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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மொத்த வினாக்கள்100
பாடப் பிரிவுகள்7 Units
இலக்கணம்5 Topics
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📖 Unit 1 – Prose: His First Flight
Liam O'Flaherty
1Who wrote "His First Flight"?
Answer: Liam O'Flaherty.
2What was the young seagull afraid of?
Answer: Flying.
3Who encouraged the young seagull to fly?
Answer: His mother.
4What made the seagull finally fly?
Answer: Hunger.
5What did the seagull realize after flying?
Answer: He could fly naturally.
6What is the central theme of "His First Flight"?
Answer: Courage and self-confidence.
📖 Unit 1 – Poem: Life
Henry Van Dyke
7Who wrote the poem "Life"?
Answer: Henry Van Dyke.
8According to the poet, life is full of ________.
Answer: Opportunities.
9What quality does the poet encourage?
Answer: Optimism.
10What is the message of the poem?
Answer: Live life with courage and hope.
📖 Unit 1 – Supplementary: The Tempest
William Shakespeare
11Who wrote "The Tempest"?
Answer: William Shakespeare.
12Who is the Duke of Milan?
Answer: Prospero.
13Who is Prospero's daughter?
Answer: Miranda.
14What is Ariel?
Answer: A spirit.
15Who is Caliban?
Answer: The son of Sycorax.
16What is the main theme of the story?
Answer: Forgiveness.
📚 Unit 1 – Grammar: Tenses & Articles
17How many tenses are there in English?
Answer: Twelve.
18Which article is used before a vowel sound?
Answer: An.
19Which 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
21Who wrote "The Night the Ghost Got In"?
Answer: James Thurber.
22What caused the confusion in the house?
Answer: Strange noises.
23Who called the police?
Answer: Grandfather.
24What was finally discovered?
Answer: There was no ghost.
25What is the lesson of the story?
Answer: Avoid unnecessary fear.
📖 Unit 2 – Poem: The Grumble Family
Lucy Maud Montgomery
26Who wrote "The Grumble Family"?
Answer: Lucy Maud Montgomery.
27What is the Grumble Family known for?
Answer: Constant complaining.
28What does the poet advise?
Answer: Be cheerful and positive.
29What is the opposite of grumbling?
Answer: Contentment.
30What is the poem's theme?
Answer: Positive attitude.
📖 Unit 2 – Supplementary: Zigzag
31What is Zigzag?
Answer: A parrot.
32Who owned Zigzag?
Answer: Captain.
33Why was Zigzag special?
Answer: It could imitate sounds.
34What value does the story teach?
Answer: Kindness towards animals.
📚 Unit 2 – Grammar: Prepositions & Modals
35Which preposition shows movement?
Answer: Into.
36Which modal expresses ability?
Answer: Can.
37Which modal expresses permission?
Answer: May.
38Which modal expresses necessity?
Answer: Must.
📖 Unit 3 – Prose: Empowered Women Navigating the World
39What is the lesson mainly about?
Answer: Women achievers.
40Which quality helps women succeed?
Answer: Determination.
41What does the lesson encourage?
Answer: Women's empowerment.
42Which constitutional principle supports women empowerment?
Answer: Equality.
📖 Unit 3 – Poem: I Am Every Woman
Rakhi Nariani
43Who wrote "I Am Every Woman"?
Answer: Rakhi Nariani.
44Whom does the poem celebrate?
Answer: Women.
45What quality is highlighted?
Answer: Strength.
46What is the theme?
Answer: Women's dignity.
📖 Unit 3 – Supplementary: The Story of Mulan
47Who is Mulan?
Answer: A brave young woman.
48Why did Mulan join the army?
Answer: To save her father.
49What value does Mulan represent?
Answer: Patriotism.
50What quality made Mulan successful?
Answer: Courage.
📚 Unit 3 – Grammar: Active & Passive Voice
51Change into Passive Voice: "She writes a letter."
Answer: A letter is written by her.
52Passive Voice focuses on ________.
Answer: The action.
📖 Unit 4 – Prose: The Attic
Satyajit Ray
53Who wrote "The Attic"?
Answer: Satyajit Ray.
54Where did the narrator find old memories?
Answer: In the attic.
55What does the attic symbolize?
Answer: Memories.
56What is the central idea?
Answer: Nostalgia.
📖 Unit 4 – Poem: The Ant and the Cricket
Aesop (adapted)
57Who wrote the poem?
Answer: Aesop (adapted).
58Who worked hard?
Answer: The Ant.
59Who was lazy?
Answer: The Cricket.
60What moral does the poem teach?
Answer: Work before pleasure.
📖 Unit 4 – Supplementary: The Aged Mother
Matsuo Basho (adapted Japanese folktale)
61Who wrote "The Aged Mother"?
Answer: Matsuo Basho (adapted Japanese folktale).
62Which country is associated with the story?
Answer: Japan.
63Who was ordered to abandon the aged?
Answer: The son.
64What quality is emphasized?
Answer: Respect for elders.
📚 Unit 4 – Grammar: Reported Speech
65Reported 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
67What is the lesson mainly about?
Answer: Late bloomers in technology.
68What does the lesson encourage?
Answer: Lifelong learning.
69Can age stop innovation?
Answer: No.
70What quality is necessary for success?
Answer: Perseverance.
📖 Unit 5 – Poem: The Secret of the Machines
Rudyard Kipling
71Who wrote the poem?
Answer: Rudyard Kipling.
72Who created machines?
Answer: Human beings.
73What warning does the poem give?
Answer: Machines should be used wisely.
74What is the poem's theme?
Answer: Responsible use of technology.
📖 Unit 5 – Supplementary: A Day in 2889 of an American Journalist
Jules Verne
75Who imagined the future in this lesson?
Answer: Jules Verne.
76Which field is highlighted?
Answer: Technology.
77What does the story predict?
Answer: Scientific advancement.
📚 Unit 5 – Grammar: Phrases & Clauses
78A clause contains ________.
Answer: Subject and verb.
79A phrase does not contain ________.
Answer: A finite verb.
80Which is an independent clause?
Answer: A complete sentence.
📖 Unit 6 – Prose: The Last Lesson
Alphonse Daudet
81Who wrote "The Last Lesson"?
Answer: Alphonse Daudet.
82Who was the teacher?
Answer: M. Hamel.
83Who is the narrator?
Answer: Franz.
84Which language was banned?
Answer: French.
85What is the main theme?
Answer: Love for one's language.
86Why was it called the last lesson?
Answer: It was the final French class.
📖 Unit 6 – Poem: No Men Are Foreign
James Kirkup
87Who wrote the poem?
Answer: James Kirkup.
88What does the poem promote?
Answer: Universal brotherhood.
89"No men are foreign" means ________.
Answer: All humans are equal.
90What is the poem's central idea?
Answer: Peace and humanity.
📖 Unit 6 – Supplementary: The Little Hero of Holland
91Who is the hero of the story?
Answer: Peter.
92How did Peter save the village?
Answer: By blocking the hole in the dyke.
93What quality does Peter show?
Answer: Bravery.
📚 Unit 6 – Grammar: Subject-Verb Agreement
94Choose the correct verb: "The boys ____ playing."
Answer: Are.
95Subject-Verb Agreement depends on ________.
Answer: Number of the subject.
📖 Unit 7 – Prose: The Dying Detective
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
96Who created Sherlock Holmes?
Answer: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
97Who is the detective in the lesson?
Answer: Sherlock Holmes.
98Who is Holmes' friend?
Answer: Dr. Watson.
99What quality makes Holmes successful?
Answer: Observation and deduction.
📖 Unit 7 – Poem & Grammar
100Which sentence is a Compound Sentence?
Answer: I worked hard, and I passed the examination.