DIRECTORATE OF GOVERNMENT EXAMINATIONS, CHENNAI – 6 SSLC EXAMINATION MARCH / APRIL – 2015

KEY ANSWER FOR ENGLISH I PAPER. MAXIMUM MARKS : 100 SECTION – A (VOCABULARY : 20 MARKS) PART – I

1. SYNONYMS: 5 X 1 = 5

i) b) wonderful ii) a) beauty / c) splendour iii) a) sincerity /b) carefulness iv) b) uncommon v) c)pushed roughly /d)quarrelled

2. ANTONYMS: 5 X 1 = 5

i) a) ability ii)a) indifferentlyiii) c) reverent iv) b) stop v) c) bold

PART – II ANY TEN: 10 X 1 = 10 3 PIN - b) Postal Index Number 4 a) Gold is Measured in carat. 5 cot - crib 6 gazing - b) star gazing 7 thief - c) thieves 8 beautiful - a) beautifully 9 postponed - a) put off 10 a) monument - mon/u/ment - 3 syllables. b) glum - glum - 1 syllable. c) queue - queue - 1 syllable. 11 a) buy 12 Any meaningful sentence without grammatical error. 13 Please handle the glasses carefully. 14 a) He hardly listens to me.

SECTION - B (GRAMMAR : 25 MARKS) PART -1(10 X = 10) 15 b) I would speak to him 16 c) SVIODOA 17 b) weren’t they 18 b) as tall as 19 b)We met only one friend at the party

20 b) In spite of 21 b) to do 22 b) on losing 23 c) the 24 b) by

PART -II (5 x 2 = 10) 25. i) The tea is very hot and he cannot drink it. / ii) The tea

is too hot for him to drink. / iii) The tea is so hot that he cannot drink it. / iv) The tea is very hot and so he cannot drink it. / v) As the tea is very hot, he cannot drink it. / vi) The tea is very hot so he cannot drink it.

26. Flowers are delivered to my office everyday by the florist. / Flowers are delivered by the florist to my office every day. / Flowers are delivered to my office by the florist every day.

27. Guru said to Mukhil, “ I have completed my / your assignment and I need to take rest for sometime”. (or) Guru said to Mukhil, “ I completed my / your assignment. I need to take rest for some time.

28. If you work hard, you will succeed in life.

29. Deepa is the tallest / of all. (or) Deepa is taller than Revathy / Suba / Chandrika. (or) Chandrika is shorter than Suba / Deepa / Revathy.

PART - III 5 Marks

30.“ We are facing an unsustainable situation” , says Dinesh.

SECTION - C PROSE -15 MARKS PART -I Any Five : (5x2=10) 31. The small birds / The migrant birds / The young migrating

birds are the brave little voyagers. 32. Their first meal of the day was a piece of bread and a few

spoonfuls of lentil stew. 33. Acquiring knowledge and acquiring character is the two fold

duty to be acquired by students. 34. Hughie had treated the Baron like a beggar. So, he would

wish to apologize to him. 35. Music is a study of relationship between invisible, internal,

hidden objects. Whereas astronomy is a study of relationship between observable, external, permanent objects.

36. Domestic workers are usually in debt to their employers. So, they have to work like slaves 24 hours a day, 365 days in a year.

37. The tall Vimanam is built up with stones, without the use of mortar or cement. The topmost stone of the Vimanam weighs about 80 tons.

PART - II Any One : 1 x 5 = 5 38 a) Brihadeesvarar temple - Art Gallery – Temple 1000 years old - built by Raja Raja Chola – King donated gold and silver - majestic look - Timeless marvel - Symbol of our culture – Vimanam – topmost stone weighs 80 tons - Engineers wonder Perfect geometry - Unshaken by anything. (OR) b) Art – essential part – human survival – spirit - meaning to our life – Twin towers of America – destroyed - 3000 killed - city lost its function - didn’t play - didn’t watch TV - avoided shopping overcame the fall - first communal response - music concert - sang - recovery - by music. (OR) c) Success depends on Character - essential in life – saves in bad condition - energy of action – raise the life of people – influence others – hard to maintain - achieve success.

SECTION - IV(POETRY : 20 MARKS)PART - I Any One (1x5 = 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.

(OR) 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.

PART - II 5 X 1 = 5 40 Gems refer to good qualities / Pleasant qualities / inner

beauty. 41. Virgin rock is meant by unused / uncut rock / fresh /

natural rock. 42 Cosy parlour is meant by comfortable sitting room. 43 Their prayer is to stop the machine at least for a day. 44 Triumph means Victory / Success.

PART - III 5 X 1 = 5 45. past – last 46. Metaphor 47. a b a b 48. Oxymoron 49. make - master; dream - dreams; you - your

PART - IV 50 Any One : 1 x 5 = 5 a) Well beside the house - dry – Children went – brook – fetch water –

behind the house – in the woods – chill - ran – forest – meet the moon – behind the trees – hide and seek – noise of the brook – fallen into the pool – a silver blade. (OR) b) The poet D.H. Lawrence – song of a woman – plays the piano – reminds him - childhood – his mother – playing the piano – sits under the piano – touches her feet – mother smiles – Sunday evening – hymns – comfortable parlour - attractive sounds – flooded – childhood memories – longing for the past. (OR) c) The Children – working –factories – can’t run or leap – tired – go to the meadows – sleep – bend to drive – iron wheels – work – long time – knees tremble – eyelids – drooping – pulses – burning – prayer – stop the wheels – escape – tedious work.

SECTION - E (LANGUAGE FUNCTION: 20 MARKS) Comprehension: (5 x 2 = 10) 51 a) It helps us to a make our intentions and desires known

to others. b) A slip of the tongue, the use of an unusual word, or of

an ambiguous word could make an enemy out of someone you would like to be a friend.

c) An educated man’s speech is considered boastful by an uneducated listener because an uneducated man does not have the skill of using words like an educated man.

d) Speech should be used carefully. e) One proves himself a fool while expressing himself alike

to all kinds and conditions of people and situations.

Error Spotting : ( 5 x 1 = 5) 52. a) He has grey hair. b) The view was enchanting. c) I took an umbrella with me. d) As the child fell down it started crying / The child fell

down so it started crying. e) Suba is the tallest girl in the class.

Picture Comprehension : (5 x 1 = 5) 53. a) Four / Five / Three types of vehicles are seen in the picture. b) The helmet is kept on the bike. / on the handle bar / mirror. c) Any one traffic rule can be awarded one mark. d) I will be punished / fined / The vehicle will be seized or

towed by the police. e) Yes, I follow traffic rules.

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DIRECTORATE OF GOVERNMENT EXAMINATIONS, CHENNAI-6 SSLC EXAMINATION MARCH / APRIL -2015

KEY ANSWER FOR ENGLISH II PAPER Maximum marks : 100 SECTION – I (NON – DETAILED : 35 MARKS)

1. Fill in the blanks : 5 X 1 =5 i) who had waylaid him. ii) diverted the attention. iii) to rush onto the streets. iv) hide inside a cupboard. v) to plunder the household.

2. Identify the character/speaker : 5 X 1 = 5

i) Diane / blind lady / owner of the dog. ii) Dad / Father / Rob Reilly’s Father / the author’s

father / flying officer. iii) Model for Judas Iscariot. iv) Celine. v) Rex Coker’s brother / the author’s brother / Tinker /

elder brother.

3. Match the following : 5 X 1 = 5 a) Green Card holder in America. b) Performed magic tricks. c) Rex Coker’s brother. d) Serge’s partner. e) Unfinished for a long time.

4. Choose the correct answer : 5 X 1 = 5

i) (c) advertisement. ii) (a) cathedral. iii) (b) 2003. iv) (d) New York. v) (b) blue.

5. Answer the questions : 5 X 1 = 5

a) Shelly and Goldy / Sam, dog played Frisbee and football together.

b) Sit, Stay and Come were the commands known to the dog. c) Shelly was glad because no one came to claim the dog. d) Mom brought home a new chew toy for Goldy to play with. e) Mom put his picture in the paper because she wanted to find

the owner of the dog. 6. Mind Map : 5 X 1 = 5

i) into the street. ii) had disappeared below the water.

iii) was unable to catch his hand/Celine hands slipped away. iv) along underwater. v) mouthfuls of the filthy liquid / dirty water.

7. Paragraph : (any one) 1X5= 5 a) Return from war – presented a piano – skilled through practice –

neighbours visit – princess – no job , money – taken back the piano – new job – night study – two years – new piano.

( OR ) b) Paint a mural – life of Jesus – difficult to find models – 12 year

old boy – street – the Jesus model – tavern – begged for wine – Judas model – change in behaviour – the same model.

(OR) c) A tinkerer – ideas to a paper – bike experiment – device in

science fiction – hero in old movies – test run – failure – fight – fun.

SECTION – II (LANGUAGE FUNCTIONS : 15 MARKS )

8. Note Making: 5 Marks. Words With Sub Titles (OR) Hyphen: 5 Marks Summary: 5 Marks.

Title - 1Mark Rough Draft / Copy - 2 Marks Fair Draft / Copy - 2 Marks

9. Complete the dialogue: 5X1=5 ( Any relevant dialogue will be given marks)

i) Why didn’t you come to school on Saturday? ii) Was there heavy rain? iii) When did you return? iv) In the flower show attracted me a lot, there v) Will you take me?

SECTION – III (COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS : 15 MARKS)

10. Dialogue Writing: 5 Marks Any relevant five utterances between Harish and his father about his interest in computer courses and what summer courses he has to take up, and which institution he has to join in.

11. Letter Writing 5 Marks

Body of the letter must contain 100 words relevant to the matter given.

12. Preparing an advertisement : 5 Marks

Title – 1 Mark Outline – 1 Mark Pictures – 1 Mark Any relevant Caption – 1 Mark Address – 1 Mark

SECTION – IV (EXPANSION OF IDEAS: 35 MARKS)

13. Expand the headlines: 5 X 1 = 5 Relevant sentence for each will be given one mark

14. Pie – Diagram : 5 X 1 = 5

i) c) Kodaikanal ii) b) Kodaikanal iii) a) Trichy iv) c) Madurai v) a) Mettupalayam

15. Write a paragraph : 5 Marks

Title – 1 Mark A Paragraph – 1 Mark Content – 2 Marks Moral – 1 Mark

16. Match : 5 X 1 = 5

a) it binds for centuries b) it races like a horse c) it glides on the paper d) storehouse of knowledge e) it removes adamant stains

17. Road Map : (Any Three Correct Instructions) 5 X 1 = 5

1. Go straight 2. Turn Right 3. Walk along the main road 4. Cross the Gandhiji Road 5. Turn left to Bharathi Nagar and Cross the bus stop 6. You will find the Petrol Bunk on your left

18. Poem – Paraphrase : 5 X 1 = 5

i) Shaggy ii) really ought to do iii) someone’s shoe iv) upon the top – most shelf v) change the dog for all the treasures of the sea

19. Translation: 5 MARKS CAUTION / WARNING :

a) Don’t accept any eatables from the strangers. Don’t board or get down / alight from the moving train. Don’t take things, which are easily caught fire / inflammable, in the train.

(OR) b) Any five relevant sentences about the picture :

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