10th English - Quarterly Exam 2024 - Original Question Paper With 1 Mark Answer Key | Theni, Thiruvallur, Nagai, Kallakurichi District

Original Question Paper Images

The following are the images of the Common Quarterly Examination 2024 for Standard X English, conducted in Theni, Thiruvallur, Nagai, and Kallakurichi districts.

Answer Key

Part - I (1 Mark Questions)

Answer key for the multiple-choice questions (1 to 14).

1. c) enormous
2. a) extremely
3. c) faced
4. b) converged (Antonym for bifurcated)
5. a) disturbed (Antonym for unperturbed)
6. b) disturbing (Antonym for soothing)
7. b) children
8. c) ment (arrange + ment = arrangement)
9. c) National Institute of Technology
10. c) had hidden
11. d) slide (land + slide = landslide)
12. a) in
13. d) as soon as
14. b) the

Part - III (Grammar & Language Functions)

Solutions and answers for grammar-related questions.

• 23. Rewrite the following sentence to the other voice!

  The doctor kindly warned me.

  Answer: I was kindly warned by the doctor.
• 24. Rewrite using indirect speech.

  He said, "I am glad they are strong".

  Answer: He said that he was glad they were strong.
• 25. Punctuate the following sentence.

  the general is a woman yelled the soldiers

  Answer: "The general is a woman!", yelled the soldiers.
• 27. Rearrange the words in the correct order to make meaningful sentences.

  a) beckoning / calling / They / were / to him / shrilly

  Answer: They were beckoning to him, calling shrilly. / They were calling shrilly, beckoning to him.

  b) point/ had / bifurcated / the / we / reached / where / road / a

  Answer: We had reached a point where the road bifurcated.

Part - II, Section - II (Poetry)

• 35. Read the following stanza and answer the questions.

  A silly young cricket accustomed to sing
  Through the warm, slenny months of gay summer and spring
  Began to complain when he found that at home,
  His cupboard was empty, and winter was come.

  a) Pick out the rhyming words from the above lines.

  Answer: sing - spring, home - come

  b) Write the rhyme scheme of the above lines.

  Answer: AABB

Part - V (Error Correction)

Corrections for the sentences in question 44.

1. This is the boy who won the race.
2. Is this a book that you wanted to buy? (Correct as is)
3. My uncle is the richest man in the village.
4. I don't know who she is.
5. I live in the United States.