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📄 Overview of the 10th English Half Yearly Exam 2025 Pattern
The Tamil Nadu State Board 10th English Half Yearly Exam follows a structured format to assess students’ understanding of prose, poetry, grammar, and creative writing.
Key Sections:
- Grammar: 25-30 marks
- Prose & Poetry: 40-45 marks
- Essay & Letter: 25-30 marks
🧠Expert Tips to Score 90+ in English Half Yearly Exam
- Focus on Grammar: 30% of your score depends on clear grammar rules. Practice daily.
- Memorize Poetry Lines: Quote exact lines from poems in your answers for authenticity and extra marks.
- Time Management: Allocate 15 mins for grammar, 45 mins for prose/poetry, and 30 mins for essay/letter writing.
- Use Previous Year Papers: Practicing with the 2024 & 2023 question papers will give you an edge in pattern recognition.
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Sivagangai 10th
English Half – Yearly Exam 2025 Official answer key
PART – I
1. b) commotion
2. d) sadly
3. c) widened
4. b) curse
5. b) calm
6. a) slowly
7. d) larvae
8. c) sub urban
9. c) Subscriber Identification Module
10. a) lend an ear
11. b) back
12. a) consequence of
13. c) attends
14. a) in case
PART – II
SECTION – I
ANY THREE 3 x 2 = 6
15. Because he was afraid to fly.
16. Franz was asked to recite the rules of
Participles. No, ha was not able to answer.
17. The team effort, with every member
contributing their role made their expedition successful.
18. They are often disturbed by the
neighbours.
SECTION – II
ANY THREE 3 x 2 = 6
19. a) making a low guttural sound.
b) always unsatisfied / always grumble about everything
20. a) men from different countries /
possessions of people in other countries.
b) hard work / labour
21. a) death
b) love, pity and forgiveness
22. a) No
b) unhappy events in the past.
SECTION –
III ANY THREE
Each correct answer carries two marks. 3
x 2 = 6
23. The enemy has been defeated by our army.
24. Reka asked me if I had written the exam the
previous day.
25. “Stand back! Stand right back!”
26. Due to heavy downpour the match was
cancelled. / The match was cancelled due to heavy downpour. / Because of heavy
downpour the match was cancelled. / The heavy downpour caused the cancellation
of the match.
27. Most of her friends whom she invited
attended the party. / She invited most of her friends who attended the party /
Most of her friends who were invited by her attended the party.
SECTION – IV
28. Proper instructions to reach the Indian
Bank carry two marks.
·
Go
straight.
·
Turn
left.
·
Walk
past the Bus stop.
·
Walk
along the main road.
·
Turn
left.
·
You
will reach the Indian bank on your right side and opposite to Raja store.
SECTION – II
ANY TWO
35. a) drive – dive
Light – write -- 2 marks
b) ab ab -- 1 mark
c) We weave print plough -- 1 mark
d) Personification -- 1 mark
36. No men are Foreign
We must remember that when we take up weapons against each other our earth is
spoiled. The destruction, we cause with fire and weapons pollutes the earth
that belongs to all of us. We should bear in mind that no person is strange and
no country is foreign. It is because the earth belongs to all.
SECTION –
III ANY ONE
37. Each correct answer carries a mark.
(v) One afternoon, Peter went across the Dike taking cakes to his friend, the
blind man.
(iii) He spent his time with his friend.
(ii) On his way back to home he heard the sound of trickling water.
(iv) He saw a small hole in the dike.
(i) Peter thrust his finger into the tiny hole to stop the water.
38.
1.
In the
middle of a great war.
2. One man from each Chinese family must leave
his family to join the army.
3. In a faraway village of China.
4. sitting in a chair, carving a piece of
wood.
5. in town
44. Each correct sentence carries a mark.
1.
Though
he is poor, he is generous. / He is poor but he is generous.
2. One of the boys is missing.
3. The ship with its crew was drowned.
4. I look forward to meeting you.
5.
Ganesh
is a university player.
SECTION – 5
45. Quoting from memory
She’s a lioness; don’t mess with her.
She’ll not spare you if you’re a prankster.
Don’t ever try to saw her pride, her self- respect.
She knows how to thaw you, saw you- so beware!
She’s today’s woman. Today’s woman, dear.
47. a)
Passage q&a
a)
Vatican is the world’s smallest country. It has been the spiritual and
administrative Centre of the Roman Catholic
Church.
b) Vatican City lies within the Italian capital Rome.
c) St. Peter’s Basilica is the Roman Catholic Church. It is in Vatican City.
d) One can see living quarters of the Pope, the officers, chapels, a library
and
museums.
b) Poem Q&A
a)
The best scrub grows by the side of the rill.
b)
A bit of grass makes a high way traveller happy.
c)
No, we have to try to be the best in our own field.
d)
Be the best of whatever we are.
