HSC Commerce Class 12 - Tamil Nadu Board of Secondary Education Question Bank Solutions for English

Fill in the blank with the right idiom. Choose from the option.

Each member of the team had all their ______.  

Fill in the blank with the right idiom. Choose from the option.

We could not believe that with a few more whacks of the ice axe in the firm snow we were ______to the top. 

Understand the meaning of the given idiomatic expression and choose the right one to complete the sentence.

The conference room was silent though packed. The chairman introduced an interactive session to ______.

Understand the meaning of the given idiomatic expression and choose the right one to complete the sentence.

Our headmistress not only promised us to take us for an excursion, but also announced that on return we would get a holiday. It was like ______.

Given below are the phrasal verbs with their meanings. Use the given phrasal verbs in sentences of your own.

Given below are some Phrasal Verb which are frequently used in connection with travelling. Guess the meaning and match.

Given below are some Phrasal Verb which are frequently used in connection with travelling. Guess the meaning and match.

Given below are some Phrasal Verb which are frequently used in connection with travelling. Guess the meaning and match.

Here are some compound words chosen from the text.

Match the following with their right field, choosing appropriately from the box given.

First, read the following statements. Then, listen to the passage read aloud by your teacher or played on the recorder and complete the statements. You may listen to it again, if required.

There are many answers to this question. Firstly, 1 would say that we owed much to the work of previous climbers on Everest: to the experience and know ledge they passed on, and to the fact that they had gone on trying and had never given up hope.

Next, I w ould place the careful and thorough planning done before the climb began. On the Everest, a large number of people have to do different things in different places at the same time. Unless every detail had been worked out in advance, things would quickly have gone wrong.
The third reason was the excellence of our equipment. In particular, our oxygen apparatus was very important, and it worked well. Without it. we could not have reached the summit.

Our own fitness played a big part in the climb, and this was due to our periods of training, in which we got used gradually to great heights: and to our food; and to the care and attention we received from our doctors.

Above all else, I should like to mention how well we worked together. That was the biggest single reason why we got to the top. In the four months we were together we lived and worked as a team. Not everyone could climb to the top. Some of the members had jobs to do on other parts of the mountain; jobs that were less exciting than climbing to the summit, but just as dangerous and uncomfortable. But everyone played his part to the full. That was the biggest thing of all.

In the same way, our Sherpas were magnificent. Without our tents, our oxygen, our food, our climbing gear, the summit could not have been reached. And without the Sherpas, we could

not have lifted all this equipment, which weighed 750 lb., up to 26,000 feet, ready for the assaults. No praise is too high for these cheerful and
gallant men.

Finally, there was the weather. For five weeks we had bad weather; then, after the middle of May, we were lucky. It no longer snowed, and even the wind sometimes dropped.

Complete the following.

a) List any three aspects which contributed to the success of the ascent of the summit.

1. ______
2. ______
3. ______

b) Without the help of ______nothing would have been possible.

c) The main idea of the passage is ______.

d) The biggest thing of all is ______.

e) ______were cheerful and gallant men.

Have you ever been on an adventurous trip? If so, share your success story with your friends.

How will you organize or plan for a trip or an event? Do you have the habit of preparing a check-list? Discuss.

Given below are a few proverb. Prepare a short speech of two minutes on one of the proverb.

Nothing is impossible.

Given below are a few proverb. Prepare a short speech of two minutes on one of the proverb.

Where there is a will there is a way.

Given below are a few proverb. Prepare a short speech of two minutes on one of the proverb.

Together we can achieve more.

Here are a few instructions given by a Health Inspector to a group of students, in order to prevent malaria and dengue. Complete the series adding some more important instructions.

1. Do not allow water to stagnate in and around your house.
2. Keep your surroundings clean.
3. Wear long-sleeved shirts/blouses and long pants/skirts that cover your arms and legs.
4. ______

Now, write a set of 8 to 10 instruction for the following situation.

A doctor instructing a patient regarding a healthy diet and proper care after a surgery.

Now, write a set of 8 to 10 instruction for the following situation.

A traffic police personnel to the public, as to how to move around in safety, in crowded public places during festival seasons.

Now, write a set of 8 to 10 instruction for the following situation.

A mother to her children, on safety measures to be taken before leaving home on vacation.