STD 9- English - Tiruvarur - Half Yearly Tentative Key -2024
One Marks
1. Trimming
2. Angrily
3. Absent
4 Stopped
5. Brave / valiant
6. Easy
7. ian (musician)
8. Prey
9. SECTION
10. After
11. Strongest
12.On behalf of
13. Could
14. Got /will get
15- 18. Two marks
19.a. lovely, dark and deep
b) poet
20. a. Anger (The Poison Tree)
b. Anger
21. a. Through winding stair
b. Many curious things
22. a. The river
b. No
Grammar
23. any correct sentence using the homophones.
24. " Do you want to buy it?" she asked.
25. Rose is the most beautiful flower.
26. a. Pongo looked for oranges everywhere.
b. She has written a novel.
27. Go straight
Turn right.
Skip the temple
Turn left.
Go straight.
You will reach the GH on your right.
34. a. Smooth- youth
Leaping - sweeping
b. a b b a
c. rocks, rose -banks
d . Simile
36. 1. An honest couple had a dog.
2. It brought the honest couple good luck
3. An envious wicked couple borrowed the dog
4. The borrowed dog did not bring them any luck.
5. The killed and buried it under a pine tree.
37. a. Tommy
b. Yellow and crinkly.
c. Margie's grandfather
d. Million books
e. Yes/ relevant answer.
43. a. Raj prefers coffee to tea
b. One of the boys scored well.
c. Neither Ramu nor Raju played the match well
d. No error
e. The luggage was heavy.
Reading comprehension
46. a. Tremors
b. The truth is in deep down Himalayas are unstable.
c. As far away as Delhi and Lucknow.
d. The earthquake was terrible.
46 .b
i. The dad was a hero to his daughter.
ii. Because he knows all things like God.
iii. The dad would sing to make her sleep.
iv. Speaker- A little girl.
Speaker's hero- Dad of the little girl.
Key prepared by
Mr. P. Vijay Anandhan BT Assistant
GBHSS Podhakudi- THIRUVARUR