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General English
S.S.L.C. Standard (Objective Type) Grammar

Part A

1. Match the following words and Phrases given in Column A with their meanings in Column B
2. Choose the correct ‘Synonyms’ for the underlined word from the options given
3. Choose the correct ‘Antonyms’ for the underlined word from the options given
4. Select the correct word (Prefix, Suffix)
5. Fill in the blanks with suitable Article
6. Fill in the blanks with suitable Preposition
7. Select the correct Question Tag
8. Select the correct Tense
9. Select the correct Voice
10. Fill in the blanks (Infinitive, Gerund, Participle)
11. Identify the sentence pattern of the following sentence (Subject, Verb, Object….) Blanks with correct ‘Homophones’
12. Find out the Error (Articles, Prepositions, Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb)
13. Comprehension
14. Select the correct sentence
15. Find out the odd words (Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb)
16. Select the correct Plural forms
17. Identify the sentence (Simple, Compound, Complex Sentence)
18. Identify the correct Degree.
19. Form a new word by blending the words.
20. Form compound words (Eg: Noun+Verb, Gerund+Noun)

Part-B

Literature
1. Figures of speech observed in the following Poems: –
Alliteration – Allusion – Simile – Metaphor – Personification – Oxymoron – Onomatopoeia – Anaphora – Ellipsis – Rhyme Scheme – Rhyming Words – Repetition – Apostrophe

A Psalm of Life – Women’s Rights – The Nation United – English words – Snake – The Man He Killed – Off to outer space tomorrow morning – Sonnet No.116 – The Solitary Reaper – Be the Best – O Captain My Captain – Laugh and Be Merry – Earth – Don’t quit – The Apology – Be Glad your Nose is on your face – A sonnet for my Incomparable Mother – The Flying Wonder – To a Millionaire – The Piano – Manliness – Going for water – The cry of the Children – Migrant Bird – Shilpi. – Click Here

2. Appreciation Questions from Poetry
A Psalm of Life – Women’s Rights – The Nation United – English words – Snake – The Man He Killed – Off to outer space tomorrow morning – Sonnet No.116 – The Solitary Reaper – Be the Best – O Captain My Captain – Laugh and Be Merry – Earth – Don’t quit – The Apology – Be Glad your Nose is on your face – A sonnet for my Incomparable Mother – The Flying Wonder – To a Millionaire – The Piano – Manliness – Going for water – The cry of the Children – Migrant Bird – Shilpi.

3. Important lines from Poems.
Where the mind is without fear – The Solitary Reaper – Going for water – A Psalm of Life – Be the Best – Sonnet No.116 – Click here 

4. Questions on the Biography of
Mahatma Gandhi – Jawaharlal Nehru – Subash Chandra Bose – Helen Keller Kalpana Chawala – Dr.Salim Ali – Rani of Jhansi – Nelson Mandela – Abraham Lincoln.

5. Questions on Shakespeare’s:

• Merchant of Venice (Act IV Court Scene) – Click Here
• Julius Ceasar (Act III Scene 2) – Click Here
• Sonnet 116 – Click Here 

6. Questions from Oscar Wilde’s The Model Millionaire – The Selfish Giant –  Click Here

7. Dr.Karl Paulnack Music-The Hope Raiser – Click Here

8. Comprehension Questions from the following Motivational Essays:
Gopala Krishna Gokhale’s Speech on 25th July in Mumbai in response to The address presented to him by students- Dale Carnegie’s ‘The Road to Success- Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam’s ‘Vision for the Nation’(from India 2020’) – Ruskin Bond’s ‘Our Local Team’ – Hope Spencer’s ‘Keep your spirits high’ – Deepa Agarwal’s ‘After the storm’ – Brian patten’s ‘You can’t be that no you can’t be that’

9. Comprehension Questions from the following description of Places

• Ahtushi Deshpande’s ‘To the land of snow’ – Click Here
• Manohar Devadoss
  • Yaanai Malai – Click Here 
  • Brihadeesvarar Temple – Click Here

10. British English – American English – Click Here

Part-C
Authors and their Literary Works
1. Match the Poems with the Poets – Click Here
A psalm of Life – Be the Best – The cry of the children – The Piano – Manliness Going for water – Earth -The Apology – Be Glad your Nose is on your face – The Flying Wonder -Is Life But a Dream – Be the Best – O captain My Captain – Snake – Punishment in Kindergarten -Where the Mind is Without fear – The Man He Killed – Nine Gold Medals

2. Which Nationality does the story belong to?

1. The Selfish Giant   2. The Lottery Ticket  3. The Last Leaf  4. How the Camel got its Hump  5. Two Friends  6. Refugee   7. The Open Window  – Click Here

3. Identify the Author with the short story
The Selfish Giant – The Lottery Ticket – The Last Leaf – How the Camel got its Hump – Two Friends – Refugee – The Open Window – A Man who Had no Eyes – The Tears of the Desert – Sam The Piano – The face of Judas Iscariot – Swept Away – A close encounter – Caught Sneezing – The Wooden Bowl – Swami and the sum. – Click Here

4. Whose Autobiography / Biography is this?

5. Which Nationality does Poet belong to?
Robert Frost – Archibald Lampman – D.H. Lawrence – Rudyard Kipling Kamala Das – Elizabeth Barrett Browning – Famida Y. Basheer – Thomas Hardy – Khalil Gibran – Edgar A. Guest – Ralph Waldo Emerson – Jack Prelutsky – F. Joanna – Stephen Vincent Benet – William Shakespeare – William Wordsworth – H.W. Long Fellow – Annie Louisa walker – Walt Whitman – V.K. Gokak – Click Here

6. Characters, Quotes, Important Lines from the following works of Indian Authors:

• Sahitya Akademi Award winner: Thakazhi Sivasankaran Pillai – ‘Farmer’ – Click Here
• Kamala Das – 1. Punishment in Kindergarten – Click Here 2. My Grandmother’s House – Click Here
• R.K. Narayan – Swami and the sum – Click Here
• Rabindranath Tagore – Where the mind is without fear – Click Here 
• Dhan Gopal Mukherji – Kari The Elephant – Click Here 
• Deepa Agarwal – After the Storm – Click Here 
• Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam – Vision for the Nation – Click Here
• Indra Anantha Krishna – The Neem Tree – Click Here
• Lakshmi Mukuntan – The Ant Eater and the Dassie – Click Here 
• Dr. Neeraja Raghavan – The Sun Beam – Click Here

7. Drama Famous lines, characters, quotes from

• Julius Caesar – Click Here
• The Merchant of Venice – Click Here

8. Match the Places, Poet, Dramatist, Painter with a suitable option

9. Match the following Folk Arts with the Indian State / Country – Click Here

10. Match the Author with the Relevant Title/Character

11. Match the Characters with Relevant Story Title
The Selfish Giant – How the camel got its hump – The Lottery ticket – The Last Leaf – Two friends – Refugee – Open window – Reflowering – The Necklace Holiday

12. About the Poets
Rabindranath Tagore – Henry Wordsworth Longfellow – Anne Louisa Walker -V K Gokak – Walt Whitman – Douglas Malloch – Click Here

13. About the Dramatists William Shakespeare – Thomas Hardy – Click Here

14. Mention the Poem in which these lines occur, Granny, Granny, please comb My Hair – With a friend – To cook and Eat – To India – My Native Land – A tiger in the Zoo – No men are foreign – Laugh and be Merry – The Apology – The Flying Wonder.

15. Various works of the following Authors – Rabindranath Tagore – Shakespeare – William Wordsworth – H.W. Longfellow – Anne Louisa Walker – Oscar Wilde – Pearl S. Buck – Click Here

16. What is the theme observed in the Literary works?

• Snake – Click Here
• The Mark of Vishnu – Click Here
• Greedy Govind – Click Here
• Our Local Team – Click Here
• Where the mind is without fear –  Click Here
• Keep your spirits high – Click Here
• Be the best – Click Here
• Bat – Click Here
• The Piano – Click Here
• The Model Millionaire – Click Here
• The Cry of the Children – Click Here
• Migrant bird – Click Here
• Shilpi – Click Here

17. Famous Quotes – Who said this? – Click Here

18. To Which period do the Poets belong 

1. William Shakespeare –  English Renaissance
2. Walt Whitman –  Romantic Period
3. William Wordsworth – Romantic Period
4. H.W. Longfellow  – Romantic Period
5. Annie Louisa Walker – Modernism
6. D.H. Lawrence – Modernism

Discovery – Biking – Inclusion – Granny, Granny, please comb My Hair – With a Friend – To cook and Eat – Bat – To India – My Native Land – A tiger in the Zoo – No men are foreign – Laugh and be Merry – Earth – The Apology – The Flying Wonder – Off to outer space tomorrow morning – Be the best – Is life, but a dream – Women’s rights – The Nation united – English words – Snake – The man he killed – Click Here

20. Nature-centered Literary works and Global issue Environment and Conservation   –

• A Flight with the moon on their wings – Click Here
• Migrant bird – Click Here
• Will Thirst Become Unquenchable? – Click Here
• Going for Water – Click Here
• Swept away – Click Here
• Gaia tells her – Click Here

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