10th Standard English ( Samacheer Kalvi ) Exam Guide 2018

10th Standard English ( Samacheer Kalvi ) Exam Guide 2018  : 

Detailed Analysis of Questions
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• The Model Millionaire (Prose) Beautiful Inside (Poem) Sam (Supplementary reading) • Unit Test-l
• Music - The Hope Raiser (Prose) The Piano (Poem) The Piano Lesson (Supplementary reading) • Unit Test - 2
• A Golden Path (Prose) * Manliness (Poem) The Face of Judas Iscariot (Supplementary reading) • Unit Test - 3
• Will Thirst Become Unquenchable? (Prose) * * Going for Water (Poem) Swept Away (Supplementary reading) • Unit Test - 4
• Making Visible The Invisible (Prose) *** The Cry of The Children (Prose) A Close Encounter (Supplementary Reading) • Unit Test – 5
• A Flight with The Moon on their Wings (Prose) * Migrant Bird (Prose) The Summer Flight (Supplementary reading) • Unit Test – 6
• Our Heritage – A Timeless Marvel (Prose) Shipi (Prose) Caught Sneezing (Supplementary reading) • Unit Test – 7
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• Test Your Skill • Classification of Textbook Back Exercises * Poems for memorisation (all the Stanzas) ** Poem for memorisation (only the 3rd, 4th & 5th Stanzas) *** Poem for memorisationtOnly the 1st Stanza)
PAPER - I (Based on Govt. Exam Question Paper Pattern)
Section - A (Vocabulary)
Part - I
• Synonyms • Antonyms
Part - II Lexical
• Abbreviations & Acronyms • Homophones • American English & British English, Spelling • Compound words • Plurals • Prefixes & Suffixes (unit-wise) • Phrasal verbs • Syllabification (unit wise) • Appropriate words • Constructing Sentences using Different Parts of Speech • Reframing Sentences by replacing Parts of Speech • Identifying the meaning of the given sentence
Section - B (Grammar)
Part - I Filling in (Objective)
• If Sentences - Conditions • Sentence Pattern • Question Tags • Degrees of Comparison • Negative Sentences • Using suitable Phrases • Choosing the correct Verb Form • Prepositional Phrases • Articles • Prepositions
Part - Transformation
• Join into Single Sentence • Voices • Reported Speech • Joining sentences with Conditional Clauses • Derivation from Degrees of Comparison
Part - I (30) punctuation
Section - C (Prose)
• Part - I (31 to 37) Prose Short Questions) • Part - II (38) Prose Paragraph Questions / Prose Sections of 7 units
Section -D (Poetry)
• Part - II (38) Prose Paragraph QuestionsPart I     (39) Memoritier poems • Part - II (38) Prose Paragraph QuestionsPart II (40 to 44) Poetry Comprehension
• Part - II (38) Prose Paragraph QuestionsPart III (45 to 49) Poetry Literary Appreciation / Poem Sections of 7 Units • Part - II (38) Prose Paragraph QuestionsPart IV (50) Poetry Paragraph
Section - E (Language Functions)
• Comprehension (Non-Textual) • Error Spotting • Picture Comprehension
PAPER - II (Based on Govt. Exam Question Paper Pattern)
Section - A (Non-Detailed I Supplementary Reading)
• Fill in with the appropriate Phrases (Unit-wise) • Identifying Character (Unit-wise) • Matching • Objective Qns. & Ans. (Unit-wise) • Comprehension (Unit-wise) • Mind Map (Unit-wise)
• Suppl. Reading - Paragraph Questions (Supplementary Reading sections of 7 Units)
Section - B (Language Functions)
• Note Maki