10th Standard English

Samacheer Kalvi – 2025-26 Syllabus

📗 Term – I

Unit 1

  • Prose – His First Flight
  • Poem – Life
  • Supplementary – The Tempest
  • Grammar – Tenses, Articles

Unit 2

  • Prose – The Night the Ghost Got In
  • Poem – The Grumble Family
  • Supplementary – Zigzag
  • Grammar – Prepositions, Modals

Unit 3

  • Prose – Empowered Women Navigating the World
  • Poem – I Am Every Woman
  • Supplementary – The Story of Mulan
  • Grammar – Active and Passive Voice

📘 Term – II

Unit 4

  • Prose – The Attic
  • Poem – The Ant and the Cricket
  • Supplementary – The Aged Mother
  • Grammar – Reported Speech

Unit 5

  • Prose – Tech Bloomers
  • Poem – The Secret of the Machines
  • Supplementary – A Day in 2889 of an American Journalist
  • Grammar – Phrases and Clauses

📙 Term – III

Unit 6

  • Prose – The Last Lesson
  • Poem – No Men Are Foreign
  • Supplementary – The Little Hero of Holland
  • Grammar – Subject Verb Agreement

Unit 7

  • Prose – The Dying Detective
  • Poem – The House on Elm Street
  • Supplementary – A Dilemma
  • Grammar – Simple, Complex and Compound Sentences

📝 TNPSC Important Questions & Answers

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பாடப் பிரிவுகள்7 Units
இலக்கணம்5 Topics
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📖 Unit 1 – Prose: His First Flight

Liam O'Flaherty

1

Who wrote "His First Flight"?

Answer: Liam O'Flaherty.

2

What was the young seagull afraid of?

Answer: Flying.

3

Who encouraged the young seagull to fly?

Answer: His mother.

4

What made the seagull finally fly?

Answer: Hunger.

5

What did the seagull realize after flying?

Answer: He could fly naturally.

6

What is the central theme of "His First Flight"?

Answer: Courage and self-confidence.

📖 Unit 1 – Poem: Life

Henry Van Dyke

7

Who wrote the poem "Life"?

Answer: Henry Van Dyke.

8

According to the poet, life is full of ________.

Answer: Opportunities.

9

What quality does the poet encourage?

Answer: Optimism.

10

What is the message of the poem?

Answer: Live life with courage and hope.

📖 Unit 1 – Supplementary: The Tempest

William Shakespeare

11

Who wrote "The Tempest"?

Answer: William Shakespeare.

12

Who is the Duke of Milan?

Answer: Prospero.

13

Who is Prospero's daughter?

Answer: Miranda.

14

What is Ariel?

Answer: A spirit.

15

Who is Caliban?

Answer: The son of Sycorax.

16

What is the main theme of the story?

Answer: Forgiveness.

📚 Unit 1 – Grammar: Tenses & Articles

17

How many tenses are there in English?

Answer: Twelve.

18

Which article is used before a vowel sound?

Answer: An.

19

Which article is used for a unique object?

Answer: The.

20

"She has finished her work." Identify the tense.

Answer: Present Perfect Tense.

📖 Unit 2 – Prose: The Night the Ghost Got In

James Thurber

21

Who wrote "The Night the Ghost Got In"?

Answer: James Thurber.

22

What caused the confusion in the house?

Answer: Strange noises.

23

Who called the police?

Answer: Grandfather.

24

What was finally discovered?

Answer: There was no ghost.

25

What is the lesson of the story?

Answer: Avoid unnecessary fear.

📖 Unit 2 – Poem: The Grumble Family

Lucy Maud Montgomery

26

Who wrote "The Grumble Family"?

Answer: Lucy Maud Montgomery.

27

What is the Grumble Family known for?

Answer: Constant complaining.

28

What does the poet advise?

Answer: Be cheerful and positive.

29

What is the opposite of grumbling?

Answer: Contentment.

30

What is the poem's theme?

Answer: Positive attitude.

📖 Unit 2 – Supplementary: Zigzag

31

What is Zigzag?

Answer: A parrot.

32

Who owned Zigzag?

Answer: Captain.

33

Why was Zigzag special?

Answer: It could imitate sounds.

34

What value does the story teach?

Answer: Kindness towards animals.

📚 Unit 2 – Grammar: Prepositions & Modals

35

Which preposition shows movement?

Answer: Into.

36

Which modal expresses ability?

Answer: Can.

37

Which modal expresses permission?

Answer: May.

38

Which modal expresses necessity?

Answer: Must.

📖 Unit 3 – Prose: Empowered Women Navigating the World

39

What is the lesson mainly about?

Answer: Women achievers.

40

Which quality helps women succeed?

Answer: Determination.

41

What does the lesson encourage?

Answer: Women's empowerment.

42

Which constitutional principle supports women empowerment?

Answer: Equality.

📖 Unit 3 – Poem: I Am Every Woman

Rakhi Nariani

43

Who wrote "I Am Every Woman"?

Answer: Rakhi Nariani.

44

Whom does the poem celebrate?

Answer: Women.

45

What quality is highlighted?

Answer: Strength.

46

What is the theme?

Answer: Women's dignity.

📖 Unit 3 – Supplementary: The Story of Mulan

47

Who is Mulan?

Answer: A brave young woman.

48

Why did Mulan join the army?

Answer: To save her father.

49

What value does Mulan represent?

Answer: Patriotism.

50

What quality made Mulan successful?

Answer: Courage.

📚 Unit 3 – Grammar: Active & Passive Voice

51

Change into Passive Voice: "She writes a letter."

Answer: A letter is written by her.

52

Passive Voice focuses on ________.

Answer: The action.

📖 Unit 4 – Prose: The Attic

Satyajit Ray

53

Who wrote "The Attic"?

Answer: Satyajit Ray.

54

Where did the narrator find old memories?

Answer: In the attic.

55

What does the attic symbolize?

Answer: Memories.

56

What is the central idea?

Answer: Nostalgia.

📖 Unit 4 – Poem: The Ant and the Cricket

Aesop (adapted)

57

Who wrote the poem?

Answer: Aesop (adapted).

58

Who worked hard?

Answer: The Ant.

59

Who was lazy?

Answer: The Cricket.

60

What moral does the poem teach?

Answer: Work before pleasure.

📖 Unit 4 – Supplementary: The Aged Mother

Matsuo Basho (adapted Japanese folktale)

61

Who wrote "The Aged Mother"?

Answer: Matsuo Basho (adapted Japanese folktale).

62

Which country is associated with the story?

Answer: Japan.

63

Who was ordered to abandon the aged?

Answer: The son.

64

What quality is emphasized?

Answer: Respect for elders.

📚 Unit 4 – Grammar: Reported Speech

65

Reported Speech does not use ________.

Answer: Quotation marks.

66

"He said, 'I am busy.'" becomes ________.

Answer: He said that he was busy.

📖 Unit 5 – Prose: Tech Bloomers

67

What is the lesson mainly about?

Answer: Late bloomers in technology.

68

What does the lesson encourage?

Answer: Lifelong learning.

69

Can age stop innovation?

Answer: No.

70

What quality is necessary for success?

Answer: Perseverance.

📖 Unit 5 – Poem: The Secret of the Machines

Rudyard Kipling

71

Who wrote the poem?

Answer: Rudyard Kipling.

72

Who created machines?

Answer: Human beings.

73

What warning does the poem give?

Answer: Machines should be used wisely.

74

What is the poem's theme?

Answer: Responsible use of technology.

📖 Unit 5 – Supplementary: A Day in 2889 of an American Journalist

Jules Verne

75

Who imagined the future in this lesson?

Answer: Jules Verne.

76

Which field is highlighted?

Answer: Technology.

77

What does the story predict?

Answer: Scientific advancement.

📚 Unit 5 – Grammar: Phrases & Clauses

78

A clause contains ________.

Answer: Subject and verb.

79

A phrase does not contain ________.

Answer: A finite verb.

80

Which is an independent clause?

Answer: A complete sentence.

📖 Unit 6 – Prose: The Last Lesson

Alphonse Daudet

81

Who wrote "The Last Lesson"?

Answer: Alphonse Daudet.

82

Who was the teacher?

Answer: M. Hamel.

83

Who is the narrator?

Answer: Franz.

84

Which language was banned?

Answer: French.

85

What is the main theme?

Answer: Love for one's language.

86

Why was it called the last lesson?

Answer: It was the final French class.

📖 Unit 6 – Poem: No Men Are Foreign

James Kirkup

87

Who wrote the poem?

Answer: James Kirkup.

88

What does the poem promote?

Answer: Universal brotherhood.

89

"No men are foreign" means ________.

Answer: All humans are equal.

90

What is the poem's central idea?

Answer: Peace and humanity.

📖 Unit 6 – Supplementary: The Little Hero of Holland

91

Who is the hero of the story?

Answer: Peter.

92

How did Peter save the village?

Answer: By blocking the hole in the dyke.

93

What quality does Peter show?

Answer: Bravery.

📚 Unit 6 – Grammar: Subject-Verb Agreement

94

Choose the correct verb: "The boys ____ playing."

Answer: Are.

95

Subject-Verb Agreement depends on ________.

Answer: Number of the subject.

📖 Unit 7 – Prose: The Dying Detective

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

96

Who created Sherlock Holmes?

Answer: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

97

Who is the detective in the lesson?

Answer: Sherlock Holmes.

98

Who is Holmes' friend?

Answer: Dr. Watson.

99

What quality makes Holmes successful?

Answer: Observation and deduction.

📖 Unit 7 – Poem & Grammar

100

Which sentence is a Compound Sentence?

Answer: I worked hard, and I passed the examination.