., (b) Write the rhyme scheme of the given stanza., of speech employed in the first line of the, the, , (c), , (d), , Pick out the, , alliterating words in the second line., , in, , Paraphrase the folowing stanza., the dim past, nor holding back in fear, nFrom, what the future veils; but with a whole, And happy heart, that pays its toll, , s., , 36., , SECTION -III, Answer any one of the following., , re, s, , To Youth and Age, and travels on with cheer., , 1x5-5, , the following sentences in coherent order., Rearrange, With the help of the spirits Prospero could command the winds, and the waves, , (a), , vi, ex, p, , 37., , given stanza., , figure, , Identify, , of the sea., , Miranda lived in a, ()Prospero and his daughterFerdinand., , cave., , Ariel then went to fetch, (c), (d) These gentle spirits were ever after obedient to the will of Prospero., (d) Ariel gave a lively description of the storm, and of the terrors of the mariners., , w, .k, , Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow., , w, , Six days passed. Six frantic days of checking their e-mail day and night. Six, torturous days of having the deafeningly loud KNGRRDRRWHEEZE resound in their, home, most nerve wrackingly. Maya complained that she heard a permanent rumbling, sound in her ears even when she was miles away from home and that her ears ached, all the time. Arvind confessed that, for the first time in his life, he was actually looking, forward to going to school considering it was as calm as a monastery compared to, , w, , 38., , al, , (e), , their house. Mrs. Krishnan had lost interest in painting. Zigzag would sometimes, , wake up briefly when he wanted to eat some fruit, and sometimes he would sit on the, veranda looking sulky and bored. Zigzag never spoke to anyone, though everyone, tried several times. He only slept. And snored., On the seventh day, Dr. Somu's e-mail arrived. It was, as Dr. Krishnan predicted,, , ridiculously simple., , Questions:, (a) How did the days pass ?, () What was Maya's complaint ?, , What was Arvind's confession ?, (d) What was Zigzag's routine ?, (What was Dr. Krishnan's prediction about Dr. Somu's e-mail ?, , (c), , NAMAKKAL, Send Your Material &QuestionTAMS, Answer Our, Email ID [email protected][ Tun over

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www.kalviexpress.in, , www.kalviexpress.in, , 4961, , SECTION, , IV, 4x5-20, , Answer any four of the following, , 39. Prepare an attractive advertisement using the hints given below., prizes, Raj appliances Aadi sale 20-50% special offers first hundred special, -, , Vivek and co., Gandhi Road, , were, , editor staing, , the need to, , hygiene., organise such camps focusing on, , importance of, , health, , re, s, , and hygiene, , the, , in, , You are Anand/ Aruna living in a remote village in Salem. You participated in a health, that most of the residents, camp organised by your school. You were surprised to observe, to the, As a concerned citizen, write a letter, unaware of health and, , s., , 40., , -Trichy., , 41. You are Deepan/Deepa, the Literary Association Secretary of GHSS Madurai. Prepare, a notice on behalf of your school, inviting the students to participate in the oratorical, , Look at the following picture and express your views on it in a paragraph of five, , w, , w, .k, , al, , sentences., , w, , 42., , vi, ex, p, , competition to be conducted next month., , TAMS NAMAKKAL, Send Your Material &Question Answer Our Email ID [email protected]

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www.kalviexpress.in, , www.kalviexpress.in, , 4961, , 7, 43., , Make notes or write a, summary of the following passage., The necessity to preserve, transmit and propagate the rich cultural legacy left, , Dehind by the builders of music in the country in general and in Tamil Nadu in parficular, was felt in the, year 1949. It was felt necessary that the inherited musical urge n our, , and, of our musical culture with it's ancient purity could, e, r, s, the, past, tradition, e wel preservedonly when opportunities have been provided to those who have an, , aptitude for learning music., , The Central and State Governments with their financial aids established the Central, COuege of Carnatic Music in August 1949. The college is functioning at 'Brodie Castle', , in, , on Greenways Road with 600 students and it has been named "Thendral'. In the, , s., , nning there were only Vocal, Violin and Veena sections besides general Musicology, Candidates with a considerable standard in music alone, were admitted into the two, ear Sangeetha Vidwan Titlecourse and after completion they were permitted to appear, , for the 'Sangeetha Vidwan' Title examination conducted by the Director of Govern, , Write your favourite, , recipe by starting your own blog., , vi, ex, p, , 44., , re, s, , Examinations, Madras., , Quote from memory:, She's a lioness;., , 1x55, , w, .k, , 45., , al, , SECTION - V, , w, , Today's woman, dear., , w, , 46., , PART IV, , Write a paragraph of about 150 words by developing the following hints., , (a), , 2x816, , There was an island - Prospero and his daughter Miranda - Ariel was the chief, storm created - Ferdinand and Miranda - Prospero ungentle - Prospero's brother, , King of Naples repented Ariel dismissed., -, , -, , OR, ) D r . Ashok T. Krishnan Zigzag Somu's pet - children happy-bird can alk, sing Zigzag unmoved - sulking snoring - neighbours complaining - Seventh, day Somu's e-mail - Zigzag in the clinic showing strange-genius,, , TAMS NAMAKKAL, , [ Turn over, , Send Your Material &Question Answer Our Email ID [email protected]

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www.kalviexpress.in, , www.kalviexpress.in, , 4961, 47., , Read the following paragraph and answer the questions that follow., Water use in a country depends very much on if's efficiency in water use. Even, in most technologically advanced country,the efficiency of irrigation is only 30 penrcent., As the people of California, in the United States of America, and lsrael use water, , ethically and with enomous care the efficiency in use is high. They are also good in, , water management activities. For example, drip irigation has been used in Israel as, , well as California to best effect. The farmers and horticulturists make the water drip, dirop-by-drop at the roots of the crop plants. This system of irrigation has now come, into use in India too. With this method of irrigation a high output of crops is being, harvested with small amnount of water. In this way, salination of the lands is also, verted to a great extent., , in, , Question, , Why is the efficiency in water use high in some countries ?, , s., , )Explain drip irrigation., (4), , 'ethically, Choose the word oppositeto, , 'efficiency, , vi, ex, p, , (ti), , re, s, , is the result of the use of drip irigation ?, What Give, the appropriate meaningfor the word:, , OR, When things go wrong as they sometimes will;, When the road you're trudging seems all uphill;, , al, , When the funds are low, and the debts are high, And you want to smile, but you have to sigh;, , .k, , When care is pressing you down a bit, , Rest if you must, but don't you quit., , w, , w, , Success is failure turned inside out, The silver tint of the clouds of doubt, And you can never tell how close you are;, , w, , It may be near when it seems afar., So, stick to the fight when you're hardest hit, If's when things go wrong that you mustrn't quit., , Questions, (e), , When do you want to smile but sigh, according to the poet ?, , b), , Explainthe line:, , (d), , "When care is pressing you down a blt", What seens afar ?, Give a suitable title for the poem., TAMS, , NAMAKKAL, , -oO0, , Send Your Material &Question Answer Our Email ID [email protected]