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

Explain the following line with reference to the context.

Yet learning something out of every folly

hoping to repeat none of the cheap follies

Explain the following line with reference to the context.

He will be lonely enough

to have time for the work

Explain the following line with reference to the context.

Brutes have been gentled where lashes failed.

Explain how the poet guides his son who is at the threshold of manhood, to face the challenges of life.

How according to the poet is it possible for his son to bring changes into a world that resents change?

Listen to the poem read by the teacher or to the recorded version and write a synopsis in about 100 words. The teacher can choose any three stanzas.

Lincoln’s Letter to his Son’s Teacher:
He will have to learn, I know, that all men are not just, all men are not true. But teach him also that for every scoundrel there is a hero; that for every selfish politician, there is a dedicated leader...Teach him for every enemy there is a friend,

Steer him away from envy, if you can, teach him the secret of quiet laughter.

Let him learn early that the bullies are the easiest to lick…. Teach him, if you can, the wonder of books... But also give him quiet time to ponder the eternal mystery of birds in the sky, bees in the sun, and the flowers on a green hillside.

In the school teach him it is far honorable to fail than to cheat…Teach him to have faith in his own ideas, even if everyone tells him they are wrong. Teach him to be gentle with gentle people, and tough with the tough.

Try to give my son the strength not to follow the crowd when everyone is getting on the bandwagon…Teach him to listen to all men.. .but teach him also to filter all he hears on a screen of truth, and take only the good that comes through.

Teach him if you can, how to laugh when he is sad…Teach him there is no shame in tears, Teach him to scoff at cynics and to beware of too much sweetness…Teach him to sell his brawn and brain to the highest bidders but never to put a price tag on his heart and soul. Teach him to close his ears to a howling mob and to stand and fight if he thinks he’s right. Treat him gently, but do not cuddle him, because only the test of fire makes fine steel.

Let him have the courage to be impatient.. .let he has the patience to be brave. Teach him always to have sublime faith in himself, because then he will have sublime faith in mankind. This is a big order, but see what you can do...He is such a fine little fellow, my son!

Given below is a well-known quotation.

“Cowards die many times before their death”.

Study the quotations and identify the adverse human qualities that are worse than ‘death’ and discuss the underlying message conveyed.

What makes the earth the one and only living planet?

Name a few things that make the earth a unique planet.

Do you enjoy watching movies? What type of movies do you like to watch? Here are the pictures of a few blockbuster movies.

What do children get ready for at the beginning of the story?

How is life in the planet Venus described?

Who is Margot? How is she different from the rest of the children?

What does Margot like the most - the sun or the rain?

What was Margot waiting for? Why did William say that it was a joke?

Why does Margot wish to return to the earth?

Why did the children lock Margot in a closet?

Margot could recall what the sun looked like while the other children could not. Why?

How long did the Sun shine on Venus?

What is the significance of the particular day described in the story “All summer in a day”?