SSLC (English Medium) इयत्ता ९ - Tamil Nadu Board of Secondary Education Question Bank Solutions

Report the following sentence.

Ebin said, “Have you booked the tickets to Delhi?”

Report the following sentence.

Rehman said to Tilak, “When are we leaving to our native?”

Report the following sentence.

Maha said, “Lakshan, you should get up early in the morning.”

Report the following sentence.

Gladin said to his mother, “Can you, please, buy me a hot chocolate?”

Report the following sentence.

“Tomorrow I have to take a test in English”, said Sudha.

Report the following sentence.

Amali said to her sister, “I need your help to arrange the books in the shelf.”

Report the following sentence.

“Why don’t you use crayons for colouring?” said Prabhu to his son.

At the heart of life lie the relationships you have with other people: with family, classmates and friends close-by and far away. All relationships are based on some commonly accepted values like respect, honesty, consideration, and commitment. Think about all the important relationships in your life and complete the table given below.

Based on the understanding of the poem, fill in the blanks using the words and phrases given below to make a meaningful summary of the poem.

The poet brings out the difference in the attitudes of children living in joint family and nuclear family. The ________________ are the happiest of all. Where as the _________________ of nuclear families take ______________. The gladdest people are the children from _______________ who circle near the fireside. No power other than death can break them. The _______________ imagine themselves to be wise and in the process they ______________ ties. Each of them goes searching for pleasure in their own selected way. They harvest only ____________ and find empty joy. But the wisest among them are the children of the stick-together families. When the busy day is done, they together ______________. The stick-together family wins _______________. The old house shelters all the ______________. The poet invites wandering brothers to come and join the stick-together families in their fireside and have fun.

The stick-together families are the happiest of all. Explain.

Bring out the difference between the children of the joint family and nuclear family.

There are rich folk, there are poor folk, who imagine they are wise,...
Pick out the words in alliteration.

Mention the rhyme scheme of the poem.

The gladdest people living are the wholesome folks who make
A circle at the fireside that no power but death can break.

Who are the gladdest people living?

The gladdest people living are the wholesome folks who make
A circle at the fireside that no power but death can break.

Where do they gather?

The gladdest people living are the wholesome folks who make
A circle at the fireside that no power but death can break.

What can break their unity?

And the finest of conventions ever held beneath the sun
Are the little family gatherings when the busy day is done.

When do they have their family gatherings?

And the finest of conventions ever held beneath the sun
Are the little family gatherings when the busy day is done.

Where do they have their family conventions?

And the finest of conventions ever held beneath the sun
Are the little family gatherings when the busy day is done.

What does the poet mean by ‘finest conventions'?

There are rich folk, there are poor folk, who imagine they are wise,
And they're very quick to shatter all the little family ties.

What do the rich and poor folk imagine themselves to be?