SSLC (English Medium) Class 10 - Tamil Nadu Board of Secondary Education Question Bank Solutions for English

Read the following line from the poem and answer the question given below.

Nothing goes right with the folks you meet
Down on that gloomy Complaining Street.

1. What is the opinion about the folks you meet down the street?
2. What does the word ‘gloomy’ mean here?

Read the following line from the poem and answer the question given below.

The worst thing is that if anyone stays
Among them too long, he will learn their ways;

1. What is the worst thing that can happen if anyone stays with them?
2. What are the ways of the Grumble family?

Read the following line from the poem and answer the question given below.

1. What is the wisest thing that the poet suggests?
2. What does the phrase ‘to keep our feet from wandering’ refer to?

Read the following line from the poem and answer the question given below.

Let us learn to walk with a smile and a song,
No matter if things do sometimes go wrong;

1. What does the poet expect everyone to learn?
2. What should we do when things go wrong sometimes?

Write a paragraph on ‘The Grumble Family’ and their attitude towards other folks.

Answer the following question in about 80-120 word.

If you were to live in the Complaining Street, how would you deal with the people who grumble?

From the poem ‘The Grumble Family’ what kind of behavior does the poet want the readers to possess?

And whether their station be high or humble,…
Pick out the alliteration from the above line.

Pick out the other examples for alliteration from the poem.

The weather is always too hot or cold; Summer and winter alike they scold. Nothing goes right with the folks you meet Down on that gloomy Complaining Street.
Pick out the rhyming words and identify the rhyme scheme of the above lines.

Identify the speaker/character.

‘Even though I clearly said no!’

Identify the speaker/character.

‘ The one that spits deadly poison straight into its opponent’s eyes.’

Identify the speaker/character.

‘ Remember the tiny penknife he gave me last year’.

Identify the speaker/character.

‘ It’s Somu’s thoughtless ways that reduce me to tears’

Identify the speaker/character.

‘Come in, Zigzag, come in dear!’

Read the story again and write how these character reacted in these situation:

You’re both quite mistaken.
Dr. Krishnan ........…………………….
Mrs. Krishnan……....…………………

Read the story again and write how these character reacted in these situation:

It’s Somu’s thoughtless ways that reduce me to tears. Mrs. Krishnan …………………....…..
Dr. Krishnan ……………..…......…….

Read the story again and write how these character reacted in these situation:

Just wait till zigzag settles down in this new home. Visu………….................………………
Aravind and Maya…….……………….

Read the story again and write how these character reacted in these situation:

Zigzag hardly never sleeps.
Somu………………………
Dr.Krishnan……………………….

Read the story again and write how these character reacted in these situation:

You are an absolute treasure…………. Dr.Krishnan………………..
Zigzag………………………..