ENGLISH NECTAR
SSLC ENGLISH – QUARTERLY EXAMINATION – 2026
TENTATIVE ANSWER KEY
* This is only a tentative answer key.
PART – A | 1 × 14 = 14
1. a) large space
2. b) wealthy
3. c) chewed
4. c) foreign
5. d) praising
6. a) merged
7. c) radii
8. b) ment
9. a) Indian Naval Watermanship Training Centre
10. a) took off
11. c) house
12. b) due to
13. b) would feel
14. c) Unless
PART – B | Section – I
15. Sight of food
16. Strange noise / suspected ghost / fear
17. Travelling all round the world by sea
18. Opposite to Grocery shop/Near the Shiva temple
Section – II
19. a) Life’s journey / quest for success; b) Road’s last turn – best
20. a) Low guttural voice / complaint; b) Find fault with everything / dissatisfied
21. a) Starvation and famine; b) Miserly / thrifty ant
22. a) Summer and spring; b) Singing / enjoying / carefree life
Section – III
23. Cricket is being played by me daily.
24. Giri told me that I had not asked him anything.
25. He confessed his guilt.
26. “Ga! Ga! Ga!” he cried.
27. a) Drawing is an artistic activity. b) Stone walls do not make a prison.
Section – IV
28. Go straight → Walk along Vedha Road → Turn left → Proceed in Mount Road → Turn right → Reach museum
PART – C | Section – I
29. His First Flight
30. Empowered Women Navigating the World
31. The Night the Ghost Got In
32. The Attic
Section – II
33. The Grumble Family
34. The Ant and the Cricket
Section – III
35. a) found – ground; tree – be
b) aabbc
c) No specific figure of speech found
d) what – will
36. Woman – innate beauty – power and strength – sacrifices her life – real, not fake
Section – IV
37. iii – iv – v – i – ii
38. a) China
b) One man from each Chinese family – join the army
c) Mulan – teenage girl
d) Faraway village in China
e) Washing clothes
WRITING | Section – IV
39. Advertisement – Ram Silks, Erode
Title – 1 | Outline – 1 | Picture – 1 | Specification – 1 | Address – 1
Total – 5
40. Complaint Letter – Loss of Bicycle
Sender – 1 | Receiver – 1 | Salutation – 1 | Subject – 1 | Body + Concluding Remark – 1
Total – 5
41. Notice – Book Exhibition
Title – 1 | Event Name – 1 | Date – 1 | Body – 1 | Organiser’s Name – 1
Total – 5
42. Picture Comprehension
Any 5 meaningful sentences – 5 marks (1 mark each)
43. Notes OR Summary
Notes – 5 marks OR Summary – 5 marks
44. Error Identification
a) I brought an umbrella this morning.
b) He is taller to me.
c) 1. As we were late, we apologised. OR 2. We were late, so we apologised.
d) My flight departs at 5 a.m.
e) He does not have a music system.
1 mark each – Total 5
45. Memory Poem
“The Summer of life … faith and beliefs”
PART – D | 2 × 8 = 16
46.
a) The Tempest
b) The Story of Mulan
47. (a) – Keywords
a) Patriot – loves his country – works for it – willing to fight/die
b) Best soldiers – do more than duty – risk their lives
c) Love for the country – reason for their sacrifice
d) Hills & valleys – cities & villages – people – way of life
47. (b) – Poetry Comprehension
a) A bird
b) Bit the worm in halves – ate raw
c) Yes – drank dew from grass
d) Frightened beads
Prepared by English Nectar Team
